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 AWARDS

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