About Visual Artist Shuvankar Biswas

• “Rasbihari Dutta Memorial Scholarship”, from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, 2004.
• “Sunil Das Memorial Scholarship”, from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, 2005.
• “Jainul Abedin Award”, from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, 2005.
• “Atul Bose Award”, from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, 2006.
• “Certificate of Merit”, from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, 2008.
• “Rabindranath Tagore Award”, from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, 2009.
• Awarded in 17th Kala Mela, 2014, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, Rajasthan, 2014.
• Paintings (ten) done on Jaipur heritage and developing projects for Jaipur Development Authority through the Institute of Visual Arts, Jaipur.
• Painting published in an art journal “Indian Contemporary Art Journal”, 2015.
• A live interview of 1 hour was telecasted on Doordarshan (DD Rajasthan), on 24th May 2016.
• Painting selected in “Camlin Art Festival”, 2020.

Participations:

• The annual exhibition organized by Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009.
• “Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow”, the art exhibition organized by The Times of India at Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, 2006.
• Group exhibition “Resurrection” in Birla Academy, Kolkata, 2009.
• Group exhibition “Exposition II” in Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2011.
• Group exhibition “Creative Wave” in Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, 2011.
• Solo exhibition organized by City Art Factory in Chrome hotel, Kolkata, 2012.
• Group exhibition “Summer collection from Bengal” organized by City Art Factory in State Gallery of Fine Art, Hyderabad, 2012.
• Group exhibition “Chatushkon” in Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, 2013.
• National Exhibition organized by AVA (Academy of Visual Arts) in Jawahar Kala Kendra, 2013.
• 17th and 18th Kala Mela, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, Rajasthan in 2014 & 2015.
• Participated in the “India Art Festival” in Mumbai in November 2015.
• Group exhibition “Transmutation 3 organized by Parul Mittal in Open Palm Court Gallery (India Habitat Centre), New Delhi, December 2015.
• Group exhibition at Artizen Art Gallery organized by Parul Mittal,  New Delhi, February 2016.
• Group exhibition “Helical Spring” at ICA art gallery, Jaipur, 2016.
• Group exhibition in ICA art gallery, Jaipur, 2016.
• Participated in the 4th “Jaipur Art Summit” at  Ravindra Manch, Jaipur in 2016.
•  Group exhibition “Rangayan”, in Chaturdik  Gallery, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, 2017.
• Participated in 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Jaipur Kala Mahotsav at Shilpagram, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021.
• National art exhibition at Canarys National Art Foundation art gallery, Indore, M.P, 15th March- 25th March 2018.
• Participated in an International Art and calligraphy Festival organized by Royal Holidays and Events, Jaipur, October 2018.
• Group Exhibition at Hotel Sameer and Naila Bagh Palace organized by Shyansy International, March 2020.

Workshops:

• Participated in workshop on golden jubilee of “Coffee House”, Kolkata, 2009.
• Participated in workshop on “Mohorkunja” organized by Wasim Kapoor, Kolkata, 2009.
• Participated in one-day workshop cum exhibition on account of Teacher’s Day organized by Kalaneri Art Gallery, Jaipur in September 2014 &  2016.
• Participated in a national Workshop organized by Rajasthan Sanskrit Akademi, 2015.
• Participated in “North East painters camp”, organized by Lalit Kala Regional Centre, Lucknow in Shravasti (UP), 2016.
• Participated in a workshop “Jairangam-Art Stroke Artist”, organized by Kalaneri art gallery at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, 2016.
• Participated in 2 days of painting camp at the Momasar festival in Nov 2019.
• Participated in a one-day National Painting Workshop on “Message of the Mahatma” at RAEA 7-A, Jhalana Institutional Area, Jaipur, 2017.
• Participated in a 10 days international painting camp at International Art Expedition 2019/20 organized by Shryansy international and S. Peterburg Centre for Humanitarian Programs, 2020.
• Participated in painting camp ‘Shakti' organized by department of art and culture, Rajasthan and  Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, March 2021.
• Participated in a one-day painting camp organized by Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, in March 2021.

Visual Artist Shuvankar Biswas is an assistant professor (Craft and Design) at IICD, Jaipur. He is also Pursuing a Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Earlier he completed his 'Bachelor of Visual Arts' and 'Master of Visual Arts' from the University of Calcutta in 2007 and 2009 respectively.