Name – DEVI RANI DASGUPTA
Profession – Professional Fine Artist, Singer, Keyboardist
Born – 22nd October 1983, Motihari, Bihar, India
Educational Qualification – Graduated in Zoology (Hons) from B.B.A. University, Bihar 2004.
– Sangeet Visharad (5th Year) Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh 1999.
– Chitra Visharad (5th Year) Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh 2005.
– Qualified Intermediate Grade Drawing Examination, (J.J. School of Arts, Govt of Maharashtra), 2004
– Learned Keyboard & Piano under the guidance of many renowned musicians from Bihar & Kolkata
Studio – Chandrahar Appartment, 2nd Floor, 790 Madurdaha, Kalikapur,Bypass, Kolkata-700107.India.
Work Experience –
Worked as a Music, Keyboard and Drawing teacher in a private school for four years and have received Excellence Performance Certificate.
Worked as a Music and Drawing teacher at several private & Govt registered institutions in Bihar, UP & Kolkata.
Conducting private art school ‘Art World’ at her residence since 2006.
Contact – 9339462149 / 9432340204 / 7003210451
Mail – devi.dasgupta@gmail.com
Solo Shows –
2019 – World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai – Global Art Fair
2018 – Nehru Centre, Mumbai – Kalaa Spandan Art Fair
2016 – Taj Bengal, Kolkata
2016 – Nehru Centre, Mumbai – Kalaa Spandan Art Fair
2014 – Taj Bengal, Kolkata
2014 – Academy of Fine Arts West Gallery, Kolkata
2013 – Art Walk Gallery, South City Mall, Kolkata
2012 – Taj Bengal, Kolkata
Group Shows –
2019 – 1st Acuarela Fiesta Kolkata Water Color Festival at Nazrul Tirtha, New Town, Kolkata
2018 – Noty Binodini Memorial Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2016 – Art Acres Foundation, Kolkata – International Conference & Exhibition on gender mainstreaming and cultural rights.
2016 – Creative Strokes Art Gallery, Kolkata
2016 – Artist Circle Art Gallery, Kolkata
2016 – Ellora Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2015 – ICCR, Abanindranath Gallery, Kolkata
2015 – Gallery Gold, Kolkata
2014 – ICCR, Nandalal Bose Gallery, Kolkata.
2014 – ITC Sonar Bangla, Kolkata – Workshop & Group Show
2014 – Gaganendra Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2013 – Birla Academy, Kolkata
2013 – Chemould Art Gallery, Kolkata
2012 – Gallery Gold, Kolkata
2012 – Birla Academy, Kolkata
2012 – Bimal Mitra Art Gallery, Kolkata
2011 – Hotel Chrome, Kolkata
2011 – Hotel Hindustan International, Kolkata
Annual Show –
2017 – Gallery Gold Annual Show – Strokes & Strikes.
2016 – Gallery Gold Annual Show – Monsoon murmurs
2016 – Chemould Art Gallery Annual Show – ‘PRAYAS 2016’
2016 – Alta Mira Art Gallery Annual Show
2015 – Calcutta Art Biennale 2015, Birla Academy, Kolkata.
2014 – Birla Academy, Kolkata, Sreejan Annual Show.
Art Fair –
2019 – Global Art Fair, World Trade Centre, Mumbai.
2019 – Izmir International Fair, Turkey, the most anticipated Décor, Fashion & Lifestyle exposition, under the banner Art Mudra.
2019 – International Art Exhibition, Sultan Mela – 2019 (Under Dist Administration & S.M. Sultan Foundation) Bangladesh.
2018 – Paschim Banga Rajya Charukala Mela, Kolkata (Under the banner of Art of Colors Art Gallery)
2018 – Kalaa Spandan Art Fair, Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai.
2017 – India Art Festival, Thyagraj Stadium, New Delhi
2017 – World Art Dubai, World Trade Centre, Dubai, under the banner of ICAC, ART MUDRA and Art League gallery, India.
2016 – Emami Chisel Annual Art Fair
2016 – Kalaa Spandan International Art & Photography Festival, Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai.
2014 – Paschim Banga Rajya Charukala Mela, Kolkata (Organised by Dept. of Information & Cultural Affairs, Govt. of West Bengal)
Art WorkShop, Seminar & Conferences –
Have participated in numerous art workshops & Seminars across India and Abroad. Recently participated in Malaysia Art Camp & Residency Program – 2018
Achievements & Awards –
2018 – Appreciation award in Kalaa Spandan Art Fair, Mumbai.
2016 – Art Freak Peoples Choice Art Award
2016 – Annual Art Show, Altamira Art Gallery – Certificate of Excellence Award
2016 – Kalaspandan International Art & Photography Festival, Mumbai – Promotional Award
2004 – Awarded by KVS Chief – Inter college painting competition organised by Kisan Vikas samity (Best Painting)
2003 – Awarded by DGP of Bihar – State level Painting competition (Best Painting)
2003 – Awarded by Red cross chief, organised by Environment & Forest Dept of India – (Best poster painting).
2002 – Awarded by famous actor Mukesh Khanna – Sanskar Bharti (Regd with Govt of Bihar) (Best Painting)
2002 – Awarded by the Municipal Corporation Chairman of Motihari (Best Painting) State level painting competition organised by sports club.
1994 – Awarded by Director of Institute of Development Education & Action (Best Painting)
1994 – Awarded by President of Rotary Club, Motihari (Best Sketching)
Online Exhibition –
‘Artist of the Month’ for Sep 2015, sponsored by Emami Chisel Art Gallery – www.emamichisel.com
Registered under a number of online art galleries in India & Abroad.
Collections – All over India and abroad.
About the Artist & Style :
Devi Rani Dasgupta is a young professional, Indian, expressionist painter born on 22nd Oct 1983 in a joint family, at a small town at Bapudham Motihari, East Champaran district in north Bihar near India Nepal border. She had a knack for paintings since her childhood. In her younger days at the tender age of three, when her other cousins used to play she enjoyed drawing on the huge verandas of her house with a chalk. Seeing her basic talent, her parents imparted some basic training on fine arts and music to her, by appointing teachers. After that, she learned painting from many renowned artists of Bihar, U.P and Kolkata. In her childhood, she participated in a number of drawing competition organized by Rotary Club, Sports Club, Bihar Police, Red Cross Society, Kisan Vikas Samity etc and won many awards. She graduated in Zoology from B.B.R. Ambedkar University in the year 2004. She was highly influenced by the beauty of the famous Folk arts of Bihar, also known as Madhubani painting. She had a dream to become a painter since her childhood. She started experimenting with lines of popular Madhubani painting of her native place. She captured the beauty of Madhubani folk painting and fuses the minimal brush strokes and recombined them with those of her own. She has done quite a few paintings and mastered in this art. She likes to work on both figurative, human expression based compositions and landscapes using her unique style. She applies rich and bright colours in different layers completing it by applying bold strokes and textures. She uses designs in her composition both in subject and background which gives it a royal appearance and traditional elegance. Her different series on landscapes, Mother & Child, Radha & Krishna, King & Queen and male & female, animals were painted simply using two dimensional form with flat color application, with very few shade & light effect and an emphasis of the fine lines. She has done her seven solo shows and a number of group shows, annual shows, art fairs and art workshops & seminars in India and abroad. She has received several awards and has achieved much critical acclaim, popularity & appreciation over the past few years. Her art works can be found in numerous private and public collectors in India & abroad. The artist currently lives and works from Kolkata.
