After his schooling, he joined the J. J. School
of Arts and trained in Fine Arts. In 1958, He
had his first solo exhibition of watercolour
landscapes in Nainital. Since then, he has
had had more than 15 Solo Exhibitions in
many prestigious galleries in India and
abroad.
The uniqueness of Aabid Surti’s style of
painting is that he doesn’t have one.
“I don’t sell my signature, I sell my
canvasses,” he says, and has steadfastly
refused to be tied down to one style, no
matter how successful. Through his career, he has experimented with many
techniques including mirror collage, acrylic casting (transparent paintings)
and body painting.