What enchants a viewer about his works which leave them spellbound is the surge of passionate strokes that stand vertically slash horizontally, weaving a lovely brightness of activity with silhouettes of skyline on top and on the lower planes the edge of dark deep abysmal sea that spreads like a band of solitude in contrast to the middle regions of his canvasses which also convey a sense of TIMELESSNESS and SPACE. The palette of his hues and variable tones ensures the merging of both with his energetic zestful strokes.
These Cityscapes along harbor as weaved by Sasanka trigger a dynamic process and compel us to look at reality as an Impressionistic illusion and dig deeper in his abstraction to translate what he has experienced over a period of years. It is almost as if the four winds gathered, teased his eye lending him a fervor, strength and vitality as he translates the depth of nature’s attributes evoking climates in consonance with the tangled strokes of the planar divisions of the sky-we can sense an inter connectivity of both the visible and the invisible.
His canvasses are modernist in nature with impressionistic undertones. His skill is evident in the way he creates imaginative and stunning cityspaces & harbor scenes – as molten images in various hues lending a strange luminosity to the skies and the reflections beneath in contrast to the thickly applied coastal images. Bold strokes that depict his coastline erect themselves as colours define the mood of nature surrounding. These tranquil and serene in some and volatile in some ……
Sangeeta Juneja, Gallery Artchill
Born 1977 Kolkata, India
Self taught Artist.
GROUP SHOWS
2019 : 'Poetically Urban' Group Show at Juneja Art Gallery , Jaipur
2016 : Group show at Gallery Artchill, Amer Fort, Jaipur.
2015 : ‘Art Walk’ Group Show by Artchill at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur
2013 : ‘Confluence des Arts’ Group Show at Gallery Artchill, Amer Fort, Jaipur.
2013 : Group Show by Artchill at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2012 : Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore.
2012 : All India Group Show at Trident BKC by Artchill-Beltree, Mumbai.
2011 : Master Collection Art Gallery, Kolkata [Spon. By MCAG].
2010 : All India Group show at New Terminus, Jaipur Airport by Gallery Artchill, Jaipur.
2010 : Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
2009 : Epicentre art gallery Gurgaon.
2009 : Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata (Creation).
2009 : Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
2009 : Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore.
2009 : Gallery One, Palm Meadows, Bangalore, sponsored by Gallery One.
2009 : Gallery Red Dot, Delhi.
2008 : Opening of Gallery Artchill at Amber Palace, Jaipur.
2008 : Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Presented by Monon.
2008 : Art Line Art Gallery, Sponsored by Art Line Art Gallery.
2008 : Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkatta.
2008 : Angan Art Gallery.
2007 : Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkatta.
2007 : Coomaraswamy Hall , Prince of Wales Museum , Mumbai.
2006 : “Group 10” All India Group Show of 10 artists, Sponsored by Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
1998 – 2002 : Suranjani Art Centre Annual Show.
DUET SHOWS
2011 : Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata.
2011 : Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
2005 : Gaganendra Pradarsasala, Kolkata.
2008 : Chemould Art Gallery, Kolkata.
SOLO SHOWS
2009 : Chemould Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2008 : Gallery Artchill, JAIPUR.
2007 : Juneja Art Gallery , JAIPUR.
2012 : Craighat, Killearn, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
WORK SHOPS
2009 : Indian Coffee House, Kolkata, Organized by Bengal Ambuja Group.
2008 : Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort, Jaipur.
2007 : Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2005 : DCM HOUSE, Organized By NIP Kolkata.
2004 : C.C.P. College, Organized By NIP Kolkata.
PARTICIPATION
2007 : “A Tribute to DURGA” Kolkata, Sponsored by Art Line Art Gallery.
2007 : Birla Kala Mela 2007.
2009 : FESTIVAL SHOW, presented by Samokal Art Gallery.
2009 : India Habitat Centre Delhi, presented by Fushiatree and Bank on Art Gallery.
2012 : I.C.C.R. presented by Bandhan.
COLLECTIONS
Works are in various private and govt. collections in India and Abroad.
Graham T C Smith – U.K.
World Trade Centre Corp. JAIPUR, Juneja Art Gallery.
Juan Francisco Clerico – Miami.
Evelyn Self – USA.
Renate Theopold – Greece
Dr. S. Krishnan – UK , Ed. Strover – UK, D. Harisson – UK.
Lyung roh Yoon – South Korea
J Gonzalliz Garcia – Spain. Helene Lamarque - France .
Rukmani Philippines – France.
S.K. Krishnan – Britain, Lauren E Sinnot – France.
Thierry Huet – France.
Shuan Field, Lynnette E Hoffman – Australlia.
Mahmoud Nouroozian – Switzerland.
Helen Sheppared, Susan Pfiffner – Swiss.
Neigie Rose Var – Canada.
Mrs. Sarala Birla.
Steven Okun – U.S.A.
D Harrison – UK.
L A L Natson – Britain.
Anil S Mehta – Mumbai.
Michaell Thompson – U.S.
Rita Pritoula – Dominican Republic.
F. Williams – U.S.A.
Helene Lamarque – France.
John Green – Canada.
Barbara J Sulbout – Ireland.
William L Ball – U.S.A.
L Green – British.
Lynnette E Hoffman – Australia.
Kathleen J Olson – U.K.
Sheena Patience – U.K.
N. C. Green – U.K.
Sarada Krishnan – U.K.
Gautam Ghosh – Kolkata.
Evelyn – U.S.A (New Ark Museum)
Amrik Singh – Delhi, Ozbidar Murat.
Artchill Collection – Jaipur.
Margarita Vilaseca, Gracy – Singapore.
Mangesh Rathi – Bangalore.
Riccardo Rivolta – Italy.
Sajid Khan – World Trade Centre, Jaipur.
Omer Burhanogh – Turkey.
Juneja Art Gallery.
Gallery One, Delhi.
Anoop Bartariya – Jaipur.
Lauren Sinnott – U.K.
Aysegul Ozerdem – Turkey.
Swatibihani – Jaipur.
Lars Holm Rasmussen – Denmark.
Dream Negotiants – Jaipur.
Gold Dreams – Jaipur.