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Born : 1965, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

# Educational Qualifications:
Option Art – Fellowship – Artist in Residence (4ème) – Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Le Mans, France, 2002
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, Gujarat, 1996
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons. in Painting) from Kala Bhavan, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, 1994

# Present engagement :
Working Visual Artist at Lalit kala Akademi, Ministry of Culture, Kolkata
Visual Artist Educator at NSOU-AI-MSME, Kolkata

# Major Projects and Exhibitions:
“Palestine” – An international curatorial group exhibition and publication at Sahamat, New Delhi, 2025
“The Social Landscape” – curated group exhibition at Gaganendra Pradarshashala, 2025
23rd International Art Exhibition at ICCR by Nandan-Santiniketan, Kolkata, 2025
Prabhaha by Praktoni – featuring alumni of Kala Bhavan, at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2024
“Parampara – Pravaha” – Installation project, organized by Utsriji at Deoghar, Jharkhand, 2025
“22nd International Exhibition” at the Academy of Fine Arts, organized by Nandan-Santiniketan, Kolkata, 2024
1st International group show organized by Santiniketan Asramik Sangha at the Academy of Fine Arts, 2024
“Symphony of Tones” – Two-person show at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2023
“Annual Show cum Workshop” at ICCR by Sreejan Group, Kolkata, 2023
“Migration” – “Urbanization” – “Transformed Landscape” – Curated by Amit Mukhopadhyay
(Solo Project: Paintings, drawings, photography, Book Art, Installation), (2003 – 2020)
All India Group Exhibition at Gallery 88, Kolkata
“The Post” (Paintings, Book art & Installation)- An international project show at ICCR, Kolkata, 2008
“Land-Bread-Democracy” – project based Exhi. at Nandan Art Gallery, Santiniketan, 2008
“Black & White” – At Nandan Gallery, Santiniketan (Group Project), 2007
La Avant-Garde, Galerie Le Château, Paris – Group Project, Publication & Collections, 2010
“Young Contemporary Artists of Bengal” organized by Aryan Art Gallery, Kolkata & Delhi, 2007
Tamarind Art Gallery, New York – (Group Exhibition) – 2007
National level workshop by Lalit Kala Akademi, Ministry in Culture, Gangtok, Sikkim – 2005
“Black & White” – at Society of Contemporary Art Gallery, Kolkata (Group Project) – 2002
“Land-Bread-Democracy” at Art & Aesthetics Gallery, New Delhi (Group Project) 2010
“Pluralism” at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata (Group Project) – 2002
“Le Paysage Transforme” at Galerie Le Comptoir, Paris (Solo Project) – 2002
“The Transformed Landscape” at La Nuit Bengali, Paris (Solo Project) – 2002
“Le Paysage Transform” at Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Le Mans, France (Solo Project) – 2001
Solo Project Publications, created 200 handmade original Book Art – 2001-2002
“Two-man Show” at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, 1997
40th National Exhibition by Lalit Kala Akademi in Bengaluru, 1997
*Option Art Mentor:* Prof. Mathias Perez & John Luis Raymond, France

# Recognition:
Fellowship cum Residency on Option Art at ESBAM, France
Best Drawing Award, All India Annual Exhibition at Birla Academy, by Indian Society of Oriental Art
Rajya Charukala Scholarship, 2000
Visva-Bharati University Departmental Award, 1992, 1993
Participated in UGC Sponsored Programmes on Visual Art at BU “Visual Art”
, 2004 – 2017
Community Project Development organized by the MSME-DI, 2021 – present

# Designated Work Experiences:
*Principal-Coordinator*
, AI Institute (MSME – NSOU), Kolkata, (Member BOS), 2001 – Present
*Guest Faculty*
, NIFT, The Ministry of Textile, Kolkata, (2016 – 2021)
*Principal*
, Birla Institute for Visual & Performing Arts, MLCU, Kolkata, (1997-2020)
*Founder & TIC-Head*
, College of Art & Design, Burdwan University, (2004 – 2017)

# Artwork Collections:
Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Le Mans, France
Private art collectors in Mumbai, Kolkata, New York, Paris, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Auvers-sur-Oise
Universities, Institutes & Organisations