Born
May 12, 1923
Kolkata
Died
January 27, 1998
Kolkata
Education
1961-62 Folk Metal Casting with Craftsmen from West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa; Metal Work with Nepali Sakya Craftsmen
1960 Folk Metal Casting with Bastar Gharuas
1953-56 Academie de Nildenden Kunstem, Germany, Painting under Prof. Glethe ; Sculpture under Prof. Stadler &h Heinrich Kirchner; Etching under Prof. Thiermann ;Lithography under Prof. Lowasser
1947-51 Diploma in Painting, Graphics and Sculpture, New Delhi Polytechnic
1937-41 Indian Society of Oriental Art, Kolkata
Exhibitions
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2013-14 'Transition', 20th...
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2013-14 'Transition', 20th Anniversary Show, Centre of International Modern Art(CIMA), Kolkata
2012 'Meera Mukherjee: A World in Bronze', supported by the ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations)and held by Akar Prakar Gallery, Kolkata and the Buchheim Museum in cooperation with the Indian Institute, Munich at Buchheim Museum, Bernried, Germany
2012 Sculptures of Meera Mukherjee (1923 -1998), presented by Akar Prakar & WelcomHotel Sheraton New Delhi as a collateral event of India Art Fair 2012
2011 'Time Unfolded', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 'The Intuitive: Logic Revisted', from the Osians Collection at The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2010 'Memories of Meera', Akar Prakar, Kolkata
2009 'Modern Continuous', Galerie 88, Kolkata
2008-09 ‘Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Indian Art’, Traveling Exhibition presented by Bodhi Art at Ravinder Natya Mandir, P.L.Despande Kala Academy Art Gallery, Mumbai; Sant Dyaneshwar Natya Sankul Art Gallery, Amravati; Platinum Jubilee Hall, Nagpur; Tapadia Natya Mandir Sports Hall, Aurangabad; Hirachand Nemchand Vachanalay’s, Solapur; Acharya Vidyanand Sanskrutik Bhavan, Kolhapur; PGSR Sabhagriha, SNDT, Pune; Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Hall, Nasik
2008 '3 Masters Briefly', Akar Prakar, Kolkata
2008 'Santhal Family: Positions Around an Indian Sculpture', in association with Bodhi Art, and supported by the British Council, Kunststiftung NRW and the Provence of Antwerp at Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (MuKHA), Belgium
2008 'An Exhibition of Sculptures by Meera Mukherjee (1923-1998), Galerie 88, Kolkata
2008 ‘Freedom 2008: Sixty Years after Indian Independence’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1997 Gallerie 88, Kolkata
1997 Art Today, New Delhi
1960 Sculpture & Painting, Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata
1952 Paintings & Sculptures, Kolkata
1941 Painting in Oriental Style, Kolkata
1993 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1981 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1980,94 Gorky Sadan, Kolkata
1966 Sculpture, Gallery Chemould, Kolkata
1941,1952,1960 Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 ‘ Bronze’ , organized by Gallery Espace at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2004 ‘The Margi and the Desi: Between Tradition and Modernity’, presented by Gallery Espace at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1952-56 Munich
1949-51 New Delhi
Honours and Awards
1980 Abanindranath Puruskar, West Bengal Government
1967-68 President’s Award for Master Craftsman in Metalwork
1967 Ladies Study Group, Kolkata
1965 Research Fellowship, Anthropological Survey of India
1953 Scholarship to study at the Bayerische Akademie der Sch nen K nste, Munich
1980 Abanindranath Puruskar, West Bengal Government
1967-68 President’s Award for Master Craftsman in Metalwork
1967 Ladies Study Group, Kolkata
1965 Research Fellowship, Anthropological Survey of India
1953 Scholarship to study at the Bayerische Akademie der Sch nen K nste, Munich
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