Shipra Bhattacharya

BORN
1954 Calcutta West Bengal

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1977-80 College of Visual Arts, Calcutta, under Shuvaprasanna
1975 Government College of Arts and Crafts, University of Calcutta

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Sumukha Gallery, Bengaluru
2006 Sanskriti Gallery, Kolkata
2006 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2005 Sanskriti Gallery, Dubai
2002 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Black is Beautiful, Indian Fine Arts, Mumbai
2009 Sacred and Secular, Fine Arts of India, Mumbai
2009 Think Small, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2009 Miles Apart, Point of View, Mumbai
2009 Manthan, presented by Nitanjal Art Gallery at Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi
2007 An Indian Summer, presented by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi at The Gallery in Cork St. London
2006 Art Resource Trust Gallery, Singapore
2006 Sanskriti Gallery, Kolkata
2006 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Akar Prakar, Kolkata
2006 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2005 Reflections Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2005 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2005 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2005 Arushi Arts, New Delhi
2005 Sanskriti Gallery, Kolkata
2005 Art N Soul, Mumbai
2005 Art World, Chennai
2005 Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Aryan Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2004 Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata
2003 Intex Gallery, Dubai
2003 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
2003 Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2003 Surya Gallery, Hyderabad
2002 Sarala Art Gallery, Singapore
2002 Art Today, New Delhi
2002 Galleria Gallery, New Delhi
2002 Gallery 88, Calcutta
2001 Art with heart, organized by Cry in Dubai
1997 Expressions of the East in Bengal, Apparao Gallery, Singapore
1994 The Indian Context, Lei Arthur Studio, New York
1993 Three contemporary artists from India, Kufa Gallery, London
1992 To Find the Other, Stoffwachasel, Germany
1991 Greenwich Citizens Gallery, London
1991 Wolsey Gallery, London
1990 Calcutta three hundred years, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

SELECTED JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2009 With Shuvaprasanna at DLF Galleria, New Delhi

PARTICIPATIONS
2012 Synergy, 12th Anniversary Exhibition, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Summer Exhibition 2010, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2006 Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in 1954, Shipra Bhattacharya's work has addressed women's issues in a confrontational yet subtle way. While the female figure forms a central part of her work, the artist draws more on the inner consciousness of these women, using bold but soft colors and gentle brushstrokes. There is a mystery in each of her female protagonists about the need for something more than meets the eye. In her recent works, the female body becomes a site or vehicle that supports the viewer but is tattooed with icons and images that express both plenitude and desire.

Bhattacharya's work borders on the sensual. It is far from a portrait and yet there is an endearingly real character in each of her women. The artist easily combines bright, bold colors and soft, curved strokes, turning each of her paintings into a fascinating paradox.

Educated at the College of Arts and Crafts in Calcutta and the College of Visual Arts in the same city, Shipra Bhattacharya has exhibited her work in solo exhibitions since 1981, most recently at EVE organized by the Sanskriti Gallery at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. , in 2006. The artist's works have been included in numerous group exhibitions that have traveled around the world, most recently Think Small at Art Alive, New Delhi, in 2009, Miles Apart at Point of View, Mumbai, in 2009, Manthan presented by Nitanjali Art Gallery at Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi, in 2009, and An Indian Summer presented by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi, at the Cork St. London Gallery, in 2007.

Notification - We do not usually display Shipra Bhattacharya's work, only send it to private art collectors and interested art buyers.

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