Date of Birth: 1983, Kolkata
Education Qualifications:
Bachelors of Fine Arts, 2005
College of Art, New Delhi
Master of Fine Arts , 2008
College of Art, New Delhi
Solo Exhibitions:
2016 ‘Story teller- Stories told and retold’, Part –IV organized by Art Lounge Gallery at the India Art Fair New Delhi
2015 ‘Story teller- Stories told and retold’, Part –III organized by Art Konsult Gallery, New Delhi
2015 ‘Story teller- Stories told and retold’, Part –II organized by Art Lounge Gallery, Lisbon
2014 ‘Story teller: stories told and retold’, Part –I at India Art Fair organized by Gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi,
2011 ‘BOLLYWOOD REVERIE: Rustic reveries of Bollywood’ – Exhibited & Presented by Gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi,
2011 ‘BOLLYWOOD REVERIE: Rustic reveries of Bollywood ‘– Exhibited at Mumbai Art Fair presented by Gallery Art Konsult,
2010 ‘MY WINDOW SHUT TO OPEN’- Exhibited by Gallery Art Konsult at Metropolitan Hotel, New Delhi
2009 ‘Fashion and Attitude/ Womanhood under Scanner’- Exhibited at Open Palm court, Habitat Centre, New Delhi,
Select Exhibitions:
2019 ‘Inner voices - outer masks’ show by Group Show at Gallery Artchill, Jaipur.
2018 ‘Art Idioms’ Group show at Juneja Art Gallery.
2016 Group Show at Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort, Jaipur.
2016 Participated at the ‘Madrid Art Fair’ represented by Art Lounge Gallery, Madrid.
2016 Participated at the ‘Delhi Art Festival’ represented by Art Konsult Gallery, Mumbai.
2016 Participated at a group show organized by Art Concern, an NGO for child education at Palm Court gallery, New Delhi,
2016 Participated at a group show organized by VEVA Art, in Pune,
2016 Participated at a group show organized by Art Concern, an NGO for child education at Palm Court gallery, New Delhi,
2015 Participated at the ‘Mumbai Art Festival’ represented by Lexicon Art Gallery, Mumbai
2015 Participated at the ‘Jaipur Art Fair’ represented by Lexicon Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2014 Participated at the ‘India Art Fair’ in New Delhi represented by Gallery Art Lounge Portugal,
2015 Participated at the ‘India Art Fair’ represented by Gallery Art Lounge, New Delhi.
2015 Participated in a group show ‘VAMA’ organized by Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi.
2015 Participated in a group show organized by Gallery Beyond, New Delhi.
2014 Participated in a group show at the India Art Fair represented by Gallery Art Lounge, New Delhi.
2015 Participated at the ‘India Art Fair’ represented by Gallery Nvya, New Delhi.
2015 Participated at the ‘Dubai Art Fair’ represented by Gallery Cross borders, Dubai.
2015 Participated at the ‘Dubai Art fair’ represented by Gallery Lexicon art, Dubai.
2015 Participated in a group show organized by Kalakriti art gallery, Hyderabad.
2015 Participated in a group show organized by Gallery Beyond, Mumbai.
2015 Participated in a group show ‘Greenathon’ organized by Gallery Sree, New Delhi.
2014 Participated in group show 'Democracy: possibilities and impossibilities' curated by Amit Mukhopadhaya at Gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi.
2014 Participated in a group show organized by The Viewing room, Mumbai.
2013 Participated in a group show at the India Art Fair represented by Art Konsult Gallery, New Delhi.
2014 Participated in group show 'Unseen Places' organized by gallery Apparao, New Delhi.
2013 Participated at the Bangladesh Biennale, Bangladesh.
2011 & 2012 Participated in Art Bull Auction organized by Art Bull, New Delhi
2012 Participated in ASYAAF, an International art fair organized by LVS Gallery, held at Seoul, Korea.
2012 Participated in prestigious group show titled ‘Within reach’ organized by gallery NVYA, New Delhi.
2012 Participated at the India Art Fair, represented by gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi.
2012 Participated in group show ‘The dramatics of diverse interpretations/perspectives’ at gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi.
2012 Participated in the annual exhibition “Colors” organized by gallery Artland, Mumbai.
2011 Participated in photography show “New Documents” curated by Rahul Bhattacharya at Alliance Franchise, New Delhi
2011 Participated in ten days residency programme organized by gallery Art Konsult in Puri, Orissa.
2011 Participated in group show ‘Museum collection II’ & Museum collection III’ at gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi
2011 Participated in group show organized by H-cube Gallery, Korea
2011 Participated in group show ‘Shifting points of view’ at Art:ifact gallery, London.
2011 Participated in group show ‘Colors’ organized by Artland gallery, Mumbai.
2011 Participated in group show ‘Colors of life’ held at Cymrosa Art gallery, Mumbai.
2011 Participated in India Art Fair represented by gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi.
2010. Participated at the Singapore Art Fair represented by gallery BLUE INDIGO, Singapore,
2010 Participated in group show ‘UNTITTLED’ curated by Farhad Hussain at gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi.
2010 Participated in group show ‘GEN NEXT-IV’ organized by AAKRITI ART Gallery, Kolkata.
2010 Participated in exhibition ‘WHOLE’ organized by gallery BLUE INDIGO, Singapore.
2010 Participated in exhibition ‘COLOURS OF LIFE’ organized by Cymrosa art Gallery, Mumbai.
2010 Participated in exhibition ‘DRIFTERS’ curated by Rahul Bhattacharya at Art Konsult gallery in New Delhi and gallery Beyond in Mumbai.
2009 Participated in a group show organized by Art Street 27 at Geneva.
2009 Participated in exhibition ‘RAISING THE SPIRIT LEVELS’ organized by gallery Shiva, New Delhi.
2009 Participated in exhibition ‘COLORS OF LIFE’ organized by CANCER PATIENTS AIDS ASSOCIATION, Mumbai.
2009 Participated at the WILLS FASHION WEEK, New Delhi.
2009 Participated in group show ‘COLORS’ organized by gallery Artland, Mumbai.
2009 Participated in group show ‘ART FOR SOCIAL CAUSE’ organized by UNESCO.
2009 Participated in exhibition ‘PROJECT 19’ organized by an NGO, New Delhi.
2008 Participated in a group show organized by Pioneer Art Gallery in Visual Arts gallery, Habitat centre, New Delhi
2007, 2008 Participated in group show organized by Creativity art gallery, New Delhi.
2005 Participated in Exhibition “Peace” at Art Junction curated by Naresh Kapuria, New Delhi.
2005 Participated in group show “Hiroshima-never again” at Arpana gallery, New Delhi.
2005 Participated in an exhibition “Women and War” organized by ICRC at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2005, 2006 Participated in group show organized by UNESCO, New Delhi.
2005 Participated in group show ‘Ganesha Online’ at Gallery Positive, New Delhi.
2002 & 2005 Participated in Group Exhibition ‘ The Growth’ curated by Prof. KM Chaudhari at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
2005 Participated in group show organized by AGNIPATH, National Painting Competition New Delhi.
2004 Participated in group show organized by Lease Plan Fleet Management Group, New Delhi.
2004 Participated in group show organized by YMCA at AIFACS, New Delhi.
2003 Participated in group show organized by Yuva Mahotsava, Sahitya Kala Parishad,New Delhi.
2002 to 2005 Participated in annual exhibitions organized by College of Art Delhi, New Delhi.
2006 Participated in group show organized by gallery Art Land in Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi.
2006 Participated in Summer Show organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
2006 Participated in group show organized by Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2006 Participated in group show ‘Contemporary art of India’ organized by Heritage School, Gurgaon, New Delhi
2006 Participated in exhibition “30 minus” at Taj palace hotel organized by De Montage Arts, New Delhi.
2007 Participated in group show ‘6oth milestone’ at Travencore gallery, New Delhi.
2007 Participated in group show organized by Lalit kala academy, New Delhi.
2007 Participated in group show organized by Art Element gallery, New Delhi.
2008 Participated in group show organized by Artoholix art gallery in lodhi Hotel, New Delhi.
Achievements:
2013-2015Awarded “National Fellowship from Ministry of Culture for the year
2008-2010 Awarded “National Scholarship from Ministry of Culture for the year
2008 Awarded ‘’Art for social change award’’ from United Nations Population Fund-India, New Delhi.
2009-2011 Awarded National Scholarship in Painting by Ministry of Culture, HRD for 2yrs from, New Delhi
2009 Painting selected & exhibited at the International Painting competition organized by Château des Réaux, France, February.
2008 Attended workshop organized by 10th Bihar Regiment, Faizabad
2006 Interviewed by Seher Zaman in CNN IBN News channel in the show ‘’ Minus 30’’ on 28 October
2005 Work got selected & published in ICRC (RED CROSS) for their magazine.
2005 Work got selected in All India Camlin Competition in Professional Category, New Delhi.
2004 My work ‘Trinity’ (etching) won the best prize for Graphics in national level organized by Lease Plan Fleet management group ,New Delhi
2004 Awarded merit certificate by YMCA at AIFACS, New Delhi
2003 Awarded merit certificate Yuva Mahotsava , organized by Sahitya Kala Parishad , New Delhi.
2003 & 05 Awarded merit certificate from College of Art Delhi, New Delhi
2002 Painting got selected & exhibited by the Lokmanya Tilak Foundation, Pune.
2002 Won Modi Arc award for my painting on Ratha Yatra festival and was printed in their group calendar.
2005 Selected for fellowship and worked in the Garhi Graphic studio for one year, New Delhi
2007 Participated in workshop organized by Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi.
2006 Participated in installation workshop’ DAY OF THE DEAD’ at Sanskriti in collaboration with Mexican artist Felipe Ehrenberg ,New Delhi
2002 & 2007 Attended workshops organized by College of Art at Suraj Kund Mela, New Delhi
2007 Attended workshop at Talkatora stadium for the MANGO FESTIVAL, New Delhi
2002 & 05 Attended workshop at Garden of Five Senses, New Delhi in
2004 Participated in workshop ‘Samhita’ organized by College of Art, New Delhi
2006 Attended few workshops at Lalit Kala studio, Garhi, New Delhi
About myself:
For me, being an artist is a multi-disciplined affair. In my latest series, I'm using popular posters, photographs, prints, paints and intriguing found-items juxtaposed in such a way that their familiar contexts are broken down and powerful new emotional associations come into being. I create these works using loose blend of overlapping elements. The elements say one thing ‘‘Individuality’’, yet placed together, the message is more complicated and less certain. Personal associations spontaneously arise in the viewer in an attempt to understand the whole and complete the story. These pieces are more like pictures of a state of mind, a distracted, half conscious state that causes jumble of unrelated things: scraps of memory, floating impressions, thoughts and feelings that float in a disorganized mix…I like exploring the relationship between mediums of now and then.
My aim is to make the viewer interpret and to become more involved in my imageries. For me, to be successful as an artist, the viewer needs to stand in front of my work and feel something.
To me, my art is about the process of discovery, the synthesis of my personal feelings, color that inspires me and technique that I use : It's a piece of who I Am.
Proposed projects:
Storytelling is the ancient art of conveying events in words, images, sounds & action often by improvisation or embellishment. In this series of work, I have chosen the life, tradition & art of the artists itself. I am using folk art of different places in the world and composing a language of its own.
I will be showing this new media art in several countries. I am taking part in International Art fairs and galleries in abroad. I am currently working on my solo exhibition for the New York Art Expo in 2016. I am also working on few installations to be exhibited in several countries in years to come.
Vinita Dasgupta