SAMIR DAS b. 1991

Samir Das (b.1991, Kolkata, West Bengal) completed his MFAs in Painting, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bhara-ti University, Santiniketan, 2024; MFA in painting, S N School of arts and communication, University of Hyderabad, 2020. 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.