Samanvai Art Gallery is a house of contemporary work of eminent artists from across the country. The gallery is located in the heart of the city (Ganpati Plaza, MI Road), offering both — distinct ambience and visual experience. Samanvai endeavors to bring out all forms of art albeit a hand-picked collection. The gallery’s collection is an eclectic blend of original artworks ranging from – Abstract to Landscapes and portraits. The collection constitutes an array of mediums and styles – water-colour, acrylic, etchings, mixed-media to name a few.

Mrs Reeta Kuhad, the owner-director, with her profound interest in varied forms of art, brings valuable curation to the shows held in the gallery ever since its inception in 2001.

Samanvai has exhibited a number of shows in the past years to mention some of the well-received shows which were held 2018-2019

Group shows : Iranian Artist’ show : An Abstract Trail – From Alborz to Aravali” I Independence day week Group Show of artists from 32 states & union territories –“ Vividhata Mein Ekta” I Affordable Art Show – “Chiaroscuro” I Show of Printmaking – “Inserts” I The Tree of Plenty .. a ceramic art show and some more. Also innumerable solo shows.

Samanvai is a spacious gallery with three separate rooms and a long corridor.

The gallery features some of the most renowned artists of India mentioned here in a random order Chandra Morkonda, Ramesh Gorjala, Rabin Mondal, Prafulla Dhanukar, Ramanand Bandopadhyay, Yolanda Desousa, Mohan Naik, Viraj Naik, Ramesh Gorjala, Anjani Reddy, Laxma Goud, Surendra Pal Joshi, Vidyasagar Upadhyay, Sharad Bhardwaj, Yashwant Shirwadkar, Manas Jena, Biman Bihari Das, Dipto Narayan Chattopadhyay, Gourishankar Soni, Sanjay Sen Gupta to name just a few. At Samanvai, it is our endeavor to be supportive of the artists and a buyer can avail artwork of famous artists in a competitive price range.

Samanvai reckons that learning art is an art in itself and thus we host workshops, art walks, art discussions/talks and other such events at regular intervals for the art enthusiasts to come and unwind, share and learn. Our workshops are designed for intensive learning. Some of the workshops in the past– Water Colour Demonstrations, Printmaking and Enameling workshops. Samanvai also arranges other activities such as art movie screenings, Poetry and book reading sessions, Music recitals.

We also have a small but esoteric collection of art and poetry books that you can browse through while sitting in our quaint gallery space away from the hustle and bustle of the city.