SOMNATH SARKAR b. 1994

Somnath Sarkar (b. 1994, Nadia, West Bengal) completed his BFA in Painting from Bengal Fine Arts College, I.K.S.V, West Bengal, 2017, and MFA in Printmaking from I.K.S.V, Chhattisgarh, 2020.

His works have been exhibited in group shows at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2015, 2018, 2021; Ashutosh Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2016; ICCR Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2017; IKSVV, Khairagarh, 2019; and Nine Fish Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2023, 2024.

He received the Shilpa Ratna Award, Kolkata, 2016; Principal Award, Kolkata, 2017; Best Award, Khairagarh, 2019; LKK Award of Photography, Assam, 2022. He was selected for the Lalit Kala Akademi Garhi Scholarship, 2021-22.

His printmaking and painting practice expands into interdisciplinary experiments with materiality and form, bridging traditional techniques and contemporary visual languages. Incorporating discarded plastic and fibreglass for sustainability, he portrays nature and humankind's resilience, subverting conventions to create immersive, thought-provoking artworks.

Somnath lives and works in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.