SAURAV ROY CHOWDHURY

1977 - Born, Santiniketan (West Bengal, India)

EDUCATION

1994 – 1999 : B.F.A. (Sculpture, First Class), Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University,

Santiniketan.

1999- 2001 : M.F.A. (Sculpture, First Class), Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University,

Santiniketan.

EXHIBITIONS

1999 : Group Exhibition at Nandan Art Gallery, Satiniketan, West Bengal.

2001 : Group Exhibition at Habiart Gallery, New Delhi, India.

2001 : Solo Exhibition at Yin Yang Gallery, Graz, Austria.

2005 : All India Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata.

2005 : Award Winners Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art & Culture.

2007 : All India Sculpture Exhibition, Akar Prakar Gallery, Kolkata.

2008 : Group Exhibition, Tamarind Art Gallery, New York, USA.

2009 : “Materials & Materiality”, Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP

1998 : Awarded Elizabeth Greenshields, Montreal, Canada

1997 : Merit Scholarship, Visva-Bharati University.

2000 : Indian Government Scholarship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

2003 : Indian Government Scholarship, Ministry of Tourisms & Culture, New Delhi.

2005 : Awarded Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta.

1996 : Workshop (Sculpture) in Varanasi, Ram Chhatpar Foundation, India.

2000 : Workshop (Sculpture) in Calcutta organized by Bengal Ambuja Housing

Development.

2001 : Sculpture Workshop, Ortweinshule, Graz, Austria.

2001 : Worked at the studio of Rudolf Buchi, Hurden, Switzerland.

2001 : Visit to Europe (Austria, France, Switzerland).

2003 ; Visit to Europe (France, Switzerland).

2003 : Workshop (Sculpture) in Ranchi organized by Hotel Ashoka.

2006 : Visit to Europe ( Italy, Switzerland & United Kingdom.

2007 : Christy’s Art Auction, Calcutta.

2007 : Bronze Casting Workshop, Lalit Kala Akademi, Kolkata.

2008 : Metal sculpture workshop, Calcutta Rowing Club, Kolkata.

2009 : Visit to Europe ( Switzerland & France) .

Free-lance sculptor, Maintaining correspondence with individual artists and art centers. www.sculptorsauravroychowdhury.blogspot.com