Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya
About Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya
Shuvaprasanna (b. 1947) graduated in Fine Art from the Indian College of Art (under Rabindra Bharati University), Kolkata, in 1969.
He has held over 50 solo exhibitions in India and abroad, and participated in major group exhibitions including the III Asian Biennial, Bangladesh; the II International Biennial, Havana, Cuba; the II International Biennial, Ankara, Turkey; and the VII International Triennial, India, amongst others. He has participated in a number of international projects, workshops and art camps, including The Museum of Modern Art, Sitomo, Japan; To Encounter Others, at Kassel, Germany; and a workshop at the Horniman Museum.
Some of his paintings have been auctioned by Osian's of Mumbai, Sotheby's of New York, and Christie's of London. He received a number of awards, including the AIFACS Award, the State LKA Award and the Birla Academy Award.
His works are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; Chandigarh Museum; Punjab University; NCERT, New Delhi; Air India; Taj Group of Hotels; Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata; Times of India Group; WHO, Geneva; Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan; The Museum of Modern Art, Sitomo, Japan; amongst others.
