ABOUT NIKUNJA BEHARI DAS
BIOGRAPHY
. Former Executive Member of Orissa Lalit Kala Academy, Bhubaneswar
. Principal & Founder, Balasore Art and Crafts College, Balasore
. Visual Art Syllabus Member Of Board Of Higher Secondary Education, Cuttack
. Asst.co-convenor, Intach,balasore Chapter,balasore
Secretary, Fakir Mohan Artistic Crafts School, Balasore
Syllabus Commeti Bord of Secondary Education, Odisha
Date of Birth
05-05-1969
Inchudi, Balasore, Orissa.
EDUCATION
. B.F.A . (Govt. College of Art & crafts, Khalikote
. M.F.A.(Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidya pitha, Varanasi)
. L.L.B (Balasore Law College,Balasore)
AWARDS
. 1989. Awarded in Annual Exhibition Organized by Gov. College of Art & crafts.
. 1993. Awarded in Annual Award in Indian Painting Organized by Gov. College of Art & Crafts.
. 2002. Awarded in Indian Painting Organized by. C.S.A.C. Baripada.
. 2002. Awarded in Indian painting Organized by Tilak Smarak Trust, Pune.
. 2003. Awarded in Traditional Art Organized by S.C.Z.C.E .Nagpur.Govt. of India.
. 2003. Awarded in Indian Painting Organized by the Indian Academy of Fine Art, Amritsar
. 2004. Awarded in Indian painting Organized by Kalaankan Prayas, Dhanbad.
. 2006. Awarded in Indian painting Organized by Orissa Lalit Kala Academy.BBSR.
. 2017.Awarded in 10th all India Contemporary Art Exhibition D.P.S Ranipur, Hardwar.
SOLO SHOWS
. All India Fine Art & Crafts Society (AIFACS) New Delhi 2013
. KALAKSHETRA ART GALLARY, BALASORE 2018
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CAMPS
. Artist camp Organized by Orissa Lalit Kala Academy at Raurkela 2002
. Artist camp Organized by Orissa Lalit Kala Academy at BACC 2004
. Traditional Artist Camp Collaboration with E.Z.C.E. Org byOLKA, BBSR 2006
. Artist Camp Org by South Central Zone Cultural Centre at Khajuraho 2007
. Artist Camp Org by South Central Zone Cultural Centre at Nagpur 2008
. All India Artist Camp Org by AIFACS at New Delhi 2010
. Artist Camp Org by Income Tax Dept, Govt of India 2011
. State Level Artists Camp Org by Art Village, Keonjhar 2011
. All India Artist Camp Org. by OMAG in collaboration with OLKA 2013
. All India Artist Camp Org by O L K A BBSR,Nilakandra 2015
. Alumni Kalakshetra Art Camp, Balasore 2022
. National Level Art Camp by IIITD, NEW DELHI 2022
PARTICIPATIONS
. Orissa Lalit Kala Academy . BBSR.
. Working Artist Association.BSSR.
. Fine Art Academy.Kolkata. 93: 95.
. Birla Academy of Fine Art Kolkata.
. Indian Academy of Fine Art. Amritsar.
. Kala Ankan Prayas, Dhanbad.
. Tilak Smarak Mandir , Pune.
. C.S.A.C Baripada, Orissa.
. Jajpur Academy of Fine Art Jajpur.
. S.C.Z.C.E Nagpur.
. Rastriya Lalit Kala Academy , Bhubaneswar.
. Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow.
. Fourth All India Art Exhibition 2012 Org by Indian National Forum Of Art & Culture, Kolkata
. Camel Art Foundation Regional Art Exhibition 2012
. Eight Five Annual All India Art Exhibition(AIFACS) 2012
REWARDS
. Prativa Samman – 2002 by Prativa Smruit Prisad.Balasore.
. Udaya Jena Smurti Samman – 2004 by Fakir Mohan Sahitya Parisad .Balasore.
. Prativa Samman – 2003 by A.B.V.P. Balasore.
. Kala Shree Samman – 2006 by Municipality, Bal
. Charu Kala Samman -2008 by Dinakrusna Smurti Sansad,Jaleswar
. Rashtriya Sadbhawana Saman by AVANTIKA Newdellhi .2010
. Felicitation by Ama Odisha Nababarsha2016 at Balijatra Padi Cuttack by Sabyasachi Mohapatra, Film Producer, Odisha.
. Shilpi Samrat Samman by Odisha Modern Art Gallery, Bhubaneswar For the occasion of Shilipi Diwas.2018
. Chitrakala Samman by Chitra Darpan Organization at Balasore.2018
. Shilpi Samman by Mahavir Tele Production Bhubaneswar 2018.
GROUP SHOWS
. Kunst aus Indien at Ausstelllung in der kunststatian Kleinsassen- Germani,2001
. Final Year Student Art Exhibition. at Rastriya Lalit KalaAcademy,BBSR – 1993
. Bross Strok Art Exhibition at Railway Institution. Balasore-1994
. An Art Exhibition at Rotary Bhawan Balasore 2004.
. Art Exhibition at Shantikanan , Balasore-2006.
. The Windsor, Bengaluru–2007
. KRISTI GROUP at Jodhpur – 2nd Nov –2008.
. KRISTIGROUPatAhmedabad—12-Nov-2008.
. A GROUP SHOW OF VARIOUS ARTIST, Varanasi-2009
. A Group show CONFLUENCE at Birla Academy of art and culture -2009
. A Group show SPRING ART LOOK Org by KHUSHI, Newdellhi -2010
. A Group show by Art Value Gallery, New Delhi-2010
. Contrasting Expressions org by The Art Value at Open Palm Court, Newdellhi.2011
. Group show org by Genesis Art Gallery, Bengaluru,-2011
. Creativity –iv by JAGRITI at Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, BBSR -2011
. ART Fusion Show byNeheru Centre, Mumbai - 2012
. Kalashree Org by BACC at Lalit Kala Akademi Newdellhi-2012
. Art Motion an exhibition of painting at Moradabad -2012
. Group show Org by OMAG at Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, BBSR 2013.
. There is only Time at ARTZ FINE ART GALLERY, New Delhi 2014
. Kala Utsav at Vidya institute of fashion Technology, Meerut 2014
. Modern Art Plus Gallery, Ghaziabad, UP 2015
. Darubrahma an art exposition on the pious occasion of Nabakalebara-2015
COLLECTIONS
. Orissa Lalit Kala Academy .
. Fine Art Academy Kolkotta.
. South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur.
. Emami Paper mills.
. Ispat Allways.
. Ori Plast Ltd.
. Hari Plast ltd
. Hotel Panchajanya
. Panthanivas
. Hotel SwarnaChuda
. Private collection in India, Germany, USA, LONDON, Thailand.
BOOK WRITTEN AND PUBLICATIONS
. Bharatiya Kala
. Bharatiya kala & Saundajya -2018
. Kala Sidhanta Part 1, 2 - 2019