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Shipra Bhattacharya
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Born in 1954, Shipra Bhattacharya’s work has dealt with women’s issues in a confrontational, yet subtle manner. While the female figure forms a central part of her work, it is more the inner consciousness of these women that the artist draws on, using bold yet soft colours and smooth brushwork. There is a mystery about each of her female protagonists – about the want of something more than what meets the eye. In her recent works, the...
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Born in 1954, Shipra Bhattacharya’s work has dealt with women’s issues in a confrontational, yet subtle manner. While the female figure forms a central part of her work, it is more the inner consciousness of these women that the artist draws on, using bold yet soft colours and smooth brushwork. There is a mystery about each of her female protagonists – about the want of something more than what meets the eye. In her recent works, the female body becomes a site or vehicle, backing the viewer, but tattooed with icons and images that voice both fulfillment and desire.
Bhattacharya’s work borders on the sensuous. It is far from portraiture, and yet there exists an endearingly real character to each of her women. The artist combines with ease bright, bold colours and soft, curving strokes, rendering each of her paintings a mesmerizing paradox.
Educated at the College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata and the College of Visual Arts in the same city, Shipra Bhattacharya has been exhibiting her work in solo shows since 1981, most recently at ‘EVEa’ organized by Gallery Sanskriti at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, in 2006. The artist’s works have been included in numerous group shows which have travelled all over the world, most recently ‘Think Small’ at Art Alive, New Delhi, in 2009; ‘Miles Apart’ at Point of View, Mumbai, in 2009; 'Manthan' presented by Nitanjali Art Gallery at Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi, in 2009; and ‘An Indian Summer’ presented by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi, at the Gallery in Cork St., London, in 2007.
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Born
1954
West Bengal
Education
1977,80 College of Visual Arts, Kolkata under guidance of Shuvaprasanna
1975 Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta University, Kolkata
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 Gallery Sumukha,...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
2006 Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2006 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2005 Gallery Sanskriti, Dubai
2002 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 'Black is Beautiful', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2009 'Sacred and Secular', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2009 ‘Think Small’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Miles Apart', Point of View, Mumbai
2009 'Manthan', presented by Nitanjal Art Gallery at Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi
2007 ‘An Indian Summer’, presented by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi at The Gallery in Cork St., London
2006 Gallery Art Resource Trust, Singapore
2006 Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2006 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Akar Prakar, Kolkata
2006 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
2005 Reflections Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2005 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
2005 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2005 Arushi Arts, New Delhi
2005 Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2005 Art N Soul, Mumbai
2005 Artworld, Chennai
2005 Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Aryan Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2004 Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata
2003 Intex Gallery, Dubai
2003 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
2003 Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2003 Surya Gallery, Hyderabad
2002 Sarala Art Gallery, Singapore
2002 Art Today, New Delhi
2002 Galleria Gallery, New Delhi
2002 Gallerie 88, Kolkata
2001 ‘Art with Heart’, organized by Cry at Dubai
1997 ‘Expressions of the Orient in Bengal’, Apparao Gallery, Singapore
1994 ‘The Indian Context’, Lei Arthur Studio, New York
1993 ‘Three Contemporary Artists from India’, Kufa Gallery, London
1992 ‘To Encounter the Other’, Stoffwachasel, Germany
1991 Greenwich Citizen’s Gallery, London
1991 Wolsey Gallery, London
1990 ‘Calcutta Three Hundred Years’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Joint Exhibitions
2009 With Shuvaprasanna at DLF Galleria, New Delhi
Participations
2012 'Synergy 2012', 12th Anniversary Show, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Summer Show 2010', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2006 'Harmony Show', Nehru Centre, Mumbai
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