is showing at the India habitat from 15th-18th Jan'09

Education: San Francisco Art Institute, California, USA
Post Baccalaureate (Completed 05/2007), Focus: Painting
Annamalai University, India
Masters in Commerce (Completed 05/2003), Focus: Accounting & Taxation
J.D. Birla College, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Bachelor in Commerce with Honors (Completed 06/2001)
Swar Sangam, Kolkata, India
Certificate in Oil painting and Portraits (Completed 01/2004)
Arena Multimedia, Kolkata, India
Dual Diploma in Multimedia (Completed 10/2002)
BILAMS, Kolkata, India
Certificate in Commercial Art& Design (Completed 07/1999)
Selected
Solo Exhibitions:

“Soul Search”, India habitat centre, New Delhi, 01/2009
“Soul Search”, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata, 12/2008
“Life and its mysteries”, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, 03-04/2008
“Soul Search”, Kanvas Art Gallery, Kolkata, 01/2008
“Soul Search”, Taj Bengal Hotel, Kolkata, 12/2007
“Journeys in the Eastern Realm”, Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, 11/2007
Togonon Gallery at Dae Advertising, San Francisco, Sep-Oct, 2007
Pacific Art League, Community sites, Silicon Valley Community Foundation,Ca 06/2007
Pacific Art League, Community sites, Media centre, San Antonio, California,04/2007
“Marriage”, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Spring 2007
“Jewels of the East”,California,10/2006
‘Inox’, City Centre, Kolkata, 2004
"I am Only Human…" - Academy Of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2004
Selected
Group
Exhibitions:
“Color explosion”, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, 10/2008
“Blues Bash”, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, 09/2008
“Midsummer Fair”, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, 06/2008
India art Summit, New Delhi, 08/2008
FALC show, Quinlan Community Center, 062008
Big Deal 14, Visual Aid, San Francisco,11/2006,2007, 2008
Indian artist’s network, Jakarta and Singapore, 2007, 2008
Art for Concern, ITC Kolkata – hosted by Concern India Foundation, 2007
San Francisco Magazine's 'Best of the Bayarea Party',San Francisco, June 2007
India on my mind- Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, June 2007
Graduating Spring show, SFAI, San Francisco, Spring 2007
SFAI Now, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, May 2007
Post-Baccalaureate final show, Swell Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, Spring 2007
Museum of Pocket Art show, Swell Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, Spring 2007
Get out of Jail Free, Visual Aid, San Francisco, May 2007
Art Sale 11, The Lab 11th art sale and live auction, San Francisco,02/2007, 2008
Works/San Jose, California,12/2006
Hyatt Regency, Kolkata – hosted by Concern India Foundation, 2005
Calcutta swimming club organized in aid of Tsunami victims, Kolkata, 2005
Art Mela by Vikalp art shop at Swabhumi, Kolkata, 2004
Oberoi Grand, Kolkata – hosted by Concern India Foundation, 2004
'names-An.art' - Inaugural exhibition, Kolkata, 2004
Oberoi Grand – hosted by Spandan & Anubhav, 2004
Annual Exhibition of Indian Society of Oriental Art, Kolkata, 2003-04
Annual Exhibition of Swar Sangam ‘Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, 2003-04


Participation: Silicon valley Open Studios, California, May 2007, 2008
Pacific Art League, Art Rental Programme, California, Spring 2007
Annual All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS Kolkata, 2001 , 2002 , 2003 ,2004
46th National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi, 2003
76th State level Exhibition of AIFACS, New Delhi, 2004
Gaganendra Pradarshasala Annual exhibition, Kolkata, 2004
Oberoi Grand Hotel, Art camp hosted by Spandan, Kolkata, 2004

Art Camps: Organized in aid of Tsunami victims at the Calcutta swimming club, Kolkata, 2005
Art Mela by Vikalp art shop at Swabhumi, Kolkata, 2004
Hosted by Concern India Foundation at the Oberoi Grand, Kolkata, 2004
Hosted by Spandan & Anubhav an NGO at the Oberoi Grand, Kolkata, 2004

Community Work:
• Reading Instructor for children by ‘Yes Reading’ at Montague school, California,2007-08
• Art Instructor for children at Bubb school through Community School of Music and Arts, California, 2007
• Art Instructor Assistant at the Palo Alto Art Centre, California, 2007
• Art Instructor Assistant at the Pacific Art League, California, 2006
• Art Instructor for kids at the Summer camp at the Indian Community Centre, Milpitas, California, 2006
• Art & craft Instructor for kids, young girls and women at the NGO “Apne Aap”, Kolkata, India, 2004-2005

Awards: • Artist of the week...http://indianartistsforum.ning.com/, 10/08
• Honorary award for photography by Fine arts league of Cupertino, 2008
• Award for excellence in Art and Painting by Lions Club, 2007
• Sponsored for the ‘Monotype printing marathon’ organised by Institue of contemporary art, San Jose, Ca, May 2007

Work Experience: Art critic for Waternoice.com, June 2008 onwards

Internship at Togonon gallery, San Francisco, 2007
• Execution and preparation, including brochure, book, advertising for the exhibition of Mary O’Neal

Intrasoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd.( E-greetings, www.123greetings.com), 2005

• Worked as a designer to create several designs for e-cards.

Rediffusion DY&R (Advertising Company, www.rediffusiondyr.com), 2004

• As a Creative Visualizer worked on projects for several high profile clients including Taj Bengal (luxury hotel), P.C. Chandra jewelers, Tata Steel Ltd.

• As part of the above assignments designed a range of materials including menus, pamphlets, press ads, hoardings, logos, letterhead and brochures.

Freelance Graphic Designer for many Companies in India, 2000-2005

Bibliography: Mountain View Voice, May 2nd & 7th,2008
San Francisco Chronicle by Mary Eisenhart, Thursday, November 22, 2007
Indian artist’s network catalogue, Jakarta and Singapore, 2007
Santa Clara Review, 9th February, 2007
The Times of India, 14th June, 2004
The Telegraph, 7th June, 2004
The Telegraph, 3rd June, 2004

Collections:
Renaisssance Art Gallery, Bangalore
Russi Modi, India (Personal collection)
Other personal collections in the US, UK and Spain