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Sujit Karmakar - Life Wheel-15 Acrylic on Canvas ; 24 x 36 inches ; 2020 Born : 6th February, 1982 Education : B.F.A Degree In College Of Visula Art From Khayragarh University In 2005. Awards :Best Exihibit (Water Colour), St, Xaviers College, 2002 Solo Exhibition : • First Solo Exhibition Taz Bengal 2008, (Kolkata) • Second Solo Exhibitioin At Ahuja Museum For Art 2010 Group Exibition : • Annual Exhibition Of College Of Visul Art 2002, • Annual Exhibition Of College Of Visul Art 2003, • Annual Exhibition Of Academy Of Fine Arts 2004, • Annual Exhibition Of Rajya Charukal Parshad 2004, • Annual Exhibition Of Rajya Charukala Parshad 2005, • Group Exhibition Of Chemorld 2004, • Group Exhibition Of Chemorld 2005, • Group Exhibition Of Birla Academy 2006, • Annual Exhibition Of Abantika (New Delhi) 2005, • Annual Exhibiton Of Academy Of Fine Arts 2007, • Annual Art Competition St, Xaviers College 2002, • Golden Brush Competition 2007, Kolkata • Shyamal Dutta Roy Memorial Exhibition 2007, Kolkata • Sponsor Show By A1 Art Gallery At Chemorld 2007, • Sponsor Show Chemorld 2007, • Sponsor Show Chemorld 2007, • Sponsor Show Chemorld 2007, • Sponsor Show Academy Of Fine Arts 2007, • Sponsor Show By Mrs. B. Jalan At Chitrakut Art Gallery 2007. • Sponsor Show By Shanta Art Gallery 2007, (New Dellhi) • Group Exhibition Pondichery 2008, • Group Exhibition Helo Heritage 2009 • Group Exhibition Birla Academy 2009 • Annual Exhibiton Of Academy Of Fine Arts 2009 • Annual Exhibition Of Cameling Foundation, 2009. • Group Exhibition Sponsor At Art Walk, Kolkata, 2009. • Annual Exhibition Of Aakriti Art Gallery (Gen-Next Iv) 2009 • Annual Exhibition Of Academy Of Fine Arts 2009-10 • Annual Exhibition Of Birla Academy 2009-10 • Group Show Neheru Centere Mumbai 2010 • Nirvana And Time & Space’s Bengal Art Fair, Bangalore 2010 • Aanchal Gulati And Soiree’s Art Show Of Select Artists, Dubai 2010 • Nirvana’s Bengal Art Fair, Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2009 • Nirvana’s Contemporary Art Fair – Ii, New Delhi 2009 • Nirvana’s Contemporary Art Fair – I, New Delhi 2009 • A Group Show At Academy Of Fine Arts 2010 • A Group Show At Art Walk Art...

Farhad Hussain - Playing - 30 x 42 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style: Farhad Hussain's colourful work that includes drawings and watercolours besides paintings on canvas, features day to day visual experiences of middle-class urban India. He endows his narrative with iconography and personality through his figuration, their posturing, dress and the surrounding imagery. The drama of subtle complexities of human relationships and social environment are grounded with a sense of satire mixed with pathos. Farhad’s colours help enhance the brightness and aura of his paintings while he also partakes elements from traditions such as the formulaic textile patterns of Indian miniatures. His compositions are often set in a familiar drawing room or a social space, playing out with humour and sarcasm, the narrative psychologies of human life and encounters at various levels. This young artist who has also experimented with sculpture has already carved a niche and an instantly recognizable individualistic style befitting his aesthetics and concerns. Farhad has chosen to use tempera on cloth for his works, the media allowing him to achieve the desired vibrancy of colours. A slow build-up of images and spontaneous flow of colour while balancing colour and composition simultaneously follow structured formatting. This meticulous planning in the composition and layout is the beginning of a process from where onwards it is very spontaneous and intuitive. Another technique used throughout Farhad’s work is the method of applying the colour: dot-by-dot till the entire area is completely covered. Various elements from miniature paintings, Kalighat paintings, Japanese prints and images from mass media are scrutinized, transformed and transferred on to the surface through the artists own style of expression. About the Artist and his works : Born: 1975 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Education : 2003: B.F.A. in painting from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan, 2005: M.F.A. in painting from M.S. University, Baroda. Solo Exhibitions : 2009 : Presented by Pundole Art Gallery at Museum Gallery, Mumbai 2008 : ‘After the Theatre of Absurdity’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 2007 : Art and Soul, Bombay 2006 : Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara & ‘Recent Paintings’, organized by Chatterjee and Lal at Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai. Group Exhibitions : 2011: 'Between Seasons', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai; Gallery Sumukha, Chennai; 'Melange', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata; 'The Narrator, Protagonist and the Other', Indigo Blue Art, Singapore & 'New Documents: New Directions in Documentary Photography', presented by Art Konsult at Alliance Francaise de, Delhi. 2010: 'Holy Now', presented by Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi at Gallery 27, London; 'Snow', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai & 'Symbols and Metaphors', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata. 2009: 'Vicissitudes of the Constructed Image', Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore; 'The Urbane Records', The Viewing Room, Mumbai; 'With the Best Intentions', presented by Anant Art at Shridharni Gallery, New Delhi & 1x1 Art Gallery, Dubai 2008: 'Review', Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata & 'Baroda: A Tale of Two Cities', (Part II), Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara 2006 ‘Concern’, The Charity Auction Exhibition, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore and Hong Kong; Art World, Chennai and Singapore; ‘New Paradigms’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi & ‘Baroda’s Most Wanted’, The Artist’s Studio, Vadodara 2004: Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara; Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda & Camlin Exhibition, Mumbai Honours and Awards : 2006: ‘Most Promising Artist’, Runner up, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2004: Nasreen Mohamedi...