Sunirmal Maiti

BORN
1959 Midnapur in West Bengal

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

CAREER AT A GLANCE
1983 - 85 Worked as an Artist and Visualizer, Ahmedabad
1985 - 92 Spur advertising & communication, Ahmedabad
1992 - 07 Worked in the field of Advertising and marketing Kolkata
2006 onwards Full time Practicing Artist based in Santiniketan, West Bengal

MEMBER OF JURIES
All India Art Competition and exhibition by State Gallery of Hyderabad 2023
Shilparamam State Art Competion, Shilparamam Art Village, Hyderabad 2012

VISITING FACULTY
2012 Dept. Of Print Making,Viswakarma College of Visual Arts, Pune

MAJOR PROJECTS
2012 Convenor Designed and executed Hyderabads first Modern Sculpture Park. Hyderabad
2012 Convenor National Sculpture Symposium and workshop with 42 sculptors across India atShilparamam Art Village, Hyderabad.
2012 Bio-diversity wall mural 75 feet x 12 feet at Shilparamam Art Village, Hyderabad
2012 Curated The Art in Santiniketan with 15 eminent artists, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2012 Curated A Travelling Show at Salarjung Museum on the World Heritage day
2013 Convened a Sculpture workshop with 22 local sculptors for AP Tourism at Adilabad
2013 Convened Araku valley Tribal Art workshop and Tribal Sculpture Park
2007 - 2015, Organized many Art Camps at Santiniketan, Hyderabad, Vizag for AP Tourism.
2009 - 2013, Organized trainings and workshops for artisans, at The Art Hub, Santiniketan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1982 - First solo show at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata. During this time, participated in various annual exhibitions at Birla Art Academy (Kolkata), Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindrabharati (Kolkata), and various centers across Gulbarga, Baroda and Ahmedabad.
2013 The miniature Show, Chemould Art Gallery, Kolkata
2012 Juxtaposition of Chronology II, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2011 Juxtaposition of Chronology, Birla Academy, Kolkata
2010 Solo show 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 persons show, Unmoored Origins, at Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi
2023 Visual Art Gallery, The Habitat Centre by CIMA
2023 DEVI: at Zeoline Art Gallery, Kolkata
2023 Celebrating India, a joint venture by 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 Group Show CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
2022 Group Show ICA Gallery Jaipur
2022 Group Show Hyderabad State gallery of Fine Arts
2020 Group Show (Jan 20) organized by CIMA at Nehru Centre-Bombay
2019, 2016 - Shrijan Annual Show, Birla Academy, Kolkata
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012 - Annual Art Fairs, (CIMA), Kolkata
2019, 2018 - CIMA Annual Group Show, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2018 As Guest Artist at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata Group.
2018 Two persons Show at Chemould, Park Street, Kolkata
2017 Two persons show at Chitrakala Parisad, Bangalore
2017 Srijan, at Birla Academyof At and Culture, Kolkata
2016 Nandan Santiniketan at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2015 Group show at Gallery Gold, -Kolkata
2014 Confluence, Pegasus art gallery, Hyderabad
2013 International Show, curated by Smt. Chandana Khan, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2013 Show by Kolkata Artists Circle, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2012 World Heritage Week: A Santiniketan Show, Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad
2012 Reflection Another Day, Ashutosh Hall, Indian Museum, Kolkata
2012 Art in Santiniketan Today, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2012 Art Fair, Emami Chisel Gallery, Kolkata
2012 Art Fair, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2011 Preview at Santiniketan Art Hub, Santiniketan
2010 FACET (with faculty members KB, Visvabharati) at Birla Academy, Kolkata
2010 Drawings (KB, Santiniketan), Nandan Gallery, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan
2009 Pentagon group show, Museum Art Gallery, Chandigarh
2009 Nandan Santiniketan, Nandan gallery, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan
2008 Nandan Santiniketan, Gallery with a Difference, Kolkata
2008 Group show, Gallery with a difference, Kolkata
2008 Art of Santiniketan, India Art Gallery, Pune
2007 Studio Vasant (Two men show), New Delhi.
2007 Reflection another day, EZCC, Kolkata
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 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2006 Curated show by Verandah at Hotel Taj Bengal,Kolkata

INTERNATIONAL SHOWS
2015 LIMA Art Gallery, Easton, PA. USA
2015 Gallery Gaya, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2015 Alternative Gallery, Easton West, PA, USA
2015 With Artists from Eight countries: Birla Academy, Kolkata
2013 At Academy Of Fine Arts, Kolkata, Curated by Chandana Khan(IAS)

WORKSHOPS
2021 Ramappa Art Camp at Warrangal, Telengana Tourism
2015 International Artists residency, Lima Gallery, PA, USA
2014 International Art Residency with artists from eight different countries, Santiniketan
2013 Invited to International Art Workshop by Kala Nirvana, 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
2011 Art Camp by AP Tourism, Hyderabad
2010 Shilparamam Art Work Shop by APTDC, Hyderabad
2009 Hyderabad Art Camp by APTDC at Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
2009 Anantagiri Art Camp at Anantagiri Hills, AP
2008 Invited to art demonstration by India Art Gallery, Pune
2008 Public Art Camp at Prasad multiplex, Hyderabad
2007 Srikakulam Rural Art Camp, AP
2007 Megh Utsav by Reflection Another Day, EZCC, Kolkata

HONORS AND AWARD
2009 Annual Printmaking award, 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 went on to pursue 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 was held at Lakshana Art Gallery in 2007. Sunirmal received much praise for his artworks and then moved to Santiniketan in 2008, seeking a holistic space immersed in nature, away from the monotony of noisy city life. Since then, the artist has participated in numerous group and individual exhibitions, has 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 choosing, 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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