Tapan Dash

BORN
1972 Odisha

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1995 BFA from B.K. College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 To Prepare a Face - II, MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 Lakiren aur Rang at Daira Gallery, Hyderabad
2006 Aspect Of Art in London
2005 To Prepare a Face, MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
2003 Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
2000 MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
2001 Organized by the Asian Film and Television Academy
1999 MEC Art Gallery Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Art for Mehac 2015 by Mehac Foundation at Annexe Art Gallery, IIC, New Delhi
2015 at India Habitat Centre, sponsored by M.E.C. Art Gallery
Vrij Utsav 2014 at Peacock Art Gallery, Gurgaon
Nirvaya 2014 by IGCAC and Creative Mind at Mati Ghar, IGCAC, New Delhi
Small is Big 2013 organized by Art Estate India at La Gallery 360, Trivandrum
2013 organized by Face India, New Delhi at A.l.F.A.C. Gallery, New Delhi
2013 Art for Life 3, by AAPSA art at Rabindra Bhawan Art Gallery, New Delhi
2013 Small is a Big, organised by Artestate India at Darbar Hall, Kochi
2012 A Vision Ahead, organized by O.M.A.G, at Regional Centre, Bhubaneswar
2012 Kalpana, organized by Destiny Planners at Crowne Plaza, New Delhi
2012 Small is Big, at Darbar Hall, Kochi
2012 Together - 5, at Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal
2012 Painting exhibition organised by Odisha L.K.A., at Regional Centre, Bhubaneswar
2012 The mute shall talk, Painting on a mannequin at Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
2012 Together- 4, at Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Bhubaneswar
2012 A music of mods, organized by Face India at A.l.F.A.C., New Delhi
2011 One Square Foot Show, organized by Studio Verve at Gufa, Ahmedabad
2011 at Lokayata Art Gallery, New Delhi Organized by Creative Voyage, New Delhi
2010 Sun Rises in The East Sponsored by Alfa Group
2009 Towards a new viewership/audience Bakul Foundation at Art Konsult, New Delhi
2009 India Habitat Centre, sponsored by M.E.C. Art Gallery
2008 Realms go by India Habitat Centre, hosted by M.E.C. Art Gallery
2008 Indian Habitat Centre, hosted by Essel Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 Art For Prabhat Bangalore
2008 Essel Art Gallery New Delhi
2008 Mon Art Gallery, Kolkata
2008 Sanstach Gallery, Bombay

PARTICIPATIONS
2001 National Exhibition, Bangalore, organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
2001 All India Millennium Young Artists Camp, organized by AIFACS, New Delhi
1997-98 AIFACS Annual Exhibition, New Delhi
1995 East Zone Youth Festival at Rewa, M.P. College
1993 State Exhibition organized by INTACH, Bhubaneswar
1993 State Exhibition organized by NALCO, Damanjori
1991-94 Orissa State Lalit Kala Academy, Bhubaneswar

WORKSHOPS
2007 Artists Camp at Jim Corbett, organized by Ray Foundation, New Delhi
2007 Artists Camp, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, at Bhubaneswar
2006 Artists Camp, Simla
2006 Artists Camp, Crown Plaza
2006 Artists Camp, Gwalior
2005 Artists Camp, Tivoli Reset Garden, New Delhi
2002 Beyond Memory, organized by Dr. Alka Pandey
1996 Painters Camps, organized by Gouranga Som Foundation
1993 Painters Camps, organized by INSEF, Bhubaneswar

HONORS AND AWARD
1998 AIFCS Fellowship Award, New Delhi
1995 Silver Medal, East Zone Youth Festival, Rewa, M.P.
1993, 1995 Annual Exhibition Award, B.K. College of Art & Crafts
1993 NALCO State Award, Damanjori
1992 Sketching Club Award, B.K. College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Tapan Kumar Dash graduated in Fine Arts from B.K. College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneshwar in 1995.

He tries to establish a dialogue between images and their private associations in his paintings. He attempts to elevate his paintings above an exercise in mere technical and skillful competence. Though there is a disparity in his choice of subjects, his paintings can be visually grouped as they are naturally linked by a similarity in subject, concept, execution, and attitude. His figures speak directly and forcefully and keep viewers engrossed. His dialect is local, but his interpretive language makes it valid in global multilingualism. He discovers himself in the multiplication of images and gives it a metaphorical sensibility.

He has many solo exhibitions to his credit and his work is in many private collections in India and abroad.

I try to establish a dialogue between images and their private associations in my painting. My works explore a contrast between two kinds of private activities: the cosmic and the biological. My works pose a stoic silence and intense investment. I do not seriously concern myself with any thematic attachment. Although there is a continuous link in all my works, there is a kind of considerable disparity in the choice of subject matter, as the particular concerns of each painting are different. I try to elevate my elements above a mere exercise of technical and skillful competence. My paintings could be grouped visually, as they are naturally linked by a similarity in subject matter, concept, execution, and attitude.

I am not swayed by any preconceived notions; there is only the existence of an experience of origin. I trust my creative instinct and my intuition commands the space. I am not besieged by the constant onslaught of disposable images. My figures speak directly and powerfully. They hold viewers engrossed.

Ordinary faces and common characters affect me intensely. My figures are whole, alive, vibrant, and eloquent. My figures are intricately formulated with genuine synthesis. They are thought-provoking and conceivable. I can be critically defended for my substantial achievements, personal magnetism, and penetrating quality. I realize the importance of revalidation rather than mere synthesis and incorporation. I remain in constant search for a creative dialect in my mother tongue linguistic syndrome. My dialect remains local, but its interpretive language makes it valid in global multilingualism. In my works, I foster a verbal technique with the use of the visual, extending a privilege to my images to access the medium of conversation. I discover myself in the images and give them a metaphorical sensibility my self-image multiplications hint at a nostalgic journey. My elements have a powerful dialect that must be considered in the evolutionary process. My paintings represent a brilliant example of the artist's fused feeling. I am quite positive in understanding my shortcomings. My works do not have certain kinds of resolution, in many ways they remain insoluble.

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