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"In a big city, I feel the vibration of an abstraction, and the colors Red, Blue, Brown, Black and Olive Green come alive in a meaningful way."
Born in 1960 at Midnapore in West Bengal, Somenath Maity studied Fine Arts at the College of Visual Arts in Kolkatta under the guidance of the senior and eminent Bengali artist, Shuvaprassana. After obtaining his degree here, Maity went on to receive a diploma in Fine Arts from the...
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"In a big city, I feel the vibration of an abstraction, and the colors Red, Blue, Brown, Black and Olive Green come alive in a meaningful way."
Born in 1960 at Midnapore in West Bengal, Somenath Maity studied Fine Arts at the College of Visual Arts in Kolkatta under the guidance of the senior and eminent Bengali artist, Shuvaprassana. After obtaining his degree here, Maity went on to receive a diploma in Fine Arts from the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, also in Kolkatta.
Somenath Maity is self-professedly an artist of urban environments and cultures. Called avant-garde and unconventional for his landscapes, this artist’s favourite occupation is to find the inner beauty that exists in every big city and that most people don’t see or bother to look for, and then express it in his abstract oils on canvas. Maity builds up his paintings, all aptly titled "structure", one brush stroke at a time, almost as an architect would work on a blueprint for a building.
Maity’s colors and textures are strong, bringing to the forefront the life of the urban sprawls that he paints, and investing them with a force that works beyond the life of their inhabitants, keeping them ticking no matter who comes or goes, lives or dies.
Recognized today as one of Bengal's important new emerging painters, Maity has already exhibited his works at many major Indian and European galleries. He has won awards and scholarships from most of the major Indian fine art institutions, including the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, the Birla Academy and the IAAI. With several one-man exhibitions in India and abroad to his credit, including shows in Germany Sweden and the United Kingdom, his paintings also enjoy pride of place in prestigious permanent collections like those of the National Gallery of Modern Art and the Lalit Kala Academy in New Delhi, the Fukuoka Museum in Japan and also in several corporate and private collections all over the world.
Somenath Maity lives and works in Gopalpur, West Bengal.
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Born
1960
Midnapore, West Bengal
Education
1980-85 Diploma in Fine Arts, Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Kolkata
1979-85 Fine Arts, College of Visual Arts, Kolkata
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 ‘Structures’, Tao Art Gallery,...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 ‘Structures’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 ‘Structures’, Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2006 ‘Structure: Cityscape’, organized by Mahua Art Gallery at Leela Galleria, Bangalore
2005 Art Folio Gallery, Chandigarh
2005 Gallery1, Gurgaon
2004 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Barn Gallery, Henley, UK
2002 Triven Kala Sangam, New Delhi
2002 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
2002-01 Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Karnataka
1999 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
1997 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1991,94 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
1991 Bajaj Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
1989 Tagore Art Gallery, Kolkata
1986 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 'Spirit of Abstraction', Mahua Art Gallery, Kolkata
2008 'Structure and Mystic Space', Tamarind Art, New York in collaboration with Time and Space Gallery, Bangalore
2007 ‘Landscapes and Cityscapes’, Art Pilgrim, New Delhi
2007 ‘Emerging India’, organized by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi and S.A. Fine Arts, London at Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Arts, UK
2007 Legacy Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 ‘Sculpture Square’, Lasalle- Sia College of Art, Singapore
2003 `Art Access ‘ organized by Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai.
2003 Art for Chitrakala Parishath , Bangalore organized by FORHD
2003 ‘Art for Heart’s Sake’, organized by `Save India’,
2003 Visual Art Gallery, Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2002 Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2002 ‘Art of Bengal’, Visual Art Gallery, Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2002 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 East Zone Regional Exhibition, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2002 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
2002 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1995 ‘Miniature Art’, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi,
1984 ‘Gitanjali to Pather Panchali’, Tata Centre, Kolkata
‘The New Generation’, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai
Joint Exhibitions
1999 With Siddharta Sengupta at Galerie 88, Kolkata
Participations
2012 'Synergy 2012', 12th Anniversary Show, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 Annual Exhibition, La-Mere, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata
2007 ‘Imprints’, The Ueno Royal Museum,Tokyo
2007 ‘Vivrta’, 16th Anniversary Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2002 Annual Exhibition Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2002 Calcutta Metropolitan Festival of Art, Kolkata
2002 Henley Art Festival, UK
2001 Viswabanga Sammelan, Kolkata
2000 Calcutta Metropolitan Festival of Art, Kolkata
Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1985 II Bharat Biennial, Bhopal
1984,94 National Exhibition of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
2002-03 Senior Fellowship of Government of India, Cultural Department, New...
2002-03 Senior Fellowship of Government of India, Cultural Department, New Delhi
2002 Scholarship, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
2002 Birla Academy Award, Kolkata
1995 Scholarship, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1993-94 Research Grant from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1986 Award, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1984,85 B.P.Poddar Memorial Scholarship, College of Visual Arts, West Bengal
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PAST StoryLTD AUCTIONS
Showing
2
of
2
works
Lot 9
Details
Absolute Tuesdays
6 August 2024
Drishya
Oil on canvas
35.5 x 23.5 in
Winning bid
$1,460
Rs 1,21,200
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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