Born in 1936., Rajendra Dhawan studied at the Delhi College of Art from 1953-58; from 1964-66 he studied at Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He had founded a group — "The Unknown" which held shows from 1960-64.

In Europe he has had exhibitions in Luxembourg, Germany, Norway, Belgrade, and at the Gallery Haut-Pave, Paris. Group Exhibitions :- Salon Internationale Cagnes-Sur-Mer, 1972; Salon de Realities Nouvelle, 1974; International Triennale, New Delhi, 1975; Salon Comparison, Paris, 1978; National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi, 1981; Indian Artists in Paris, 1985; Major Collections:- National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; University of Punjab; Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal; National Foundation of Contemporary Art, Paris; Convent Saint Jacque, Paris; Since 1970, he lives and works in Paris. Gallery Chemould, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 400023.One-man Exhibitions: 1972,74 77,81,89 Galerie du Haut-Pave, Paris 1973,75 Galerie Horn, Luxembourg. 1989 Gallery Chemould, Bombay, Dhoomimal Gallery, N. Delhi. 1990 Galerie Francois Mitaine. 1993 Gallery Chemould, Bombay. Group Exhibitions (selected): Ten Painters, Paris (1971), Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris (1971 & 73),Salon Internationale, Cagne-Sur-Mer (1972), International Triennale, N. Delhi (1975), Indian Artists in Paris (1985 & 89).

He style has a very different strand - subtlety brought out of the minimal. Unlike the cool, western Minimalist ways, his delves into the understated emotive pitch. The expansive stretches of on apparently indistinct and restricted pigments coexist there with rough, abbreviated linear strokes. Between the blurred, as though coarsely scraped surfaces and the lines which nervously shape up to dissolve again, finely nuanced notations arise where intimate feelings come in touch with intuitions from external phenomena.

Rajendra Dhawan Lives and Works in Paris, France.