S.Bhattacharjee

BORN
October 20, 1947 Calcutta

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1969 Graduated from Indian College of Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Recent and Retrospective Shuvaprasanna, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, Emami Chisel, Kolkata
2011 Recent works by Shuvaprasanna, CIMA International Modern Art Centre, Kolkata
2011 Traveling Retrospective at Lalit Kala Akademi, Art Indus, Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi, Tao Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 Night Watch, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2007 Madhura The Golden Flute, organized by Indian Contemporary at the Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2006 Evocative Expressions in Search of Krishna, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Evocative Expressions in Search of Krishna, ITC Sonar Bangla Art Gallery, Kolkata
2006 The Divine Flute, Aicon Gallery, USA.
2005 The Golden Flute, organized by Indian Fine Art at Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Lila, organized by Art Indus, New Delhi at Shridharni Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 The Divine Flute, Gallery ArtsIndia, New York
2002 Icons and Illusions, Gallery ArtsIndia, New York
2002 Madhura, Art Indus, New Delhi
2000 Shuvaprasannas Icon and Retrospective, organized by Art Indus at the Indira Gandhi National Arts Centre, New Delhi
2000 Fine Arts Company, Mumbai
2000 Sumukha Gallery, Bengaluru
2000 Art World, Chennai
1998 An Appreciation of Ted Hughes, Crow Paintings Exhibition, British Council, Calcutta
1998 Art Indo, New Delhi
1995 House of Painters Gallery, Calcutta
1995 Sanskriti Gallery, New Delhi
1994 Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi
1994 Galerie Grewal Mohanjeet, Paris, France
1993 Metropolis, Portraits of Calcutta, CIMA International Center of Modern Art, Calcutta
1993 ABC Benares Gallery
1992 Kunstverein, Ludwigsburg, Germany
1992 Helmi Prechter Studio, Augsburg, Germany
1991 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1991 Art Age Gallery, Calcutta
1991 The Gallerie, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1990 Indian Museum, Calcutta
1990 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1990 Sridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
1989 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1989 The Gallery, Chennai
1988 IDM Gallery, Munich, Germany
1988 St. Paul Fastellte, Ludwigsburg, Germany
1987 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
1985 Painters House Gallery, Calcutta
1983 Calcutta Art Gallery, Calcutta
1983 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1983 Kreissparkasse, Ludwigsburg, Germany
1983 Popular School, Essen, Germany
1981 Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta
1981 Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1980 National Museum, Singapore
1980 Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1979 Walburgischule, Werl, Germany
1979 Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta
1978 Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1977 Decorative Art Gallery, Calcutta
1976 Denbarg Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
1975 Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1975 Atlantis Gallery, Aix-En-Provence, France
1974 Les Hirondelles Gallery Geneva, Switzerland
1973 Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1972 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Aureus, Nvya Gallery, New Delhi
2010 Black is Beautiful, Indian Fine Arts, Mumbai
2009 Mark of Masters -2, Art and Soul, Mumbai
2009 Sacred and Secular, Fine Arts of India, Mumbai
2009 Think Small, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2009 Entity, in association with the Asian Film and Television Academy of the M.E.C. Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 The Root of Everything, Mementos Gallery, Bangalore
2008 India Splendor, organized by the Habiart Foundation in Singapore
2007 Power of Peace, organized by Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai in Bali
2007 Organized by Fiidaa Art in Singapore
2007 Organized by Rangoli Art in Singapore
2007 Organized by Artworld in Singapore
2007 Hosted by Mystic Inspiration in Dubai
2006 Drawing Exhibition: An Act of Art II, Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Organized by the Positive Gallery in Singapore
2006 Organized by Gallery Art Resource Trust in Singapore
2006 Organized by Fiidaa Art in Singapore
2005 Reflections Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2004 Scenes from a Voyage, organized by Art Voyage in association with Art Pilgrim
2004 Parbon, organized by High Commission of India in Dhaka, Real Concepts and MAA Consortium, Dhaka at Sheraton Hotel, Dhaka
1997 Colors and Independence, National Gallery of Modern Art (N.G.M.A), New Delhi
1997 Bengal Show, Singapore by Apparrao Galleries
1997 Best Indian, New Delhi
1997 Within the Frame, New York, London, New Delhi
1997 Major Trends in Indian Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1996 Autumn, CIMA International Modern Art Center Exhibitions, Calcutta in New Delhi
1995 Art from the Heart, People for Animals Exhibition, Bombay, Delhi
1992 Meeting others, Kassel
1991 Art Auction for Spastics Madras The Oppressed and Us by Lalit Kala Akademi
1990 300 years of Calcutta, Birla Academy of Art and Culture
1987 Indian Drawings Today, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1985 Graphic Art in India since 1950
1977 Gallery 26, New Delhi
1975 Kunsthaus Gallery Stuttgart, Germany
1975 Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1975 Inaugural Exhibition, Decor Art Gallery, Calcutta
1971 Calcutta Painters, New Delhi
1970 Calcutta, Calcutta and Mumbai Painters
1970 Epar Bangla Per Bangla, Calcutta
1969 Arts and Artists, Calcutta

SELECTED JOINT EXHIBITIONS
1997 With Shipra Bhattacharya, Art Today, New Delhi

PARTICIPATIONS
2012 Synergy, 12th Anniversary Exhibition, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Summer Exhibition 2010, CIMA International Center of Modern Art, Kolkata
2010 Evolve 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Annual Exhibition 2010, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 Entity, Annual Exhibition, M.E.C Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 Harvest, organized by Arushi Arts at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2003 6th EME Trienal Mondiale DEstampes Petit Format in France
1995 3rd International Print Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
1993 Visit to Germany, sponsored by Inter Nationes
1992 Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
1992 Birla Academy of Art and Culture Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Kolkata
1991 Seventh International India Triennial, New Delhi
1991 Visited the United States under the auspices of the USIA
1991 Visit to England, sponsorship of the British. Council
1990 2nd International Biennale, Ankara, Turkiye
1989 Bombay Art Society Centenary Guest Exhibition, Mumbai
1986 2nd International Biennial Havana, Cuba
1985 3rd Bangladesh Asian Art Biennale

HONORS AND AWARD
1979 Awarded by the Indian Fine Arts and Crafts Society AIFACS, New Delhi
1978 Awarded by Lalit Kala State Academy, West Bengal
1977 Awarded by Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in Calcutta in 1947, Shuvaprasanna completed his graduation from the College of Art, Rabindra Bharti Indian University, Calcutta in 1969. He was an active member of the Calcutta Painters group.

The city of Calcutta has always figured prominently in his work. His themes come from his interactions with his urban environment, his illness and squalor, his violence and vulnerability, and everything that aggravates his existential agony. In the 1960s and 1970s, his work was influenced by the political turbulence and violence of Calcutta.

Shuvaprasanna has depicted different moods of the city and its people, its places, and all the facets that make it distinctive. As he states, there is no other city like Calcutta anywhere in the world. Deep down he found innumerable themes and themes. He does not simply represent reality as fact and his presentation of reality often has dreamlike elements. In terms of technique, Shuvaprasanna boasts a precise, finely executed style that produces an unmistakable visual intensity. He works comfortably in a variety of mediums, including oil on canvas, charcoal, and mixed media.

Explaining his thought process and his philosophy as a painter, he points out that what every creator wishes to achieve is universal appeal. There should be no problem with language when judging the merits of a painting. We must go beyond the themes, beyond the words. There can be no clear definition of feelings, nor should we wish to seek a logical explanation.

Shuvaprasanna's series of paintings, Icons, and Illusions, marked a creative breakthrough for the artist in several ways. While in the past he had been known as an urban artist with themes that reflected the roads, alleys, birds, and people of his native Kolkata, in Icons and Illusions he enjoyed more the deities and flowers. The iconic figures of Krishna, Radha, and Ganesha that found lyrical expression in the Icons series are modern representations and sophisticated idealizations of the same images in popular media.

His work has been exhibited extensively in India and internationally in Bangladesh, Singapore, France, Switzerland, and Germany.

Notification - We do not usually display Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharjee's work, only send it to private art collectors and interested art buyers.

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