Moon and Tree

Haren Thakur spent his life and nurtured his creative ventures partaking in the core lifestyle of the tribes of Jharkhand. He trained at Shantiniketan, under the tutelage of eminent stalwart artists like Ramkinkar Baij, Vinod Bihari, Somnath Hore, Dinkar Kaushik, Selim Munshi, Sarbari Roy Choudhury, and many others. 

His work encompasses tribal art forms and carries the essence and emotion of nature, life, and faith. His work depicts harmony, simplicity, and peace through color form & the use of camouflaged icons of the tribal and contemporary blend. He gets inspiration from the core of creation, complemented by the serene natural surroundings of Jharkhand. Thakur has discovered the essential structural patterns of tribal art and fused its geometric sophistication with visual concepts culled from Egyptian wall paintings of the Thutmosis IV era when eastern Mediterranean art genres of decorative painting began to free themselves from a subsidiary and narrative role. Like many painters all over the world, Thakur has sought to rediscover the essence of the primitive creativity of the eighteenth-century dynasty style of Nile Valley paintings. His unique work comes across mostly through a mix-medium of Nepalese rice paper.

BORN

February 22, 1953

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

1974-75 Diploma in Fine Art from Vishwa Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1986 British council. Ranchi

1987 B.K. college of art. Bhubaneswar

1995 l t.g. art gallery, Delhi

1996 Birla academy, titled "young faces of Indian contemporary art

2002 Krishna art gallery, new Delhi

eastern regional art exhibition.

Lalit Kala Kendra, Orissa.

Cima art gallery, Kolkata.

gallery k-2, Kolkata.

gallery Yapanchitra, Kolkata.

1975 -86 Birla academy of arts & culture Kolkata

Indian museum hall. Kolkata.

Kolkata information center.

academy of fine arts (Kolkata).

2003-2007 Nandan Santiniketan

Chemold art gallery, Kolkata

2007 India habitat center, (New Delhi)

bajaj art gallery, Bombay.

India art gallery Pune.

Santiniketan - Nandan art gallery.

Triveni art gallery, new Delhi.

artist circle Kolkata.

gallery space Hyderabad.

all India fine art and craft society new Delhi.

PARTICIPATIONS

Aifacs new Delhi.

Rashtriya Lalit Kala - Orissa. Patna.

Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala. Lalit Kala academy Shilong.

Sanskar Bharati new Delhi).

Kolkata millennium tara center (Jamshedpur).

Palash _ Ranchi art culture dept. - Jharkhand.

Lalit Kala academy- new Delhi at Shillong.

art & industry tara Emami chisel art gallery. Kolkata.

HONORS AND AWARD

1974-75 Visha Bharati merit scholarship

1987-88 Calcutta information center

1992 Shilpi Samman of Ranchi

1997 Sukumar das award, academy of fine art’s (Kolkata).

1999 recognition of state personality Bihar in Pratiyogita Darpan

1990 visited Canada, ew york by invitation of Pravasi Bengali club, Toronto

2004 Aifacs award Shanskar Bharat award

2005 Camlin art foundation award

2006 Jharkhand Ratna award

Chinta Moni Kar award-Bangiya Sangit Parishad. Kolkata.

sanman by Angar; coal India limited.