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THÉODORE MARIANO MESQUITA was born in Goa. He graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Mumbai, in 1988, and post graduated in Painting from M. S. University of Baroda in 1990. In 1998 on invitation he completed a Residency at AR.CO, in Lisbon, Portugal. He has lectured in history of art, drawing and painting at the Goa College of Art. Mesquita is the recipient of awards and honors in the form of scholarships, fellowships, artist in residencies, and invitational participation in national and international shows. He was invited to organize, conduct and coordinate exhibitions, workshops and artist camps in the country. He is one of India's foremost young painters Amongst the various national exhibitions he has participated on invitation include, the 6th Bharath Bhavan Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art, Bhopal, "Sorrowful Mystery" National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai. "˜Memos for the New Millennium From Artist of a Moulting World' , curated by Abhay Sardesai at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai. "˜The Bodied Self', at Sans Tache Gallery, Mumbai and "Strangeness" Anant Art Gallery, Kolkata, both exhibitions curated by Ranjit Hoskote. The Sacred', curated by Alka Pande, Galleria, New Delhi. Amongst the auctions participated in are Figurative, Non-Figurative Narration', auction of contemporary Indian Art, Osian's, NCPA, Mumbai and "˜India on Canvas' auction, Khushii, Mumbai. He has represented India in many international art exhibitions in Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, Finland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, and the USA. Amongst the various prizes awarded he is the recipient of the National Fellowship, from the Government of India in 1993 and the Excellence Award: Emerging Artist of India, at the Harmony Show 2000, in Mumbai. His works are in the various public and private collections the world over which includes the Majdanek State Museum -Poland. Tama Art University - Tokyo, Japan. Universal Graphic Museum - Egypt. Osian's Archive - Mumbai. Orthodox Academy of Crete - Greece and the Florean Museum, Carbunari - Romania Mesquita's works reverberates with the potency to elicit notions of identity that have been constructed through specific representations of signs, symbols and the body in art. He is strongly rooted in the finest humanist tradition of the proper study, rarely visited by artists of his generation. Mesquita lives and works in Goa, India.