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Since he first sold one of his haunting water color paintings to the British Museum in London at the age of twenty four, Paresh Maity has come a long way. It was Maity's extraordinary talent with watercolors that first attracted the attention of the art world. The iridescent charm that illuminates his early paintings echoes his refined perception of the nuances of light on landscape. Even now, he remains one of India 's finest painters of pure watercolor.
From a purely figurative style, he traveled later towards abstraction, though his pre-occupation was still with nature. But all the while he continued to travel widely over India , assimilating color and image, and filtering them through his subconscious to create in his latest series, some vibrant works in oil on canvas. His figurative themes in this series were largely inspired by the people and colors of Rajasthan.
Uma Nair writes about them, “The human body in the paintings along with the faces and their diagonal status on the frame have a world of complexities within…which gives us the first clue that a sari or musical instrument is more than just a fashion statement. The symbol is what sustains and you are forced to think of the life force of a river flowing…”
The distinguishing feature of all his works, from earliest to latest is their feeling of experiential truth; of assimilation, celebration and fusion of visual and emotional experience into works of resounding power and sensitivity. He ranks today among India 's top contemporary artists
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About the Artist
Born: 1965, Tamluk, West Bengal
Education : B.A Fine Arts, Govt. College of Arts & Crafts, Kolkata; M.A in Fine Arts, College of Art , University of Delhi , N.Delhi
Solo Exhibitions International
- 2005 Arts India , New York
- 2002 Arts India , New York
- 1998 Paracelsus Rotenfleskdink Ausgestelt with Galerie Aspekte,
Bad Munster , Germany
- 1996 ARKS Gallery, London
- 1994 Galerie Aspekte , Germany
- 1992 Siddhartha Art Gallery , Kathmandu
Solo Exhibitions National
- 1998 Cymroza Art Gallery , Mumbai
- 1997 CIMA, Kolkata
- 1996 Hungarian Information Center , N. Delhi
- 1996, '90 - '94 Gallery Ganesha, N. Delhi
- 1995 Cymroza Art Gallery , Mumbai
- 1994 The Gallery, Madras
- 1994 British Council, Kolkata
- 1993 AIFACS, Kolkata
- 1992 Windsor Manor, Bangalore
- 1992 Cymroza Art Gallery , Mumbai
- 1992 Birla Academy of Art, Kolkata
- 1991 Sophia Duchesne Art Gallery , Mumbai
- 1989 – '91 Gallery Katayun, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions & Participations International
- 2006 London
- 2005 Gallery Arts India New York , Confluence 2005
- 2004 Gallery Arts India New York , Confluence 2004
- 2004 Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore
- 2004 India Habitat Center , N. Delhi
- 1996 INCITATO Art Exhibition, Transylvania
- 1996 Toronto World Miniature Exhibition
- 1995 Cleveland International Drawing Biennial
- 1994 Tokyo Indian Contemporary Art Exhibition
Selected Group Exhibitions & Participations National
- 1997 Gallery Ganesha, N. Delhi
- 1997 Images of Calcutta
- 1996 Mumbai, Tribute to Mother Theresa
- 1996 CIMA, Kolkata, ‘Trends & Images'
- 1996 Sakhi Mandal, Bangalore
- 1996 CIMA, Kolkata, WOUNDS
- 1996 National Gallery, N. Delhi
- 1996 Jehangir Art Gallery , N. Delhi
- 1996 Cymroza Gallery Mumbai Silver Jubilee
- 1995 Urusvathi, N. Delhi
- 1995 Hyatt Regency, N. Delhi
- 1994 Gallery Katayun, Kolkata
- 1994 Gallery 88, Kolkata
- 1994 Taj Hotel, N. Delhi , People for Animals
- 1993 Maurya Sheraton, N. Delhi , Malahar
- 1993 Gallery Katayun, Kolkata
- 1991 Birla Academy , Kolkata
Selected Awards
- 1993 British Council Visitorship
- 1992 Pt. Ravi Shankar Award, College of Art , N. Delhi
- 1990 AIFACS Award, 62 nd All India Art Exhibition
- 1990 Birla Academy , Kolkata, Outstanding Painting
- 1989 Kala Bharati, Calcutta Tercentenary Award
- 1989 National Scholarship, Govt. of India
- 1988 Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award
- 1988 Academy of Fine Arts , Governor's Gold Medal
- 1987 Jamini Ray, Birth Centenary Award
- 1983 Gold Medal, USSR
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