Sunirmal Maiti

BORN
1959 Midnapur in West Bengal

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1982 BFA, Printmaking, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan
1984 Master of Fine Arts, Faculty of Engraving, M.S. University of Baroda

CAREER AT A GLANCE
1983-85 Worked as an artist and visualizer, in Ahmedabad
1985-92 Advertising and Communication Spur, Ahmedabad
1992-07 he worked in the field of advertising and marketing in Kolkata
2006 onwards Full-time practicing artist based in Santiniketan, West Bengal

MEMBER OF JURIES
Hyderabad State Gallery All India Art Competition and Exhibition 2023
Shilparamam State Art Competition, Shilparamam Art Village, Hyderabad 2012

VISITING FACULTY
2012 Department of Printing, Viswakarma College of Visual Arts, Pune

MAJOR PROJECTS
Coordinator 2012 Designed and executed Hyderabad's first modern sculpture park. Hyderabad
2012 National Sculpture Symposium and workshop with 42 sculptors from all over India at Shilparamam Art Village, Hyderabad
2012 75ft x 12ft Biodiversity Mural at Shilparamam Art Village, Hyderabad
2012 Curated The Art in Santiniketan with 15 eminent artists, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2012 Curator of a traveling exhibition at the Salarjung Museum on World Heritage Day
2013 A sculpture workshop was organized with 22 local sculptors for AP Tourism in Adilabad
2013 Araku Valley Tribal Art Workshop and Tribal Sculpture Park
2007-2015, organized many art camps in Santiniketan, Hyderabad, and Vizag for AP Tourism
2009-2013, Training and workshops organized for artisans, at The Art Hub, Santiniketan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1982 First solo exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts in Calcutta
During this time, he participated in several annual exhibitions at Birla Art Academy Kolkata, Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bharati Kolkata, and various centers in Gulbarga, Baroda, and Ahmedabad
2013 The Miniature Show, Chemould Art Gallery, Kolkata
2012 Juxtaposition of Chronology II, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
2011 Juxtaposition of Chronology, Birla Academy, Kolkata
2010 Solo exhibition at Santiniketan Art Hub, Santiniketan
2009 Pegasus Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
2007 The Boat series and more, Lakshana Art Gallery, Hyderabad

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Two-person exhibition, Unmoored Origins, at Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi
2023 Visual Art Gallery, The Habitat Center by CIMA
2023 DEVI at Zeoline Art Gallery, Kolkata
2023 Celebrating India, a joint venture of Rotary International and Astha Guru
2023 World Trade Center- Mumbai, by La Aartemesia, Mumbai
2023 Hussain Doshi Gufa, Ahmedabad by Artisan Kolkata
2022 Nehru Center Mumbai by SCRC
2022 Zeoline Art Gallery, Kolkata
2022 CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
2022 ICA Gallery Jaipur
2022 State Gallery of Fine Arts, Hyderabad
2020 January 20 organized by CIMA at Nehru Centre-Mumbai
2019, 2016 Annual Shrijan Exhibition, Birla Academy, Kolkata
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012 Annual Art Fairs (CIMA), Kolkata
2019, 2018 CIMA Annual Group Exhibition, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2018 As Guest Artist at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2018 Two Person Show at Chemould, Park Street, Kolkata
2017 Two Person Exhibition at Chitrakala Parishad, Bengaluru
2017 Srijan, at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2016 Nandan Santiniketan at the Calcutta Academy of Fine Arts
2015 at Gallery Gold, Kolkata
2014 Confluence, Pegasus Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2013 International Exhibition, curated by Smt. Chandana Khan, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
2013 Kolkata Artists Circle Show, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
World Heritage Week 2012 A Santiniketan Spectacular, Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad
2012 Reflection on another day, Ashutosh Hall, Indian Museum, Calcutta
2012 Art in Santiniketan Today, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2012 Art Fair, Emami Chisel Gallery, Kolkata
Art Fair 2012, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2011 at Santiniketan Art Hub, Santiniketan
2010 FACET with Professors KB and Visvabharati at Birla Academy, Kolkata
2010 Drawings KB, Santiniketan, Nandan Gallery, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan
2009 Pentagon Museum Art Gallery, Chandigarh
2009 Nandan Santiniketan, Nandan gallery, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan
2008 Nandan Santiniketan, Gallery with a Difference, Kolkata
2008 Gallery with a difference, Kolkata
2008 Art of Santiniketan, Art Gallery of India, Pune
2007 Studio Vasant two man show, New Delhi
2007 Reflection Another Day, EZCC, Calcutta
2007 Pegasus Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
2007 Nandan Santiniketan, Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2007 Hyderabad State Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2007 Hyderabad Art Society, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2007 CONFLUENCE, ICCR Gallery, Hyderabad
2006 RamkinkarBaij Centenary, Mumbai Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Nandan Santiniketan at the Calcutta Academy of Fine Arts
2006 Exhibition curated by Verandah at the Taj Bengal Hotel, Calcutta

INTERNATIONAL SHOWS
2015 LIMA Art Gallery, Easton, PA. USA
2015 Gaya Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2015 Alternative Gallery, Easton West, PA, USA
2015 With artists from eight countries: Birla Academy, Kolkata
2013 At the Calcutta Academy of Fine Arts, curated by Chandana Khan IAS

WORKSHOPS
Ramappa Art Camp 2021 in Warangal, Telangana Tourism
2015 International Artist Residency, Lima Gallery, PA, USA
2014 International Art Residency with artists from eight different countries, Santiniketan
2013 Invited to Kala Nirvana International Art Workshop, Hyderabad
2013 Invited by BA Art Gallery, New York for Art Talk and Workshop, USA
2012 Viswakarma College of Arts, State Printmaking Workshop, Pune
2011 Art Camp sponsored by Canara Bank, Vishakhapatnam
AP Tourism Art Camp 2011, Hyderabad
2010 Shilparamam Art Workshop by APTDC, Hyderabad
2009 Hyderabad Art Camp by APTDC at Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
2009 Anantagiri Art Camp in Anantagiri Hills, AP
2008 Invited to an art show by India Art Gallery, Pune
2008 Public Art Camp at Prasad Multiplex, Hyderabad
2007 Srikakulam Rural Art Camp, AP
2007 Megh Utsav for Reflection Another Day, EZCC, Kolkata

HONORS AND AWARD
Annual Printmaking Award 2009, Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad
1983 Best Graphics Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad
1978-82 Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University Annual Merit Scholarships

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in 1959 in the Midnapur district of West Bengal, Sunirmal Maiti completed his BFA from Kala Bhavana Santiniketan in 1982. He continued his MFA from MSU Baroda the same year. After a hiatus from the art world in the 1990s, Sunirmal returned as a full-time painter in 2006 and settled in Hyderabad. His first solo exhibition took place at Lakshana Art Gallery in 2007. Sunirmal received a lot of praise for his artwork and then moved to Santiniketan in 2008, seeking a holistic space immersed in nature, away from monotony. of noisy urban life. Since then, the artist has participated in numerous group and individual exhibitions, convened and organized various projects, and has also been a guest lecturer on printmaking.

Mythology and mysticism have been subjects of my artistic interest since 2004. We live in a world that is rapidly transforming. Globalization and the demand for advertising have meant that we are saturated with images and their increasingly numerous copies. Through my practice, I articulate a dialogue between this reality and a mythical past. I am inspired by the historical artistic styles of India, from the dynamic frescoes of Ajanta to the refined forms of the Mughal and Pahari schools of miniatures. Tempera, my process of choice, has helped me get closer to the ethereal quality I identify in past artistic traditions. As I explore motifs and stylistic peculiarities of this visual narrative, I build on that elusive quality that is instinctively identified as Indian. How important is it today? How do these pictorial traditions exchange with the contemporary? These are the questions I continue to explore in my practice.

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