APTO BHATTACHARYA
A highly acclaimed artist from Kolkata
Major Workshops Attended: –
(i) 1991 – ‘Wood Cut Work’, conducted by Richard Hard, an
American Printmaker; 1992 – ‘Collage Painting Workshop’, by
the French artist Paola Di Prima, Arts Acre, Kolkata; 1992 –
‘Kolkata Dresden Artists’ Workshop’, by Eberhard Goeschelo,
Michel Freudenberg and Max Vhilg; 1996 – Terracotta /
Ceramic Workshop, the Lalit Kala Akademi, Kolkata; 1998 –
‘Art Space Launch Event’, an international artists’ workshop,
Spike Island, Bristol, the UK.
(ii) His artworks are part of the collections of Hindustan Unilever
Ltd; GEC; Indian Bank Ltd; RPG Art Foundation; Crimson Art
Gallery (Bangalore); ABC Art Gallery (Varanasi); Citibank;
India Today; HSBC; ITC Ltd.
Exhibition
(i) 1989, 1994 – solo exhibition, Tagore Art Gallery, Kolkata.
(ii) 1992 – ‘Pioneers to the New Generation’, Arts Acre, Kolkata; 1994 – Balgandharva Gallery, Pune.
(iii) 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 – Annual Exhibition, the Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
(iv) 1993, 1995, 1998 – ‘All India Annual Exhibition’, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
(v) 2000 – Apparao Galleries, Chennai; ‘Utopia’, Max Muller Bhavan, Kolkata.
(vi) 1997, 2000 – ‘Young Talented Artists’, Gallery La Mere, Kolkata.
(vii) 2003 – ‘A Journey’, a group exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
(viii) 2006 – ‘Essence of Bengal Art’, Mulk Raj Anand Centre, New Delhi.
(ix) A group exhibition of Indian Artists at Nehru Centre, London, the UK.
Awards & Honours
- Shuvaprasanna’s Award – Annual Exhibition, College of Visual
Arts, Kolkata
