Chandra Bhattacharjee

Born on November 18, 1961 at Patuli (Bardhaman ), West Bengal.
Graduated from the Indian College, of Art and Draughtsmanship with a first class in 1986.
Received a gold medal from Rabindra Bharati University in 1986 for excellence in fine arts.
Started his career as a billboard artist, worked as graphic designed with Economic Times.
Lives and works in Kolkata.

Chandra Bhattacharjee has participated in Several important group shows organized by Gallery Threshold, Palette (New Delhi), Sumukha Gallery (Bangalore) , The Guild and Tao In Mumbai, Gallery 88 (Calcutta). His works are in several collections worldwide and are also part of several Auctions.

Chandra Bhattacharjee was born in 1961 in Bardhaman, West Bengal. He received a diploma with a first class from the Indian College of Art and Draughtsmanship in 1986. He was awarded a gold medal by Rabindra Bharati University in 1986 for excellence in fine arts and honoured with the Taj Gaurav recently. His most recent solo show was in Londons The Gallery on Cork Street in July 2007. He has held 14 solos with Galerie 88, Gallery Threshold, Palette Art Gallery, Sumukha Art Gallery and Art Heritage, among others. His next solo exposition will be with Galerie 88 in Kolkata in Novermber, 2008. His works have part of auctions held by Emami Chisel, Bonhams, Christies, Apparaoart, Triveda and Saffronart. His work has twice traveled to Art Singapore. He has been a part of many art workshops and group expositions, a few being Gaze Within, Gaze Without, Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata; Indian art show with Gallery Muller & Plate, Munich; Adana Biennale, Turkey; Imprints, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo; Diverse Idioms, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre; Power of Peace, Bali, The United Nations; XI Indian Triennale India; Ways of Seeing, Art Alive, Delhi; Indian Contemporaray Art, Sumukha-Quayside Gallery, London; Nude Studies, The Guild.

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