Chhatrapati Dutta

Chhatrapati Dutta is a skilled multimedia artist who studied art at Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan, and his practice explores the issues of postcolonial India, such as the growing consumerist culture of a developing nation through the lens of the city of Calcutta. Dutta employs subtle colors and textures to articulate complex symbols and moods and is influenced by countless sources. Currently, the artist is a professor at the Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata

BORN

1964 Calcutta

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

1990 Master of Fine Arts, Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan

1988 University of Athens, Athens, Greece

1987 Bachelor's Degree, Government College of Arts and Crafts, University of Calcutta

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Tamarind Art Gallery, New York

2007 Objects Images Spaces, Akar Prakar, Calcutta

2006 Bone Mill Tales, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

2005 Iconoclash, Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata

2000 This World is Our Home, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta

1994 Recent works, Artage, ITC Centre, Calcutta

1993 Recent works, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

1992 Recent works, Artage, ITC Centre, Calcutta

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata

2008 Tehelka London Summit Icon Art Gallery, London

2008 Khoj, Kolkata

2008 Akar Prakar, Kolkata

2008 Emami Chisel, Kolkata

2008 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2008 Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata

2008 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta

2007 Christie's Auction and Charity Exhibition, Calcutta Club, Kolkata

2007 Samakal Art Gallery, Kolkata

2007 Agony and Ecstasy, Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata

2007 Tamarind Art Gallery, New York

2007 Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata

2007 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2007 Contemporary Art India, New Delhi

2007 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

2006 The gallery on Cork Street, London.

2006 Art of Young Bengal, Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata

2006 Sumukha Gallery, Bengaluru

2006 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

2006 Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata

2005 Akar Prakar, Calcutta

PARTICIPATIONS

1995-2006 Teaching Exhibitions, Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata

HONORS AND AWARD

1987 Medal for Best Student of Fine Arts, Government College of Arts and Crafts, University of Calcutta

1985 Oriental Art Society Award