SAMIR DAS b. 1991

Samir Das (b.1991, Kolkata, West Bengal) completed his MFAs in Painting, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, 2024.

His works have been exhibited in group shows at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, 2019; State Art Gallery, Madhapur, 2019; Krittika Art Space, Santiniketan, 2020; Janus Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2021; Art Incept Gallery, New Delhi, 2022; and SSVAD, Santiniketan, 2023.

He was awarded the Zainul Abedin Award, 2015; Rathin Mitra Award, 2016; Shared Award in drawing, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, 2019; and Award in Drawing, 59th Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, 2026.

His works are deeply rooted in the essence of displacement. Drawing from diverse Eastern Indian material – white clay, mineral colours, cow dung, indigo, coal tar, he traces river-centric emotions and experiments with shifting geographies.

Samir lives and works in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.