About the Artist and his work :
Education :
B.Fine (Bachelor of Fine Arts) in 1985 from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati
M.Fine (Master of Fine Arts) in 1987 from the same institution.
Occupation :
Assistant Professor in Sculpture Dept., Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan.
Vice Principal, Campus, Kala Bhavana, from 2011 to 2013.
Vice Principal, Administration, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, since April 2013.
Participation :
1983 – 2008 in Annual Exhibition in the Birla Academy of Art and Culture.
Eastern Region Art Exhibition organised by Rastriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Calcutta 1990
‘White Cube’ – An Indo-German’ installation and Video workshop organised by Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata, 2002.
National level Bronze Casting Workshop, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, at Jorhat, Assam – 2007.
Indo-Thai workshop with Silpakorn University and Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan 2008.
Invited as resource person at Academic Staff College, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, August 2008.
Group Show of Sculptures- ‘Materials and Materiality’ at Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2009.
Invited as participant at National Level Bronze Casting Camp, Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Kolkata, December 2009.
Workshop in Bangladesh, Dhaka as part of Academic Exchange Programme 2010-11 with Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, 22-30 January 2011. Followed by Art Exhibition at Bengal Gallery, Dhaka, 16-21 May 2011.
International Art Workshop at Rajamangala University of Technology, Rattanakosin, Thailand, from 21-27 January 2013. Exhibition of the same opening on 27th January 2013 at Rajamangala University of Technology.
International Art Workshop at Naresuan University, Thailand from 27th January to 1st February 2013 followed by an Exhibition at Naresuan University Art Gallery.
Participated in the 1st Changzhou International Art Workshop and Festival, China, from 4th to 12th October 2013. This was followed by an Exhibition of Art at Baosheng Park, Jintan, China.
Awards :
‘Best Sculpture of the year’ award at Kala Bhavan Annual Exhibition, 1987.
Governors Gold Medal for the Best Exhibit- at Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta,1986.
