Atin Basak

Atin Basak says that his recent work represents the beliefs and ways of life in the East or East. The recluses and sages he creates in his etchings and lithographs on paper have a certain quality that places them above and beyond the madding crowd of humanity. Although they are alone, they appear to be insightful, judicious, and learned people who have seen and experienced the world as it is, and then have chosen to live apart from it.

In works with titles such as Ermitao and Soledad, the artists impeccably controlled use of shadow and texture helps build the characters of these subjects that deftly represent their self-confidence and personal power. Basak places Sanskrit letters in these works to similarly represent a sense of ancient tradition, understanding, and wisdom in a world that seems to have forgotten the value of all that is non-modern.

Born in Calcutta in 1966, Atin Basak studied painting in Calcutta and later received his masters degree in printmaking at an art school in Baroda. Throughout his career he has received various awards, including the Charles Wallace India Trust Arts Award 1999-2000 and a scholarship from the French government to work in his country as a visiting artist.

Collections of his works are held at the National Gallery of Modern Art and the Lalit Kala Academy in New Delhi, the Baroda Palace Museum, the British Council in Bombay, as well as in personal collections in Bombay, Calcutta, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Belgium. , Singapore. , Hong Kong, Switzerland, Germany, France, Japan and the United Kingdom.

BORN

1966 in Kolkata

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

1993 First Class in MA (Printmaking), Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

1991 First Class in BVA (Painting), Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2000 Les Comptoirs de LInde, Paris

2000 Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop and Gallery, UK

2000 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1999 Gallery Katayun, Kolkata

1994 Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

1992 Kolkata

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 The Aviary, Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata

2009 Entity, MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi

2000 Galerie Grewal Mohanjeet, Paris

2000 Maison de LInde, Paris

2000 Macau International Exhibition of Prints, Macau Museum of Art

1995,98,2000 Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi

JOINT EXHIBITIONS

1992,94,96 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

PARTICIPATIONS

2010 Contemporary Printmaking In India, presented by Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai

2010 National Printmaking Portfolio, Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad

2009 Entity, Annual Exhibition, M.E.C Art Gallery, New Delhi

2009 Annual Exhibition, La-Mere, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata

2000 Glasgow Print Fair, Glasgow, UK

1997 Award Winners of Birla Academy of Art and Culture Annual Exhibition, Kolkata

1997 Participated in Fourth Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print

1993,95 Eastern Regional Art Exhibition by Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Kolkata

1991,92 National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

HONORS AND AWARDS

2000 French Government Scholarship, Ecole Superieure DArt De Caen

2000 Charles Wallace India Trust Arts Scholar, Edinburgh

2000 Award from VII Biennial, 1st International Gravura Exhibition, Portugal

1996-97 Visiting lecturer in Ecole Regionale des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France

1998-2000 Junior Fellowship of Government of India, Department of Culture

1998 70th Annual All India Art Exhibition of All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi

1998 Eastern Indian Young Artist Exhibition by Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi

1996 Annual Art Exhibition of the Society of India, Mumbai

1996 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

1995 Paschimbanga Rajya Charukala Pradarsani

1994-96 National Culture Scholarship, Government of India

1993-94 Awarded Research Grant of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1994-95 All India Fine Arts Exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata

1992,96 All India Annual Art Exhibition of the Bombay