Artist: DEBOSMITA SAMANTA Contemporary

Born

1987

Education

M.F.A. (Painting), S. N School of Arts and Communication, Hyderabad Central University. Telangana, 2012. B.V.A. (Painting), College of Art and Design, Burdwan University, West Bengal 2010

Exhibitions

Group show, ‘Mirror Mirror on the Wall’, Gallery ChampaTree, Delhi, 2024 Group show, ‘Parallel Realities’, Gallery Ekami, Kerala, 2023 Group show, ‘Reverence’, Gallery Veda, Chennai, 2023 India Art Fair 2023, GALLERYSKE Booth, Delhi Group Show, ‘Whose Memoirs? Whose Archives?- An Empirical Study, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, 2023 Group Show , ‘Chitram’- Art inspired by Indian Movies, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad, 2022 Two-Woman show, ‘Echoes and Time Unfolded’, Kalakriti Art Gallery, 2021 ‘Womenism’, Nippon Gallery, Mumbai, 2021 Group Show , ‘Eastern Accents: 9 Contemporary Artists, Janus Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2021 Two Women Show, ‘Treasured Memories’, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, 2020 Group Show , Facets of The People, Gallery OED, Cochin, Kerala, 2020

Other Informations

Concept –

My work reflects the way I see the society I live in and women’s perception of themselves and
their identity. It also focuses on the psychological and emotional aspects of a woman’s life in
context to the society. Certain lived experiences, familiar spaces, memories, family history,
dreams and personal mythologies tend to appear and re-appear in my paintings. The images in
my works are reminiscences of a broad range of experiences. These themes and images are
represented with metaphors and deeper meanings embedded in them. Much of my imagery
emerges from a deep and dormant experiential memory and the act of painting or drawing
becomes a tool of extracting them. I always consider myself as a story-teller and the characters
in my paintings are often my family members, especially the women in my life. They become
actors-playing various roles-within my imagery, narrating my emotions on the surface of my
canvas and paper. The landscapes I paint narrate their own story. These are the outcome of my
conscious and subconscious mind. I like to work with the idea of ‘presence in absence’. These
landscapes are not just made with trees or bushes but also with overlapping layers of my
memories as well as personal mythologies. They are recreated and reimaged with some of my
observations from various road trips and are juxtaposed with fantasy and imagination. The
visuals which I capture with my eyes come out in the form of scribbling and gradually start to
develop a story on its own