About The Artist

• B.com Graduate from Calcutta University in 1984. • Self-taught artist, photographer and animation trainer. Solo Exhibitions 1993 > Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata. 1995 > Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai. > “Artist of the Month” in March & April, Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai. > C P Art Centre, Chennai. 1997 > 50th Anniversary of the establishment of Indo – Russian Diplomatic Relationship, Gorky Sadan, Kolkata. > Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. > Awareness of Environment & Ecology exhibition, RMCE Technology Gallery, Jamshedpur. 2002 > Gandhi Bhavan, Andhra Mahila Sabha, Hyderabad. 2011 > Exhibition of paintings, photographs and Video Art at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, Kolkata. > Exhibition of paintings, photographs and Video Art as part of the 6th CMS Vatavaran Film Festival for Environment and Wild Life, New Delhi. 2012 > Exhibition of paintings, photographs and Video Art at Vennirul Art Gallery, C P Art Centre, Chennai. > ”Step Back in Time” – an exhibition of photographs, paintings and memorabilia of the past in our old residential flat in kolkata. Group Shows 1986 > Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata. 1987 > Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata. 1989 > Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata. 1991 > Screenex, Kolkata, the artist’s working studio. > Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata. 1994 > Renaissance Gallerie, Bangalore. 1997 > “Destination”, Apparao Gallery, Chennai. 1999 > “Artists from Bengal”, Surya Gallery, Hyderabad. 2005 > “Maya”, part of Kaya-O-Maya show, Genesis art Gallery, Kolkata. 2006 >“Maya”, part of Kaya-O-Maya show, Habiart Gallery,New Delhi. 2007 >“Three in a House of Two-and-a-Half Rooms” at Birla Academy, Kolkata. 2008 > 41st Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy, Kolkata. > Art Trust inaugural show at Chemould, Kolkata. > “Different Strokes” Olive Beach, Bangalore. Coordinated by Shailin Smith,The Fuschia Tree, N Delhi. > Photography exhibition. Gallery K2, Kolkata 2009 > “Kolkata-Dhaka” an exhibition of paintings at Birla Academy, Kolkata. Organized by Art Trust. 2010 & 2011 > Group show Gallery Image Kraft, Kolkata. 2011 > Participant artist in Greenpeace campaign – Living Soil Expo Soils and Survival, New Delhi. > Group show Gallery Image Kraft, Kolkata. > Kolkata Art Trust Annual Show at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata. Other Activities • Participated in various workshops as an artist and photographer. • Art-director for a Telugu feature film. • Short experimental film maker, shown in various festivals, short-film section. • Animation trainer and production in charge in various institutes.