Born 1948 Midnapore ,West Bengal, India.
Ashok Hazra’s canvasses are all pieces of his life's experiences sewn together in a string to form a garland of memories. One series follows another – Fantasy, Ma, Reminiscence, Clown, Krishna, Devi and now the Flute Player. The lush green Meadows, shady banana groves, the fragrance of wild grass combined with the rich smell of rain soaked mother earth still tingles his dreams. Amidst all this beauty, peace and tranquility the sweet melody of the flute beckons him to his carefree days spent in the countryside.
EDUCATION:
1974 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Applied Arts), College of Art, New Delhi.
SOLO SHOWS:
2006 Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi.
2004 Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi.
2002 Wanganui Collegiate School, New Zealand.
2002 Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi.
1996,1998,1999 Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi.
1996 Sanskriti Arts Gallery, Kolkata.
1999 Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
1980 Huthee Sigh Art Gallery, Ahmadabad.
PARTICIPATION:
1994 Participated in several prestigious group shows, art camps, art festivals, including the
8th triennial.
1998 International Exhibitions of Arts WLRA, World Congress, UNESCO, Jaipur.
2002 Group Show at Plymouth, New Zealand.
2013 Jaipur Art Summit 2013.
2013 'Confluence des Arts' a Group Show of 100 artists at Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort, jaipur.
2014 All India Exhibition at Jaipur Art Summit, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.
2014 'Contemporary Figuration' Group Show at Juneja Art Gallery, Juneja Art Gallery.
2014 'Treasures of Rajasthan Season II' at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.
2016 Group Show at Gallery Artchill, Jaipur.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1980 Attended Artists Camps, Udaipur, organized by ‘AAJ’ group and R.L.K.A., Jaipur.
1988 Appointed Member of the General Council and Executive Committee of Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
1997 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.
1996 Invited to an All India Artist Camp organized by H.H. Maharaja of Jodhpur.
2001 Visited Bangladesh as Art Councilor.
AWARDS:
Annual Art Exhibition, organized by College of Art, New Delhi in water color, 1969, 1970 and 1974.
Rajasthan Lalit Kala.Academy, Jaipur.
State Awards 1986, 1989 and 1996.
Senior Artist’s honored in Kala Mela, R.L.K.A. 2004.
IFACS award, 2005.
Bharat Jyoti Award, New Delhi, 2008.
COMMISSIONED WORKS:
1972 Mural Paintings in Oil under Late Mr. B. Dasgupta in Asia Trade Fair.
1976 Mural Paintings on Mahabharata theme, Dayawati Modi public School, Modi Nagar, U.P.
1974 Mural on wildlife and pre-historic theme under Mr. Karmakar for the Natural History Museum in New Delhi.
1997 Mural for the AVCO, Financial Services India Pvt. Ltd. , New Delhi.
COLLECTIONS:
AIFACS, New Delhi.
NCERT (CIET), New Delhi.
R.P.S.C. Ajmer, Rajasthan.
Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.
Artchill Museum collection, Jaipur.
Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
Embassy of Finland, Chile, France.
Agro nixt Contemporary Art Museum Covasna, Romania.
G.D.R., Sweden.
ARKS Gallery, London.
CM House in Rajasthan and in different private Collections in India and abroad.