Art Education:
1998-99 Visiting M.F.A. Experience, Glasgow School of Art, U.K. 1997 M.F.A. (First Class) & 1995 B.F.A. (First Class), Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan.

Solo Exhibitions:
2009 - Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2008 - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 - Akar Prakar, Kolkata.
2007 - Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, with The Eye Within.
2006 - Museum Gallery, Mumbai , with The Eye Within
2005 - Nehru Centre, London
2005 - Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
2004 - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 - Hotel Oberoi Towers, Mumbai.
2004 - Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
2003 - Max Muller Bhavan, Kolkata
2002 - Nehru Centre, London.
2002 - Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
2001 - British Council Mumbai
2001 - The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2000 - Appa Rao Galleries, Chennai
2000 - Krosna Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1999 - Pentagon Centre.Glasgow, U.K.
1999 - Indian Consulate, Glasgow,U.K.
1999 - Sreedharani Art gallery New Delhi.
1999 - Birla Academy of Art And Culture Kolkata.
1998 - Gallerie’88, Kolkata
1998 - Gorky Sadan, Kolkata
1998 - Apollo Appa Rao Galleries, Mumbai.
1997 - 98- Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
1997 - Appa Rao Galleries, Chennai.

Duo Exhibition:
2000 - Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2006 - Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai (Murmuring Purple).

Three Person Exhibition:
2002 – Sridharani Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi with The Guild Art Gallery Mumbai

Group Exhibitions:
2009 - 'Perspecta' presented by Sanjay Tulsyan and Gallery 88. Indigo & Laburnum Galleries, Cholamondal Centre for Contemporary Art, Chennai.
2008 - Rhythm –A visual harmony- Esparance, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
2008 - Tamarind Art Gallery, New York
2008 - 'Shakti', Indian Art Circle , New Delhi.
2008 - Synchrome 4, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai with Akar Prakar.
2007 - Synchrome 4, Akar Prakar , Kolkata.
2007 - Beyond the Frame - Esperance, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
2007 - The Cross Section of Contemporary Indian Art – Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai with The Eye Within.
2007 - Art Addressing Violence, Samokal Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2007 - She India - The Noble Sage, London.
2007 - Saraswati, A Tribute to Women, Art Mosaic Gallery, Singapore.
2007 - Celebrating India III ,curated by Sunit Chopra, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata.
2006 - Synchrome 3, Akar Prakar, Kolkata.
2006 - Group Fifty,Lokayata, Haus Khas Village, New Delhi.
2006- Tao Art Gallery, Myanmar Camp Show, Mumbai with The Eye Within
2006 - Art for Water, Water for Life, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2006 - Journey 2, Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai.
2006 - Monsoon Show by Red Earth at Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai and at Galerie Romain Rolland by Alliance Francaise de Delhi
2004 - SAHMAT, The Making of India
2004 - Tale of Two Cities, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta.
2004 - Exhibition on Munshi Premchand, Sahmat, New Delhi
2004 - The Art Connection – Birla Academy of Art & Culture and British Council, Calcutta
2003 - Solitude Show–India Habitat Centre with Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, New Delhi , Appa Rao Galleries.
2003 - Roots En Route – British Council, New Delhi; Gallery Forum, Chennai; Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore; Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.`
2002 - Self Portrait, RPG.,Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata.
2002 - Young Contemporaries from Santiniketan, Lalit Kala Akademi organized by Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2001 - Paper Show, CIMA Gallery, Calcutta.
2001 - Lalit Kala National Exhibition , State Lalit Kala Kendra, Ahmedabad.
2001 - East Show Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2001 - "Art on the move" Workshop & exhibition organized by Safdar Hasmi Memorial Trust, New Delhi.
2000 - Black & White Show, Art Today, New Delhi.
1998,1999- Group show at Taj Palace Hotel organized by Vadehra Art Gallery , New Delhi
1999 - Interim, Exhibition of Glasgow School of Art,Glasgow.
1999-2000 - Biswa Banga Millennium Exhibition, Calcutta.
1998 - New Perceptions Images and Media, at Academy of Fine Art and Literature, New Delhi, organized by CIMA Gallery and also at CIMA Gallery, Calcutta.
1997 - Metropolitan Art Festival , Calcutta.
1997 - Directions, Emerging Trends of Contemporary Indian Art. The AIR Gallery. London.
1997 - Gift for India, Lalit Kala Academy Galleries New Delhi, Organized by SAHMAT.
1996 - Bharat Bhavan Biennial, Bhupal.
1994 - The Indian Context, Organised by Appa Rao Galleries and A Gallery, New York.
1992,1996,1997,1998,2000 – All India Annual Art Exhibition, AIFACS , New Delhi
1997,1998,2000 – All India Annual Art Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata.
1992,1999,2000,2001 – National Exhibition of Art, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1991,1992,1996,1997,2000 – All India Annual Art Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
Participated in many other group exhibitions in India and abroad.

Awards & Scholarships:
2008 - 'Swamsiddha Award' Rotary Club of Calcutta.
2006 - 'Samman', banglalive.com, Kolkata.
2005 - Award, Certificate, Primis Drawing School, Batanagar
2002 - Award & Merit Certificate, Kolkata Kala Kendra.
2001 - Faculty Fellowship, Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad.
2001 - State level Award in Millennium Art Exhibition of AIFACS New Delhi.
1998 - Awarded Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship to study in U.K.
1997 - Camlin Award for scholastic excellence in Visva Bharati, Santiniketan.
1996 - AIFACS cash award , New Delhi , along with President of India’s Silver Plaque for the best exhibit of the year.
1996 - West Bengal Governor’s Award with Gold Medal from the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta for the best exhibit of the year.
1996 - Silver Medal & Merit Certificate from West Bengal State Academy of Dance, Drama, Music & Visual Arts, Calcutta.
1992 - AIFACS Award, New Delhi.
1990 - BSYN Award, Calcutta.
1998 - Kaushik Memorial Award, Calcutta.
1994-97 - National Scholarship & 1997 – 99 Junior Fellowship, Ministry of HRD, Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India.
1992 - 94 - Visva Bharati Merit Scholarship, Santiniketan.

Workshops Coordinated:
2001 - Child Art Project, Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad.
2001 - "My world in my Canvas", Children Art Workshop with 'Sanlap' at Swabhumi, Calcutta.

Workshops Participated:
2006 - Palm Village Resorts with Abstract Frames.
2006 - Trinka’s, Calcutta.
2005 - Calcutta swimming Club – Tsunami with Ritam Communications and Chitrakoot Art Gallery.
2004 - CIMA Gallery & Ambuja Cement , Sankrail, West Bengal.
2003 - National Painters Workshop, Mount Abu organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi & Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.
2003 - Mukta Shilpa , Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
2002 - Artists Camp , Dashghara NGO
2002 - RPG Annual Art Cam , Malad , Mumbai.
2002 - 'Shamil', Kolkata.
2001 - "Art on the move" Installation Workshop , New Delhi, organized by SAHMAT.
2000 - Women Artists Camp, organized by The group, Calcutta Information Centre.
2000 - "Memory Park", Max Muller Bhavan & Arts Acre, Calcutta.
1998,2000 - International Art Symposium & Exhibition in Russia, organized by Sunny Square Artists Group, Russia.
2000 - Austrian Art Association, Austria .
2000 - EasternRegional Young Painters Workshop, organized by NEHU , Shillong and Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Calcutta.
2000 - Kala Ghoda Art Festival, Mumbai.
1997 - RAD & Indian Life Saving Society, Calcutta.
1997 - Epar Bangla Opar Bangla , Kolkata Nandanik, Calcutta.
1996 - Calcutta Cityscape Within Modernity, Maxmuller Bhavan and Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Calcutta.
1996 - With Ecole Regionale Des Beaux Arts , Le Mans, France at Santiniketan.
1996 - Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Calcutta .

Collection:
Osian's Connoisseuers of Art, Mumbai
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
World Bank, New Delhi.
Bayreauth International Art Centre, Germany.
Austrian Art Association, Klogenfurt, Austria.
Many other private collections in India & abroad.

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