Date of birth 

20th Dec 1966

Art  Education

Master of Fine Arts in painting, Kala-Bhaban Viswa Bharati University,

Santineketan,1995.

Bachelor of Visual Art in Painting, Rabindra Bharati University,

Kolkata,1992.

Awards             

Senior Fellowship, Ministry of H.R.D, Govt of India, 2010.

Merit in painting, Botswana National Museum, Southern Africa, 2003.

Best Drawing award, Botswana National Museum, Southern Africa, 2002

Academy’s award, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata. 1999.

Sukumar Das Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 1999.

Junior Fellowship, Ministry of H.R.D, Govt of India, 1997. 

Birla Academy’s award,kolkata,1996.  

Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant,USA,1996.

Solo Exhibition                                

Right-lines  Art Gallery,Bangalore, 2010.

Academy  of  Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2014.

Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2016

Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2018

Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2020

Two men show                               

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2013

Birla Academy of Art &Culture,kolkata, 2010.

‘Perception and Images’ Octagon gallery, NationalMuseum, Botswana,Southern africa, 2003.

Ahmdabab ni Gufa Gallery, Ahmedabad, 2015

Hotel Gateway, Kolkata, 2017

India Habitat centre, New Delhi 2023

Participations  (Selected)

Group show at 079|stories gallery,Ahmedabad, 2020

Cochin Art Fair(Online exhibition), Kochi, 2020, 

Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, 2019 

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2017

All india exhibition at Emami chisel Art Gallery,kolkata 2017

Kanoria Art Centre, Ahmedabad,2013

Emami chisel Artgallery,Kolkata, 2013.

Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 2012

Birla Academy’s annual show,kolkata, 2010.

Jehangir art gallery,Mumbai, 2009.

Annual show,Birla academy,kolkata, 2009.

Summer show CIMA gallery, Kolkata 2008.

Annual show, Birla Academy, Kolkata, 2008

Right Lines art gallery, Bangalore, 2008.

La-Mare’ art gallery, Kolkata 2008.

Earth on Canvas organized by Contemporary Art-India, New Delhi, 2007.

La-Mare Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2007

Birla Academy annual show, Kolkata, 2006

'Summer Show' CIMA gallery, Kolkata, 2006

'Artist in Botswana' National Museum, Botswana, S.Africa, 2003

HIV/AIDS awareness exhibition, National Museum, Botswana, 2002

Artist in Botswana National Museum, Botswana, S.Africa 2002

Academy of Fine A rts, Kolkata, 1999

'New Perception, Image and Media', Arpana Academy of art and culture 

New Delhi, and at CIMA Gallery, Kolkata,1998.

'YoungSantiniketan Today', Guild art gallery Mumbai, 1997

'Award Winners' Birla Academy, Kolkata, 1997

State-level exhibition organized on the occasion of '50 years of Independence' Gujrat State Lalit Kala Academy, Ahmedabad, 1997

Visual Art Centre organized by Kanoria Art Centre, Ahmedabad, 1997

Hertwitz Gallery organized by Kanoria Art Centre, Ahmedabad, 1997

'Colors of Independence' organized by the National Gallery of Modern Art, In association with CIMA, at NGMA Gallery, New Delhi, 1997

Annual Show, Birla Academy, Kolkata,1996

'Highlights', Jehangir Art Gallery,curated by CIMA, Kolkata,1996

'Exploration' organized by CIMA gallery, Kolkata,1995

Kala bhaban annual show,Nandan art gallery, Santiniketan,1994

Annual show, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata,1993

Annual Exhibition, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata,1988-91

Artist Residency 

Worked at Kanoria Art Centre, Ahmedabad and participated in various Exhibitions/Slide shows/Discussions,1996-1997

Abroad experience

During my stay in Botswana,Southern Africa(3 years),I met various traditional and contemporary artists from Africa as well as Europe and Latin America and got acquainted with their  works.Hadexhibitions slide shows and communicative sessions on myworks.Visited different Museums through out the country.

Collections

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Botswana National Museum, Southern Africa

Private and Corporate houses in India and Abroad.