Samya Raha

Samya Raha is my social identity. On 23 July 1991, I born in Berhampore, a small city in the historical district of Murshidabad, WestBengal in INDIA.

My practice of image-making is deeply rooted in human interactions with the materialized society. Trained as a sculptor, I am invested in exploring materials and the way they transform into objects. Drawing on my experiences, I propose “objects” are a result of our concerns; the human urge to express transforms an idea into an entity. The moment we try to establish our thoughts or imaginations in the real world through a material, we objectify them into a new form of reality. American thinker, Charles Sanders Peirce describes an “object” as “anything that we can think or talk about.” In harmony with this idea, I perceive an “object” through its cycle of transformations. This transforming nature of elements and thoughts around us is reflected inherently in the practices of human society which provokes me to construct a visual language, turning it into drawing, paintings and more expertly - sculptures. I have been working with Paper Mache for its ability to transform. The form of my artworks has been amalgamated between two shapes, which are organic and geometric. Materialized societ...

2020 : M. F. A. (Sculpture), Sarojni Naidu School
of Arts and Communication, University of
Hyderabad.
2015 : B. F. A. (Sculpture), The Indian College of
Arts and Draftsmanship, Rabindra Bharati
University, West Bengal.

2021 : “PAPER AS TREASURE” 3rd International
Online Art Exhibition Organized by Eco Art
Gallery.
2021 : 4th Edition of the Students' Biennale
organized by Kochi-Muziris
Biennale Foundation, Kerala, India.

2020 : M.F.A Final Display of works in Online
Platform by S.N. School of Arts and
Communication students (2018-2020)
Batch
2020 : International Art Exhibition (Group Show)
Organized by CritiqueX at Virtual Gallery.

2020 : Global Online Exhibition (Group Show)
Organized by See Din Studio Thailand &
Charcoal Foundation Bongora.

2017 : Annual Exhibition organized by Academy
of Fine Arts in Kolkata, India.

2015 : Annual Exhibition of The Indian College of
Arts and Draftsmanship in Kolkata, India.

2015 : Group Show organized by Papilio Painters,
held in temporary Art Gallery in Grant Hall
Ground, Berhampore, West Bengal, India.

2015 : Group...