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S. Roy Chowdhury
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Born in 1933 in Ulpur, (now Bangladesh), Sarbari Roy Chowdhury graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in 1956, and later studied under the sculptors Prodosh Dasgupta and Sankho Chaudhuri at the M.S. University, Baroda. Between 1960 and 1962, he served as the Head of the Department of Sculpture at the Indian Art College, Kolkata.
Influenced by Indian sculptors like Prodosh Dasgupta as well as Western...
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Born in 1933 in Ulpur, (now Bangladesh), Sarbari Roy Chowdhury graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in 1956, and later studied under the sculptors Prodosh Dasgupta and Sankho Chaudhuri at the M.S. University, Baroda. Between 1960 and 1962, he served as the Head of the Department of Sculpture at the Indian Art College, Kolkata.
Influenced by Indian sculptors like Prodosh Dasgupta as well as Western greats like Rodin, Chowdhury found his inspiration in Hindustani classical music. His works, while pictorial are also largely abstract in their style – perhaps a result of his travels to the Academia de Belle Arti, Florence, in 1962, where he met Giacometti and Henry Moore in person, who along with Sankho Chaudhuri had an undeniable impact on his style. His sculptures feature a unique mix of the academic realism of the East and the more innovative cubism and abstraction of the West.
Roy Chowdhury has won several awards including the Gagan-Abani Puraskar from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, in 2004, and the Abanindra Puraskar from the Government of West Bengal in 2005. Over the years he has exhibited his works at several group and solo shows, the latest of which was a retrospective entitled ‘Sensibility Objectified – The Sculptures of Sarbari Roy Chowdhury’ held in May 2009 in New Delhi.
Sarbari Roy Chowdhury passed away in 2012
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Born
1933
Ulpur now Bangladesh
Died
2012
Education
1962 Higher studies at the Academia de Belle Arti, Florence
1957-1960 Advanced Work under Prodosh Dasgupta and Sankho Chaudhuri, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
1957 Government of India Cultural Scholarship
1956 First Class Diploma, Sculpture, Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata
Exhibitions
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2012-13 'Contours and Volumes',...
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2012-13 'Contours and Volumes', to celebrate the Centenary Year of the Prodosh Das Gupta and 80th Year of Sarbari Roy Chowdhury at Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka
2009 'Sensibility Objectified – The Sculptures of Sarbari Roy Chowdhury', in association with Lalit Kala Akademi at Akar Prakar, Kolkata
1999,2000 Jamaat Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1986 Sakshi Gallery, Chennai
1980 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1980 Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai
1977 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
1965 New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 'Freedom: Sixty Years after Indian Independence', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata; Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2008 '‘Rhythm: A Visual Harmony', organized by Esperance, at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2007 '12 Masters', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 'Nirmiti', Akar Prakar, Kolkata
2003 'Art of Bengal', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1990,91 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1989 'Head', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1977 New Delhi
Joint Exhibitions
2006 With Saurav Roy Choudhury at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
Participations
2010 'Summer Show 2010', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1988 'Indo-Japan Sculptors' camp, Baroda
1965 Paris Biennale, Paris organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1953 All India Sculpture Exhibition, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
2005 ‘Abanindra Puraskar’ by the Government of West Bengal
2004...
2005 ‘Abanindra Puraskar’ by the Government of West Bengal
2004 'Gagan-Abani Puraskar', by Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, Kolkata
1998 'Shiromani Puraskar', by Asian Paints
1977 National FIE Foundation, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
1968 Honourable Mention at I Triennale, New Delhi
1962 Italian Government Scholarship for study at Academia de Belle Arti, Florence, Italy
1959 Government of India Cultural Scholarship, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda
1957 Government of India Cultural Scholarship
1956 Gold Medal, Government College of Arts and Craft, Kolkata
1953 Government Award, All India Sculpture Exhibition, New Delhi
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