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Prof. Biman. B. Das Eminent  Sculptor/Painter & Padma Shri Awardee- 2014

 

Born on: 1ST Jan, 1943; at Tamluk town, West Bengal, INDIA

ADDRESS (Residence and Studio)

 

New Delhi - 2B GASTA Complex, B 3 Paschim Vihar, New Delhi – 110063, India
Phone: +91-11-2-526-0727; Mobile: 09871638071
Kolkata – F-17 New Garia Co-operative Housing Society, PO – Panchasayar,New
Garia,Kolkta-700094, India Phone: +91-33-2-423-3498
Mobile: 09836159239

EDUCATION

1966    first Class (Distinction) Diploma in Modeling & Sculpture, Govt. College of Art & Craft,
Calcutta
1967    Passed Teachers’ Training Art Appreciation Course (History of Art), from Calcutta
            University

HONORS & LAURELS

 

1967-69 Recipient of National Cultural Scholarship under Prof. Chintamoni Kar, Principal, Govt
College of Art and Craft, Calcutta
1973-74 Recipient of British Council Scholarship under Prof. Jeffrey Smedly, Department of Fine
Art, Portsmouth, Polytechnic, U.K.
1993      Received U.G.C Grants under Indo- Hungarian Cultural Exchange Program in Budapest
1997      Fulbright fellowship (USA)
2001      Received ‘KALA VIBHUSAN’ from All India Fine Arts and Craft Society (A1FACS),
New Delhi, INDIA
2014      awarded PADMA SHRI form the Govt. of India

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

1968:      Alliance Francaise, Calcutta
1970:      All India Fine Arts and Craft Society (A1FACS), New Delhi
1977:      Sridharini Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi,
1981:      Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1983:      Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi,
1983:      Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
1986:      Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
1988:      Sridharini Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1989:      New Jersey, USA, in; Sponsored by Mont Clair State College, New Jersey
1989:      Consulate General of India, New York, USA. Travel grant by Indian Council for Cultural
Relations, New Delhi
1990:      Russian Cultural Center, New Delhi,
1990:      Galerie 88 Calcutta.
1990:       Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
1992:       Indian Culture Center, Cairo. Egypt sponsored by the Govt. of India (Ministry of External      
Affairs & I. C.C.R.)
1993:       Budapest, Hungary,
1994:       Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
1996:       Galerie 88. Calcutta
1996:        Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai,
1998:        Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai,
2000:       Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai,                               
2005:       Thriven Kale Sangam, sponsored by Krishna’s Collection Gallery, Delhi
2005:       Retrospective show, sponsored by Birla Academy of Art and Culture Kolkata
2010        Lalit kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
2011        Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011       25th solo show, sponsored by ICCR, Kolkata
2014       26th solo show(retrospective) by Art Pilgrim Gallery, Gurgaon, at Sridharini Art gallery, New Delhi

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• Calcutta Sculptors Guild.
• All India Fine Art & Craft Society, New Delhi.
• Habitat Art Gallery, New Delhi
• Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta.
• Galerie 88, Calcutta
• Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
• Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
• Govt. College of Art & Craft, Calcutta. Teachers’ Exhibition.
• New Delhi & Mumbai Bangalore, Calcutta.
• Art Today, New Delhi
• CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta
• La Mere Art gallery. Calcutta
• Gallery freedom, New Delhi
• Academy of fine art, Calcutta
• College Of Art, New Delhi
• Delhi Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi
• Art Alive, New Delhi
• India Artist Circle, New Delhi
• Creative Wave,Delhi,Kolkata
• Gallery RASA,Kokata
• AAKRITI Gallery,Kolkata

 

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

 

1974        Biennale Belgium
1978        Triennale India,
1986        Second Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Japan
1987        Biennale Bangladesh, Dhaka
1988        Contemporary Asian Show, Seoul
1988        India Festival in USSR, Moscow

National Exhibition of Art, Sanity Kala
Parishad, Delhi. Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Lalit Kala Academy held in
European Counties, Middle East Dubai Mumbai and Salerjung Museum, Hyderabad.

AWARDS

 

1965        Prof. S. N. Ghosal Award, Govt. College of Art & Craft Calcutta
1966        Education Secretary Award, Govt. Of West Bengal
1968        Awarded All India Fine Art & Craft Society, New Delhi.                     
1971        Awarded Sir Ushanath Sen Memorial Medal, A1FACS, N. Delhi.
1972        Awarded Sir Ushanath Sen Memorial Medal A1FACS, N. Delhi
1972        Best Award from Punjab Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh
1972        National Award (Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi)
1975        Awarded D. P. Roychowdhury Memorial Medal A1FACS, N. Delhi
1976        A1FACS Award, New Delhi
1979        Best Award from Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi
1980        Birla Academy Of Art and Culture Award, Calcutta
1984        Sahitya Kala Parishad Award Delhi

 

CAMPS/SEMINARS/ LECTURES

1975         Participated All India Artist Camp Srinagar, Kashmir
1982         Participated Lalit Kala Academy Sculptors’ Camp, Amritsar
1986        Participated Artists’ Camp Badkhal Lake, organized by Sahitya Kala
Parishad, Delhi
1989        Participated in Artists’ Camp, organized by AIFACS, New Delhi
2001        Participated in Artists’ Camp, organized by The Lalit Kala Academy,
Regional Center, Calcutta
2004      All India Sculptor/Potters camp,JD Center of Art,Bhubanaeswar,Orrisa
2004      Kala Kumbh Amritsar Academy of Art,Amritsar
2005      All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society,New Delhi
2005      Kalabrat International Artist Camp,Ujjain,MP
2006      All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society,New Delhi
2006      Kalagram,Chandigarh,North Zone Cultural Centre
2006      Sculptors/Painters camp,Karseong,Darjeeling sponsored by Bajoria Holding
Group Private Ltd. Kolkata.
2006     India Sculptors Camp (Bronze casting) sponsored by Gallery ’88.Kolkata.
2006     India Sculptors Camp (Stone carving) sponsored by Lalit Kala Accademy ,New Delhi
and Dept.of Culture,Govt of Karnataka ,Bangalore
2006     Sculptores Camp (Bronze casting) organized by Artists Forum,Kolkata
2007     Sculptors Camp(Bronze casting) at Jaipur organized by Sanskriti Art Gallery Kolkata.
2007     Painters Camp at Goa organized by Samanvai Art Gallery Jaipur.

            

• Speaker - India International Cultural Center, New Delhi, Rotary International, New Delhi, and Meerat, Uttar Pradesh, Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.
• Lectures - Mont Clair State College, U. S. A. Virginia Common Wealth University, U. S. A.; District Columbia Art Center, Washington DC U. S. A.; Trinity College of art C. T. U.S.A, Senior Secondary School, Maryland, U.S.A.;  Atelier, Alexandria, Egypt.  Ministry of Culture, Budapest, Hungary
• Lecture demonstration - Visva Bharati Shantiniketan, Rabindra Bharati University, Lalit Kala Academy Regional Center, Calcutta. ; Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.

             

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

• National Gallery of Modem Art, New Delhi
• Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi.
• Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi.
• Triveni Kala Sangam New Delhi.
• Govt. Museum of Modem Art, Chandigarh.
• State Museum and Architecture, Jaipur.
• College Of Art, New Delhi.
• All India Fine Arts and Craft Society, New Delhi.
• Kashmir Academy of Art, Stringer.
• India Gandhi International Air Port, New Delhi.
• Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta.

 

VISITS ABROAD:

• Paris, Italy, Scotland, England, U.S.A. Egypt, Dubai, Hungary.
• Visited Mauritius as an expert for the monumental art project of Govt. of Mauritius and revisited the second time for supervision & installation of the bronze and marble bust of Pt. Nehru Ji and Poet Subramania Bharati respectively. Recent visit to Cambodia and Thailand. Berlin, Czechoslovakia, Vienna, Istanbul

 

CONTRIBUTION FOR SOCIAL CAUSES:

• Safari Hams Memorial trust. New Delhi.
• Prime Minister Relief Fund for flood in Bengal.
• Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi.
• Nominated  Member of the General Assembly of the ICCR, New Delhi

 

MEMBERSHIP:

• Life member - All India Fine Arts and Craft Society, New Delhi.
• Member, Calcutta Sculptors Guild.
• Life member, Bengal Association, New Delhi.
• President-”CREATIVE WAVE”, Calcutta

 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

• Mostly collected by private and corporate sectors in Bombay, Goa, Hyderabad, Calcutta and Delhi and in abroad, namely, in U.SA-Germany, Egypt, U.K. Pakistan, Nepal, France, Belgium, Canada Italy, South Africa, Yugoslavia, Hong Kong, Portugal, Zambia and Switzerland. Korea

COMMISSIONS:

• Worked for the I.C.C.R. New Delhi: - Bronze Bust of Mahatma Gandhi Ji (2&1/2ftx1&1/2ft life size) Installed in Brazil, Venezuela, Spain, Italy.
• Worked for the Ministry Of External Affairs, Govt. Of India: - Bronze Bust of Poet Subramanian Bahrain and Marble Bust of Pt. J.L. Nehru, first Prime Minister of India (2 -1/2 ft & 1-1/2 life size), installed in Mauritius. Bronze Bust of Indira Gandhi (2-1/2 ft, 1 -1/2 ft life size) also installed in Mauritius.
• Life sitting Bronze Bust of former President of India Giani Zail Singh for Rashtrapati Bhawan
• Worked for the Delhi Development Authority and Bharat Aluminum Company
• Bronze Busts of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India (3 feet high, over life-size) installed at Delhi University Campus and Jiao Nagger, West Bengal.
• Worked for the Ministry Of Sports, Govt. Of India :-Bronze Statue of Major Dhyan Chand, Hockey Wizard (9-feet-high over life-size) installed in front of National Stadium, New Delhi.
• Worked for the Ramthakur Associate, New Delhi:-Marble Statue of Sri Sri Ramthakur (Seated Dimensions:4- 1/2' H x 3-1/2' x 3') installed at Ram Thakur Mandir, New Delhi.
• Several other Bronze Busts Commissioned:- installed in Delhi, Jabbalpur, Panipath, West Bengal and Nepal.
• Commissioned 7-ft- high bronze statue of Smt. Abha Maity, former Union Minister, in Calcutta (Bharat Margarine Co.)
• Commissioned 6-ft-high bronze statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, installed in Calcutta (Higher Education Council. West Bengal) and a bust of Ishwar Chandra
• “VIDYASAGAR ”installed at Vidyasagar’s residence, North Calcutta
• Commissioned bronze bust at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee for Bharatia Vidya Bhawan, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Memorial Trust, Calcutta
• Commissioned marble bust of  Late Dr.B.C.Roy and Late P.C.Sen,Ex-Chief Minister of West

Bengal, for Kolkata Municipal Corporation,Kolkata

• Commissioned bronze bust of Mr.Shambhunath Pandit,Justice of Kolkata High Court,for

        Shambhunath Pandit Hospital,Kolkata.

• Commissioned Bronze bust of Loknayak Jayaprakas Narayan for LNJP National Institute

               of Criminology and Forensic Science,Rohoni,New Delhi

• Commissioned nine ft bronze statue of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru for JNU,New Delhi
• Commissioned bronze bust of Jadu Bhatt for Jadu Bhutt Rangmanch Bishnupur West Bengal
• Commissioned large vitrified terracotta relief murals for Vidyasagar Smriti Museum, Kolkata
• Commissioned bronze busts of Acharya J.C. Bose for the Bose Institute, Calcutta, installed in Christ College, Cambridge, UK. Bangalore,Darjeeling,Ministry of Science and technology, New Delhi, Bose Institute, Kolkata
• Commissioned Marble Bust of Mahatma Gandhi for the ICCR, installed in Berlin, Germany
• Commissioned  bronze bust of Pt. J. L. Nehru for the ICCR, installed in the museum, Singapore
• Commissioned bronze bust of Pt J. L. Nehru for  JNU, installed at the Seminar hall, JNU, N. Delhi
• Commissioned bronze bust of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukerjee for Shyama Prasad Mukerjee College, Kolkata
• Commissioned the restoration of large mural, done by Achrya Nanadalal Bose, at the lecture hall of Bose Institute, Kolkata
• Commissioned the mural in oil media (6feetX 16feet) for the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata.

Commissioned for the ICCR, New Delhi, bronze bust Pandit Nehru installed in Slovenia.
                Commissioned   for the Motilal Nehru College, New Delhi, Bronze bust of Pandit Motilal Nehru.
Commissiond for the Apeejay House  LTD, Kolkata, nine feet bronze statue of Shri Jit Paul, Owner of
Thw Apeejay Hose, installed at Park Street, Kolkata
Prepared the bronze statue (seven feet height) of Swami Vivekananada, honorary bais for Tamralipa
Mahavidya laya, Tamluk, East Midnapur, West Bengal

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Lecturer, College Of Art, New Delhi. 1969 -94
• Principal, Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta. 1994 to 2002

 

 

 

PAPER SETTER/EXAMINER:

• University Of Delhi, India
• Banaras Hindu University, India
• Punjab University, Chandigarh, India
• Rajasthan School Of Art, Jaipur, India
• Jamia Millia University, Delhi
• Visva Bharati, Kala Bhawan , Shanti Niketan, India
• Tripura University, Agartala- India
• Calcutta University, India
• Sharada Ukil School Of Art, New Delhi , India
• Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi, India
• Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, India
• Assam University, Silchar, India

 

MEMBER OF THE JURY:

• National Exhibition of Art, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi, India
• Indian Railways, India
• All India Fine Arts and Craft Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
• State Academy, West Bengal, India
• Academy Of Fine Art, Calcutta, India
• Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta, India
• Orissa State Academy, Bhubaneswar, India
• Union Public Service Commission., New Delhi, India
• M.S. University, Baroda, India
• Viswa Bharati, Shantiniketan, India
• Ministry of Human Resources, New Delhi, India
• State level Exhibition, govt. of Nagaland, Kohima, India
• State Exhibition, Manipur, Imphal, India

RESIDENT &STUDIO, DELHI( Correspondences Address)
B3/2B Gasta Housing Society, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi-110063, India
Phone- 011-25260727; M: 09871638071
E-mail: bimanbdas2001@yahoo.co.in         Wedsite:bimanbdas.com

RESIDENT &STUDIO, KOLKATA
F 17 New Garia Co-op Development Housing Society, Kolkata-700094
Phone- 033-24323498;   M: 09836159239

 

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