x
Paresh Hazra is a storyteller, except his stories are told on the canvas, and he celebrates the age-old family traditions of India, in his paintings. Hazra's paintings reflect the attributes of the old Indian artists,...
Paresh Hazra is a storyteller, except his stories are told on the canvas, and he celebrates the age-old family traditions of India, in his paintings. Hazra's paintings reflect the attributes of the old Indian artists, minute in detail and lavishly painted and textured. Striving to keep alive the myth of the great Indian family, with its close knit relationships and ethos of mutual aid, he paints what he feels with conviction.
Hazra, with a great deal of effort, produces colours and textures from natural ingredients. Using egg-tempera in preference to oils, he uses these natural pigments and dyes to achieve brilliant colour. A bit of jute or gauze is usually added to his painting to add another dimension to his work. "This technique gives an uneven look to the characters inhabiting the painting, thus producing an effect of theatricality," says Hazra. In fact, all of his creations have a theatrical quality about them. The people always look as if they have their faces to the audience even when it is not actually so. Gestures, expressions, movements, all have a disjointed appearance, making the figures resemble puppets being manipulated by an unknown hand.
Hazra has exhibited his work in group shows in Bangalore, Delhi, Calcutta, Dubai, Kathmandu, Hong Kong, New York and the U.K. He has had solo exhibitions in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Calcutta. He is a recipient of the awards of Oriental Art Society, Calcutta. His works are in the collections of the Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi and at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. He currently lives and works in Bangalore.
BIODATA
Paresh Hazra is a storyteller, except his stories are told on the canvas, and he celebrates the age-old family traditions of India, in his paintings. Hazra's paintings reflect the attributes of the old Indian artists, minute in detail and lavishly painted and textured. Striving to keep alive the myth of the great Indian family, with its close knit relationships and ethos of mutual aid, he paints what he feels with conviction.
Hazra, with a great deal of effort, produces colours and textures from natural ingredients. Using egg-tempera in preference to oils, he uses these natural pigments and dyes to achieve brilliant colour. A bit of jute or gauze is usually added to his painting to add another dimension to his work. "This technique gives an uneven look to the characters inhabiting the painting, thus producing an effect of theatricality," says Hazra. In fact, all of his creations have a theatrical quality about them. The people always look as if they have their faces to the audience even when it is not actually so. Gestures, expressions, movements, all have a disjointed appearance, making the figures resemble puppets being manipulated by an unknown hand.
Hazra has exhibited his work in group shows in Bangalore, Delhi, Calcutta, Dubai, Kathmandu, Hong Kong, New York and the U.K. He has had solo exhibitions in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Calcutta. He is a recipient of the awards of Oriental Art Society, Calcutta. His works are in the collections of the Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi and at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. He currently lives and works in Bangalore.
Graduate from the Government College of Art, Kolkata
2003 : Paul Getty’s
2003 : Toronto university
2003 : International Art Expo
2003 : World Fine Art Gallery
2002 : Right lines, Le Maridian
2002 : Gallery Satya, Mumbai
2001 : Art Indus, Delhi
2001 : Taj Hotel, Mumbai
2001 : Windsor Manor, Bangalore
2001, 1998, 1995 : Jehangir Art gallery
2000 : Crimson Art Gallery , Mumbai
2000 : Right line Art gallery, Bangalore
1999 : Art Today, Delhi
1999 : Art Chamber, Goa
1998 : Windsor Manor, Bangalore
1997 : Taj Gallery, Mumbai
1997, 1993, 1992, 1985 : Allicance Francaise, Bangalore
1996 : Gallery Katayun, Calcutta
1995 : R & B Gallery, Bangalore
1995 : Gallery Katayun, Calcutta
1994 : India International Centre
1993 : Gallery Katayun, Calcutta
1992 : Young Design, Bangalore
1991 : The Gallery, Chennai
1991 : Gallery Katayun, Calcutta
1990 : K. C. Das, Bangalore
1989 : Chitrakoot Art Gallery , Calcutta
1984 : Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore
1983 : Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore