Owanka Bhattacharjee (b.1989, Kolkata, West Bengal) completed her BA, Honours in Sociology, Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College, West Bengal State University, Kolkata as well as her BFA and MFA, Ceramic Art and Pottery, Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, 2016, 2018.

Her works have been exhibited in group shows at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2016; The India Story, 2018, 2019; CIMA Award Show, 2019; Kalananda Art Contest, Prafulla Dhanukar Art Foundation, 2019; 149th and 150th Annual Exhibitions, Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, 2019; Xartplatform International Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition, 2020; Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, 2020, 2022; Kolkata Art Fair, 2022; 129th Annual Exhibition, 57th Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, 2022; Harrington Street Art Centre, Kolkata, 2023; Museum Casa di Goethe, Rome, Italy, 2023; Raza Foundation, New Delhi, 2024; Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi (2024); and Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2024. She has been awarded by the Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2020 and the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), Ministry of Culture, Government of India 2021.

Owanka’s ceramic sculptures embody conceptual object-based works which stem from an exploration of clay’s natural textures and rhythms. She embraces its plasticity to create forms that balance space, movement, and introspection. For her, making is a meditative process where hand and mind converge, allowing simple lumps of clay to transform into expressive three-dimensional interpretations.