About Vijay Bagodi
Born in Gulbarga, Karnataka State, India. Vijay Bagodi has formal degrees in Painting and Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts, The MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat State.
Bagodi was awarded the National Award’ for his print in the 40th National Exhibition of Contemporary Art, 1997 and his work was declared as the ‘Best Print of the Year’ in the 71st AIFACS Annual Art Exhibition of Graphic Arts, 2000; In 2001, he got an ‘Honorable Mention’ certificate Award for Printmaking, in the 5th Bharat Bhavan International Biennale of Print.
Thought out his illustrious career he has participated in several art camps, workshops and exhibitions. He has been invited to participate in many reputed group shows in India and abroad. Vijay Bagodi has had solo exhibitions of his works in 2013-1978 in different parts of India. Presently, he is the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Head of Department of Graphic Arts.
He lives and works in Baroda.