Painting was introduced to me by an artist friend who had seen my confident strokes on paper. Inspiration was all around and painting became my love as early as 1994. Read More
A year later, I started out as a freelance painter. Soon I travelled down south to Chennai where I met Bhagwan Chauhan and K.M. Adimoolam at the Cholamandalam artist village. Thus began my journey as an artist. I went on to learn under late Jaspal Singh and K.G. Subramaniyan. My ealier works with figurative in acrylic on canvas. But, when I was introduced to the Shantiniketan art circle by 1999. Images and thoughts from the region started to influence my work. Srikrishnapur, near Shantiniketan, has been the root of a lot of my painting. I started to introduce abstractness in my figurative works. By the turn of the millennium, I moved to abstract landscapes. Having grown up in Rourkela in Orissa, most of my paintings take me back to roots.
Solo Exhibition:
2010 Trivani kala sangam, trivani gallery ,New delhi
2010 Birla academy of art and culture.Kolkata
2012 Sridharani Art Gallery. New Delhi
2015 Trivani Kala Sangam,Trivani gallery,N.Delhi
2016 ( Jan ) Convention Center Foyer,Habitat Center,N.Delhi
2016 (Oct ) Convention Center Foyer,Habitat Center,N.Delhi
2017 Triveni
Awards
“ Kala Shri ” Award 2012 by Akhil Bharatiya Swatantra Lekhak Mancha
New Delhi.
Dubai art fair. Curated by A2A, “ Best jury entry ” 2013
Languages Spoken
Oriya
Hindi
Bengali
English
Education
ISPAT College, Rourkela, Orissa 1990
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)
