ASHOK HAZRA
ABOUT MY WORK
Time ticks on, thoughts race ahead; imagination runs wild, moods and themes change, new ideas take shape - one series follows another - Fantasy; Ma; Reminiscence; Clown; Krishna; Devi and now the Flute Player.
They are all pieces of my life's experiences sewn together
in a string to form a garland of memories. The lush green
Meadows, shady banana groves, the fragrance of wild
grass combined with the rich smell of rain soaked mother
earth still tingles me in my dreams. Their pleasure is
strong enough to transfer me through space, time and
distance and make me re-live my childhood days in
Midnapore - West Bengal. Amidst all this beauty, the
sweet melody of the flute beckons me to my carefree
days spent in the countryside.
The mystic sound of the flute is like the dancing smoke rising from an incense stick which hypnotises the soul .I have gushed out this "spiritual feeling" on the blank canvas and tried to capture my inner-self.
My paintings mirror these exact thoughts and memories and give me the peace and tranquillity which I yearn for.
Ashok Hazra
Born, 1948 Midnapore (West Bengal), India.
Educational Qualification
Bachelor of fine Arts (Applied Arts), Collage of Art, New Delhi, 1974.
Solo shows
Huthee Singh Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, 1980, Galleric Gancsha, New Delhi 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004.
Sanskriti Arts Gallery, Kolkatta, 1996; Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur, 1999.Wanganui Collegiate School, New Zealand, 2002.
Participation
Participated in several prestigious group shows, art camps, art festivals, including the 8th trieniale in 1994. International Exhibition of Arts WLRA, World Congress, UNESCO, Jaipur 1998, Group show at Plymouth, New Zealand, 2002.
Professional Experience
Attended Artists Camps, Udaipur, and Organized by 'AAJ' group and R.L.K.A., Jaipur 1980.
Appointed Member of the General Council and Executive Committee of the Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur 1988
Invited to an International Artists Camp, organized by S.C. Agromixt, S.A. Catalina, Transylvania, Romania, 1997.
Visited U.K. to attend the Centenary year celebration of TATE Art Gallery, London, 1997. Invited to an All India Artist
Camp, organised by H.H. Maharaja of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, 1996. Visited Bangladesh as Art Councilor, 2001.
Group shows
Group show in U.K. in 1997. ARKS Arts gallery, London.Paticipated in several prestigious group shows around the country.
Awards
Annual Art Exhibition, organised by Collage of Art, New Delhi in water colour, 1969,1970 and 1974. Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur, State Awards 1986, 1989 & 1996. Senior Artist's honoured in Kala Mela R.L.K.A. 2004. IFACS award, 2005.
Commission
Mural Painting in Oil under Late Mr. B. Dasgupia in Asia Trade fair, 1972.
Mural Painting on Mahabharata theme, Dayawati Modi Public School, Modi Nagar, U.P., 1976.
Mural on wild life and pre-historic theme under Mr. Karmakar for the Natural history Museum in New Delhi 1974
Mural for the AVCO, Financial Services India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1997.
Collection
AIFACS, New Delhi.
NCERT (CIET), New Delhi.
R.P.S.C., Ajmer (Rajasthan)
Jawahar kala Kendra , Jaipur
Embassy of Finland. Chile, France, Agro nixt contemporary Art Museaum covasna ,Romania.
G.D.R. Sweden, ARKS Gallery, London and in different private collection in India and abroad
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