Shubharanjan Paul

The whole idea of his artwork is to express himself visually. His ideas come from his daily life, the lives of people around him, people's daily routines, and sometimes a critical view of social, political, and cultural issues. His works deal with the chaotic, overcrowded, generalized, and overpopulated society we are battering in. The battle, therefore, lies for inner peace. Ever since his childhood, he has always had a great connection with nature, and its simplistic and cultural rhythmic life. He also has a deep interest in child art (simplistic designs) and folk art. Till date, he likes living a simple life instead of blindly following the materialistic world. The world is a never-ending pool of wants. He feels like it is his duty to make society realize the ill effects of being completely materialistic and plastic.

Art is the way we respond to our environment. Due to his professional career, he stays in a metropolitan city [Kolkata], but he always dreams about that simple life. The dream of a simplistic life is the main oxygen of his artwork. As a medium for his artwork, he mainly uses earth colors [art powder color], pastel, pen, and ink. Although earth color, as a medium, is rarely used these days, the color provides for hi...

Bachelor of Fine Arts from Indian College of Art Draftsmanship under Rabindra Bharati University in 2010.
Masters in Fine Arts from Rabindra Bharati University in 2012.

Group Exhibition at Birla Academy, Kolkata in 2008.
Annual Exhibition, Manab Jamin in 2007- 2008.
Annual Exhibition, Indian Society of Oriental Art in 2009.
Group Exhibition at the Academy of Fine Art in 2009.
Annual Exhibition, Manab Jamin in 2009- 2010.
Annual Exhibition, Rabindra Bharati University in 2011.
Annual Exhibition, Rabindra Bharati University in 2012.
Group Exhibition at NIV art center, Delhi in 2016.
Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy, Kolkata in 2016.
Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy, Kolkata in 2017.
Annual Exhibition, West Bengal Charukala Utsav, Kolkata in 2018.
The India Story 4.0, Art Exhibit, Kolkata in 2018.
The India Story, Art Exhibit, Kolkata in 2019.