Ashok Nath Dey

Its been a few years I am living in a small flat in South Kolkata as my ancestral house in central Kolkata is in a dilapidated state, I bought the flat with my life’s savings, bank lone & my wife’s contribution in the form of money and her wedding jewelries but for me it is so difficult to call in my home. May be the clock does not tick any more, the time has taken the colors off from the Earthen sculpture but my roots are still hanging precariously from those large hear-ted 19th century buildings with fat walls huge doors and high ceilings and classical architecture. My son probably smells morbid time in them but for me each piece of century old brick spells life..... without telling any one I come here alone. At times I share a burnt chapter a glass of tea with the hand pull rickshaw pullers who had no place in this city, so my grand father let them occupy a small corner even before I was born. To be true, I can relate with them much more then I do with who ever I meet in the flat that I live in. It is more of a shelter my homes are waiting to be razed into oblivion.....

B. Com Graduate from Calcutta University in 1987. Also student of fine art.

Two of my works was showcased in CLICK! Contemporary photography in India by Vadehra Art Gallery in New Delhi & London 2008.

Five of my works was show cased by GALLERY INDIAN IMAGES “First Leaf of Spring” along with US-based Jiri Turek (photographer), Nemai Ghosh (photographer), Prakash Karmakar (painter), Jogen Chowdhury(painter), Samir Aich (painter) & others in March 2010.

Group show of B/W Photographs in Bombay & Kolkata organized by British Council 1995-96.

Solo exhibition of water colour at the Academy of Fine Arts in the year 1979 .

Five group shows of water colour & pastel, twice at the Academy of Fine Arts, twice at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata

Three of my works was show cased in a group show organized by The Nehru Center London and The London Miscellany along with painter Prakash Karmakar, Bijon Chowdhary and Photographer David Gibson and others on April 26th to 29th 2011 in London.

My works entitled "Gurukala" ( Series ) have won performance award in the Education, Recreation, Sports & Technology Categorie of HUMANITY PHOTO AWARDS 2013 ( HPA ) , CHINA. This international photo contest organized by THE CHINA FOLKLORE PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION (CFPA) THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO).

One of my editorial photographs was Honored in a National photo contest organized by Media Foundation of India, Mumbai in March 2011.

Three of my works got nomination for Sony’s Soccerography --- FIFA World Cup 2010 photo contest in South Africa.

Winner of the 2009 Friends of the Earth International photo competition (Netherlands) on the theme Biodiversity Lost, Biodiversity Preserved.

Winner from Sports Journalist’s Association of Mumbai for Best Cricket Portrait 2007.

Winner from India an International award of
4th COMMONWEALTH PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST 2003 - 2004.

First prize from ‘Samsung Spirit of the Asiad’ Photo contest 2002

Four works of my Portfolio on B/W was selected for the 4th All India Photo Exhibition in New Delhi by AIFACS in the year 1997.

Honoured by Indian Tourism Development Corporation (Govt. of India) for Tourism Photo Contest in New Delhi in the year 1998.

My work (Title - Victory Lap ) was successful in ICV – Green Voice International Photo Contest 2014, in Switzerland, out of 4,500 images. Green Voice's campaign includes a photo exhibit in Geneva scheduled for September 2014 on words. This show also travel Paris, France, Switzerland & some other international cityes worldwide.