Portrait in Motion

Pavel Banerjee is a painter based in Kolkata. He was born in Kolkata and completed his bachelor's degree from Bangalore University. He was raised in a culturally inclined Bengali family and has been attached to art and art forms since childhood.

His strong point has been a continuous experimental approach with different shapes and figures. Harmony and balance is the search that constitute the main theme of his paintings.

He received numerous accreditations and recognitions since childhood, including several international awards.

He has held numerous exhibitions and displays with collections across the subcontinent.

BORN

December 20, 1977

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

1999-2002 Bachelor's degree with distinction from Bangalore University.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003, Le Meridien Hotel, Bangalore.

2015, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Delhi Kala Mela, New Delhi

2011 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta

2011 Chitramoyee State Art Gallery, Hyderabad

2012 Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2012 Hotel Taj, Goa

2012 Golden Gallery, Kolkata

2013 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta

2014 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

2014 Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

2015 Gold Gallery, Kolkata

PARTICIPATIONS

1993 All India Anti-Drug Exhibition at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

2000 Annual exhibition at the Bangalore University Youth Festival

2013 Annual Exhibition of the Society of Oriental Arts, Kolkata

2014 100 miniature paintings at Chitramoyee State Art Gallery, Kolkata

2015 Jyoti Basu Centenary Exhibition at Kolkata Academy of Fine Arts

International Exhibition 2015, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, organized by Galerie Art Eterne

HONORS AND AWARD

1991 Yokohama International Children's Prize, Japan

1991,1992,1993,1994 Shankar's Children International Award by the President of India

1993, Rajya Charukala Award by the Governor of West Bengal