Born
in1969 in
W. Bengal
. He did BFA and MFA in painting from M.S.U. by 1995.
Received
award at The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
Grant,
Canada
and Ravi Jain award,
New Delhi.
His
solo shows include 'Veneered Images' at Prithvi gallaery(2000),
'Considering The Forgotten' at
Nazar
Art Gallery (1998), 'Portraying the Familiar' at Triveni,
New Delhi
and 'Beyond Visions' at Mumbai(1997).
His
group shows include 'West Zone Artists' at
Tao
Art
Gallery, Mumbai (2001) 'Kunst and Brot'(art and bread) at
Hamburg,
Germany
(2000), 'considering the forgotten’ at Nazar art gallery, Baroda
and ‘portraying the familiar’ at 'Triveni, New Delhi
and others.
He
has participated in several workshops such as, an artists literacy camp at
Dang Dist. in Gujarat; Drawing workshop by Nalini Malani; workshop by
Vivan Sundaram and workshop by British Artist Micheal Anderson at Bon
Hoogli,
Bengal.
Ever
since his post graduate days Arunanshu has been open to experimentation in
the usage of different mixed media, working with oils, charcoal, collage,
paper, acrylic, water colours and even screen printing. Arunanshu Chowdury gathers
his inspiration from the urban society and the surroundings portraying
different aspects of our society. His works show the daily activities
along with the objects and images that one encounters everyday. He uses
several metaphors, significant in
relation to the main thought behind his work related to the urban environ.
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