Somenath Maity Paintings

Somenath Maity Structure 18 x 18 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on canvas Inclusive of shipment in a roll form. About the Artist and his work : Born : 1960 - Midnapore, West Bengal. Education : • 1980-85 Diploma in Fine Arts, Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Kolkata. • 1979-85 Fine Arts, College of Visual Arts, Kolkata. Exhibitions : Selected Solo Exhibitions : • 2011 ‘Structures’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai . • 2008 ‘Structures’, Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata . • 2006 ‘Structure: Cityscape’, organized by Mahua Art Gallery at Leela Galleria, Bangalore. • 2004 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai . • 2002 Barn Gallery, Henley, UK . • 2002-01 Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Karnataka . • 1999 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai . • 1998 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata . • 1991,94 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata . • 1989 Tagore Art Gallery, Kolkata. Selected Group Exhibitions : • 2008 'Spirit of Abstraction', Mahua Art Gallery, Kolkata . • 2008 'Structure and Mystic Space', Tamarind Art, New York in collaboration with Time and Space Gallery, Bangalore . • 2007 ‘Emerging India’, organized by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi and S.A. Fine Arts, London at Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Arts, UK . • 2005 ‘Sculpture Square’, Lasalle- Sia College of Art, Singapore . • 2003 `Art Access ‘ organized by Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai. • 2003 Art for Chitrakala Parishath , Bangalore organized by FORHD . • 2002 East Zone Regional Exhibition, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata . • 2002 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi . • 1984 ‘Gitanjali to Pather Panchali...

Somenath Maity - Structures - 40 x 40 inches (unframed size) Oil on canvas The frame is a part of the work, the work will be shipped in a crate. Style : Somenath Maity is self-professedly an artist of urban environments and cultures. Called avant-garde and unconventional for his landscapes, this artist’s favourite occupation is to find the inner beauty that exists in every big city and that most people don’t see or bother to look for, and then express it in his abstract oils on canvas. Maity builds up his paintings, all aptly titled structure, one brush stroke at a time, almost as an architect would work on a blueprint for a building. Maity’s colors and textures are strong, bringing to the forefront the life of the urban sprawls that he paints, and investing them with a force that works beyond the life of their inhabitants, keeping them ticking no matter who comes or goes, lives or dies. About the Artist and his work : Born : 1960 in Midnapore, West Bengal. Education : 1980-85 : Diploma in Fine Arts, Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Kolkata. 1979-85 : Fine Arts, College of Visual Arts, Kolkata. Solo Exhibitions : 2011 : ‘Structures’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai . 2008 : ‘Structures’, Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata . 2006 : ‘Structure: Cityscape’, organized by Mahua Art Gallery at Leela Galleria, Bangalore. 2004 : Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai . 2002 : Barn Gallery, Henley, UK . 2002-01 : Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Karnataka . 1999 : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai . 1998 : Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata . 1989 : Tagore Art Gallery, Kolkata. Group Exhibitions : 2008 : 'Spirit of Abstraction', Mahua Art Gallery, Kolkata & 'Structure and Mystic Space', Tamarind Art, New York in collaboration with Time and Space Gallery, Bangalore . 2007 : ‘Emerging India’, organized by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi and S.A. Fine Arts, London at Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Arts, UK . 2005 : ‘Sculpture Square’, Lasalle- Sia College of Art, Singapore . 2003 : `Art Access ‘ organized by Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai & Art for Chitrakala Parishath , Bangalore organized by FORHD . 2002 : East Zone Regional Exhibition, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata & All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi . 1984 : ‘Gitanjali to Pather Panchali...

Somenath Maity - Untitled 30 x 30 inches (unframed size) Oil on canvas Inclusive of shipment in a roll form. About the Artist & his work : Born in 1960 at Midnapore in West Bengal, Somenath Maity studied Fine Arts at the College of Visual Arts in Kolkatta under the guidance of the senior and eminent Bengali artist, Shuvaprassana. After obtaining his degree here, Maity went on to receive a diploma in Fine Arts from the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, also in Kolkatta. Somenath Maity is self-professedly an artist of urban environments and cultures. Called avantgarde and unconventional for his landscapes, this artist’s favourite occupation is to find the inner beauty that exists in every big city and that most people don’t see or bother to look for, and then express it in his abstract oils on canvas. Maity builds up his paintings, all aptly titled "structure", one brush stroke at a time, almost as an architect would work on a blueprint for a building. Maity’s colors and textures are strong, bringing to the forefront the life of the urban sprawls that he paints, and investing them with a force that works beyond the life of their inhabitants, keeping them ticking no matter who comes or goes, lives or dies. Recognized today as one of Bengal's important new emerging painters, Maity has already exhibited his works at many major Indian and European galleries. He has won awards and scholarships from most of the major Indian fine art...