EDUCATION:
1979-85 studied Fine Arts at Visual Arts under guidance of Shuvaprasanna, Calcutta.
1980-85 five years Diploma Course in Fine Arts from Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Calcutta.
HONOURS:
2002-03 Senior Fellowship, ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
2002 AIFACS Award, New Delhi
2002 Birla Academy Award, Calcutta
1995 AIFACS Scholarship, New Delhi
1993-94 Research Grant from Lalitkala Academy, New Delhi
1992 All India Youth Art Camp organised by IAAI
1986 Cultural Dept. of West Bengal
1984-85 B. P. Poddar Memorial Scholarship, College of Visual Arts, Kolkata
2012 Jury of All India Camel Colour Art Contest
WORKSHOP:
Gangotsav at Diamond Harbor.
Dresden (Germany) - Calcutta Artist workshop at Arts Acre organised by Max Mueller Bhavan.
Terracotta workshop at Arts Acre organised by Lalitkala Academy, New Delhi.
Woodcut print workshop conducted by Richard Hards organised by U.S.I.S. & Arts Acre
Graphics workshop conducted by Paula Di Prima organised by Alliance Francaise & Arts Acre, Calcutta.
Painting workshop at Gadiara organised by West Bengal Govt. Tourism.
Terracotta workshop at Barn Gallery, U.K.
Viswa Banga Sammelan, Calcutta ’01.
Painting workshop at Rajputana Palace Sheraton, Jaipur and Hotel Marriot, New Delhi organised by Welcome Hotel, ITC Ltd.
Myher Camp at Myher, M.P. organised by Sanskriti Art Gallery.
Workshop at Vedic Village organised by Names ‘N’ Gallery.
Workshop at Puri organised by Artist Circle.
At Pondichery organised by Art World.
At Kodaikannal Organized by Art World Gallery Chennai
At Bhimtal organized by Ray Foundation, New Delhi
At Goa organized by Address Art Gallery, Kolkata & Archana Printers New Delhi
At Pondichery by Lalit Kala Akademi and Auro-villa
At Steel City Jamshedpur organized by TISCO Ltd.
PORTFOLIO:
Dream and Reality. “Shuttle” Intaglio prints and poems by Dresden - Calcutta Artist & Poets.
ONE MAN SHOW:
2013 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2013 Prakrit Art Gallery, Chennai
2013 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2011 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 Sanskriti Art Gallery, Calcutta
2007 Art Space,Calcutta
2006 Mahua Art Gallery, Bangalore
2006 Art Folio Gallery, Chandigarh
2005 Time and Space, Bangalore
2005 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Gallery One, Gurgaon
2003 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta
2002 Trivenikala Sangam, New Delhi
2001 Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
2000 Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
1999 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta
1997 Rabindra Bhavan, Lalitkala Academy, New Delhi
1994 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta
1991 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta
1991 Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1989 Tagore Art Gallery, Airport, Calcutta
1986 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
ABROAD SHOW:
2007 One Man Show and Artist in Residency at Manhattan & Warwick, New York, Fremond, San
Francisco organised by Kala Fine Art, Texus
2007 Group Show at London organised by Mahua Art Gallery
2007 Imprints – Indiart Show at Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Curated by: Kalpana Shah
2007 Royal Academy, London organised by Art Alive
2006 Group Show at LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
Organised by Tao Art Gallery
2006 Group Show at London organised by Aroshi Gallery
2002 Henley Festival, U.K.
2002 Group Show and Artist in Residency at Barn Gallery, Henley, U.K.
1991 Group Show at Greenwich Citizen Art Gallery, U.K.
1991 Group Show at Ipswitch Art Gallery, U.K.
1983 One Man Show at Stuttgart, West Germany
1983 Group Show at Stockholm, Sweden
PARTICIPATION:
National Exhibition of Lalitkala Academy from ’84-’94.
II Bharat Biennial, Bhopal.
Bombay Art Society.
IFACS.
Birla Academy of Art & Culture Annual Exhibition (Calcutta 300 years),
Calcutta through the eyes of painters,
Young faces of Indian Cotemporary of Art, organised by Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta.
“Ganapati” Terracotta Exhibition at Chemould Art Gallery, Calcutta.
East zone Regional Exhibition.
“The New Generation” at Calcutta, Delhi and Mumbai.
Gitanjali to Pather Panchali with M.F. Hussain at Tata Centre, Calcutta.
Calcutta Metropolitan Festival of Art.
Miniature painting show at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.
Abstract Trends, Birla Academy, Calcutta.
Viswabanga Sammelan, Calcutta ’01.
East zone Regional Exhibition at CIMA, Calcutta ’02.
Annual Exhibition Birla Academy, Calcutta.
AIFACS ’02.
ART OF BENGAL at the Visual Art Gallery, Habitat Centre ’02.
Calcutta Metropolitan Festival, Calcutta.
At Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai organised by Concern Foundation India ‘02.
Art for Heart’s Sake organised by ‘Save’ India ‘03.
Art for a cause at Chitrakala Parisad, Bangalore ‘03 organised by FORHD.
The Visual Art Gallery Habitat Centre, New Delhi ‘03 organised by Voluntary Health Association of India.
‘Art Access ‘03’ organised by Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai.
Annual Show ‘03 of Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta.
Annual Show ‘03 of Sanskriti Art Gallery, Calcutta.
Annual Show ‘06 at Jehangir Art Gallery oranised by Sanskriti Art Gallery.
‘Harvest’ – Anniversary Show of Arushi Art Gallery ’09.
‘Evolve’ - 10th Anniversary Show of Tao Art Gallery ’10.
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Lalitkala Academy, New Delhi.
Fukuoka Museum, Japan.
Hindustan Lever Ltd., Mumbai.
N.C.E.R.T., New Delhi.
Tata Tea, Calcutta, Munner.
Gujrat Heavy Chemicals, New Delhi.
Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta,
Taj Hotel, Mumbai.
B.M. Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad.
Hilton Hotel, Bangalore
Taj Hotel, Chennai
Many private collections in India and abroad.
