.: Prof. Biman B. Das :.

About Him :

Ever since my childhood I have experimented raw sensations and feelings. Progressing throughout I relieved them all, I wondered at my own deep sense of belonging to heritage of human culture. I always had been involved in media experimentation, and form evolution of sculpture. I love life live passionately. Throughout career i have been experimenting and analyzing the ancient Indian classical/folk sculptures and transformed them in to contemporary/modern aesthetic patterns. The subjects I chose from classical as well as contemporary forms like Mithuna, Devi {Mother Goddess} Nayak (Hero) Nayika (Heroine) Mother and child, Philosophy of Life, Krishna Cult, Lord Buddha, Ancient Glory, Gate, Pillar, Budding Joy, Invocation etc.

The prime significance of my sculptures/paintings lies in the fact that there has been hardly any research probing in to question of the origin of contemporary Indian art. I have developed sculptures, which essentially centers on ‘modernization” of classical Indian motifs. My experiments deliver into such style, in contemporary art and attempts to conceptualize in the wider scenario of contemporary of Indian art.

Education :

1966 first Class ( Distinction) Diploma in Modeling & Sculpture, Govt. College of Art & Craft, Calcutta

1967 Passed Teachers' Training Art Application Course ( History of Art ), from Calcutta University

Honors & Laurels :

1967 - 69     Recipient of National Cultural Scholarship under Prof. Chintamoni Kar, Principal, Govt College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.
1973 -74      Recipient of British Council Scholarship under Prof. Jeffrey Smedly, Department of Fine Art, Portsmouth, Polytechnic, U .K.
       1993      Received U.G.C Grants under Indo - Hungarian Cultural Exchange Program in Budapest.
       1997     Fulbright fellowship ( USA )
       2001      Received ' KALAVIBHUSAN' from All India Fine Arts and Craft Society ( AIFACS ), New Delhi, India.
                      Kala bibushan from All India Fine Art & Craft Society, New Delhi.
      2014     Padmashri Awardee, 2014 @ Rastrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
                      Full bright fellow, USA.

Solo Exhibitions :

1968 Alliance Francaise, Calcutta
1970 All India Fine Arts and Craft Society (A1FACS), New Delhi
1977 Sridharini Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1981 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1983 Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
1983 Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
1986 Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
1988 Sridharini Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1989 New Jersey, USA, in; Sponsored by Mont Clair State College, New Jersey
1989 Consulate General of India, New York, USA. Travel grant by Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi
1990 Russian Cultural Center, New Delhi
1990 Galerie 88 Calcutta
1990 Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
1992 Indian Culture Center, Cairo. Egypt sponsored by the Govt. of India (Ministry of External Affairs & I. C.C.R.)
1993 Budapest, Hungary
1994 Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
1996 Galerie 88. Calcutta
1996 Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
1998 Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
2000 Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
2005 Thriven Kale Sangam, sponsored by Krishna’s Collection Gallery, Delhi
2005 Retrospective show, sponsored by Birla Academy of Art and Culture Kolkata
2010 Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
2011 Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 25th solo show, Sponsored by ICCR, Kolkata
2014 Spanson, solo Show by Art Pilgrim Gallery, New Delhi.

Selected Group Exhibitions

Calcutta Sculptors Guild
All India Fine Art & Craft Society, New Delhi.
Habitat Art Gallery, New Delhi
Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta.
Galerie 88, Calcutta
Lalit Laka Academy, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi.
Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
Govt. College of Art & Craft, Calcutta. Teachers' Exhibition.
New Delhi & Mumbai Bangalore, Calcutta.
Art Today, New Delhi
CIMA ARt Gallery, Calcutta
La Mere Art Gallery, Calcutta
Gallery Freedom, New Delhi
Academy of fine art, Calcutta
College Of Art, New Delhi
Delhi Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi
Art Alive, New Delhi
Indian Artist Circle, New Delhi
Creative Wave, Delhi, Kolkata
Gallery RASA, Kolkata
AAKRITI Gallery, Kolkata

National / International Exhibitions

1974   Biennale Belgium
1978   Triennale India
1986   Second Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Japan
1987   Biennale Bangladesh, Dhaka
1988   Contemporary Asian Show, Seoul
1988   India Festival in USSR, Moscow

            National Exhibition of Art, Sanity Kala
            Parishad, Delhi. Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Lalit Kala Academy held in European Counties,Middle East Dubai Mumbai andSalerjung Museum, Hyderabad

Awards :

1965 Prof. S. N. Ghosal Award, Govt. College of Art & Craft Calcutta
1966 Education Secretary Award, Govt. Of West Bengal
1968 Awarded All India Fine Art & Craft Society, New Delhi
1971 Awarded Sir Ushanath Sen Memorial Medal, A1FACS, N. Delhi
1972 Awarded Sir Ushanath Sen Memorial Medal A1FACS, N. Delhi
1972 Best Award from Punjab Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh
1972 National Award (Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi)
1975 Awarded D. P. Roychowdhury Memorial Medal A1FACS, N. Delhi
1976 A1FACS Award, New Delhi
1979 Best Award from Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi
1980 Birla Academy Of Art and Culture Award, Calcutta
1984 Sahitya Kala Parishad Award Delhi

Campus / Seminars / Lectures

1975              Participated All India Artist Camp Srinagar, Kashmir
1982              Participated Lalit Kala Academy Sculptors' Camp, Amritsar
1986              Participated Artists' Camp Badkhal Lake, organized by Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi
1989              Participated in Artists' Camp, organized by AIFACS, New Delhi
2001              Participated in Artists' Camp, Organized by The Lalit Kala Academy, Regional Center, Calcutta
2004             All India Sculptor / Potters camp, JD Center of Art, Bhubaneswar, Orrisa
2004              Kala Kumbh Amritsar Academy of Art, Amritsar
2005              All India Fine Arts & Crafts society, New DeIhi
2005              Kalabrat International Artist Camp, Ujjain, MP
2006              All India Fine Arts & Craft Society, New Delhi
2006              Kalagram, Chandigarh, North Zone Cultural Centre
2006              Sculptors/Painters camp, Karseong, Darjeeling sponsored by Bajoria Holding Group Private Ltd. Kolkata.
2006              India Sculptors Camp ( Bronze Casting) Sponsored by Gallery '88, Kolkata.
2006              India Sculptors Camp ( Stone carving ) Sponsored by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi and Dept. of Culture, Govt of Karnataka, Bangalore
2006              Sculptores Camp ( Bronze Casting) organized by Artist Forum, Kolkata
2007              Sculptors Camp ( Bronze casting) at Jaipur organized by Sanskriti Art Gallery Kolkata.
2007              Painters Camp at Goa organized by Samanvai Art Gallery Jaipur.

Speaker - India International Cultural Center, New Delhi, Rotary International, New Delhi, and Meerat, Uttar Pradesh, Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.
Lectures - Mont Clair State College, U.S.A. Virginia Common Wealth University, U.S.A.; District Columbia Art Center, Washington DC U.S.A.; Trinity College of art C.T. U.S.A, Senior Secondary School, Maryland, U.s.A.; Atelier, Alexandria, Egypt. Ministry of Culture, Budapest, Hungary
Lecture Demonstration - Visva Bharati Shantiniketan, Rabindra Bharati University, Lalit Kala Academy Regional Center, Calcutta,; Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.

Permanent Collections :

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi.
Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi.
Triveni Kala Sangam New Delhi.
Govt. Museum of Modern Art, Chandigarh.
State Museum and architecture, Jaipur
College of Art , New Delhi.
All India Fine Arts & Craft Society, New Delhi.
Kashmir Academy of Art, Stringer.
India Gandhi International Air Port, New Delhi.
Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta.

Visit Abroad :

Paris, Italy, Scotland, England, U.S. A. Egypt, Dubai, Hungary.
Visited Mauritius as an expert for the monumental art project of Govt. of Mauritius and revisited the second time for supervision & Installation of the bronze and marble bust of Pt. Nehru Ji and poet Subramania Bharati respectively. Recent visit to Cambodia and Thailand. Berlin, Czechoslovakai, Vienna, Istanbul

Contribution for Social Causes :