Radha Binod Sharma

Radha Binod Sharma was born in Kamalpur,Tripura 1964.

Radha acquired his degree from Santiniketan in 1989 and Masters in Painting from M.S. University, Baroda1991.

In his work Sharma represents the people, impediments and venues of marginal or urban life. He uses a distinctive palette which illuminates earthly objects and the protagonists with luminescent light. The red, green, yellow and blue are nuanced along a scale of emotive association stretching from the sombre to the lurid, from the rawness of a brick wall to the gaudy neon lit figures reminiscent of Indian movie posters. Sharma’s colours are shot through with psychedelic light of a fire flickering behind the surfaces of pigment, his figures and objects assume, in consequence , the aura of portent and riddle. His paintings focus on ‘life on the edge’, lives which are dominated by egoistic and unbridled desire which creates for the human participants the illusion of repose. In the shadows sit the power-merchants, the brokers of pleasure, who ultimately deliver to their recipients ‘a living death’.

In the latest series titled Kiya Baat Hain" he is inspired by his 15 year residency in London. The paintings convey the energetic pulse of London - a city seething with a cultural multitude drawn as hopeful travellers to a city famous for being a microcosm of our times. The characters suspended in assumed identities seem trapped and isolated within the dark interior of the city. Accumulated emotions are laid bare on canvas speaking of the raw reality of their existence. Lives gripped by the hidden hands of those who wield power with ruthless yet invisible intent. Radha Binod Sharma lives and works in London.

1989 Diploma ( Painting ), Kala Bhawana, Visva
Bharati University, Santiniketan, India.

1991 Post Diploma ( Painting ) Faculty of Fine Arts,
M.S.University, Vadodara, India.

Solo Exhibition

1985 Rabindra Bhawana, Agartala, Tripura.

1986 Community Hall, Agartala, Tripura.

1992 Gallery 7, Mumbai.

1993 Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore.

1993 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

1994 Gallery Espace, Delhi.

1996 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.

1998 Gallery 7, Mumbai.

2000 The Fine Art Resource, Berlin, Germany.

2002 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.


GROUP EXHIBITION

1986 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
1987 Annual Exhibition, Kala Bhawana,
Santiniketan.
1987 All India Exhibition of Art, Ambala Cantt.
1988 Annual Exhibition, Kala Bhawana, Kolkata.
1991 Painting, National Exhibition, Lucknow.
1991 Painting, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1992 Drawing Exhibition, Ahmedabad.
1993 Still Life Exhibition, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.
1994 New Art Show, The Delfina Studio Trust,
London.
1995 Summer Show, The Delfina Studio Trust,
London.
1999 The Fine Art Resource, Mumbai.
2005 Two Man Show, Arts India, U.S.A.
2009 B R I D G E 2 W O R L D S, IMA Foundation,
London.
2013 "SAMSARA-life-cycle",
www.imafoundation.com and Hutheesing
Visual Art Centre, at Hutheesing Visual Art Centre,
Ahmedabad.
2013 "SAMSARA"-life-cycle",
www.imafoundation.com and Hutheesing
Visual Art Centre, at Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU,
Vadodara.
2013 "SAMSARA-life-cycle", Curated by
www.imafoundation.com, at Hirji Jehangir
Gallery, Mumbai.
2014 Karamel, College Art, London.
2015 The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi,
2015 (VADFEST) Back to College, MS University,
Vadodara.
2015 Xross-Poly National Art Gallery. UK.
2015 Jaipur Art Summit, India.

AWARDS, CAMPS, INSTALLATION CURATING and AUCTIONS
1988 Artist Camp, Hudco & Genesis Art Gallery,
Kolkata.
1991 Kanoria Fellowship, Ahmedabad.
1992 4th C M C Art Camp, Delhi.
1992 The Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Grant,
Canada.
1994 The Delfina Studio Trust,One Year Residency &
Studio, London.
1994 The Charles Wallace Trust Grant, London.
2000 Installation CHAI WALA Kala Ghoda Art
Festival, Sponsor by TAJ TEA.
2005 Auction at Sotheby's New York, Tuesday,
September 20,
2009 Curating, B R I D G E 2 W O R L D S, IMA
Foundation, London.
2010 Curating B R I D G E 2 W O R L D S Part II, IMA
Foundation, London.
2011 Curating in Affordable Art Fair Hampstead Heath,
London.
2012 Curating in Affordable Art Fair Hampstead Heath,
London.
2013 Curating "Mujhe Pehchano" Two Men Show
Ghanshyam Gupta and Ratan Krishna Saha at
Karamel, London.
2013 Curating "SOIL mind" Two Men Show Amritam
Das and Mithun Das at Karamel, London.
2013 Curating "SAMSARA-life-cycle", at Hutheesing
Visual Art Centre, Ahmedabad, Faculty of Fine
Arts, MSU, Vadodara, and Hirji Jehangir Gallery,
Mumbai.
2015 An Evening with Artists, Taj Hotel, London.
2015 Upfest, Street Art & Graffiti International
Festival, Bristol.
2015 Curating H.E.A.T. London Mela, London.
2015 International Art Workshop, Bodrum, Turkey.
2015 Curating IMA Jaipur Art Summit. India.
2016 Curating Auction for Rosebery's London, 15th
April.
2016 Auction at Roseberys London, 15th April.