Abdul Salam, born in 1971 in Kolkata, is a prominent artist and educator in the field of fine arts. He currently serves at the Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata. With a career spanning several decades, Abdul Salam has made a significant impact in the world of art, both nationally and internationally.

His artistic journey has taken him to various prestigious exhibitions and events, showcasing his talent and creativity. Notable international participation includes his presence at the 3rd International Triennial Print & Drawing in Bangkok in 2012, the 9th International Print Biennial Bharat Bhavan in 2011, and the International Print Triennial in Egypt from 2003 to 2006, among others.

On the national stage, Abdul Salam has been a regular participant in exhibitions such as the Annual Exhibition of All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society in New Delhi in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2023, and exhibitions organized by institutions like the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata and the South Central Zone Culture Centre in Bombay.

He has also held solo and duet shows, notably at the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai and the Synagogue Art Gallery in Kochi, showcasing his unique artistic expressions to a diverse audience. Abdul Salam has received several awards, including recognition from the Annual Exhibition of All India Fine Art & Craft Society and the Indian Royal Academy, highlighting his exceptional contributions to the art world.

Additionally, his dedication to art education is evident through his participation in various art camps and workshops, fostering the growth and development of aspiring artists. Abdul Salam's artistic journey is characterized by a rich tapestry of experiences, exhibitions, and accolades, making him a respected figure in the Indian art community.

Aditya Basak, a prominent Indian artist, has garnered acclaim throughout his career for his exceptional contributions to visual art. Born in 1953, Basak's artistic journey began at the Government College of Art and Craft, where he received a scholarship and honed his craft from 1973 to 1977. His talent was quickly recognized, and in 1984, he received the prestigious National Award for Painting, a testament to his exceptional skills and artistic vision. In 1988, he was honored with the State Government Award in Kolkata, further solidifying his position in the art world. Notably, in 2000, Basak was awarded a Senior Fellowship by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, underscoring his ongoing commitment to pushing the boundaries of visual art. His work continues to captivate audiences, making Adity Basak a revered figure in the Indian art scene, celebrated for his innovative and enduring contributions to the field.

Anjum Khan born in Lakhimpur Kheri, U.P in 1986. She completed her Bachelor's and Master's from AMU in the years 2010 and 2012 respectively. She has done many exhibitions, shows, and workshops like - the Group Exhibition at Gallery 1000 A, DELHI. SOUND OF FOREST Workshop, UTTARAKHAND. GREEN DREAMS Group Ex., KERELA. COLOURS OF LIFE, Group Ex., MUMBAI. GANDHI, Workshop, NGMA, DELHI. SEHER, workshop JAIPUR. SELECTION FOR NATIONAL AWARD LALIT KALA ACADEMY. LALIT KALA workshop at CHAMBA. COLOURS OF LIF, Group Exh., MUMBAI. ONE SQUARE FEET, Group Show, GALLERY SPACE, Hyderabad. Gallery SREE ARTS 2018-19 award. Winter Show, LKA, Delhi. NGMA Indo-Korean, Workshop, INDO-HUNGARIAN Art Camp, Delhi. VMAF Tirupathi Art Camp, MAHABALIPURAM Art Camp, Jammu Kala Kendra Camp, J&K, Pathways Art Camp, Gurgaon, Jaipur Art Summit, Group show at Art Explore Art Gallery, Art Camp at Kylong, Himachal Pradesh, Art Camp by Urusvati, Gurgaon. Art Camp by Women Empowerment, Missouri, Art Camp at TATA STEEL Jamshedpur, Art Camp at Jaipur Diggi palace with ICCR, Group show at India International Center, Group show at Open Palm court IHC, ART FOR CONCERN Group Show, Kolkata. 15 days Art Residency at Kasauli, HP. ART FOR CONCERN GROUP SHOW, LUDHIYANA, All India Art Exhibition by NDMC, New Delhi

Arpan Das is a Kolkata-based freelancer, born in 1982 in Kolkata. He received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Visual Arts in the years 2006 and 2008 respectively from the Government College of Art and Craft Kolkata. In his painting, he tries to depict the human and his continuous efforts to understand the social scenario from past and present, his modernity, his various emotions, and his world of immense curiosity. Life and its warp and woofs, ups and downs, and anxious moments become the subject sometimes. His works are the reflections of his conscious or subconscious mind where Indian-ness is expressed through ‘not so Indian’ gestures. Idealism through realistic depiction. He has done several exhibitions all over the world. In 2009, he was awarded the ‘Indra Dugar Award’.

Born in 1964, in Kolkata, Atanu completed his art education in Print Making in 1992, from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Atanu Bhattacharya’s works have been showcased in several solo shows including in Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2011, and Society of Contemporary Artists Gallery, Kolkata, in 2008. His works have been celebrated across several groups as well as solo shows that demonstrated his journey in the realms of art. Group exhibitions include Migration & Empathy – An International Art Exhibition curated by Reyhani Akan at Bursa Migration History Museum, Turkey, in 2017. Among other group exhibitions that he participated in are “Multiple Encounters—Second Edition—Indo-US”, an international print exhibition, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 2012, “Print Exchange” in Brownson Art Gallery, New York, USA, in 2009, “Symphony of Art & Music” organized by Art Border Line & Calcutta School of Music, Kolkata, in 2009, “Visual Rhapsody,” organized by Aryan Art Gallery, in Hong Kong, New Delhi, and Kolkata, in 2008, 11th International Exhibition of Small Graphic Forms – Poland-Lodz, in 2002, 5th Bharat Bhavan International Biennale of Print Art, Bhopal, in 2001. Nationally his works were showcased in several group shows, including in the S.C.A. Etching Album Release Exhibition, by Birla Academy of Art & Culture, in 2017, “Expression in Bronze” –a sculpture show by Aakriti Art Gallery and S.C.A, Kolkata, New Delhi, in 2015, Annual Exhibition of Maya Art Space, Kolkata in 2014, “Cross Road Art Exhibition—Heritage in Contemporary Art” organized by Nitanjali Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2012, “Painters 22,” a watercolor show curated by eminent artist Sunil Das, by Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata, in 2012, 50 Years Closing Ceremony Show of S.C.A group in Kolkata, in 2010, “From the Form to the Formless – An Indian contemporary art exhibition, in Bangalore, in 2010, Golden Jubilee Exhibition of S.C.A. group in Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, from 2009 through 2010, “Not So Long Ago,” a sculpture show organized by Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata, in 2009, “Six Seasons,” a contemporary art show organized by Images & Beyond Gallery, Kolkata, in 2008, “Art Mile,” an exhibition of paintings by Art Mile Gallery, Kolkata, in 2008, “Synchrome,” Gallery Akar Prakar, Kolkata, in 2007, “Bengal Art,” at Mahua Art Gallery, Bangalore, in 2006, “Uttarayan,” by Bayer ABS ltd. Gallery, Baroda, in 2005, 44th and 45th National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi, in the years 2000 and 2001, Eastern Region Art Exhibition, by Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Kolkata, & CIMA Gallery, Kolkata, in 2002, and All India Print Show 2000, Cymroza Art Gallery, Kolkata, New Delhi, Chennai & Mumbai, “Art of Bengal (1850 – 1999)” at Biswa Banga Sammelan Millennium Festival, Kolkata, in 2000, “2 Man Show” at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, in the years 1992, 1994, 1996, and 2007. He participated in exhibitions at the Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi in 2000, at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, in 1995 and 1998, at Birla Academy, Kolkata, in 2002 and at “All India Art Exhibition,” presented by Bombay Art Society, Jehangir Art Gallery, in 1995 and 1996. His achievements in the world of art have been celebrated by several awards including Junior Fellowship in Visual Art from Human Resource and Development, Department of Culture, Govt. Of India (1998—2000) and Ravindra Bharati Visual Art Faculty Graphics Award, in 1993. He has participated in many art camps in Kolkata as well as New Delhi. Atanu lives and works in Kolkata.

AtinBasak says that his recent body of work represents the beliefs and ways of life in the East or the Orient. The recluses and sages that he creates in his etchings and lithographs on paper have a certain quality that places them above and beyond the ‘madding crowd’ of humanity. Although they are alone, they seem to be perceptive, judicious, and erudite people who have seen and experienced the world as it is and then chose to live apart from it. In works with titles like ‘Hermit’ and ‘Solitude’, the artist’s flawlessly controlled use of shade and texture helps to build the characters of these subjects adeptly depicting their self-confidence and personal power. Basak places Sanskrit letters in these works to similarly portray a sense of age-old tradition, understanding, and wisdom in a world that seems to have forgotten the value of everything that is not modern. Born in Kolkata in 1966, AtinBasak studied painting in this city and later received his MA in printmaking from a Baroda art college. All through his career he has received several awards, prominent among them the 1999-2000 Charles Wallace India Trust Arts Award and a scholarship from the French Government to work in their country as a visiting artist. Collections of his works are housed in the National Gallery of Modern Art and the Lalit Kala Academy in New Delhi, the Baroda Palace Museum, the British Council in Bombay as well as in personal collections in Bombay, Calcutta, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Belgium, Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Germany, France, Japan and the UK.

Babu Xavier is an artist, based in Trivandrum, Kerala. His canvases are brought alive with vivid colors and creatures. His brushes paint on full-blooded reds, vibrant yellows, and sparkling blues and greens, creating nearly human figures with some sexual undertones in watercolors that seem to radiate light almost like a prism. He was born in 1960. In his school and early college days, he claims he couldn`t even manage a respectable drawing in any of his science journals. It was only when he was in university, and was sitting scribbling on a newspaper in the library one day, that Babu Xavier realized he could and wanted to paint. He decided that art school wasn`t the place for him. He didn`t want to go with years of restrictions and regulations. He believed that his inspirations and methods would be affected and restrained by formal schooling in fine arts. It was only by chance that Babu ran into the famous artist Jayapal Panicker, from Kerala. Panicker left such a lasting impression on Xavier, that he withdrew from college in his final year to join him at the Cholamandal Art Colony in Madras and work under his guidance for a while. When he returned from there, he started living in Kerala by selling small, photograph-sized canvases. His time changed when a holidaying bank manager bought some of his work and took it back to Mumbai with him. There, the eminent cartoonist Mario Miranda saw the paintings and got in touch with the artist to tell him he should come to Mumbai. Very soon he was showing his work at the Pundole Art Gallery, and the response was quite amazing.

Bamapada Banerjee (1851–1932), a prominent nineteenth-century artist hailing from West Bengal, India, is celebrated for his depictions of Hindu mythology, reminiscent of renowned painters such as Raja Ravi Varma and M. V. Dhurandhar in other regions of India. His fame soared when his oil paintings were reproduced as lithographs and oleographs. Banerjee's repertoire extended to portraits of Indian royalty and European dignitaries, as exemplified by his skillful rendering of an unnamed European gentleman, characterized by his distinct facial features and a lack of romanticized embellishments. Banerjee's artistic journey commenced with formal training at the Calcutta Art School, but he ultimately sought private tutelage under Pramathalal Mitra and honed his skills as an apprentice to German painter Karl Becker in Calcutta. Notably, he garnered recognition with an award at the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Art exhibition in 1879. Subsequently, he undertook commissions in Allahabad and Lahore from 1880 to 1884. Bamapada Banerjee's enduring popularity is anchored in his compelling renditions of Hindu mythology, heavily influenced by European history painting. Despite being a contemporary of the influential Ravi Varma, Bamapada developed a distinctive style that captivated popular taste for generations, largely due to the widespread reproductions of his works, many of which were printed in Germany.

Bijan Choudhury, born in Faridpur, Bengal (now in Bangladesh) in 1931, was a prominent Bengal-born painter celebrated for his contributions to the Calcutta Painters movement in India. Although his studies at the Government College of Art and Craft in Calcutta were cut short due to his Marxist convictions, he later graduated from the Dacca Art College. He was a founding member of the Society of Contemporary Artists in 1960 and, in 1964, co-established the Calcutta Painters with fellow artists to challenge the conventions of the Bengal School of Art. In the late 1970s, he assumed the role of head at the Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship. He passed away on March 16, 2012, leaving a lasting legacy in the world of art.

Bimal Kundu was born in Kolkata in 1954. He graduated from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata in painting and sculpture and stood first class in sculpture in 1981. His sculptures are simplistic on the surface but precisely each one tells its own story. It is inspired and influenced by semi-realistic cubism. Bimal Kundu is always keen on for searching new forms and he has successfully translated leather, wood, bronze, stone, and fiberglass into individual modern forms. He has been a member of Contemporary Artists since 1989 and is also a member of the West Bengal State Charukala Parishad. Besides getting the Rajaram Scholarship from the Government of Karnataka and the Governor’s Memorial medal, H. C. Ghosh Award he has also won the National Award in 2000.

Born in Tripura in 1967, Chandan Debnath studied graphics at Rabindra-Bharati, Kolkata in 1993 and worked at Emami Art, one of the globally significant contemporary art galleries. He has been the subject of different shows in more than one separate gallery across the world.    Even though he is a citizen of a metropolitan city but beholds the serenity of village life in him as a folk of Tripura, which has also been echoed in his recent works. The tranquillity of nature can be found frequently in his paintings consisting of hushed music inside, which leads his audience to a higher holistic consciousness of love. Even when he depicts city life that balance and serenity of color, light, and shed can be found very clearly.   He lives and works in Kolkata, India. 

Chandra Bhattacharjee was born on 18th November 1961 in Patuli (Bardhaman ), West Bengal. He graduated from the Indian College, of Art and Draughtsmanship with a first class in 1986. He received a gold medal from Rabindra Bharati University in 1986 for excellence in fine arts. He started his career as a billboard artist and then became a renowned artist. Chandra Bhattacharjee has participated in Several important group shows organized by Gallery Threshold, Palette (New Delhi), Sumukha Gallery (Bangalore), The Guild and Tao In Mumbai, Gallery 88 (Calcutta). His works are in several collections worldwide and are also part of several Auctions. He tries to capture the vastness of the land through his painting. His photographs are large-scale, mostly long shots, yet he as a painter inevitably draws his attention to nature’s minutiae. Nothing is trivial in his landscape. The onslaught of nature seeps into spaces of his mind that he never knew existed. This keenness has become a part of his body. The acrid windpipe and the twisted eye are continuations of what he sees and feels around him. His sore skin is the unstoppable fragility of the exposed flower. He just gives a minimal visual shape to these feelings and forms at times literally, at times metaphorically.

Chhandok Majumder was born on 27 July,1995.He completed his BFA and MFA from Rabindra Bharati University. He is a gold medalist from the same University. His works mostly deal with Indian life, culture, and Indian and other folk traditions. He learned different mediums of visual art in his college days. The colors and lines of Ajanta's mural inspire him much. The book, 'vision and creation' by Acharya Nandalal Bose also inspires him. He collects folk objects from different cultures and he uses those in his paintings in a very mystic way.

Chhatrapati Dutta was born in 1964 in Kolkata. Chhatrapati Dutta is a professionally skilled multimedia artist. In 1987 he completed his Bachelor in Visual Arts from the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata. In 1988 he did his post-graduation from the University of Athens, Greece. He completed his master's in Fine Arts from Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan. Soon Dutta mastered the art of painting on the reverse side. His practice explores the issues of post-colonial India, such as the rising consumerist culture of a developing nation through the lens of the city of Kolkata. He always employs subtle colors and textures to articulate complex symbols and moods and is influenced by myriad sources. The artist is presently a lecturer at the Faculty of Visual Arts at the Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata.

Chittaprosad's Bhattacharya's works reflect his reformist concerns. They are a depiction of the images that were his preoccupation --- poor peasants and laborers. His hard-hitting caricatures and sketches of the poor dying in the Bengal famine (1943) worked like modern-day reportage and shook the middle class and the British officials out of their apathy.

His reformist concerns showed in his life too, when he refused to use his Brahminical surname 'Bhattacharyya'. Today, collectors and lovers of art treasure Chittaprosad's woodcuts, linocuts, and posters immensely.

Yet, this artist was once refused admission to the Government School of Art, Kolkata, and the Kala Bhawan, Santiniketan. A self-taught artist, he experimented constantly with the art of picture-making. A master of many forms, he quickly adapted to the needs of the times and switched to simpler lines and fewer exaggerations of forms.

A contemporary of Zainul Abedin (1917-1976, Bangladesh) and Govardhan Ash, who were known for their brutally honest depiction of human suffering, Chittoprasad was a Communist Party of India activist. Amongst his noted works are the posters and paintings of the Naval Mutiny in Bombay (1946). He even joined the World Peace Movement.

Bhattacharya first exhibited in Prague's National Gallery and was heralded bet the international artist community as a master. Confession, a documentary on his life by Pavel Hobl (Czech) won a special prize from the World Peace Council.

Bhattacharya passed away in 1978.