Yousuf Mohammad

I am a visual artist from Ahmednagar, currently based in Mumbai .My practice is rooted in observation and a continuous engagement with places, landscapes, and environments around me.

I am interested in exploring how ordinary surroundings, historical spaces, and places encountered through travel hold different layers of meaning, memory, and atmosphere. Rather than approaching a place only as a subject to be documented, I see it as a space shaped by time, experience, and human connection. Through painting, I try to capture the character of a place — its light, mood, textures, and the emotions it evokes.

Many of my works emerge from revisiting familiar locations and observing them from different viewpoints, at different moments of the day, and under changing conditions. This process allows me to discover new compositions and perspectives within the same environment. I am equally drawn to new places that I encounter, where observation becomes a way of creating a visual record of experiences and memories.

Watercolour plays an important role in my artistic process. Watercolour offers multiple possibilities, and I enjoy exploring its versatility through experimentation. I am drawn to the medium for its transparency, fluidity, and openn...

BFA from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. Currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Painting

2022- Merit Certificate, Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, Ratnagiri.
2022 - Lord Hording Award
Goenka Art Education Scholarship
at annual Art exhibition at Sir j.j. School of art, Mumbai
2023 : Late Shri.John Fernandez Award,
Shri & Smt.P.G. Kumthekar award,
Late Smt.Heeralaxmi & Late Shri.Gajendra Mehta Award,
Late Shri. M.P. Dhage award
at Art society of india, Mumbai
2023 LATE SMT. LATA SHINDE award at annual Art exhibition at Sir J. J. School of art,
Mumbai
2023- Selection for ' Glory of Heritage' Painting-landscape Workshop at Rajbhavan, Mumbai
2024 - award at national art contest Bangalore.
2025 - Govt 2 nd Award at annual art exhibition Sir j.j. School of art , Mumbai
2025 - monsoon show at Jehangir art gallery, Mumbai
2026- selected for Hyderabad art society annual exhibition.
2026- selected for royal institute of painters in watercolour at mall galleries , London
2026- fragments of epiphany, Moinuddin Ahmed art gallery annual exhibition,Aligarh.