S.G. Vasudev was born in Mysore, Karnataka in 1941. He received a national scholarship in 1964, while a student at the Government College of Art, Madras, and an award from the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1967. Vasudev became well-known for his Vriksha (Tree of Life) series, which evolved over nearly a decade, turning into the […]
Rini Dhumal was born in 1948 at Rangpur, Bangladesh. She acquired her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Fine Arts from MS University, Baroda, and later studied in Paris on a French Government scholarship with Sir SW Hayter at Atelier 17, followed by a stint with Krishna Reddy. She taught at MS University, Baroda for some […]
Jayashree Chakravarty was born in Khoai, Tripura in 1956. She graduated in Fine Arts from Viswa Bharati in the sprawling natural environs of Santiniketan, and then obtained a postgraduate diploma from the MS University of Baroda, where she was exposed to an urban sensibility. In the formative years of practice, she was an artist in […]
Jaya Ganguly was born in Kolkata and graduated from the College of Arts and Crafts in 1982. Her work has grown out of a relationship with her body – her daring display of ‘disarticulations’ of the female form symbolises an inquiry into the ‘unspoken’ depths that engulf a woman’s life. To the artist, the female […]
Jatin Das was born in 1941 in the Mayurbhanj district of Orissa, in a region steeped in art and crafts traditions. He studied at the Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai, under Professor S.B. Palsikar. Das is known for his dynamic figures and powerful strokes. The human body holds an endless fascination for the artist […]
Isha Mohammad was born in Konnagar, West Bengal, in 1933. He was educated in the strict traditions of British academic art practice at the Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta, from where he obtained a Diploma in 1958. In 1968 he travelled to Germany (then West Germany) to study graphic art. Here he encountered […]
Born in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, Ganesh Haloi was forced to migrate to West Bengal during the tumult of Partition. Upon completion of his graduation from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, Haloi joined the Archaeological Survey of India as a resident artist and was assigned the documentation of the cave paintings of Ajanta from […]
Champak Barbara is based in the north-eastern state of Guwahati in India. Champak Barbara, while speaking on the occasion, said that he was enthralled at the idea of having an exhibition with a veteran like Benu Misra. “It is a new concept of exhibiting illustrative works and graphics, which are generally not kept in an […]
Ashok Bhowmik was born in Kolkata in 1953, to a second-generation Bengali immigrant family from Noakhali, Bangladesh. He graduated from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, where he received the Governor’s Gold Medal. Bhowmik’s paintings show influences of folklore, myth, and magic. His distinct style of portraying human faces and bodies recalls ancient statues, […]
Amitabha Banerjee was born in 1929, in Barishal, Bangladesh. His family moved to West Bengal following Partition. He studied at the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata. Banerjee’s expressionist objectivism is compounded by concealed forms and a dramatic play of light and shade. An excellent printmaker, he was also a founding member of the […]
