Vijay Bagodi Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Vijay Bagodi
The Lineage of the Printmaker Born in Gulbarga, Karnataka, Vijay Bagodi has carved a profound niche within the landscape of contemporary Indian printmaking. His journey into the depths of graphic arts began with formal training at the Ideal Fine Arts Institute, eventually leading him to the prestigious M.S. University of Baroda. It was here, under the auspices of the Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship, that he pursued a Diploma i
n Painting and a Post Diploma in Printmaking (Graphic Arts) between 1984 and 1986. A pivotal moment in his artistic evolution occurred during his time in Vadodara when an exhibition of David Hockney’s prints by the British Council fundamentally altered his trajectory; inspired by the power of the medium, Bagodi made the decisive choice to transition from painting to become a dedicated printmaker. His technical foundation is rooted in…