Amitabh SenGupta (b.1941)
Graduated in Painting from Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata, 1963.
· Received French Govt. Scholarship in Printmaking and Painting, studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1966-68. Had solo shows at Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Paris; solo show at Cité International de Paris, 1967 and ’68. Exhibited in the international show of the Salon d’Automn in Paris, 1968; participated in several other international shows in Europe.
· Ed.M in the State University of New York at Buffalo under AICE-UNESCO Fellowship, on General Education & Educational Policy Analysis, 1979-81.
· Traveled extensively in Africa, USA, Western Europe and Turkey.
· Received all India award in painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 1961.
· Received President’s award in painting, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi, 1975.
· Worked in Nigeria as the Head of Visual Arts in two Universities, for a period of eleven years, 1976-87. Developed art curricula and organized the setting up of the dept. of Visual Arts at the University of Port Harcourt. Listed as Art Advisor with the Federal Universities in Nigeria and with the UNESCO in Paris, 1986-87. Exhibited in Owerri, 1979, Enegu, Lagos and Port Harcourt, 1986. Exhibited in USA, UK, France, Italy and Germany.
· Living and working in Kolkata since 1989.
Major Solo Shows in India, 1988 onwards:
1988 - “Interiors” at The Gallery, Chennai
1989 - “Walls” at the Galerie ‘88, Kolkata
1990 - “Interiors” at the Gallery Katayun, Kolkata
1991 - “Interiors” at the Art Heritage, New Delhi
1992 - “Split Wall” at the Center Art Gallery, Kolkata
1993 - “Surface of Time” at Sarala’s Art Centre, Chennai and Art Heritage, New Delhi
1995 - “Surface of Time” at Crimson Gallery, Bangalore
1996 - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 - Paintings and computer Graphics, Artworld Gallery, Chennai
1999 - Paintings and digital Graphics, Birla Academy, Kolkata
2000 - Paintings and digital graphics, Artworld Gallery, Chennai
2003 - “Surface of Time”, Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Artworld, Chennai
2005 - ‘Inscription Series’, Artworld , Chennai
Major Group shows/Art Camps, 1988 onwards:
1990 - Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal
1990 - “Bengal Arts”, shown by Gallerie’88 at Mumbai
1992 - Indo-French “Confluence” art-camp show in Kolkata and New Delhi
1993 - “Two Bengals”, Art Camp and Show at Bangladesh Mission, Kolkata
1994 - “Indian Contemporary Art” at Pao Gallery, Hong Kong Art Centre, in collaboration with Maya Gallery and Artworld, Chennai
1995 - “25 Indian Painters” at Art Museum Ginza, Tokyo, Gallery Nagai in collaboration with Artworld
1995 - “Bombay” show organised by H.V.Goenka, Mumbai
1995 - Art Camp and show at CCMB organized by Surya Prakash, I.V Prasad Eye Research Institute and CCMB, Hyderabad
1996 - Exhibitions organized by Aurodhan Gallery, Pondicherry, at Bangalore, Hyderabad and New Delhi
1997 - “4 Indian Painters” at Gallery Quadrivium, Sydney, in collaboration with Artworld Gallery
1999 - “Indian Contemporary Art” at the University-gallery at Penang and the National Gallery of Modern Art at Kualalumpur, Malaysia, in collaboration with Artworld, Chennai
2000 - Art camps and shows in Kolkata and New Delhi organised by Taj Hotels and Artworld Gallery
2001 - “Indian Contemporary Art” Show at Oberoi, New Delhi, by Kalyani Chawla and Aloka Saha
2001 - “Creative Passageway” Show, USA and Israel, organised by Shari Davis Ferdman
2002 - Indo-Korean Show, New Delhi, sponsored by Montage Gallery
2002 - “The Magical Mystery Tour”, works of five artists at Crimson Gallery, Bangalore
2002 - Art Camp and Show in Nepal, organised by Sangeeta Thapa
2002 - “Bengal Art” Show at Habitat Centre, New Delhi, organised by Ambika Beri
2002 - “Colours of Bengal”, organized by the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata and Habiart Gallery, New Delhi
2002 - Art Camp and show at CCMB, Hyderabad
2005 - Art Camp at Vedic Village organized by Artists’ Circle, Calcutta
2005 - Art Camp and Show organized by ARTMOSAIC, Singapore
2005 - Art Camp at Taj, Chennai, organized by Artworld
2006 - Conducted UBCHEA sponsored artist-in-residence workshop in the dept. of Fine Arts at Stella Maris
College on ‘Digital Art’, Chennai
2006 - Art Camp at CCMB, Hyderabad,
Works in major Collections, since 1988:
President’s House, Lagos, and State House, Owerri, Nigeria; Lalit Kala Academy and Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Taj Group of Hotels, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and New Delhi; Park Hotel, Kolkata; Kakatya Hotel, Hyderabad; World Tel; Pradip Bothra; Meena Dadha; Biswajit and Sarala Banerjee; Kirloskar and Bicon India, Bangalore; ITC Kolkata; H.V.Goenka;L V Prasad Eye research Institute, Hyderabad; CCMB, Hyderabad; Moti and Soli Daruwalla; Sanjay Tulsyan; Art Heritage collection; Chaise, New York; TATA Cummins; ACC India, etc.
Publications and Films:
‘Positive-Negative’, Pramiti, Kolkata, No.4, January 1970; ‘A Vacuum in Art Education’, Pramiti, No.5, February, 1970; ‘Rethinking Art: The Case of African Art’, Kiabara, Univ. of Port Harcourt Journal, Nigeria, vol. 6, no. 2, 1985; ‘Art Education and Cultural Imperatives: A Historical Perspective in Nigeria’, (presented as a seminar paper at the Centre for Cultural Studies, Univ. of Lagos, 1984), Kiabara, vol.8, no.1, 1984; ‘Why Group Why Not’, Art Today Journal, vol. I, Issue VI, September, 1989; ‘The Art Market’, Art Today Journal, January, 1990 issue; ‘Akash, Prithvi, Chhanda’, (from Nigerian Diary), Nandimukh, Bengali language Journal, 1990. ‘Murto-Bimurto’, Yogosutra, Bengali Journal 1990; ‘Shishu Shilpa O Goponiyo Satya’, Nandimukh, Bengali, 1998. ‘Banglar Pat, Potua O Patagiti’, (on folk paintings of Bengal), Ebang Prio Shilpo, Bengali language Journal, 1999. ‘Vasha Theke Vashantar’, Nandimukh, 2001. “Globalisation and Indian Contemporary Art”, Sejuti, annual number, 2002.
‘Patachitra - art in the village’. A book on life and arts of Folk Painters of Bengal, published by Sundeep Prakashan, New Delhi, 2005.
Made short Film, 30 minutes, in1990; two video films on workshops with the contemporary Indo-French artists and contemporary artists of Kolkata, 1hr.1993; digital film, Patachitra, vcd/dvd, 30 minutes,2003.
Founder member of Forum for Art and Research (FAR), Kolkata.
Member of the CULTHERITAGE list-serv of the Smithsonian
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, U.S.
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