Born: 1970
The artist lives and works in Kolkata, India.
He is currently a member of Faculty of Visual Arts at Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta.
Master of Visual Art (MVA), Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, 2000
Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA), Dpt. of Sculpture, Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, 1998.
Bachelor of Art, Sociology Honours, University of Calcutta, 1994.
Selected solo exhibitions:
MAN / NAM, Aicon Gallery, London, UK
The Mould Confronting a Snake – The Theater of the Absurd (an exhibition of sculptures, sculpture objects, drawings and period photographs), Project 88, Mumbai, India Installation in Sculpture, Art Heritage, New Delhi, India
Sculpture Arrangements, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.
Selected Group Show:
Eastern Edge, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
Other Directions, Birla Academy of Art Culture, Calcutta
New Wave in Bengal Art, Akar Prakar, Calcutta
2003 Migration City, Home, Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Calcutta and Academy of Art and Culture,
Awards, Participations:
Kolkata, Kolkata, India (workshop) Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair
2002 Recipient of the Charles Wallace Scholarship, UK
2001 Paul Foundation, India
J.N. Tata Endowment, India
Designer, Dhokra casting, Craft Council of West Bengal
2000, 1998 Rabindra Bharati Annual Exhibition Award for Sculpture
1998, 1997 Surveryor, Craft Council of West Bengal