Parama 2023

I graduated from The Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in the year 1993, where I studied the Indian Style of painting. My scope of study included various indigenous forms of painting, including Miniature, Fresco, and the Rajasthani style. It was the Bengal Style of ‘Wash painting’, however, which attracted me the most.

In this “Bengal Style of Wash painting” holding medium or “base”, predominantly use to be Silk, and fine quality paper attached with glue to a hard surface like wooden board.

I have modified this style a little but the process remains same as it was done erstwhile at the time of Abonindra Nath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Khitis Chandra Majumder like Great Bengal School Masters of that era.

We have our ancestral property in a village named Chandanagar in Nadia. The exquisite beauty of this quiet place evokes and has helped evolve my aesthetic sensibilities.

I love the way of wash-painting, though it is time consuming, hard and challenging- in the end it truly is bliss. It is a thing of beauty, it is pure joy. The presence lingers even after the moment has passed, much like the Indian Ragas.

Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts with Honours in painting from Rabindra Bharati University in the year 1991.

Regularly participated in Painting exhibitions since 1995 at Academy of Fine Arts and Birla Academy.

Painting title- Serene Beauty

Medium- Dry Pastel

Sutapa Khan is an artist affluent with elements of nature and female form.She holds a BFA degree from Kalabhaban , Vishwabharati , Santiniketan.

She also holds a specialization degree in sculpture.

Playing with the colours of adolescence, I crossed the boundaries of school to enter the degree course at the art college.

Having acquired some conventional skills I began my journey as an artist; exhibiting at various exhibitions and attending workshops alongside.

But the harsh truths of life cut short my dreams of surviving solely as an artist.

Now, after years of struggling with and for existence, I again feel the impulse/urge of finding joy in form, shape and colour.

Assimilating the experiences of these fleeting years, I begin to weave the many lights of hope into this state of dilapidation and Chaos.

Using cloth and old pieces of textile as my base sheet, I engage myself into creating a world that is boundless. And it is around this engagement that I attempt to find myself again - an attempt with a new step forward even in this state of brittleness.

Self taught artist

Participated in several exhibitions including three solo exhibitions and several group shows all over India.

Also attended workshops in various places like the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata; American centre, Kolkata; Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhopal...

She believes....
"I paint my own reality. I believe art needs no confirmation. I do not want to be a prisoner of art. I paint my work freely"

Prof.Sohini Dhar, an Alumna of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan is at present attached to the Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

She is a practising Painter, Art Writer, Art Educator, Reviewer and has been regularly exhibiting her works in India & Abroad.

Born in an artist family in 3rd July,1977

As my father is an artist l am blessed to observe his work very closely and l could adapt it very fast . From my childhood l got opportunity to work with him in different mediums and my learning started till then.

When l grew up l went to Santiniketan and joined Kalavaban, Vishwa Bharti for further studies. I graduated in 2003.

After that I am working as freelance graphic artist.l love to do etching , lithography, wood cut print and also sculpture . The concept of my work originated from nature and myself , creation and development of living and non living substances often knock me in different dimensions where living and nonliving world mingles with each other in a different spiritual note.

I participated in many exhibitions in lndia and abroad . My work has been collected by buyers curators and in corporate sectors. My art work is also found in private collections in India and abroad.

I was born into a family of artists. My father and grandfather were reputed artists.

I learnt water colour from the renowned artist Shri Shyamal Sen.

I have participated in various shows : Lalitkala Academy at Bhubaneswar, Laha Art Gallery at Kolkata, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.

My paintings are in the collections of people in India, U.K., Vienna...

Graduated from Rabindra Bharati University in Visual arts in 1993 with a first class in painting.

Since then she has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions and workshops in India and abroad.

She has also held two solo shows in Kolkata.

Her works are with collectors in India, USA and Germany. They have also been published in different papers and magazines in Kolkata.

Maala was born and bought up in Halisahar, North 24 parganas

She is a science graduate and also pursued a BVA course at Birla Academy of Culture. PG Diploma in Art and craft from Rabindra Bharati University.

She received various awards right from childhood.

She is grateful to have Shri Ramananda Bandapadhaya as her monetor and considers him as her "Guru". And feels inspired by artist Shaymol Mukhopadhyay.

Maala has held four solo exhibitions and has participated in over Sixty group exhibitions at various well-known galleries in Kolkata, Varanasi.

She has a Diploma in Visual Arts in Drawing and Painting from Rabinda Bharati University, and did Craft Teachers Training from State Council for Engineering & Technical Education, West Bengal. She is an Arts Graduate from Calcutta University

Participated in various competitions and received the Best Water Colour Award in the year 2003 from Camlin Art Foundation [India].
Also received the Gold medal From All India Art Exhibition Organised by the Hyderabad Art Society in the year 2008.

She held solo exhibitions at Academy of Fine Arts in the year 2000 & 1999

Also participated in various group shows at Academy of Fine Arts, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Spandan Art Gallery, GC Laha Centenary Hall, Lalitkala Academy Delhi to name a few.

Her paintings are in the collection of various individuals and Organisations in India and abroad.