BIO –DATA  

ANANDA MOY BANERJI 

 Born in 1959, Kolkata, (30^th June, 1959) 

QUALIFICATIONS : 

B.F.A in Painting  from College of Arts, Delhi, 1980 

M.F.A. in Print Making from Kala Bhawan, Visva Bharti (Santi Niketan ) 1985 

Passed J.R.F.  / Lectureship Test conducted by U.G.C., 1991 

ADDRESS : 

STA-805, 8^TH Floor (Sun Tower) Shipra Sun City , Indirapuram – Ghaziabad – 201010 

PHONE : (M) 9810489913

(STUDIO) : Studio No. 14, Lalit Kala Academi Artist Studios, Kalka Devi Marg, East of Kailash, New Delhi – 1101065

Email : bordaeok@yahoo.co.in

AWARDS /SCHOLARSHIP / FELLOWSHIPS : 

• 2008 “B.C. Sanyal – Dedicated Teacher” Award  - Delhi Collage of Art, New Delhi. 

• 2001 Nagasawa Art – Park Artist-in-Residence, for the period Sept/October 2001.  Japan to work in Traditional Japanese wood-block Print making 

• 70^th Annual Exhibition (All India) Best Exhibit Award – (A.I.F.A.C.S) New Delhi – 1998 

• Charles Wallace (India) Trust Award in Fine Arts to work in Camberwell College of Arts (London – U.K.) for a period of six months in the Department of Printmaking – 1996-1997 as Research Associate 

• 67^th Annual Exhibition (All India) Award (A.I.F.A.C.S) New Delhi – 1995 

• XXXVIIth National Academy Award, Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi – 1994 

• XXth Annual Art Exhibition : Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi – 1991 

• Recipient of Junior Fellowship from Ministry of Human Resources Development – 1990 

• Recipient of Cultural Scholarship form Ministry of education and Culture – 1984 

• Special Honour from Bangalee Association, New Delhi – 1982 

• Sailoz Mukherjee Award – 1980, (Best Exhibit Award – Final year – College of Arts – Delhi ) 

• German Award – 1973 – 1974 

• Soviet Land Nehru Award – 1972-73 

• Solo Show : 

Ø      Had Two One man show of Drawings and Prints organized and sponsored by Gallery Espace, New Delhi , 1993 and in February – 1998 

Ø      Queen's Gallery – The British Council Divisions – New Delhi March 2001 

Ø      Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, January 2006 

Ø      Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, February 2008

• Two Man Show :  

Ø      Organized and sponsored by Gallery Espace, New Delhi – 1990

GROUP SHOW :  

• Group show at Lalit Kala Academy's Gallery, New Delhi – 1982
• Group show at Chandigarh Museum 1981, Chandigarh
• Group show at Lalit Kala Academy's Gallery, New Delhi – 1987
• Group show organized by sponsored Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi – 1988
• Group Show at Birla Academy's Gallery, Kolkata – 1989
• Group show of Indian Artists and Artists of Bangladesh organized by Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh at Dhaka, Bangladesh – 1990
•  Group show organized by Village Gallery, New Delhi – 1990
• Group show organized by Gallery Ganesha, New Delhi (Summer show)– 1991
• Group show organized by M.E.C. Art Gallery, New Delhi – 1992
• Group show organized by “Indian Printmaker's Guild”, Garhi, Lalit Kala Studios New Delhi – 1991
• Group show organized by “Indian Printmaker's Guild”, Sponsored by Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore – 1991
• Group show organized by “Indian Printmaker's Guild” at Lalit Kala Academy – 1993
• Group show organized by “Indian Printmaker's Guild” sponsored by Gallery “Sidharth (Nepal) at Nepal Art Council, Nepal-1994
• Group Show, Stuttqart – June 1994
• Group Show sponsored and organised by Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai – April 1995 and at Pritvi Art Gallery Mumbai
• Group show organized by “Indian Printmaker's Guild”, at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata - May1995
• Group show at Gallery – 55, New Delhi – August – September 1995, November – December – 1998
• Group show organized and sponsored by Pritvi Gallery, Bombay – 1995, 1999, 2000
• Group show organized and sponsored by  Gallery Urusvati, New Delhi – 1995, and Summer – 1995
• Group show of “Indian Print Maker's Guild” sponsored by Cymroza Art Gallery – Mumbai – 1997
• Group show of “Indian Print Maker's Guild” called “Extending Parameters” at Lalit Kala Academi Art Gallery – New Delhi – March-April1999
• Participated in “INDIAN PRINTMAKERS GUILD'S EXHIBITIONS – ORGANISED IN YOKOHAMA JAPAN in April – 1999 and in Chandigarh College of Arts and Craft – Chandigarh in December, 1999, and at Queen's Gallery – the British Council Division, New Delhi – August – 2000
• Participated in an Exhibition curated and orgainsed by – Gallery Freedom (Voluntary Health Association in India) to raise Fund for “Gujrat Earthquake Victim at Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March – April – 2001
• Participated in an Exhibiton of Prints – Organised / Sponsored by British Council Divisions/Indian Print Makers Guild – Delhi – August – September 2001
• Group Show of four artists, at ‘JEHANGIR ART GALLERY” Mumbai – June – 2002
• Group Show of Faculty of “South Delhi Polytechnic for Women” at visual art gallery, India Habitat Centre – New Delhi –2005
• Group show of eight artists at visual art gallery, New Delhi – February 2007
• Participated in two different group shows at the Gallery “ART ROOM”, New Delhi – 2006 & 2007 

EXHIBITIONS IN INDIA (PARTICIPATIONS) 

• National Exhibiton organized b Lalit Kala Academy – 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
• Sahitya Kla Parishad's Annual Exhibition – 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
• Annual Exhibition of Prints organized by Chandigarh Museum and Group ‘8' - 1980, 1982, 1982, 1983, & 1984
• A.I.F.A.C.S. Annual Shows - 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988,  1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000
• Annual Exhibition organized by Birla Academy – 1982, 1983, 1984 & 1988
• Summer show organized by A.E.F.A.C.S. – 1988 & 1989
• Print Making since 1850 organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
• Participate in Twelth and Thirteenth All India Fine Arts Exhibiton organized by Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore
• Participated in an Exhibition called “Monsoon Show” organized by Chemould Gallery, Bombay – 1987
• Annual Exhibitons of Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata – 1984 & 1985
• IInd & IIIrd Yuva Mahotsav organized by Sahita Kala Parishad, New Delhi
• IInd Rashtriya Kala Mela organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
• VIIth Rashtriya Kala Mela organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
• An Exhibition organized by All India Youth Forum at U.S.S.R. Cultural House, New Delhi “Art Forum 87”.
• “Expressionism” – An Exhibition co-organized by Max Muller Bhawan and Village Gallery, New Delhi - 1989
• Participated in an exhibition called “Encounter I” organized by F.O.R.E., New Delhi – 1989-90
• Participated in Rajasthan State Lalit Kala Academy's Annual Exhibition – 1992 & 1993
• Participated in an exhibition called “Backyard Ritual” organized by Artists” Forum, Goa – 1992
• Exhibiton of Mini Prints organized by Alliance Franciase, New Delhi – 1989
• VIIIth Rashtirya Kala Mela, Bangalore represented through Lalit Kala Academi & Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi – 1995
• Participated in an Exhibition organized by (F.A.C.T) on Invitation, New Delhi – July – August 1995
• Paricipated in an Exhibition dedicated to Shri Bimal Das Gupta at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi – 1995
• Participated in an Exhibition of Mini Prints “Mini Prints 96” organized by – Gallery Espace, sponsored by Gallery Espace, The British Council Division (New Delhi) & A.I.F.A.C.S. at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chandigarh Sept. / Oct/ 1996
• Participated in an Exhibition called “Vision – Recaptured” UK – organized by British Council (New Delhi) at New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai – October/December, 1997
• Participated in a Group show – organized by “Gallery Mirage” – 1996, and : “Grishma – Padavali” Another group show organized by “Gallery – Mirage – Summer – 1998, New Delhi, and March 1999 called – “Spring”
• Participated in an Exhibition – called EDGE OF THE CENTURY CURATED BY SHRI AMIT MUKHOPADYAY AT GALLERY – ART KONSULT – January-February 1999, New Delhi
• Participated in an Exhibition on “DELHI” organized by Voluntary Health Association of India, New Delhi 1999 and the other called : “THEIR STORY” ORGANISED BY V.H.A.I. AT Lalit Kala Gallery, New Delhi – January 2000
• Participated in an Exhibiton organized by VISVA BANGLA SAMMELAN IN Kolkata to mark the millennium January 2000
• Participated in an Exhibition of works based on Pulp/paper co-organized by “GALLERY ESPACE” (New Delhi) & the FINE ART FOUNDATION” (Mumbari) – Feb2000, March-2000
• Participated in an Exhibition organized by MAYO HERITAGE SOCIETY Feb- 2000, New Delhi
• Participated in the Annual Gallery Show – Gallery GANESHA at Habitat Centre, New Delhi – November 2001
• “The Joy of Life” an exhibition curated by – Suneet Chopra and Organized by Gallery Art Alive at Habitat Centre 0- New Delhi- January 2002
• Participated in an Exhibition – Organized by DHOOMI-MAL GALLERY – September – October, 2001, New Delhi
• Participated in an Exhibition – “Art & Fashion” organized by Gallery Damayanti – The Hyatt Regency – February 2003
• Participated in a Group Exhibition organized by Gallery “VYAKT”, New Delhi – April 2003.
• Participated in a Group Show at Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi in May/June 2003
• Participated in an exhibition called “INDIAN ARTISTS FOR FRANCE” organized by French Embassy, New Delhi – 2004
• Participated in an exhibition called “SWARNREKHA” exhibition of National & Triennale awardees organised by Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi – Sept.-Oct.-2004
• Participated in an exhibition organised by “SOCIETY FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT” New Delhi, Sept-2004, 2005, & 2007
• Particiapted in an exhibition of “INDIAN PRINTS & AMERICAN PRINTS” Co-organised by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Man Hatten Graphics centre – Oct-Nov. – 2004
• Participated in an exhibition called “ENTRUSTED” organized by the British council, March 2006
• Participated in summer show organized by “GARHI” Lalit Kala Artists Studios at lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi – 2006 & 2007
• Participated in Delhi Artists Exhibition at Birla Academi – Kolkata in 2005, 2006 & 2007, 2008  
• Participated in an exhibition of prints named “MARK ETCH & PRINT” organized by Gallery – Art Konsult, Delhi December 2006
• Participated in an exhibition of prints organized by Gallery “SURUCHI” N.O.I.D.A. March 2007
• Participated in a group show organized by Gallery “ART ELEMENT” Delhi, May 2007
• Exhibition of “Indian Prints & American Prints” At Manhattan Graphic Centre – OIHO – U.S.A., 2007-08 

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS  

• Asian biennale, Dhaka – 1982
• Touring Exhibition in Festival of India of U.S.A. – 1984 & 1985
• IIIrd International exhibition of Prints organized by A.I.F.A.C.S, New Delhi – 1988
• Bharat Bhawan's First International Biennale of Prints, Bhopal – 1989
• Participated in 5^th International Prints Biennale, R.O.C. Taiper/Taiwan – 1991
• Participated in National touring exhibition called “crossing Black Waters” for one year in 1, Licenster City Gallery Oldham Museum 3, Cartwright Hall 4, South London Art Gallery – 1992-93
• 1^st International Print Biennale Maastricht 93, Netherland
• Group show at International Centre, University of Alberta Exmonton, Canada – 1993
• XIVth exhibition of Korean Graphic Society at Kyunqin Art Gallery, Seoul – 1994
• 1^st International Print Biennial – Stitching International Museum – Voor Exlibris EnKleinqrafiek – 1994
• Participated (on invitation) in 11^th Norweqian Print Biennale – 1995
• “Miniature Graphic 8^th Norweaian International Print Triennale – Fredrikstad, Norway – 1996
• Bharat Bhavans 4^th International Print Biennale, Bhopal, India – 1997
• Participated in “Degree Show” Camberwell College of Arts and Crafts, London (U.K.) 1997
• Participated in “TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MINI PRINT TRIENNIAL – 1998” Tama Art University Museum Japan, December, 1998
• Participated in a “TWO MAN SHOW” Sponsored and Organized by Arts India.com, New York (U.S.A.) Feb-March 2000
• Participated in the XTH TRIENNALE INDIA organized by Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi – Feb-March 2001
• Participated in an exhibition “KALEIDOSCOPE” – Contemporary India Art Exhibition at – ISU International Art Gallery – Singapore-June 2001
• Participated in sixth BHARAT BHAWAN INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF PRINT-ART” Bhopal – India – 2001-2002
• Participated in IVth EGYPTIAN PRINT – TRIENNALE CAIRO EGYPT 2003  

COLLECTIONS

• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
• Licecester Arts Council, Licester, U.K.
• A.A.F.A – Paris – France
• NOVOTEL HOTELS – FRANCE
• Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi
• Chandigarh Museum, Chandigarh
• U.S.I.C.A., New Delhi
• U.S.S.R. Embassy, New Delhi
• Embassy of France, New Delhi
• Kala Bhawan, Santi Niketan
• College of Arts, New Delhi
• Camberwell Collge of Arts and Crafts, London (U.K.)
• Tama University Art Museum (Japan)
• ARTS INDIA.COM – New York – U.S.A
• Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts – New Delhi
• Park Royal
• Private Collections 

CAMPS :  

• Attended Print Making Camp with Mr. Carol summers, Chandigarh College of Art – 1979-80
• Attended Print Making camp with Mr. Paul Aurther Linghren and Mr. Krishna Redoy at Santiniketan (West Benagal) at Kala Bhavana – 1983 & 1985
• Attended camp on “WOODCUT” organized by I.P.G. and Gallery Espace and sponsored by Gallery Espace, New Delhi 1991 and workshop organized by I.P.G. & Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore 1991
• Workshop organized by INDIAN PRINTMAKERS GUILD and sponsored by Gallery ‘SIDHARTH' (Nepal) at Nepal Arts Council, Nepal 1994
• Participated in a camp on Loithographic Printing organized by Lalit Kala Academi and tamarind Institute (U.S.A.) New Delhi – 1995
• Participated in Painting camp organized and sponsored by “Welcome Group” at “Mughal Shereton” Agra to celebrate India's 50 years of Independence – August, 1997 and August 1998 at Maurya Shereton – New Delhi
• On invitation of A.A.F.A (PARIS) organized and sponsored by French Embassy (New Delhi), A.A.F.A and Hotel – Novotel (Paris) participated in “Lie Mois De I” Estampe (To work in the field of Printmaking) Pairs-November, 1997
• Participated in a painting camp organized by voluntary Health association of India at (Jelu-Gagadi) Jodpur – November 1998
• Participated in IIIrd Painters &Sculptors camp at Suraj Kund February 2000
• Participated in Traditional Japanese Wood Block print Making Artist in – Residency Japan – 2001
• Participated Printing / Print Making Camp organised by “UDAYAN CARE” at College of Art – New Delhi – January 2003
• Participated / Orgainsed an artist camp sponsored by (international cell) bharat sevbharam sangha at hotel “CROWN PLAZA” October 2004 – New Delhi
• Participated in an Artist camp organized by Gallery – “Art – Mall” – Summer – 2006
• Participated in an Artist camp organized by Gallery – “ARTOHOLICS” at Goa – Summer – 2008.
• At present working as VICE PRINCIPAL, Head of the Department (Fine Arts) South Delhi Polytechnic for Women, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi
• Regularly practicing / working in Lalit Kala Artist's Studio, New Delhi