Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya (b 1947)
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 & abroad & participated in major group exhibitions including III Asian Biennial,Bangladesh; II International Biennial, Havana,Cuba; II International Biennial,Ankara,Turkey; VII International Triennial India amongst others. He has participated in a number of international projects, workshops & art camps, more important amongst which are The Museum of Modern Art, Sitomo,Japan; To Encounter Others,at Kassel Germany; Workshop in Horniman Museum.
Some of his paintings have been auctioned by Osian’s of Mumbai, Sotheby’s of New York, & Christies’ of London. He received a number of awards like the AIFACS Award, State LKA Award & Birla Academy Award.
His works are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art & 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