Amitabha Banerjee

Amitabha Banerjees forte is the forceful, economical and successful use of line, whose synergy gives life to her works. This rightly makes him a master of the medium of graphic printmaking. His relationship with the medium began when he participated in a workshop led by American graphic artist Paul Lingren of the Smithsonian Institute in Delhi. At the same time, he was still a student at the Government College of Arts in 1970.

Born in 1929 in Bangladesh, Banerjee studied at the Government College of Arts in Calcutta. His major exhibitions include the Third British International Biennial (1972), Western Pacific Print Biennial, Australia (1976), Intergrafik, Germany in 1978 and 1984, Seven Contemporary Artists, Birla Academy of Art and Culture. Kolkata (1978), Indian Prints, Amsterdam (1984), Printmaking in India, Festival of India, USA (1985), the exhibition at the University of Waterloo, Canada (1985) and the Lalit Kala Akademi exhibition, Delhi ( 1985 and 1986), and He was honored by Rabindra Bharati University with the lifetime achievement award in 2008.

BORN

1929 Bangladesh

DIED

2013

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

1948 Government School of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Impressions of a Sensitive Soul The Art of Amitabha Banerjee, Akar Prakar, Kolkata

2008 Dhoomimal Art Center, New Delhi

2007 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata

1999 Graphics Exhibition, Mumbai and New Delhi.

1999 Graphics exhibition and launch of a folio containing 20 graphic works, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata.

1993 Retrospective, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.

He had several shows in major cities in India and Europe, the United States and Canada since 1964.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 12 artists, Akar Prakar, Kolkata and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2005 The Tempera Show, Akar Prakar and ITC Sonar Bangla, Kolkata

1997 Contemporary Indian Art, Calcutta

1997 50 Years of Indian Independence, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata

1993 Wounds, Center International of Modern Art (CIMA), Calcutta

1992 Contemporary Miniature Print Exhibition, New Delhi and Calcutta.

1990 Calcutta through the eyes of painters, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

1988.90 Art for Cry, Traveling exhibition in India

PARTICIPATIONS

2009 Annual Exhibition, La-Mere, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata

2007-08 Synchrome 4, Akar Prakar, Kolkata and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2006 Synchrome 3, Akar Prakar, Kolkata and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2005 Synchrome 2, Akar Prakar, Kolkata

1996 Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai

1986 6th Triennale, India

1980 All India Graphic Show, Chandigarh

1978-80,84 Inter Grafik, East Germany

1973-78 West Pacific Print Biennale, Print Biennales in Cuba, Australia and Europe

HONORS AND AWARD

2007 Honored for lifetime achievements by Government of West Bengal, Kolkata

1983 Best Exhibitor of Printmaking, Chandigarh

1981 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1975 Indian Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi

1972 Best Exhibitor, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

1971 All India Awards for Group 8, New Delhi