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Artist Statement:
To cut a long story short, I
live within images.
Images that I create, or seek
to create and the images that
are constantly being created
in and around me, thanks to
the great image journey called
life. So, the things I paint,
or draw, originate from my
everyday engagement with
Reality. This is a Reality
which, for me, is made of
mundane happenings and uncanny
images which penetrate into
each other regularly, often
unexpectedly, leaving me
bewildered, yet fertile with
images that keep appearing
onto my canvas.
Born in a semi-urban area,
very close to village, I had
the fortune of getting in
close contact with the rural
area and nature– both
spatially and
psycho-spatially. Then I moved
to Kolkata for my art
education, got admitted into
the Government College of Art
and Craft, and since then,
I’ve been into the entrails of
this megapolis. Such a
geographical binary, and the
tension within, have
contributed largely to my
painterly imagination. In more
ways than one.
For example, this has allowed
me to perceive human bodies
and nature in different
settings, in different
postures and hence, with
different nuances. These
figures recur in my works.
Both in...
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Suman Kabiraj Biography:
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28
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
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| Religion |
hinduism |
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Watercolor
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Conceptualism - (1960 - 1975)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Witkin
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Sunflower
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
while I was in school days,I would get the chance to see the cultural Bengali magazines where I found leading bengali artists like Bikash Bhattacharya,Ganesh Pyne,Jogen Choudhury,Shaymol Dutta Roy etc.Their Powerful works touched me ,and was getting a strong interest beyond these artists and my first inspiration was grown this way in my early days.I |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
It is not infact clear to me too,but probably painting is my easiest expressive way to narrate the colourful and eventful world in my own aspects. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Suman Kabiraj
Born : 1982, Suri, West Bengal.INDIA
Qualification :
Master of visual art in painting with first class , from
Govt. College of Art & Craft, Calcutta university (2004-2006).
Bachelor of Visual Art with first class
first in Painting & Drawing from Govt. College of
Art & Craft, Calcutta University,(1999-2004)
Awards & Scholarships
2005 National Award in 5th Camlin Art Exhibition
(visit to the important Art Galleries &
Museums of London and Paris) .
2004 Governor's Gold Medal from Govt. College
of Art & Crafts for the best exhibit in the
annual exhibition.
2004 Award in 5th Camlin Eastern Region Art
Exhibition (Professional Category), Kolkata.
2004 Award in Bengal Talent Search
Organization.
2003 Sunil Das Scholarship from Govt. College
of Art & Crafts.
2003 Mukul Dey Award for Outstanding Graphic
Art from Govt. College of Art & Crafts.
2002 Gopen Roy memorial Award from Indian
Society of Oriental Art, Kolkata, 2002.
2002 Rashbehari Dutta Memorial Scholarship
from Govt. College of Art & Crafts, Kolkata.
2001 Gaganendra Nath Tagore Memorial Award
from Indian Society of Oriental Art, Kolkata.
2001 Award in 2nd Camlin Eastern Region Art
Exhibition, Kolkata.
Exhibitions and Workshops
2009 Three days workshop and group show organized by Emami Chisel Art Pvt.ltd..
2005-2008 Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy Of Art and Culture ,kolkata
2008 ' Zen Next-111 ' at Aakriti art gallery, Kolkata
2008 ' Face Of Bengal ' curated group show at Academy Of fine Arts with the senior artists like Sri Jogen Choudhury, Sri Bijan Choudhury,Sri Prakash Karmakar,Shakti Barman e.t.c. kolkata
2008 ' TEN MEN Show ' at Art Space India organized by gallery Exposure,kolkata
2008 ' SECOND SELF ' - group show organized by gallery KARMA.
2007 ' YOUNG CONTEMPORARIES ' organized by aakriti art gallery, curated by
shri jogen chowdhury, kolkata.
2007 Painters Delights, Organized by Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata.
2007 All India fine arts & crafts society, annual Exhibition ( AIFACS) New Delhi.
2007 ' ART CAMP ' organized by ' KHOJ ' and ' BALBIBITA ', at Birla Institute
of Technology and Museum, Kolkata.
2006 ' ART WATCH ' trends and talents of India today- Group Show organized
by Gallery 88, Kolkata.
2006 Art Workshops in Eden Garden, Kolkata
organized by Govt. of West Bengal.
2005 All India Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy
of Art & Culture, Kolkata.
2005 Art Workshops at Kolkata Information
Centre.
2004 5th Camlin Eastern Region Art Exhibition
(Professional Category).
2003 ' A New Vision Of Art ' Group Show,
at Karnataka chitrakala parishad, Bangalore.
2000-02 Annual Exhibition of Information Centre,
Kolkata.
2002 ' Red & Black ' Art Workshop, Kolkata.
1999-04 Annual Exhibition of Govt. College of
Art & Craft.
Solo Exhibition
2005 A Journey Through Images Academy
of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
2009 …and Nature ArtWalk,Emami Chisel Art pvt. Ltd,kolkata
Visited
Important Art Galleries ,Museums and Art Centres of London and Paris and also met contemporary artists and critics there in the year of 2005.
DISSERTATION / PROJECT PAPER
A research based study on the subject ; influence – folk in contemporary
Indian art, as part of the M.V.A course, 2006.
Collections
Represented in several private and public collections in India and abroad.
suman_kabiraj@rediffmail.com
kabirajsuman@gmail.com
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| Artist Statement |
To cut a long story short, I live within images.
Images that I create, or seek to create and the images that are constantly being created in and around me, thanks to the great image journey called life. So, the things I paint, or draw, originate from my everyday engagement with Reality. This is a Reality which, for me, is made of mundane happenings and uncanny images which penetrate into each other regularly, often unexpectedly, leaving me bewildered, yet fertile with images that keep appearing onto my canvas.
Born in a semi-urban area, very close to village, I had the fortune of getting in close contact with the rural area and nature– both spatially and psycho-spatially. Then I moved to Kolkata for my art education, got admitted into the Government College of Art and Craft, and since then, I’ve been into the entrails of this megapolis. Such a geographical binary, and the tension within, have contributed largely to my painterly imagination. In more ways than one.
For example, this has allowed me to perceive human bodies and nature in different settings, in different postures and hence, with different nuances. These figures recur in my works. Both in my representational and non-representational works. I keep them as they are, and at times I twist them, turn them and reduce them to the basic forms that defy the comfort of having them readily recognized as any familiar form. This is when I tend to drift towards the abstract. Till date, I’ve mainly experimented with representational works, but at the back of my mind, forms keep getting transformed into abstract shapes.
In fact, I love to revel in the dangerous beauty of the nature and binaries: Dream and reality, matter and void, light and darkness. I call them dangerous because they have the ability to slip into each other’s space rendering the so-called borderline in between deeply inane and superfluous.
This is how I live and paint. I am attracted to icons and at the same time get overwhelmed by the life-force of the masses. I observe the aura of the singular and observe how the plural respond to Her/His appeal.
Suman kabiraj
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