ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Mr Surender Sharma, Managing Director

Mr Surender Sharma has been the foundation stone of the company. A loved patron to many artists he is the prime visionary for bringing TAG to its present state. Since 1982 has been a prominent art collector and patron. He has been sought after by many advisory panels and has constantly been contributing as an expert hand for the knowledge of Indian modern art.

His faith in the Indian artists has always been a caregiver to his relations with legendary artists like M F Hussain (now his son Shamshad Hussain), F N Souza, R H Raza, Ram Kumar, Paritosh Sen and more. In the year 2001, Bikash Poddar gifted him his most loved work depicting the Kamadhenu (holy cow) on canvas.

In the year 1995, as an art consultant, he was part of Hussain’s exhibition based on Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit Nene. Comprising paintings depicting Madhuri in various avatars as Menaka with Vishwamitra, Madhuri with Meryl Streep, leaning over a bridge in Madison County and Clint Eastwood on horseback below, Madhuri as Radha with Nand Lala, Madhuri playing tennis at Wimbledon. The show was held in New Delhi at the Art Today gallery.

In the year 2006, he participated in the Hub India art show curated by the known curator of contemporary times Myna Mukherjee. The show took place in Turin, Italy.