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QUALIFICATION
• One year PG Programme (Visiting) Glasgow School of Art 2000-2001 Glasgow, UK
• M.FINE (Painting) Visva Bharati, Kala Bhaban, santiniketan, 1997,1ST class
• B.FINE (Painting) Visva Bharati, Kala bhaban, santiniketan, 1995,1st class
AWARDS:
• UNESCO ASHBERG scholarship for Brazil 2005-2006
• Charles Wallace India Trust Award in UK for 2000-2001
• Junior Fellowship from Ministry of HRD, govt. of INDIA
• AIFACS award in Painting, New Delhi, 1998
RESIDENCY/ CAMP/WORKSHOP
• UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Brazil (Sacatar Foundation)2005/2006
• Lijiang studio residency, Yunnan, China 2005
• Jaipur International site specific workshop,Jaipur,2005
• Wasani international artist workshop Kenya 2004
• Art Omi International artist residency, New York,2004
• Bangalore residency 2004
• Khoj International Artist Residency, New Delhi 2003
• 200 Years of great arc, dept. of science and tech. govt. of India, Corbett national
• park,2003
• Rangili sadak, Chandigarh, 2002
• Taigh Chearsabhagh, North uist , UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
• DRAWING ROOM, Nature Morte and British Council, New Delhi 2006
• DRAWING ROOM, Gallery Chemould , Mumbai, 2006
• “I HATE PINK ״ Lakeeren Art Gallery ,Mumbai ,2003
• “UNBELONGINGS” Machintosh Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, UK 2001
• “CAN WE REALLY LOOK BEYOND THE MAP?” Art India Style, New Delhi 2000
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS:
• Metrospective: Visual Representations of Metrosexuality, Kitab Mahal, Mumbai 2005
• Golden jubilee show of lalait kala, New Delhi, 2005
• Monsoon show ,Nature Morte Gallery ,New Delhi, 2005
• The New Wave in Bengal art, Akar Prakar, Calcutta 2005
• Are We Like This? Vadera art gallery,New Delhi,2005
• Tableaux Vivant, Nature Morte- Bose Pacia, New Delhi 2004
• The Found Project, Latrobe regional gallery,Victoria,Australia,2004
• Art omi open day .New York ,USA 2004
• Wasani International Studio Open Day, Lamu Fort,Kenya,2004
• Fair and furious-2, Jebiwool Art Museum, South Korea,2004
• The Art Connection, British Council and Birla Academy,Kolkata,2004
• Devotional Breach, Gallery Sumukha,Bangalore,2004
• Kaleidoscope, Square One Gallery, New York 2004
• Summer show, Nature morte gallery, New Delhi,2004
• Fleshed out and lifting off, Gallery Anant, New Delhi,2004
• The making of India by Sahamat, New Delhi,2004
• Kaleidoscope , Gallery Space,Hyderabad,2004
• Portrait of the decades, CIMA, Kolkata,2003
• Flag for peace, Karachi, Pakistan, 2003
• Peep show, Apparao gallery, Chennai,2003
• Open Studio Day, Khoj International Residency, New Delhi, 2003
• Through Customs, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, USA 2003
• Fair and furious, IHC, visual art gallery, New Delhi, 2003
• Sheesa, Indo-French show, Sanskriti, New Delhi & France, 2003
• A/P Artist Proof, Kala ghoda fest. Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, 2003
• Trans figuration, India habitat visual art gallery ,new delhi,2002
• Borderless terrain , India habitat visual art gallery, New delhi,2002
• Young faces , Birla Academy of art& culture ,Calcutta,2002
• Annual exhibition.CAN Show, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi,2002
• Young contemporary from Shantiniketan Gallery Espace, New Delhi,2002
• The Closet/Closets, Academy of fine arts and literature, New Delhi,2002
• Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow 2001
• Student Show 2001, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2001
• Selected works of new graduates, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, 2001
• Satabdi Show CIMA art Gallery, Calcutta-2000
• 42ND National Exhibition of art Jaipur and New Delhi-2000
• Satabdi Show Jahangir Art Gallery Mumbai 2000
• The Art Show-Art Junction Gallery, New Delhi-1999
• Emerging Trends, CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta-1999
• Edge of The Century-Gallery Om, New DelhiI-1999
• 41ST National Exhibition of Art-Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi,1998
• Young Santiniketan Today-The Guild Gallery, Mumbai-1998
• Annual Exhibition of Painting (AIFACS) New Delhi & Chandigarh 1998
• Exhibition of Paintings, Gallery Akarshan, New Delhi-1997
• Annual of Paintings (AIFACS), New Delhi &Chandigarh-1996
• Exhibition of Kala Bhaban, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta-1996
• Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy of Fine Arts -Calcutta-1996
Forth coming shows:
Solo project and site specific show at Bose pacia gallery, new york, april-may 2006
Curate group shows in India and abroad 2006
Two persons show at IPFA ,London, September 2006
UNESCO Aschbarg residency project in Brazil October-december 2006
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
Traveled Germany, France, Spain, Austria ,Kenya, China,USA and UK
Empanelled Artist of Department of Post (Govt. of India)
Poetry writing
Nominated for Sanskriti award for 2003 ,2005
Nominated for Magna young achievers award for 2003
Member of Art Hive (Indo-Dutch Art organization)
SLIDE SHOWS:
• Art Omi International Residency,New York,2004
• Wasani International Workshop,Kenya,2004
• Khoj residency 2003 New Delhi
• Art consult, New Delhi, 2000
• Taigh Chearsabhagh art center, North Uist, UK, 2001
• Academy of fine arts and literature, New Delhi, 2001
PUBLICATION:
Art India magazine, Lalitkala Contemporary, Telegraph mag, little magazine,
Spectrum magazine (Scotland)