All my paintings have people wearing some headgear that has a face painted on them. This depicts the
double-faced nature of people. As we see in the most profession where one wears a uniform, like a
policeman, a nurse, army personnel, or the Pope. One wears headgear to go with it as well.
To me, it is the depiction of the fact that we always wear a face that is different from the real one we have.
It is like a face we have to put up to suit the personality we want to project which is always
different from the real one.
For the past 25 years, acrylic colour has been the main medium for my paintings. After doing the line drawing on paper or canvas, a layer of acrylic is used like tempera o¬n it. Then slowly the subjects and people are given shape using more layers of colour. Since I use fast colour, it gives a definite brightness to the figures. My figures have a definite inspiration from Egyptian paintings, thus the figures are drawn in the same form, the clothes that they wear have long lines making them look taller and in a way Egyptian.
D.V.A in painting from Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata in1993.
2017 - joypur art festival with a solo show, workshop, and art talk - Jaipur, Rajasthan
2014 The Bonding of Dream, GALLERY SPACE- Hyderabad
2007 The Red pallet, Vikalp Art Gallery- Kolkata.
2005 Between Ourselves, Bengal Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata
2003 Between Ourselves, Gallery Vintage, Delhi
2003 Between Ourselves, Caffain, Kolkata
2003 Tears of Time, Domus Art Gallery, Kolkata
1997 Centenary Celebrations of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, organized by Pradesh Cong. (Kolkata &
New Delhi)
1997 Fiddlers Green-II, Ambiance. The Gallery, Kolkata
1994 International Conference of Forest Management and Environment, organised by Ford Foundation &
IBRAD at The Park, Kolkata
1992 Out of Mirage, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1997 Contribution the day of 15th August 1947, organized by All India Congress Conference, (Kolkata
& New-Delhi)
2016 – Special achievement award from IBRAD ( Indian bioscience and research and development ) for art
contribution for society
2013-Colourentice & Tata Steel felicitating “Artist of the year 2013”
2000- Honorable Guest from India, Salon, International Des Artists, France.