Born
1956, Khoai, Tripura
Artist in residence at Ecole d’ Art, Aix-en-Provence, France (1992-1995)
Post Graduate Diploma from M.S.University, Baroda (1980)
Fine Arts from the Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan (1978)
Lives and works in Kolkata, India

Select Solo Exhibitions
2007
Bodhi Art Gallery, New York, USA
2004
Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, USA
2000
Thoughts Ricochet, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
1999
Cima,Calcutta, India
1998
The Drawing Centre, New York, USA
1997
Gallery 7, Mumbai
1995
Ecole d’ Art, Aix-en-Provence, France
1994
Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta
1992
Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai; Sakshi Gallery, Madras
Gallery 7, Mumbai
1990
Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta
1989
Art Heritage, New Delhi
1983
Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1982
Urja Art Gallery, Baroda

Select Group Exhibitions
2007
New narratives: Contemporary Art from India, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago USA
2002
Perspecta, (by Galerie88 Kolkata), Sponsored by UBS at Rossi & Rossi Gallery, London
Secular Practice; Recent Art from India, organized by Hoopoe Curatorial, Optica, Montreal and Vancouver, Canada
2001
New Works, Galerie88, Kolkata
Tramjatra, public art event organised by RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
1998
Multimedia-Art of the 90s, Cima Gallery, Calcutta
Group Show, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Two Person Show, Nature Morte, New Delhi
Two Person Show, Apparao Gallery, Madras
Contemporary Indian Art, National Council for Cultural Arts & Letters- Al-Funoon Gallery, Dhahiat Abdullah Al Salem, Kuwait
1997
Colors of Independence, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Tryst with Destiny-Art from Modern India, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Summer Show, Academy of Fine Art and Culture, New Delhi
Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ninth Triennial-India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Major Trends in Indian Art, New Delhi
Fire & Life, organized by Asia Pacific at IMA, Brisbane, Canberra
Women Artists of India: A Celebration of Independence, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland
Group Show, Sydney
Gouache & Contemporary Painting, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
The Looking Glass Self – An Exhibition of Self Images, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
1996
Group Show, curated by Pranab Ranjan Ray, Art Today, New Delhi
Highlights, curated by CIMA Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Fire & Life, an international artists exchange residency between India & Australia
Two Person Show, Galerie 88, Calcutta
1995
Water Colours – A Broader Spectrum-1, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1992
Subjective Eye, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1991
Journey within Landscape, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1990
Indian Contemporary Artists, organized by MICA, Melbourne
Art Mosaic, Calcutta, Mumbai, New Delhi
Gadhya Parva Exhibition, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1989
Two Person Show organized by Indian Art Council at Horizon Gallery, UK
Group Show, Holland
Group Show, Chemould, Calcutta
Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta
1988
Group Show, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta
Group Show, Indian Council of Cultural Relations
Summer Show, Art Heritage, New Delhi
Summer Show, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta
1987
Chitrakala, Group Show, Stockholm, Lund, organized by Festival of India and Kulturhuset, Sweden
1984-82-80
National Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta

Awards and Scholarships
1997
Honorable Mention Award, Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1991
Scholarship, Government of France
1989
British Council Visitorship Grant
1988
Il Bharat Bhavan Biennial
1982
Elizabeth Green Shield Foundation Grant, Canada
1980
Bombay Art Society Award, Mumbai
All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi
1979
Government of India Cultural Scholarship
Silver Medal – Bombay Art Society
Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi

Collections
Centre International Modern Art, Calcutta
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi, Gujarat
Art Heritage, New Delhi
Ananda Bazar Group