ANIRBAN SETH's Page

ONE MAN SHOWS :

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o 2009 - Invited : Bodhi Tree- Monastery of Art presents- “ Vibrant Ghats of Varanasi”- an exhibition of recent works by Anirban Seth on 48/44 Swiss Park, Kolkata on- 21st January to 1st February .

o 2009 - Invited : Indian Art Collectors presents- “ Artist of the Month”- an exhibition [Online ] of recent works by 1st January to 31st January .

o 2005 - Invited : ‘Names- AN. Art’ (New Name- ‘Gallery Kolkata’ ) Organized an exhibition of paintings on “Leather” by ANIRBAN SETH , inaugurated by Shri Sunil Gangopadhyay ( Eminent Poet & Novelist )on May 17 to May28, Kolkata.

o 2005 - Display paintings at City Centre, Salt Lake, organised by Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata.

o 2005-2006 - Invited : Standard Chartered presents- “Small is beautiful”- an exhibition of recent works, at Standard Chartered gallery,
Kolkata,{ Dec-Jan}.

o 2004 - Invited : “PAINTINGS ON LEATHER”4th Solo show, Organized by Mrs. Lee-Alison Sibley (American Consulate) and “International Women’s club” at the residence of U.S. Consulate,
Kolkata .

o 2003 - “After Immersion”, Birla Academy of Art & Culture .

o 2003 - Display paintings by Kala Ghora Association , Pavment Gallery,Mumbai.

o 2003 - Invited: Sponsored Show K.C.Das (Kolkata).

o 2002 - Gaganendra Art Gallery ( Kolkata Information Centre ).

DUET SHOW :
2008 - Nandan –The Art Paradise [ Mumbai ]organized an exhibition of paintings n sculptures by Anirban Seth n Debabrata Chakraborti at Goregaon West, Mumbai from 28TH July to 7TH August .
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INTERNATIONAL SHOW:
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• 2006 - ‘INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ART’ – Inaugurated by Our Indian Ambassador H.E. Mrs Navrekha Sharma [ With kind cooperation of Indian Embassy and J.N. Indian cultural centre], Organized by Indian Artist Networkfrom 14th -27th August, World Trade Centre, Sudirman, INDONESIA .
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
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• 2009- Shree Art Gallery (Kolkata) presents an exhibitions of paintings by eminent artist till Jan 31.
• 2009 - “Art Fair” of Contemporary Indian paintings organized by ‘Art Beat’ (Kolkata) on January.
• 2009 - Tejas Art Gallery (Kolkata) present an exhibitions of artworks by various artists from Calcutta, Santiniketan and Vietnam. The collection includes… Acrylics, Charcoals, Wood cuts and small Sculptures from 7th Dec to 6th Jan.
• 2009 - Tejas Art Gallery (Kolkata) present “DEVI – II” : 25 ARTISTS’(including me)impressions of devi Durga….in oils, acrylics, wash & tempara on 3rd Oct to 8th Nov.
• 2008 - “Art Fair” of Contemporary Indian paintings organized by Ganges Art Gallery (Kolkata) on 1st Oct to 30th Oct.

• 2008 - “A Symphoni of Colours” an exhibitions of paintings at Artists’ Centre Art gallery [Mumbai] on 4th to 10th August.
• 2008 - Shree Art Gallery (Kolkata) presents an exhibitions of paintings by eminent artist on August.
• 2008 - ‘Kolkata Canvas’ presents an exhibitions of paintings at Academy of Fine Arts [ Central Gallery ] on 20th May to 26th May.
• 2008 - Moksha Art Gallery ( Mumbai ) presents various renowned and upcoming artists including Ajay De, Datta Bhansode, Suhas Roy, Laxman Aelay, Pratima Sheth and others will exhibit their creation and works at this exhibition from September 01 to 30.
• 2008- INDUSVISTA Art Gallery (Mumbai) presents “Ganapati festival”.
• 2008- An exhibitions of gr. Show paintings at Chitrakoot Art Gallery (Kolkata) on July.

• 2007 - Invited : PEGASUS ART GALLERY (Hyderabad) presents “Contemporary Art”, Curated by Shri Sudip Ghosal ; Works of M.F.Hoosen, Poritosh Sen, Jogen Choudhury, Shymal Dutta Roy, Suhas Roy, Ganesh Pyne, Sunil Das, Chandra Bhattacharya, Shuvaprasanna, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Rabin Mondal,Dipali Bhattacharya,Subrata Gangapadhyay, Anirban Seth & others on 23rd May- 1st June.

• 2007 - Invited : Gallery Yapanchitra & The Eye Within presents - an exhibition of paintings entitled “Puja” from 6-18 Nov.

• 2007 - Invited : Gallery Yapanchitra & ‘Art Border Line Foundation’ presents - an exhibition of “First International Affordable Art Fair” in Kolkata.
• 2007 - Invited : Tejas Art Gallery (Kolkata) presents “Small is Big”.
• 2007- Invited : The Eye Within & Indian masterpainters.com presents “Display of Art ” works of Anirban Seth, Chatrapati Dutta,Chandrima Bhattacharya,Rajib Lochan Pani,Diptesh GhoshDhostide ,Shidharta Sengupta etc. at Taj Bengal (Kolkata) on 18th Oct to 21th Oct .

• 2007 - Invited : KANVAS ART GALLERY (Kolkata) presents “Vibrant Hues” works of Anirban Seth, Shymal Mukherjee, Anup Giri, Bishwajit Saha, Dewashish Das, Subrata Das, Avishankar Mitra, Diptish Ghose Dastidar & others on 29th June to 20th July.

• 2007 - Invited : Spandan Art Gallery (Kolkata) presents “Celebrations” works of Keshov Roy, Anirban Seth ,A. Das and R. Chatterjee..

• 2007 - Invited : Artists Circle (Kolkata) presents “Celebration of Nature” show by senior artists expressing their concern on canvas for World Environment Day , Inaugurated by Shri Buddhadeb Guha, Participating Artists: Indra Dugar, B.R.Panesar, Surya Prakash, Sukti Subhra Pradhan, Malay Chandan Saha & Anirban Seth on 22nd June to 2nd July.

• 2007 - Invited : Masters Collection Art Gallery (Kolkata) presents “Summer Colours” recent works of B.R.Panesar, Anirban Seth , Anil Gaikwad, Keshov Roy etc. on 18th April to 12th May.

• 2007 - Invited : Gallery Exposer (Kolkata) presents - an exhibition of paintings by ‘Kolkata Canvas’ .
• 2006 - Invited : “ART WORLD” & “ Sarala's Art Centre” (Chennai) presents - an exhibition of paintings by “A New Generation of Artists” – [Ajay Lakhera,Ajay Sharma,Alok Bal, Anirban Seth, Apu DasGupta,Farhad Husain,Nirmala Prabhakar,Sarika Mehta and Sudharshan Biswal ] 12th to 20th July.

• 2006 - Invited : Samkrut Art Gallery [{Bangalore}] the Group Show – “The United States of India” at BANGALORE [“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life” – Pablo Picasso. Featuring Art in traditional & innovative media and support by FIVE talented Artists from across the culturally diverse States of India: Vigyan Vrat, Anirban Seth, Chaitra, J Ramesh, Udayshankar]. ............................................................................etc.

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EDUCATION :* Master of Visual Art ( M.V.A.) from Govt. College of Art & Craft Calcutta ~ 2004(Held in 2005 ) and obtained first class. * B.V.A. (Govt. Art College) with first class ~ 2001 ( Held in 2002). Post Diploma from Indian Society of Oriental Art ~1999. *First Fresco Painting Training Course from I.S.A.A. ~1999. *CMS & IDD from ‘IRMA’ affiliated to World Rural Medical Association- Geneva & supported by UNICEF ~1997. * B.C.A.A. from Indian Astronomical Society [Deptt. of Applied Mathematics] University College of Science, sponsored by ECRA and World Laboratories [ GENEVA ] ~1996. * Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) from Calcutta University ~ 1997.
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PROFESSION : Former Hony. Visiting tEACHER, the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Park Street, Kolkata ~700016.
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AWARDS
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• 2004- Bronze Medal Awarded by Avantika International (Regional Art Exhibition) Kolkata.
• 2004- Certificate of Merit from E.Z.C.C. (Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India).
• 2004- West Bengal State Academy Award (Collaboration with Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi).
• 2003- Oriental Art Society Award.
• 2003- Merit Certificate from Avantika International (Regional Art Exhibition) Kolkata.
• 2001- Festum First Award, Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College, Kolkata.
• 2001- College Award from Govt. College of Art & Craft , Kolkata .
• 2001- Prestigious Camlin Art Foundation, East Zone Award, (Professional Category) Kolkata.
• 2000- ‘Outstanding Young Person First Award ’(Festum), Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College, Kolkata.
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PARTICIPATIONS :
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 2004 - “Aranya~2004” by Samokal Art Gallery & RAD .

 2004 - Water Colour Painting Exhibition” Organized by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (Ministry of Cultural, Govt. of India) .

 2004 -West Bengal State Academy of Dance Drama Music & Visual Art (Rabindra Bharati University) .
 2003 -‘New Face’, Presented by Artists Circle (Gallery)~‘03.

 2003 - Annual Exhibition Birla Academy of Art & Cultural .

 1999-2002 - Annual Exhibition Govt. College of Art & Craft (Calcutta.) .

 1998-2006 - Annual show- Oriental Art Society , Kolkata.
 2001 - “Nokia Arts Awards-Asia Pacific”(Organized by Ogilvy Public relation,
WORLDWIDE) New Delhi – 2001.

 2001 - “World Peace” Thinkers Meet ‘Art Exhibition’, organized by ISISAR(Cal.) & IPPNO (U.S.A.) --2001.

 2000-2003 - Rajjya Charukala .*Avantica Regional-2002.

 2002 - * ‘Kalamala’ by Birla Academy .
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COLLECTIONS :
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Mrs. Lee-Alison Sibley [U.S. Consul general ], Moni Ratnam [Eminent Film Director, INDIA], Mr. Ravi Suria{New York,USA}, Hindustan Times, ICICI, Tata Steel, Emami Limited, Marble Palace (Kolkata), ‘ Mr. M. Reddy {Hyderabad}, Mrs. Kathie Hall (British Deputy High Commission, kolkata), Mrs. Linda Lizioli (Consolate Generale of ITALI), Christyne Plante (Canada), Mia Bishop (U.K.), Ms. Maria Elena Casyab (U.S.A.), Mr. Satish Kapoor & Mrs. Preeti Kapur ( Indian Consulate of Poland), Ms. Usha Bibra , Mr. Patrik Bowrings ( Fine Art auctioneer,U.K.), Shri Sunil Gangopadhyay (Eminent Poet & Novelist) & Many Private, Corporate & Institutional collections, Like – India & Abroad.
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CAMPS / WORKSHOPS:
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 2007 - 2nd Art Workshop Camp by “Indian National Forum of Art And Culture” in collaboration with Science City and Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (Ministry of Cultural, Govt. of India) at Aikatan Cultural Complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata .

 2006 - AURODHAN ART GALLERY [ARTIST-in-RESIDENCE programmes offer workshops and camps where invited artists "create and share" in the Gallery] Pondicherry .

 2005 - Painting workshop on using agri-based vegetable colours,Organized by RAD & Dr. Dilip Chatterjee, conducted by ANIRBAN SETH, At Samokal Art Gallery, Golpark .
 2005 - Painting workshop and exhibition at Budge Budge Nature Park in Collaboration with Deptt. Of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Resource and Harbour (Govt. of West Bengal) Nature Park, Organized by Artists Circle
(Gallery) .

 2005 - Workshop for tsunami victims, conducted by ANIRBAN SETH at Metropolitan Art Salon .

 2004 - “Art Festival & Workshop” at Swabhumy, Organized by Vikalp Art Shop .
 “ Peace” Workshop by R.A.D.(Reflection of Another Day) at Science College
~2003.
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ARTIST-IN-
RESIDENCE :
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‘Artist-in-Residence’ Scholarship programmed, “live-in-gallery” at AURODHAN ART GALLERY, Pondicherry – 2006.
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EXPERIENCE :
# Art reviews have been published in many leading Newspapers & Magazines of India like – The Bombay Times, The Hindu(Bangalore), Inneru(Bangalore), New Indian express, CITY-INFO (Kolkata), “CAL CALLING”(English monthly tourism magazine), India Today, DESH, FEMINA (South India Pub.), Ananda Bazar Patrica, The Telegraph, The Times of India [Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai], The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age, Sanbad Pratidin, Bartaman, Ganashakti, Aajkaal, Biswamitra, Janasaata, Deccan Herold etc.

# Interviews and Documentaries have been relayed in the leading private and Government Television Channels like- Kolkata Doordarshan, KHAS-KHABOR, Akash Bangla TV, Tara Bangla TV, Khabor Akhon (Bangla Akhon TV), ATN Bangla TV, Sonar Bangla TV, India Today Group, RPG Net Channel (Radio & TV), AAKSH-BANI KOLKATA(Radio).