Ananta Mandal

Ananta Mandal is an award winning internationally recognized contemporary Indian Artist. He is an expressive and imaginative painter. Mostly his paintings are created in impressionist manner and surrealist way in various mediums like watercolor, oil and acrylic. He lives and works in Mumbai, India.

He has evolved a highly individual style, deeply contemporary in its sensibilities. His paintings are best known for realistic urban landscapes. His brush stroke speaks of many things: the hustle and bustle of modern city life like Kolkata and Mumbai, figurative movements, festive seasons, seascapes and lakes, the time endured old railway steam engine, Rajasthan desert, and the many moods of nature; where fluid moments are brilliantly captured by the artist. He has also gained recognition for his surrealistic paintings.

Ananta bagged many national and international awards. From participating in the most prestigious Harmony Art show, Mumbai in 2008, his excellent achievements include Award from Northwest Watercolor Society, Annual International Exhibition, Washington in 2017, the First Place Award from 36th International Exhibition at the Watercolor Art Society-Houston, U.S.A. in 2013, Award for Best Landscape in Watercolor from The...

Bachelor of Visual Arts from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Calcutta University, Kolkata in 2007

One Man Shows

2020 : The Soul Collection - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2018 : Cities in Motion Kolkata to Mumbai - Sponsored by Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai
2016 : Mumbai Cities - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2016 : Rajasthan the color ecstasy - Nehru Center Art Gallery (A.C), Mumbai
2014 : Multifarious Impressions II - Lokayata Art Gallery, New Delhi
2013: Multifarious Impressions - Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai
2012 : The Journey - IFM Art Portfolio, Chandigarh
2011 : MUMBAI - Nehru Center Art Gallery (A.C), Mumbai
2010 : Journey from Reality II - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 : Journey from Reality - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 : Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
2008 : Colour Scape - Sponsored by Ray Art Gallery, Pune
2007 : Divine Reflections - The Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2007 : The City of Joy - Lokayata Art Gallery, Sponsored by Planet Art, New Delhi
2006 : The Kolkata - Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2004 : Watercolor Painting - Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata