Manish Pushkale was born in Bhopal and studied art at the city’s College of Art He is a recipient of the S H Raza foundation awardPushkale has had solo exhibitions in Bhopal (1994), Delhi (1997), Mumbai (2003) and Paris (2003) His group shows include ones at Gallery Lakeeren, Mumbai (1999), Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi (2000), NGMA, Mumbai (2001), Gallery Espace, Delhi (2002) and Tao Gallery Mumbai (2003)