Suhas Roy

The dark side of humanity and cruelty is what leads me on my search for the unknown.

Suhas Roy's concern is primarily with the female face and form, and her subjects are romanticized, inhabiting the dream world between sensuality and innocence. His work is often inspired by the life around him, but his themes are as influenced by the everyday world as they are rooted in fantasy. The vast and complex texture of life is seen as mystical and dark in his work. The mystical flavor of his works arose from his interpretations of the unknown.

It is his craftsmanship and consummate skill that ensure that his richly romantic themes do not touch on extremely saccharine and stereotypical performances. Instead, his patent beauty turns toward melancholic grace and elegance. This elegant representation of his subjects has a lot to do with his choice of materials: his crayons, charcoal, and brush have sensitivity and refinement.

Suhas Roy studied at the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Calcutta, and under Prof. S.W. Hayter at the Atelier 17 Ecole Superior Des Beaux Arts, Paris. His works have been exhibited around the world through exhibitions such as the Traveling Exhibition of Asian Graphic Prints, USA, Tokyo Print Biennale, Japan, Contemporary Indian Art, Yugoslavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungry and Wounds, at the Central Institute of Modern Art, New Delhi and the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Roy was the head of the Painting Department of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan. He died on October 18, 2016.

BORN

1936 Dhaka, Bangladesh

DIED

October 18, 2016 Calcutta

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

1956-66 Studied Graphic Art under the direction of S.W. Hayter, Atelier 17 and Mural Art at L Ecole Nationale Superior Des Beaux Arts, Paris

1953-58 Diploma in Painting, Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship, Calcutta

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Beyond Rasikpriya, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2007-08 Drops of Silence, Akar Prakar, Kolkata and Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi

2007 Hosted by Art Pilgrim at Gallery SW - 1, London

2006 Hosted by Art Pilgrim at Gallery SW - 1, London

2006 Organized by Indian Fine Arts at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1992 Central Art Gallery, Calcutta

1992 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta

1988 Genesis Art Gallery, Calcutta

1986 Genesis Art Gallery, Calcutta

1986 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata

1986 Dhoomimal Art Center, Calcutta

1983 Calcutta Art Gallery, Calcutta

1964 Gallery of Arts and Prints, Calcutta

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012-13 Calcutta Chromosome, The Viewing Room, Mumbai

2010 Painters' Perception of Images and Symbols, Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata

2010 Black is Beautiful, Indian Fine Arts, Mumbai

2009 Sacred and Secular, Fine Arts of India, Mumbai

2009 Indian Harvest, presented by Crimson- The Art Resouce, Bangalore at SG Private Banking, Singapore

2009 Entity, in association with the Asian Film and Television Academy of the M.E.C. Art Gallery, New Delhi

2008 Faces, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2006 Drawing Exhibition: An Act of Art II, Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai

1996 Organized by Gallery 88, Kolkata in Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, New York

1995 Late and Contemporary Masters Exhibition organized by Art News and The Oberoi Grand, Kolkata

1995 Contemporary Indian Masters organized by Sarala Art Gallery, Chennai

1995 Women in Indian Art Exhibition, organized by The Gallery, Hong Kong

1995 Contemporary Masters Exhibition organized by Sanskrit Art Gallery, New Delhi

1995 La-Mare Gallery, Calcutta

1995 Espace Gallery, New Delhi

1995 Heads and Faces, organized by Gallery Maya, Hong Kong

1995 Highlights, organized by CIMA International Modern Art Centre, Kolkata

1995 Rotary Club of Calcutta Exhibition of Paintings at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta.

1994 Indian Printmaker, CIMA International Modern Art Center, Calcutta

1994 Rotary Club of Calcutta Exhibition of Paintings at Gallery 88, Calcutta

1994 Contemporary Masters, CIMA International Modern Art Center, Calcutta

1993 Help Age, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1992 Album Exhibition, Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta.

1992 All India Collectors Choice Exhibition by Genesis Art Gallery, Kolkata and Art Gallery, Mumbai

1992 India-a-Selection from the Words of Indian Painters, organized by Gallery 88, Kolkata at The Oberoi, New Delhi

1992 All India Exhibitions organized by Art Age Gallery, New Delhi

1992 Bengal Art Today, organized by Arup Datta and Management Council, Hyderabad

1991 Collectors Choice Exhibition, Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi

1991 Monsoon Show, Genesis Art Gallery, Calcutta

1989-90 Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishad, Bengaluru

1989-90 Safdar Hashmi Memorial Exhibition, New Delhi

1989-90 Drawing, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta

1989-90 Child Welfare Society sponsored by Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta

1988-89 Art for CRY, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1988-89 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

1988-89 College of Art, New Delhi

PARTICIPATIONS

2013 The Nude and the Nude The Body in Modern Indian Art, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

2011 Manifestations VI, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

Summer Exhibition 2010, CIMA International Center of Modern Art, Kolkata

2010 Evolve 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

Annual Exhibition 2010, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi

Annual Exhibition 2009, La-Mere, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata

1996 Gallery 88 Annual Exhibition, Calcutta

1995 Annual Exhibition, Surya Gallery, Hyderabad

1995 Annual exhibition organized by CIMA Center for International Modern Art, Kolkata

1995 29th Anniversary Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

1992 Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

1991 Annual Exhibition, Sanskrit Art Gallery, Kolkata

1991 Annual Exhibition, Gallery 88, Calcutta

1991 All India Radha Exhibition, Gandhar Art Gallery, Kolkata

1991 All India Krishna Exhibition, Gallery 88, Calcutta

1991 Annual Exhibition, Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta

1958 Annual Exhibition, Indian College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta

1958 First All-India Graphics Exhibition organized by the Group B Exhibition of La Cite Internal Des Arts, Paris

Exhibition of Arts Etogere Boursiers of the Government of France, Paris

Seventh International Biennial of Prints, Tokyo

Exhibition of graphics by Indian artists, organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations ICCR, New Delhi, Poland

Recent art in India, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi 3rd Triennial, India

HONORS AND AWARD

1986 Certificate of Merit, Symphony, Hoshiarpur

1973 Certificates from Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

1970 West Bengal Academy of Drama and Fine Arts, Calcutta

1969 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society AIFACS, New Delhi

1968 First All India Graphic Exhibition of Group 8 Exhibition of La Cite Internal Des Arts, Paris

1957-58 Annual Exhibition, Indian College of Arts and Draftsman, Calcutta