Art2Muse

Artworks available to view in Sydney

All images have been printed on Canson (Torchan Fine Art) museum quality paper, which is 100% cotton rag, acid free and are pH buffered for true archival properties. The fine quality prints are achieved with Epson's UltraChrome K3 pigment ink that gives an assured 100 years of light-fastness. The Epson Stylus Pro 7800 wide-format printer was used for making the prints.

All photographs are available in editions of 10 in the sizes specified:
$320 (30 x 40cm)
$550 (42 x 59cm)
$970 (60 x 80cm)

Neelesh Kale established his career in Mumbai, India where he became known for his work in fashion photography, fine art and celebrity portraiture. His assignments for magazines and advertisements have included international celebrities such as: Aishwarya; Madhuri; Shahrukh Khan; Zakir Hussain; Bon Jovi and Richie Samba.

Working on limited stocks gave him precision and his attention to detail is apparent throughout his vast body of work. He intuitively selects the right shot with reflex action.

Since moving to Sydney in 2000, Neelesh now works exclusively with digital photography to give him more speed and technical control over his images.

“When you photograph a face, you photograph the soul behind it. The question is not what you look at, but what you want to see, photography sees far more than the eye sees. To collect photographs is like collecting the world for me.”
- Neelesh Kale

Education

1994 Master of Design in Visual Communication, Industrial Designing Centre, IIT
Bombay, India,

Exhibitions

May - June 1994
Flutterby
An Exhibition Of Butterfly Photographs
National Center of Performing Arts, Mumbai
Selected photographs now archived at NCPA

February 1996
Newdgraphs
A Series Of The Human Form Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
Awarded once in a “Lifetime Acheivement Award” from Lalit Kala Academy in 1996

July 1996
Newdpots
Nudes with Lotuses
Nehru Centre, Mumbai
Industrial Dsign Centre's 6th Design Degree Show used as the central picture theme for a book tittled “Almond Eyes and Lotus Feet”

December 1996
Photo Illustrations
Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai

March 1997
Campaign Against Child Labour
Travelling exhibition with CRY India & Kodak India V.P. House, New Delhi
Travelled more than 60 cities and towns in India

February 1998
Celestial Gestures
Dance Forms in Motion
Balgandharva Art Gallery, Pune
An Exhibition of Photographic Images depicting the human form in motion.

December 1999
Bodygraphs
Holiday Inn Art Gallery, Pune
Abstract human bodyscapes, bodylines & graphs

Awards

. University Grants Commission Scholarship for Postgraduate studies in Visual Communication, 1992-1994
.The A&M Gold National Award For Creative Excellence in the category “Press: Campaign, Consumer Products, Non-Durables”, 1995-1996
. Once in a Lifetime Achievement Award in Photography by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 1996