Artist      

Born

1939 - Faridpur, Bangladesh

Education

1965-67 Ecole Nationale, Superieure des Beaux -Arts, Paris
1960 Studio of Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1955-60 Govenment College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata

Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 'A Calligraphy of Touch and Gaze', presented by Kalakriti Art Gallery at ICIA, Mumbai
2007 ‘Abahoman: Flowing Life’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2002 Drawings and Paintings with Ink and Pastel on Paper, Bose-Pacia Modern, New York
2001 Colored Drawings with Ink and Pastel, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
1999 Drawings and Paintings with Ink and Pastel on Paper, Fine Art Resource, Berlin
1998 Colored Drawings with Ink and Pastel, Gallerie, Mohnjeet, Paris
1998 Colored Drawings with Pastel Paper, Foundation for Indian Artists, Amsterdam
1997 Drawings with Pastel on Paper, Gallerie Foundation for Indian Artists, Art Fair, Amsterdam
1996 Drawings, Gallerie Foundation for Indian Artists, Amsterdam
1996 Drawings and Paintings, Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan
1996 Drawings and Paintings, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1994-95 Drawings, Sakshi Gallery, Kolkata
1994 Drawings, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1994 One Hundred Drawings, Seagull Art Foundation, Sukh Sagar, Kolkata
1994 Ink Brush Drawings on Poems by Namita Chowdhury, Little Gallery, Kolkata
1992 Drawings with Ink and Pastel on Paper, Nandan, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan.
1990 Drawings, Sarala Art Centre, Chennai
1988 Ink and Pastel Works on Paper, Sista’s Art Gallery organized by Kala Yatra, Bangalore
1983 Watercolor Paintings, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad.
1982 Watercolor Paintings, Bithi Art Centre, Baroda
1981 Ink and Pastel Works on Paper, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1977 Ink and Pastel Works on Paper, Chanakya Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1976 Ink and Pastel Works on Paper, Embassy of India, Paris.
1972 Ink and Mixed Media Works on Paper, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1970,90 Ink and Mixed Media Works on Paper, Sarla Art Centre, Chennai
1968 Drawings and Paintings, Alliance Franciase de Madras, Chennai
1967 Oil paintings, Galerie du Haut Pave, Paris
1965 Bangla Sanskriti Sammelan, Kolkata
1963 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 'Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2009 'Kalpana: Figurative Art in India', presented by The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) at Aicon Gallery, London; The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
2009 'The Root of Everything', Gallery Mementos, Bangalore
2009 'Zip Files', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'Review', Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2008 'Modern and Contemporary Indian Art', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 ‘Freedom 2008 – Sixty Years after Indian Independence’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2007 ‘Body Mind Soul’, organized by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat centre, New Delhi
2007 ‘Inverting Inventing Traditions’, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2006 ‘Shadow Lines’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 'Drawing Show an Act of Art II', Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘Realms of Fantasy’, New Delhi and Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong
2002 ‘A Celebration of Colors’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2002 ‘Sidewinders’, Indo-British Artists Show, British Council and Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2001 ‘Art of Bengal – Past and Present’, National gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai and Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2001 ‘Prabhav’, Indian Embassy, Berlin
2000 ‘Satabdi’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi and Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1999 ‘Watermark’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi and Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1997 ‘Tryst with Destiny – Art from Modern India (1947-1997)
1996 ‘Chamatkara’, organized by Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, at Whitleys Art Gallery, London
1995 Autumn Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1995 ‘Seven Contemporary Artists’, Le Monde de’l Art, Paris
1994 ‘Contemporary Indian Prints’, Maltwood Art Museum, Victoria, Canada
1982 ‘Contemporary Indian Paintings’, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
1980 ‘Seven Indian Painters’, Worpswed Hann, Hamburg, Braunschweig and Bayreuth
1979 ‘Asian Art Exhibition’, Fukuoka, Japan, and Indian Painting, National Art
1978 ‘New Contemporaries’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1970 Art Today – III, Kunika Chemould Gallery, New Delhi
1967 Exhibition of Artists-Residents from Cit’e Internationale des Arts, Paris
Participations

2009 Annual Exhibition, La-Mere, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata
2008-09 ''Modern India', organized by Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) and Casa Asia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture at Valencia, Spain
2008 ArtSingapore 2008, Singapore
1992 ‘Confluence’, Indo-French Art Camp, Kolkata
1986 1st International Festival of Art, Baghdad
1982 Participates in Artists Workshop on Indian and German artists in Braunschweig, Germany and Arezzo, Italy
1978 15th Sao Paolo Biennale, Brazil
1976 International Exhibition, Cagnes – sur - Mer
1975 3rd Triennale India, International Exhibition of Arts, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1971 2nd Triennale India, International Exhibition of Arts, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1965 Indian Painters in France, Nongent le Retrou
1957 Indian Painters in France, Nongent le Retrou (1965), on view till 1980, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi


Honours and Awards

2003 Jury Member, Singapore Biennale Exhibition of Art, Singapore
2001 Kalidas Sanman, Government of Madhya Pradesh
1986 Received Award In the 2nd Biennale of Havana, Cuba
1966 Awarded Prix le France de la Jeune Peinture, Paris
1965-67 Awarded French Government Scholarship, Studied at L’Ecole Nationale Superiere des Beaux Arts and Atelier 17, Paris
1965 -7 French Government Scholarship to Ecole Nationale, Superieure des Beaux -Arts, Paris