Born 1935, Kolkata
Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata (1956)
Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris

Sakti Burman's characteristic imagery resembles weathered frescos. As he depicts his figures in hues that seem once vivid, and are now faded, he immortalizes his subjects. He transports his viewers into a dreamlike world. Perspective and composition evoke medieval icons. Burman also uses a marbling effect, achieved by blending oils with acrylics, and applies the paint in a pointillist fashion.

"Through my works I return to my native roots, to my childhood and that transitory world of innocence". Burman's mythical creatures tell ancient tales of courtly romances and enchanting worlds: comely maidens, children astride elephants, flutists, fruit laden trees, exotic flowers, birds and beasts.

The artist lives and works in Paris.

Select Solo Exhibitions
2008
Maison de l’Unesco, organized by Unesco, Salles Miro, Paris
Art Alive, New Delhi
Aicon Gallery, New York
2007
Visual Arts Gallery, Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2006
Visual Arts Gallery, Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005
Retrospective, organized by Apparao Galleries, Visual Arts Gallery, Indian Habitat
Centre, New Delhi
2001
Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
Art Todat, New Delhi
1999
Atlantic Gallery, New York organized by Apparao Galleries
1998
Salon d’ Automne, Paris Espace Eiffel Branly
1997
Cloitre de la Dame Blanche, La Rochelle
Exhibitions organized by Ecole de Paris at Tokushima, Myazaki and Osaka
1996
Exhibitions organized by Ecole de Paris at Wakayama and Sapporo
1995
Apparao Galleries, Chennai
1994
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993
Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
1992
Centre of Contemporary Art, New Delhi
1990
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1989
Semaine Culturelle Indienne, Eaubonne, Val d’Oise
Fondation Firmin Bauby, Perpignan
XX salon du Grenier a sel, Orleans
1988
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
1988
Sista Art Gallery, Bangalore
Hommage a Rabindranath Tagore, Galerie d’art de la Place Beauvau
Galerie presences, Bruxelles
1986
Galerie das Kunstabinett, Gogh, Allemagne
Hotel de ville de ville d’ Agen
Centre Culturel de la ville d’ Agen
1985
Galerie Schemes, Lille Centre Cultural de Saint Denis
Maison de Van Gogh, Auvers-sur-Oise
Galerie Untenburg, Zurich
1984
Musee Denon, Chalon-sur-Saone
Galerie d’Art de la Place Beauvau, Paris
Kunsthandlung Osper, Cologne
1983
Galerie Sagar, Zurich
1982
Contes et Legendes, Galerie d’Art de la Place Beauvau, Paris
Galleria Cecchini, Perugia
Galleria Lame, Bologna
1981
Galerie de la Rue Ancienne, Geneva
1980
Galerie de Bernardi, Aachen
Musee de Blois, Blois
Musee de Villeneuve-sur-Lot
1979
Galerie Gerard Sauret, Libos
1978
Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Chanakya Art Gallery, New Delhi
1977
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
Kunika Chemould, New Delhi
1975
Galerie de l’Hotel Meridien, Nice
1974
Galerie Arts et Beaux-Arts de France, Paris
1973
Galleria Nuovo Sagittario, Genoa
1971
Galleria Nuovo Sagittario, Milan
1970
Galerie Doucet et Coutureau, Paris
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1967
Piccadilly Gallery, Mumbai
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1965
Kunika Chemould, New Delhi
1964
Scott and Faure Gallery, La Jolla, California
1963
Galerie Saint Placide, Paris
1962
Ashoka Gallery, Kolkata
All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, Delhi
1961
Piccadilly Gallery, Mumbai
1958
Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Paris
1956
Ecole des Beaux- Arts
1954
Art and Industry, Kolkata

Select Group Exhibitions
2007
Understanding Oneness in Diversity, Kitab Mahal, Mumbai
An Evening in Paris …Rome…London, Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2006
Sensuality, Perception and the Self, Visual Arts Gallery, Indian Habitat Centre, New
Delhi
2004
Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings Gallery 27, London
Confluence 2004, AICON Gallery, New York
2003
Mappings, Exciting New Links Between the Ancient Cultures of India and Egypt, organized by Uttarayan (Baroda), Visual Art Gallery, India habitat Centre, New Delhi and Bayer ABS Limited Gallery, Baroda
Portraits of a Decade, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
Celebration of Color, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery and The Times of India,
Mumbai, New Delhi
The Said and the Unsaid, organized by The Committee of the Jehangir Art Gallery and
Apparao Gallery, Mumbai
Shanti Path, Tao Gallery, Mumbai
2002
Aspects of Modern Indian Painting, New York organized by Saffronart and Pundole Art
Gallery, Mumbai
Return to Eden, Art Musing, Mumbai
2001
Three Burman, Sakti, Maite and Maya, Art Today, New Delhi
Art of Bengal, Past and Present 1850-2000, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
and CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
Burman’, Sakti, Maite, Maya’, Mediatheque du Lamentin, La Martinique
Indian Contemporary Art, organized by Saffronart, Hongkong
Indian Contemporary Art, organized by Saffronart in collaboration with Apparao
galleries, Los Angeles
A Treasure Trove, Paintings from B.K. Birla Family Collection, Birla Academy of Art
and Culture, Kolkata
2000
Sigmund Freud’s ‘Interpretation of Dreams’, organized by University Art Museum,
Birghamton, New York
Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Vienna
Indian Art Through The Ages, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, organized by Indian Fine
Arts Society, Singapore
The World Is Round And Time Is Cyclical, Art Today, New Delhi
Paradise Revisited, Art Musings, Mumbai
Shatabdi – Reflection on a Century Past, organized by CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
Festival des Cinemas d’Asie, Salle des Ursulines, Vesoul
Paper, The Terrace Garden, Triveni kala Sangam, New Delhi
The Family 3, Sakti Burman, Maya Burman and Jayasri Burman, Apparao Galleries,
Chennai
1998
Christie’s Auction, Indian Contemporary paintings, London
Multimedia, Art of the 1900’s, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
Harmony Show, Mumbai
Within The Fame, Apparao Galleries, Hongkong
The Art of Charity, Mumbai
1997
Displayed along with works of Picasso, Chagall and Miro at Tokushima, Myazaki and
Osaka, Japan
Chamatkar, The Indian Metaphor, organized by CIMA , Kolkata at Whitleys Art Gallery London
1995
Christie’s Auction, Indian Contemporary paintings, London
Autumn Exhibition, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata at All Indian Fine Arts and Crafts Society,
New Delhi
1994
Drawing 94, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1993
Helpage India, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1984
International Graphic Art Exhibition, New Delhi
1983
L’Art Fantastique, Musee de Belfort
1982
V Internatinal Triennale, New Delhi
1981
Figuration Actuelle, Chateau des Hayes
1980
Galerie Jean Marbach, Mulhouse
Galerie Schemes, Lille
Musee de Villeneuve – sur- Lot
Musee de Blois
1975
The Hermitage, Leningrad
Pouchkine Museum, Moscow
1964
Chemould, Kolkata

Honors & Awards
Medaille d’argent au Salon de Montmorency
1956
Prix des Etrangers, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Prix de la ville de l’Isle-Adam Medaille d’or, Salon des Artistes Francais, Grand Palais, Paris
Medaille arts, Science et Letters
Medaille au Salon de Juvisy
Invite d’honneur, Colombes
Invite d’honneur, Douai Invite d’honneur, sainte-Maxime
Invite d’honneur, English Les Bains
Invite d’honneur, Delle