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ART TALK   - INDRAPRAMIT ROY

Indrapramit Roy studied printmaking (BFA) at the Visva-Bharati University of Santiniketan and painting (MFA) at the Faculty of Fine Arts of M.S. University of Baroda, India.
Subsequently he was awarded Inlaks Scholarship to study MA Painting (1990-92) at the Royal College of Art, London, which also included a term each at Cite des Arts, Paris and Hochschule der Kunst, Berlin.
Indrapramit has shown extensively in Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Bangalore and Chennai in group and solo shows. He has had 15 solo shows, over 80 Group shows and several art camps and workshops to his credit.
His latest duo show was at Site Art Space, Baroda curated by Rekha Rodwittiya in January, 2015.
From amongst the 15 solo shows held so far the last five were in The Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi in 2006 and 2009, Aicon gallery, Palo Alto, CA, May 2007, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, February 2008 and Galerie-88, Kolkata in November-December 2012.
He has taken part in Group shows in London, Berlin, New York, Melbourne and Yangon and has represented India in Asian Art Exhibition in Macao and the Cairo Biennale, Cairo.
In February 2013 He has shown in Aicon Gallery, New York in a show titled Map Makers-II.
Honours and fellowships include Kanoria Centre Fellowship (1989-90), Inlaks fellowship (1990-92) to study at RCA, London, Junior Research Fellowship (1993-95), Government of India, the Fulbright fellowship, USA (2004-5) and most recently Artist-in-Residence at The Siena Art Institute (March 2013).
He has been teaching painting at his alma mater Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU of Baroda since 1995.

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