Tapan Mitra

BORN
1947 Kadamtala, Howrah

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1972 BFA in Painting from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan
1973 Studied Serigraphy under late Professor Biswarup Bose (son of late Nandalal Bose) in the Graphic Department, Kala Bhavana

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1980 Nandan, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan
1984 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1985 British Deputy High Commission at BCL, Calcutta, and Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan
1988 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1992 Katayun Gallery, Calcutta
1998 Tone Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2002 Chemould Art Gallery, Calcutta, and at Art World, Chennai
2003 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
2012 Chemould Art Gallery, Calcutta
2016 Art World, Chennai

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1975 Jahangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1976 Academy of Fine Arts, Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta and at AIFACS, New Delhi
1978 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
2006 Visited Sweetzarland in connection with Geneva, Hotel Ramada Park
2011 Nikhilesh and Buddies, at AFA, Calcutta

PARTICIPATIONS
1974 Graphic Workshop, directed by Lila Oliver Asher, Howard University, USA. Organized by USIS and SCA, Calcutta. Quartet Exhibition at USIS and Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1977 Quintet Artists Exhibition, Max Mueller Bhavan and Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1979 Indo-German Artists Workshop with Peter Foeller and Werner Reister, KWARZ Group, Berlin, at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, organized by MMB, Calcutta
1981 Workshop with Ken Maharg and Bob Linney, UK, at British Deputy High Commission, Calcutta
1986 Festival of India, USA
1995 All India Screen Printing Workshop at Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata
1998 Conducted a workshop on Screen Printing for the members of Arts Acre, Kolkata
2000 Art Workshop at Hotel Hindustan, Kolkata and Chennai, Hotel Cholasheratan, conducted by Aurodh Pondicherry
2005 Art Workshop, organized by Inner Wheel, Darjiling
2007 Art Workshop at Mahabaleshwar, Maharastra, conducted by Pinnacle Art Foundation, Kolkata, Resident at Kodaikanal, conducted by Art World Gallery, Chennai
2010 Art Workshop at Norail, Bangladesh, conducted by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka
2012 Conducted a workshop on SCREEN PRINTING for the Department of Painting, Rabindra Bharati University. Also, conducted two workshops on SCREEN PRINTING for RBU, Kolkata, and College of Arts, Agartala
One of the active participants of the TISCO workshop, Jamshedpore, and workshop at Taj Krishna Aurodhan Art Gallery, Pondicherry
Participated twice in the art workshop in Pondicherry of Art World Gallery, Chennai. Also in different art camps for CARDS in Ranchi

HONORS AND AWARD
1976 West Bengal State Academy of Dance, Drama, Music and Fine Arts
1984 West Bengal State Academy of Dance, Drama, Music and Fine Arts
1987 Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta

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