He was born in New Delhi. He was raised in Shimla and New Delhi. 1974 Founder member of `New Group`, a Delhi based artists` group. 1977 Joined Gallery 26/ Artists? Forum, New Delhi. 1977 He created a tapestry mural for Indian Trade Exhb., Moscow. He designed a photography exhb. titled `Woman / Goddess`, curated by Gayatri Sinha. He also designed publications, exhb., interiors, furnitures and created trade fair graphics. Lives and works in New Delhi.

EDUCATION
1965-72
Studied at College of Art, New Delhi.

EXHIBITIONS
1968
Annual exhb., AIFACS, New Delhi.
1969
Art Today I, Kunika Chemould Gallery, New Delhi.
1970
Art Today II- Paintings, Ashoka Gallery, New Delhi.
1971
Art Today III- Graphics and Drawings, Ashoka Gallery, New Delhi.
1974-75
`New Group`, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1975
Group show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
1975
Under Thirty Five, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1976
National Exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1976
Twenty Artists, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi.
1977
Gallery 26/ Artists? Forum exhb., New Delhi.
1977
Joint show, Black Partridge Gallery, New Delhi.
1977
`New Group` exhb., Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
1977
Twenty Artists, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi.
1977
Art-India 77, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1977
Participated in the travelling exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi.
1977
Pictorial Space, curated by Geeta Kapur, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1978
Works on Paper, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1978
Garhi Prints, Lalit Kala Aka

COLLECTION
Society of Contemporary Art, London.
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
Punjab Museum, Chandigarh.
Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi.
Mr. V. Sanjay Kumar, Madras.
Mr. Devender Sahani.
Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

AWARDS
1976
Received the National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1980
Received award at All India Exhb. of Prints, Chandigarh.
1981
Received award at All India Exhb. of Prints, Chandigarh.
1982
Received award at All India Exhb. of Prints, Chandigarh.
1982
Received Sahitya Kala Parishad Award, New Delhi.
1989
Receives Fellowship from the Federal Republic of Germany for the advanced exposure to the exhb. and Graphic Design.

He has been profiled in `A Painters Portraits` a film by K. Bikram Singh for Doordarshan; Indian Songs- Multiple Streams in Contemporary Indian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; MTV and numerous television programmes.

STYLE
In Amitava`s art, we see the collapse of the traditional aesthetics of beauty and equilibrium. His is the raw energy at work that refines itself through its own gestural acts. He allows no preconceived plan or theme to guide his actions which often arises from subconscious levels of sentience, allowing plastic signs and signals to emerge through incident.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1974-75
Lecturer, Art Institute, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. 1975-77 Visiting Lecturer, College of Art and Women's Polytechnic, New Delhi.