Born
October 8, 1926
Faridpur Bengal
Died
2011
Education
1944-49 Diploma in Fine Arts, Government College of Arts and Craft, Kolkata
Exhibitions
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi...
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1999 ‘A Passionate – Detachment’, The Window, Mumbai
1991 ‘Watercolors’, Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi
1990 ‘Watercolors by Biren De’, Galerie 88, Kolkata
1977 ‘Retrospective 1950-1977’, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1975 Hempsted Public Library, New York
1975 Atelier – Galerie Irmgard Sen Gupta, Hamburg, West Germany
1974 ‘Exhibition of Paintings’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1974 Gallery Chanakaya, New Delhi
1973 ‘Biren De – Within The Wheel’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1971 ‘Paintings’, Gallery Chanakaya, New Delhi
1967 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
1965 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
1963 ‘Exhibition of Paintings – Biren De’, Fine Arts Gallery, New Delhi
1961 ‘Biren De – Exhibition of Paintings’, Kunika Centre for Contemporary Arts, New Delhi
1956 ‘Exhibition of Paintings – Biren De’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1954 ‘Exhibition of Paintings – Biren De’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1953 ‘Exhibition of Paintings – Biren De’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1952 ‘Exhibition of Paintings by Biren De’, Freemason’s Hall, New Delhi
1949 Darjeeling, West Bengal
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 'Post Independence Masters', Aicon Gallery, New York
2003 ‘Neo Tantrics’, New York
1999 ‘Thirteen Indian Painters’, organized by Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
1973-74 ‘Indian Painting Today’, Belgium, Poland, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
1973 ‘Contemporary Indian Painting’, Washington D.C and Los Angeles, USA, Toronto, Canada
1972 ‘Contemporary Indian Painters’, USSR and Greece
1972 ’25 Years of Indian Art’, New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai
1970 ‘Art Today’, organized by Kunika - Chemould at Ashoka Gallery, New Delhi
1965 ‘Ten Contemporary Indian Painters’, M.I.T. Cambridge, USA and New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, USA
1965 ‘Ten Contemporary Painters from India’, Manila, Hong Kong and Singapore
1963-64 ‘Ten Contemporary Painters from India’, Travelling exhibition to the USA.
1959 ‘Twenty Painters Show’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1959 ‘Contemporary Art from India’, Museum Folkwang Essen; Stadische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen; Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund and Galerie Palette, Zurich, Switzerland
1957 ‘Young Asian Artists’, Japan
1952 Freemason’s Hall, New Delhi
1951 Salon de Mai, Paris
Participations
2010 ‘Manifestations IV', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008-09 ''Modern India', organized by Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) and Casa Asia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture at Valencia, Spain
2008 'Moderns', Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan
1973 Beinnale of Sydney, Australia.
1968,71,75,78,82 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th International Triennale India, New Delhi.
1967 Pittsburgh International Show, USA.
1962 Venice Beinnale, Italy.
1961 Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil.
1959,61 Mainichi Beinnale, Tokyo.
1953,64 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1953,54,56 Exhibition, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi.
Honours and Awards
1964 National Award for ‘Dying Ogre’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1959-60 Fulbright Scholarship, USA
1958 National Award for ‘Apparition’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1964 National Award for ‘Dying Ogre’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1959-60 Fulbright Scholarship, USA
1958 National Award for ‘Apparition’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
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