Introduction
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- Place of Birth
- New Delhi, NCT of Delhi, India
- State Country of Birth
- NCT of Delhi, India
1965
- Studied at Delhi College of Art, New Delhi, India
1965 – 1972
1974
- Founder Member, New Group, a Delhi-based Artist Group
- Lecturer, Art Institute, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
1974 – 1975
1975
- Visiting Lecturer, College of Art and Women's Polytechnic, New Delhi, India
1975 – 1977
1977
- Member, Gallery 26/ Artists Forum, New Delhi, India
- Attended All India Artists' Camp, Garhi Studios, New Delhi, India
- Graphic / Exhibition designer, Trade Fair Authority of India now India Trade Promotion Organisation, New Delhi, India
1977 – 2002
1989
- Fellowship for Advanced Studies in Graphic Design, Federal Republic of Germany
Exhibitions
1968
- Annual Exhibition, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
1969
- Art Today I, Kunika-Chemould Gallery, New Delhi, India
1970
- Art Today II, Ashoka Gallery, New Delhi, India
- Art Today II, Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
1971
- Art Today III, Graphics & Drawings, Ashoka Galley, New Delhi, India
1974
- New Group, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
1975
- Under Thirty Five, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- New Group, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
1976
- National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Twenty Artists, Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
1977
- New Group, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- The Pictorial Space, Curated by Geeta Kapur, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Selected works from Lalit Kala Akademi's Collection, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, India
- Two Painters, Amitava Das, Manjit Bawa, Black Partridge Gallery, New Delhi, India
- Art India 77, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
1978
- Garhi Prints, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
1979
- Indian Art Today, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
- Serigraphs, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi, India
- National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- All India Exhibition of Prints, Government Museum, Chandigarh, India
1980
- All India Exhibition of Prints, Government Museum, Chandigarh, India
- Miniature Format, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata, India
- Indian Contemporary Prints, Dubai, UAE
- National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi, India
1981
- All India Exhibition of Drawings, Chennai and New Delhi, India
- Prints, Gallery Steinmetz, Bonn, West Germany
1982
- Grenchen Triennale, International exhibition of Prints, Grenchen, Switzerland
- Inaugural Exhibition, Roopankar Museum of Fine Arts, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
- All India Exhibition of Prints, Government Museum, Chandigarh, India
1983
- Seven Painters, Maurya Gallery, New Delhi, India
1984
- Contemporary Indian Painting, Moscow, Vienna
- Fredrikstad Biennale of Prints, Norway
1985
- Some Aspects of Indian Art Today, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
- Graphics 85, All India Exhibition of Prints, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
- Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
1986
- Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
- Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
1987
- Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
- Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
- Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
1988
- Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
- Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
1989
- Sakshi Gallery, Chennai, India
- Contemporary Indian Paintings, Darmstadt, West Germany
- Miniature Works, Habiart Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
- Artist's Alert, Organised by Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT), Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Graphics 88 - All India Exhibition of Prints, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
1990
- Paintings, Sakshi Gallery, Chennai, India
10 Sep 1990 to 20 Sep 1990
- War and Peace: Contemporary Paintings, Organised by Max Mueller Bhavan and Birla Academy of Art & Culture at Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai
1991
- Art Heritage, New Delhi, India
- Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
- Artists for Helpage, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Contemporary Indian Art, Munich, Germany
- Three Contemporary Artists, Bremen, Germany
1992
- Contemporary Indian Art, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Das, Amitava (Artist). Amitava Das, 1978 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00882147
1978
1987
- Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
1988
- Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
1989
- Sakshi Gallery, Chennai, India
1990
- Paintings, Sakshi Gallery, Chennai, India
10 Sep 1990 to 20 Sep 1990
1991
- Art Heritage, New Delhi, India
- Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
1992
1993
04 Mar 1993 to 18 Mar 1993
1994
- Works on Paper from 1972-94, Eicher Gallery, New Delhi, India
10 Dec 1994 to 07 Jan 1995
20 Mar 1994 to 11 Apr 1994
1997
20 Mar 1997 to 23 Apr 1997
1998
29 Apr 1998 to 09 May 1998
- Works on Paper, Art Inc., New Delhi, India
1999
- Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
2000
07 Feb 2000 to 23 Feb 2000
2003
09 Sep 2003 to 17 Sep 2003
2004
10 Apr 2004 to 24 Apr 2004
2005
24 Nov 2005
2006
- Come Play with Me, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
21 Mar 2006 to 12 Apr 2006
2007
- Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
- Inaugural Show New Space, Colaba, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
18 Feb 2007 to 24 Feb 2007
- Selected Works on Paper 1970 - 2007, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
18 Aug 2007 to 13 Sep 2007
2008
- Amitava Das Sold Exhibition, Gallery Arts lndia, Murray Hill, New York, USA
07 Feb 2008 to 01 Mar 2008
2010
2024
- Lost Horizon by Amitava Das | Paintings from 1975–2010, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
08 Aug 2024 to 26 Sep 2024
- If We Knew the Point, Amitava, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), Saket, New Delhi, India
27 Jul 2024 to 30 Sep 2024
Das, Amitava (Artist). Amitava Das, 1978 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00882147
1968
- Annual Exhibition, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
1969
- Art Today I, Kunika-Chemould Gallery, New Delhi, India
1970
- Art Today II, Ashoka Gallery, New Delhi, India
- Art Today II, Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
1971
- Art Today III, Graphics & Drawings, Ashoka Galley, New Delhi, India
1974
- New Group, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
1975
- Under Thirty Five, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- New Group, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
1976
- National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Twenty Artists, Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
1977
- New Group, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- The Pictorial Space, Curated by Geeta Kapur, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Selected works from Lalit Kala Akademi's Collection, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, India
- Two Painters, Amitava Das, Manjit Bawa, Black Partridge Gallery, New Delhi, India
- Art India 77, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
1978
- Garhi Prints, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
1979
- Indian Art Today, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
- Serigraphs, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi, India
- National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- All India Exhibition of Prints, Government Museum, Chandigarh, India
1980
- All India Exhibition of Prints, Government Museum, Chandigarh, India
- Miniature Format, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata, India
- Indian Contemporary Prints, Dubai, UAE
- National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi, India
1981
- All India Exhibition of Drawings, Chennai and New Delhi, India
- Prints, Gallery Steinmetz, Bonn, West Germany
1982
- Grenchen Triennale, International exhibition of Prints, Grenchen, Switzerland
- Inaugural Exhibition, Roopankar Museum of Fine Arts, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
- All India Exhibition of Prints, Government Museum, Chandigarh, India
1983
- Seven Painters, Maurya Gallery, New Delhi, India
1984
- Contemporary Indian Painting, Moscow, Vienna
- Fredrikstad Biennale of Prints, Norway
1985
- Some Aspects of Indian Art Today, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
- Graphics 85, All India Exhibition of Prints, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
- Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
1986
- Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
- Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
1987
- Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
- Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
1988
- Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
1989
- Contemporary Indian Paintings, Darmstadt, West Germany
- Miniature Works, Habiart Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
- Artist's Alert, Organised by Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT), Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Graphics 88 - All India Exhibition of Prints, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
1990
- War and Peace: Contemporary Paintings, Organised by Max Mueller Bhavan and Birla Academy of Art & Culture at Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai
1991
- Artists for Helpage, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Contemporary Indian Art, Munich, Germany
- Three Contemporary Artists, Bremen, Germany
1992
- Contemporary Indian Art, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Pioneers to the New Generation, Arts Acre, 24 Parganas ( North ), West Bengal, India
- Artists Against Communalism, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Safdar Hashmi Marg, New Delhi, India
- Contemporary Indian Art, Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata, India
- Birla Academy of Art & Culture Anniversary Show, Kolkata, India
1993
- Wollongong City Gallery, Australia
- Indische Gegenwartskunst, Mainz, Germany & Stettin, Poland
- India Song: Multiple Streams in Indian Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Canberra School of Art, Australia
- Group Show, Art Heritage, New Delhi, India
New Group (Organiser). Exhibition of Paintings, Prints and Drawings, 1979 | Group Exhibition Invitation | 00858800
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- Tuli Research Centre for India Studies presents All Living Souls - Expressed in the Modern and Contemporary Fine & Popular Indian Arts Curated by Neville Tuli As part of launching the 16th Research Category for India Studies - "The Animal-Human-Nature-Continuum" we present a fascinating exhibition of modern and contemporary Indian fine and popular arts and their expression of the ideas and forms related to the dialogue between animals and humans, and the larger cosmic and spiritual thoughts which abide therein. Please visit the Exhibition and see the artworks by modern and contemporary masters such as Rabindranath Tagore, D.P. Roy Chowdhury, M.F. Husain, J. Swaminathan, J. Sultan Ali, Somnath Hore, Ganesh Pyne, Manjit Bawa, K. Laxma Goud, Krishna Reddy, Jyoti Bhatt, Rekha Rodwittiya, Amit Ambalal, among others, along with vintage and rare prints from the pioneering Indian chromolithographic presses such as Chitrashala, Ravi Varma, Calcutta Art Studio, Chore Bagan & Kansaripara.
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