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Piyali Ghosh paints stories filled with mystery and fantasy. Her narratives are made up of surreal characters with animal heads that are morphed onto many different bodies. The influence of Mughal and Rajasthani miniature painting traditions is apparent in her densely inhabited compositions completed with the minutest of detail.

Ghosh’s palette, like her vocabulary, is colourful, consisting of vivid yellows, blues, oranges and...
Piyali Ghosh paints stories filled with mystery and fantasy. Her narratives are made up of surreal characters with animal heads that are morphed onto many different bodies. The influence of Mughal and Rajasthani miniature painting traditions is apparent in her densely inhabited compositions completed with the minutest of detail.

Ghosh’s palette, like her vocabulary, is colourful, consisting of vivid yellows, blues, oranges and greens. There is an obvious dynamic between the colours she chooses and her fantastical imagery which keeps drawing the viewer back again.

Born in Kolkata in 1981, Piyali Ghosh received her Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts (painting) from the Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship, Kolkata, in 2006. In the same year, she completed her Master’s degree in Fine Arts (painting) from the Faculty of Fine Arts at MS University, Baroda. Ghosh held her first solo show, ‘Recent Paintings’, at Chatterjee and Lal, Mumbai, in 2007.

The artist has also participated in a number of group shows including those held at the Lalit Kala Academy, Kozhikode, in 2008; ‘Trends and Trivia’ presented by Art Konsult, New Delhi, and Mon Art Gallerie, Kolkata, in Hong Kong, in 2008; ‘Pulsating Rhythms on Paper’ presented by Tangerine Art Space at Alliance Francaise, Bangalore, in 2007; ‘Return of the Surreal’ presented by Tangerine Art Space at Chitrakala Parisath, Bangalore, in 2007; and at Art World, Chennai, also in 2007.

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