Shuvaprasanna - Vita

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University, Calcutta).</div> <div> <B>2010 </B>Founded <A HREF="http://www.artsacre.org/home1.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.artsacre.org/home1.html">Arts Acre Foundation</A>, Calcutta</div> <bR> <div> <B>Solo Exhibitions</B></div> <div> <B>1972</B> Birla Academy, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1973</B> Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.</div> <div> <B>1974</B> Gallery "Les Hirondelles", Geneva, Switzerland.</div> <div> <B>1975</B> Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi; Gallery Atlantis, Aix-En-Provance, France.</div> <div> <B>1976</B> Gallery Denbarg, Geneva, Switzerland.</div> <div> <B>1977</B> Décor Art Gallery, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1978</B> Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.</div> <div> <B>1979</B> Walburgischule, Werl, Germany; Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1980</B> National Museum, Singapore; Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.</div> <div> <B>1981</B> Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta; Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.</div> <div> <B>1983</B> Calcutta Art Gallery; Calcutta; Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Kreissparkasse, Ludwigsburg,    Germany; Volkshochschule, Essen, Germany.</div> <div> <B>1985</B> Painter's Home Gallery;, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1987</B> Birla Academy, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1988</B> IDM Gallery, Munich, Germany; St. Paulus  Pastelite, Ludwigsburg, Germany.</div> <div> <B>1989</B> Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; The Gallery, Chennai.</div> <div> <B>1990</B> Indian Museum, Calcutta; Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; </div> <div> <B>1991</B> Sridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi.</div> <div> <B>1992</B> Art Age Gallery, Calcutta; La Gallerie, Dhaka, Bangladesh.</div> <div> <B>1993</B> Birla Academy, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1994</B> Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany; Studio Helmi Prechter, Augsburg, Germany.</div> <div> <B>1995</B> "Metropolis": Portraits of Calcutta; CIMA Gallery, Calcutta; ABC Gallery, Benaras.</div> <div> <B>1997</B> Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Gallerie Grewal Mohanjeet, Paris, France.</div> <div> <B>1998</B> Painter's Home Gallery, Calcutta; Gallery Sanskriti, New Delhi.</div> <div> <B>1999</B> Joint Show with Shipra Bhattacharya, Art Today, New Delhi.</div> <div> An Appreciation of Ted Hughes, Exhibition of Crow Paintings, British Council, Calcutta.; Art Indus, New Delhi</div> <div> <B>2000</B> `Shuvaprasanna's Icon & Retrospective, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, organized by Art Indus, New Delhi; Fine Art Company, Mumbai; Gallery Sumukha (Recent & Past) at Bangalore; Artworld, Chennai,: Fine Art Company, Mumbai</div> <div> <B>2002</B> `Icons and Illusions' organized by Gallery & Arts India, New York, USA. `Madhura' at At Art Indus, New Delhi.</div> <div> <B>2004</B> `Lila' at Sridharni Art Gallery organized by Art Indus, New Delhi, `The Golden Flute” at Gallery Artsindia, New York.</div> <div> <B>2005</B> `The Golden Flute” at Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai organized by Indian Fine Art & Cymroza Art Gallery.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Group Exhibitions</B></div> <div> <B>1961</B> Arts and Artists, Calcutta</div> <div> <B>1970</B> Calcutta Painters, Calcutta and Mumbai; Epar Bangla Opar Bangla, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1975</B> Gallery Kunsthaus Stuttgart, Germany; Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi; Inaugural show, Décor Art Gallery, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1977</B> Gallery 26, New Delhi</div> <div> <B>1979</B> Contemporary Watercolour Exhibition, Birla Academy, Calcutta</div> <div> <B>1985</B> Graphic Art in India since 1950</div> <div> <B>1987</B> Indian Drawings Today, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai</div> <div> <B>1989</B> Centenary invitees' show of Bombay Art Society; Human Rights by Arts of Bengal, Alliance Francise de Calcutta and Birla Academy, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1990</B> 300 years of Calcutta show by Birla Academy, Calcutta; Contemporary Paintings on War and Peace, Max Muller Bhavan, Calcutta; Hyderabad; Chennai; Bangalore; Mumbai.</div> <div> <B>1991</B> Art of Spastics Auction, Chennai; "The Downtrodden and We" by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.</div> <div> <B>1992</B> Silver Jubilee exhibition of Birla Academy, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1993</B> "Sonar Bangla" Exhibition of Indian Contemporary Art, Mumbai; Fourth Anniversary Exhibition 'Shraddha Samarpan'; Tributes to the Mentally-ill Downtrodden, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai</div> <div> <B>1994</B> From India: 28 Contemporary Artists Presents New Graphic Work, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Canada.</div> <div> <B>1995</B> 'Art from the Heart', Exhibition by the People for Animals, Mumbai, Delhi; 'Bombay - An Artist's Impression' RPG, Jehangir Art Gallery; "The Tree of My Life", The Village Gallery, New Delhi; Inaugural Exhibition 'La Mere Art Gallery', Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1996</B> 'Autumn', Exhibition by CIMA, New Delhi; H.K.Kejriwal Collection 1830-1995, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore.</div> <div> <B>1997</B> 'Colours of Independence', N.G.M.A., New Delhi; 'Bengal Show', Singapore by Apparao Galleries; 'Indian Beast', New Delhi; 'Within the Frame', New York/London/New Delhi; 'Major Trends in Indian Art', Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; 'Image - Beyond Image', Contemporary Indian Paintings from the Collection of Glenberra Art Museum, Japan, exhibited at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Birla Academy of Arts & Culture, Calcutta; Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore; National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai; Heart, 'The Intuitive Logic II', Exhibition : Auction Modern & Contemporary Indian Paintings, The Park, New Delhi; The Nehru Centre, Mumbai; Kalanjali, Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore, 'A Tribute to Mother Teresa', Art Indus, New Delhi; Contemporary Art of Bengal, Victoria Memorial in collaboration with Calcutta Metropolitan Festival of Art.</div> <div> <B>1998</B> 'Krishna', Art Indus, New Delhi; 'Devi', Art Indus, New Delhi; Indian Contemporary Art, The RPG Collection, Bayer A.G., Germany; Confluence, Trends in Contemporary Indian Art, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore; Art Connoisseur Gallery, London; Gallery Asiana, New York; First Group Show of The Fine Art Company, Mumbai; Exhibition of Modern Miniatures, Gandhara Gallery, New Delhi; Indian Contemporary Art Show/Auction, Singapore; 'Unmaskings' Exhibition of Self-Portraits, Gallery Om, New Delhi; Sister Nivedita Girls' School Centenary Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta; 'The Silent Symphony' </div> <div> <B>1999</B> Exhibition of Textile Painting, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai..</div> <div> Art for Spastics, at Taj Coromandel, Chennai, Contemporary Works of Bengali Artists, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 'Water' Contemporary Watercolour Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; Small Format Works, Art Today, New Delhi; </div> <div> <B>2000</B> Art and Cinema, Arushi Arts, New Delhi.</div> <div> `Shatabadi' reflextion on a century past- exhibition organized by CIMA at Calcutta and Mumbai; `The Miniature Formet Show 2000' Sanstache Art Gallery Mumbai; </div> <div> <B>2001</B> The Best of Bengal at Art Today, New Delhi.</div> <div> `Art of Bengal: Past & Present' organized by CIMA at Mumbai in January, the same in Kolkata April; `Scapes 2001' at Hong Kong; `The Harmony show' at Mumbai; `Harvest 2001' exhibition of Indian Contemporary Art; `A Treasure Trove' at Birla Academy, Kolkata; `Art for Heart's Sake' at New Delhi; `Works on paper' organized by CIMA at Kolkata.</div> <div> <B>2002</B> `Ma' exhibiton of Indian Contemporary Art organized by Art Indus in New Delhi; `Art for Hearts Sake' Auction at Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai.</div> <div> <B>2003</B> `The 8<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Harmony show' at Mumbai; “Shakti” at Anant Art Gallery & curated by Ratnottama Sengupta.; `Call of the Real' exhibition by Sanskriti Gallery with Taj Group of Hotels at Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Colombo.</div> <div> <B>2004</B> “Strokes for concern” at Oberoi Grand by Concern India Foundation; “Dhaara” at Academy of Fine Art, presented by Aryan Art Gallery & curated by Ratnottama Sengupta.; “Freedom through Education” at Bangalore by Bangalore Round Table 7.</div> <div> <B>2005</B> `Annual show' at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata; “The 10<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Harmony Show 2005” organized by Reliance Industries Ltd. at Mumbai, `2005 India- Korea contemporary art' at India Habitat Centre, new Delhi organized by Montage Arts; `Hervest 2005' organized by Arushi Arts, New Delhi; Group show by Gallery Sanskriti; `Summer Show' organized by Arushi Arts, New Delhi; “Devotion” at India Habitat Centre, new Delhi organized by Gallery Arts Positive; “Art for Concern” at Hyatt Regency by Concern India Foundation, Kolkata; “Banglar Mati Banglar Jal” at Academy of Fine Arts and Aryan Art Gallery, New Delhi; “40<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Anniversary year” at Artworld, Chennai; `Art for God's Shake' by The Art Trust at India Habitat Centre;</div> <bR> <div> <B>International Exhibitions</B></div> <div> <B>1985</B> III Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh</div> <div> <B>1986</B> II International Biennial, Havana, Cuba</div> <div> <B>1990</B> II International Biennial, Ankara, Turkey</div> <div> <B>1991</B> VII International Triennial India, New Delhi.  Visited United States under the auspices of the USIA; Visited England under the sponsorship of British Council.</div> <div> <B>1992</B> The Museum of Modern Art, Sitomo, Japan; "To Encounter Others", Kassel, Germany.</div> <div> <B>1993</B> Visited Germany under the sponsorship of Inter Nations.</div> <div> <B>1995</B> III International Biennial of Prints, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.</div> <div> <B>1997</B> Indian Contemporary Paintings, Cristies', London</div> <div> <B>1998</B> Contemporary *Indian Paintings, Sothebys', New York</div> <div> <B>2003</B> 6<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> EME Triennale Mondiale D'Estampes Petit Format 2003 in France</div> <div> <B>2004</B> Scenes from a Voyage organized by Art Voyage in association with Art Pilgrim; `Parbon 2004', group exhibition at Sheraton Hotel, Dhaka, organized by The High Commission of India in Dhaka, Real Concepts and MAA consortium, Dhaka..</div> <div> <B>2005</B> “Group exhibition” at Reflections Art Gallery, Hong Kong.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Workshops</B></div> <div> <B>1982</B> Poster Workshop, British Council, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1983</B> All India Painting Workshop, Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta</div> <div> <B>1988</B> Workshop in Horniman Museum, London.</div> <div> <B>1990</B> Painting Workshop in Coonoor, Chennai; War and Peace, Indo-German Artists Camp, Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1991</B> Advanced Lithography Workshop with Tamarind Institute, USA, and Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai.</div> <div> <B>1992</B> Gangotsav Art Camp at Riverside Diamond Harbour, West Bengal.</div> <div> <B>1993</B> Graphics Workshop in Obergrabenpresse, Dresden, Germany; Druck und Publikations GmbH and Kupferdrucker Lothar Becker in Munich, Germany; Painting Workshop of Artists from Bangladesh and West Bengal, at Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1995</B> International Workshop - Art and Nature, New Delhi; Graphics Workshop in Obergrabenpresse, Dresden, Germany.</div> <div> <B>1999</B> Workshop on Contemporary Works of Bengali Artists, Bengal Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.</div> <div> <B>2000</B> Painting Workshop at Taj Bengal, Calcutta; Painting Workshop at Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi; Painting Workshop at Taj Coromandel, Chennai, Painting Workshop at Myher, Madhya Pradesh.</div> <div> <B>2001</B> Art In Nature, Indo-German Workshop in connection with German Festival in India.</div> <div> <B>2002</B> `Art workshop' organized by Sanghi Industries at Hyderabad</div> <div> <B>2003</B> `Le Royal Meridian Mumbai Art Camp' organized by Gallery Beyond</div> <div> <B>2004</B> Kodaikanal Art Camp organized by Artworld, Chennai; `Artists workshop' organized by Surya Prakash at Hyderabad; `Artists workshop' organized by Eastern Command HQ; Dubai Art Camp organized by Intex, Dubai.</div> <div> <B>2005</B> `Art workshop' organized by Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata; `Le Royal Meridian Mumbai Art Camp' organized by Gallery Beyond; Kodaikanal Art Camp organized by Artworld, Chennai. South Africa Art Camp organized by Gallery Nvya, New Delhi.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Awards</B></div> <div> <B>1979</B> Awarded by AIFACS, New Delhi</div> <div> <B>1978</B> Awarded by State Lalit Kala Akademi, West Bengal</div> <div> <B>1977</B> Awarded by Birla Academy, Calcutta.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Art Organizational Works</B></div> <div> <B>1996</B> Founder member, Art and Artists, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1970</B> Joined Calcutta Painters, Calcutta</div> <div> <B>1972</B> Jt. Secretary, Calcutta Art Fair</div> <div> <B>1974</B> Member, CIRCA Geneva, Switzerland</div> <div> <B>1976</B> Founded College of Visual Arts, Calcutta</div> <div> <B>1984</B> Founded Arts Acre, An Artists' Village, Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>2010 </B>Founded <A HREF="http://www.artsacre.org/home1.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.artsacre.org/home1.html">Arts Acre Foundation</A>, Calcutta</div> <bR> <div> <B>Publications</B></div> <div> <B>1976</B> Edited with Shakti Chattopadhyay, <I>Anarchy and the Blue</I></div> <div> <B>1977</B> Published <I>Artist</I>, a Collection of Woodcut Prints</div> <div> <B>1981</B> Editor <I>Art Today</I>, a journal on movement of contemporary visual arts in India</div> <div> <B>1981</B> Edited Portfolio <I>The Dream and Reality </I>(a collection of drawings)</div> <div> <B>1983</B> Edited Portfolio <I>The Eyes of Time </I> (a collection of drawings)</div> <div> <B>1993</B> Published <I>Between the Earth and the Sky </I></div> <div> <B>1995</B> Published <I>Wondering Silence </I>(Drawings and Contemporary Bengali Poems)</div> <div> <B>1995</B> Published <I>Shuttle </I> Portfolio of Graphics and verses by Obergrabenpresse, Dresden and Calcutta.</div> <div> <B>1998</B> Published <I>Bishanna Swadesh </I> (Drawings with Poems of Partha Raha)</div> <div> <B>1999</B> Published <I>Ma-Nishad </I> (Drawings with Poems of Jay Goswami)</div> <div> <B>2000</B> Published <I>Shuvaprasanna: Vision Reality and beyond </I>by Chitrotpala Mukherjee.</div> <div> <B>2002</B> Published “<I>Aamaar Chhelebela</I>” an autobiography of Shuvaprasanna</div> <div> <B>2003</B> Published “Swapna, Swapna noy” a Bengali short stories for children's by Shuvaprasanna.; `Call of the Real- Contemporary Indian Artists of Bengal' published by Mapin.</div> <div> <B>2005</B> Published “Onno Nagorik” a collection of proses by Shuvaprasanna.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Permanent Collections</B></div> <div> National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; Govt. College of Art, New Delhi; UP State Lalit Kala Akademi,; Chandigarh Museum; Punjab University; NCERT, New Delhi; Birla Academy, Calcutta;  Air India; Taj Group of Hotels; Times of India Group; WHO Geneva; Kratel SA Stuttgart, Germany; Glenberra Art Museum, Japan; HEART, India; Radisson Ffort, Raichak, West Bengal; Gujarat Heavy Chemicals, Delhi, Telecom Venture Group, Hongkong, etc.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shuvaprasanna Contact"><B>Contact</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>