Poushali Das

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b. 1974in Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India

Research Fellowship

2017 – Foreign professional advanced researcher at Musashino Art University Tokyo Japan – April to September2017.

Grant
2017- Raza Foundation traveling grant for Japan

Education
2002-2004:M.F.APainting, (1stclass) M.S.University, Baroda (Vadodara), India
1997-2002:B.F.A.Painting,(1st class) Kala-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University (established by R.N.Tagore), Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India

Scholarship
1998-2002:‘NandalalBose’ Scholarship, Kala-Bhavana, Santiniketan, West Bengal
2004-2006: Junior Research Fellowship, Ministry of Culture, Government of India

Solo Show

2017: solo exhibition at IGNCA new Delhi Anant art gallery
Speaking to the listening heaven- journey of an artist-storyteller
Catalogue essay: Latika Gupta

2017: Solo exhibition of 108 chanting beats at Shibata Etsuko Gallery, Ginza Tokyo.
2017: Solo exhibition of 108 chanting beats at Nazar Art Gallery Vadodara

2006: Solo exhibition at Gallery Espace–Preview in Fine Arts Gallery, Baroda (Vadodara)
Catalogue essay: ‘Re-Tracings’ Prof.Parul Dava Mukherji.

2005: Solo exhibition at Gallery Art Resource Trust, Bombay (Mumbai)
Catalogue essay: Prof. Parul Dava Mukherji

Workshop and Camps
2017: ‘Japanese ink and brush on silk’ workshop in C.N collage of art Ahmedabad Gujarat.
2016: Japan Art Foundation New Delhi.
2016: Krishnakriti Art and Cultural Festival, Hyderabad, organized by Kalakriti Art Gallery
2013: Adrika Artist Camp in Halol Baroda organized by Adrika
2012: Harmony Art Foundation -month-long Residency in Bombay (Mumbai)
2011: Art Camp in Delhi, Gurgaon Netin mehata.
2011: Kaplani- Mussoori Art Camp
2009: HUB Artist camp & Show at Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda.
2006: Interactive camp in Ladakh, GalleryEspace, New Delhi &the Fin Art Company, Bombay (Mumbai)

Selected Group Shows
2018: Delhi Art Fair, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2016: ‘A NEW SPACE’ Nazar art gallery, Vadodara Gujarat .
2015: ‘Winter Weave’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta (Kolkata)
2015: ‘Vad-fest’ Vadodara art & culture festival
2014: “Residual Remnants” curated by Rekha Rodwittya
2014: ‘Remembering Lessing’ curated by Deepak Kannal, organized by Hub
2014: Invite-Artist Annual Exhibition Contemporary Indian art organized by ECA, Art Kolkata, West Bengal
2014: Vyakta-Avyakta, west zone artist organize Birla Academy of art and culture
2012: 150th birth anniversary Maharaja Sahajirao Gaekwad in Kirti-mandir
2011: Kite Festival in Baroda (Vadodara), Red Earth Gallery
2011: ‘Desh-Pardash’ Show in London organizes SandhaBodeaker
2010: Dakshin-Paschim Show by Emami Chisel Art in Calcutta (Kolkata)
2010: ‘Mughal’ curated by Dhurva Gandhi, in Kitab Mahal, Bombay (Mumbai)
2008: Participation in Dubai Art Fair, Art Summit, organized by Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2007: ‘Beyond Credos’: Painting in Baroda Today curates by Shivaji K Panikkar, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta (Kolkata)
2007:“Celebration of 150th year of India’s freedom struggle—Celebrating Indian–III”, Organized by ‘TRYO’, Exhibition travelled to Calcutta (Kolkata), New Delhi, Bangalore and Bombay (Mumbai)
2007: Celebrating India in London, Royal College of Art, organized by Art Alive Gallery New Delhi.
2007-2011: As an “Invite-Artist “Birla Annual Exhibition West Bengal Kolkata (Calcutta)
2006: Aqua Aubergine- Ladakh Landscapes & Life, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2006: Unfolding Grace ABS Art Gallery, Baroda (Vadodara)
2006: Sense ‘N’ Blend, Kaleidoscope Art Gallery, Baroda (Vadodara)
2005: Back to the Future-‘1989-­2005’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2004: Nonviolence, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Baroda (Vadodara)

Private Collections

BirlaAcademy,Kolkata
HarshBardhanGoenka,RPGGroup
MittalGroup
Dalmiya group Baroda
Harmony art foundation
KiranNadarMuseum
Madeleine Bu’chi in Switzerland
Mistra in France‘UNSCO’
Singhania Group delhi’
Musashino Art University Tokyo japan (Ninhonga painting)

Languages
Mother tongue: Bengali
Functional knowledge: English and Hindi
Live and work in Baroda, Gujarat India

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Artists, Having Been is No Way to Be