Born
1943 Sylhet District, Bangladesh
Education
1968 M.A. (Painting), Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda
1966 B.A. (Fine Art), Kala Bhawan, Shanti Niketan
Exhibitions
2010-11 'Writing Visuals', The...Selected Group Exhibitions
2010-11 'Writing Visuals', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata; W + K Exp, New Delhi
2010 'Symbols and Metaphors', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2009 'The Root of Everything', Gallery Mementos, Bangalore
2008 'Beyond Convention: A Glimpse of Contemporary Trends in Bengal Art', Anant Art Gallery, Kolkata
2008 'Review', Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2007 'Pursuit Sculpture', Galerie 88, Kolkata
2006 Partha Pratim Deb, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
CIMA Annual 2006, Centre International Modern Art, Kolkata
2003 Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Group show, members of the Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
Annual Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts
2002 Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Group show, members of the Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
Annual Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts
2001 Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Group show, members of the Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
Annual Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts
Works on Paper, CIMA Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2000 Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Group show, members of the Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
1999 Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1998 Fabric sculpture, organized by the Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
Contemporary Artists from Bengal, Ajah Gallery, Singapore
Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1997 Solo exhibition, Painters Orchestra, Kolkata
Movement of Indian Art - 50 years of independence, Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
1986 A Folio of Etchings, organized by the members of the Faculty of Visual Arts, on the occasion of the 125th birth celebration of Rabindranath Tagore, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
1981 Solo exhibition, Painters Orchestra, Kolkata
1978 Solo exhibition, Painters Orchestra, Kolkata
1976 Solo exhibition, Painters Orchestra, Kolkata
1974 Solo exhibition, Painters Orchestra, Kolkata
1970 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1968 Solo exhibition, Painters Orchestra, Kolkata
Participations
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Manifestations IV', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 Annual Exhibition, La-Mere, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata
Born in pre-partition Bengal in present-day Bangladesh, Partha Pratim Deb was initiated into art by Ramkinkar Baij and Benode Behari Mukherjee at Santiniketan. He then took a post-diploma from M. S. University, Baroda, in 1968, and taught at Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, from 1972. His research on Nandalal Bose and on education resulted in a series of articles published from 1984-99 in the journal of the Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta.