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C Mazumdar
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Mazumdar's paintings operate on fracture. Composed of bold brushstrokes, elements of collage, abstract spaces and layered figurative imagery, Mazumdar's raw, almost expressionistic, canvases create a powerful emotional response. Mazumdar graduated from the Government College Kolkata in 1981 with a First Class First in Painting. He has held a variety of solo and group shows in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Paris and New York, including special...
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Mazumdar's paintings operate on fracture. Composed of bold brushstrokes, elements of collage, abstract spaces and layered figurative imagery, Mazumdar's raw, almost expressionistic, canvases create a powerful emotional response. Mazumdar graduated from the Government College Kolkata in 1981 with a First Class First in Painting. He has held a variety of solo and group shows in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Paris and New York, including special exhibitions such as 'Exhibition for the African National Congress', Kolkata Information Centre, Kolkata 1988 and 'Confluence Art Camp for French & Indian artists', Alliance Francaise, Kolkata, 1992, Saffronart in Los Angeles 2001 and Saffronart & The Guild, 2004. His work can be found in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi and the Seagull Foundation, Kolkata. The artist currently resides in Kolkata.
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Born
1956
Paris
Education
1983 Studied Painting and Printmaking at Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris
1981 Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 MANA Contemporary, New...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 MANA Contemporary, New Jersey
2012 '....and undated nightskin', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata presented by 1 x 1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2010 'Ancient Earth', Apparao Galleries, Chennai in association with 1x1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2009 'Undated: Nightskin', 1x1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2007 1x1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2006 'Various', Royal Academy of Arts, London presented by Gallerie 88, Kolkata
2005 Bodhi Art, New Delhi
2004 Gallerie 88, Mumbai
2004 'New Work', Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata
1997 Bose Pacia Modern, New York
1997 'Recent Works', presented by Seagull Foundation for the Arts (SFA), Kolkata at Jehangir art Gallery, Mumbai and Sumukha Art Gallery, Bangalore
1997 'Works on Paper', Seagull Foundation for the Arts (SFA), Kolkata
1994 'Recent Works', organized by Seagull Foundation for the Arts (SFA), Kolkata at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai (with Apparao Art Gallery, Chennai)
1991 Presented by Seagull and Victoria Memorial Board of Trustees, Kolkata at Victoria Memorial Durbar Hall and Sukh Sagar, Kolkata
1989 ‘Recent Works’, Presented by Seagull Foundation, Kolkata at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1989 ‘Untitled', presented by Seagull Foundation, Kolkata and The Birla Academy at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1985 'Recent Works', presented by Seagull Foundation at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 'Reconstructing (White) 3', The Loft, Mumbai
2012 'Terrestial Bodies', 1 x 1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2011 'Love is a 4 Letter Word', Latitude 28, New Delhi
2011 'A Material Difference', Paradox, Singapore
2010 'The Evolution of the Species', Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai
2009 'Elemente Zeit', 1 x 1 Art Gallery, Dubai and Hause Chelsea, Isle of Sylt, Germany
2009 'Recycled', Bose Pacia, Kolkata
2009 'Re-Claim/ Re-Cite/ Re-Cycle', presented by Latitude 28 at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi; Bose Pacia, Kolkata
2008 'November', 1x1 Contemporary, Al Quoz, Dubai
2006 ‘Altered Realities’, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
2006 'The New Space', 1 x 1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2005 'Alchemy', Art Musings, Mumbai
2005 Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2005 'Change of Address', The Guild, Mumbai
2004 ‘Sacred Space’, organized by RPG at Academy of Art and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘Metallic’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003 ‘Generation Next’, Saffron Art and Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 RPG Collection of Contemporary Bengal Art at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2003 ‘Of Memories, Dreams, Reveries’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2002 ‘Words and Images’, organized by Guild Art Gallery at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2001 Saffron Art and Apparao Galleries, Los Angeles
2001 ‘The Human Factor’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 ‘Intersections: Seven Artistic Dialogues between Abstraction and Figuration’, Mumbai
1998-89 ‘The Search Within: Art Between Implosion and Explosion’, Kloster Pernegg, Geras and Bildunshau St.Virgil, Salzburg, Austria
1998 ‘The Search Within: Art Between Implosion and Explosion’, Natonal Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi and Mumbai
1993 ‘Trends and Images’,Inaugural Exhibition of Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA) Kolkata
1993 ‘Shraddha’, rehabilitation for the mentally ill on Indian streets, Mumbai
1993 ‘Wounds’,in protest against communal violence, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1992 ‘Confluence’,-art camp for French and Indian artists. Organized by Alliance Franqaise, Kolkata, at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1990 ‘In celebration of the Calcutta Tercentenary’, organized by Birla Academy for Art and Culture, Kolkata
1989 On the theme of Human Rights, by the artists of Bengal. Organized by the Alliance Francaise, Kolkata, at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1988 Exhibition for the African National Congress on the occasion of Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday. Presented by Seagull at Calcutta Information Centre, Kolkata
1988 Calcutta Salon d'Automne
1988 Paris Salon d’Artistes Franqaise
Participations
2013-14 'Transition', 20th Anniversary Show, Centre of International Modern Art(CIMA), Kolkata
2011 'Red', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'The Intuitive: Logic Revisted', from the Osians Collection at The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2011 'Art Stage Singapore', Singapore presented by 1 x 1 Gallery, Dubai
2010 'Size Matters or Does it?', Part 1 at Latitude 28, New Delhi
2010 'Summer Show 2010', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2009 Project at Inda Art Summit, New delhi presented by 1 x 1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2009 'Video Wednesday', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2008 Presented by 1x1 Art Gallery at Art Paris, Abu Dhabi
1988 Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy of Art and Culture
1988 Calcutta Xaverian Art Fest
1988 Calcutta Art Fair
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