Shampa Sircar Das

Shampa may like to emphasis her fascination with the basic elements of nature that that unify the earth. The actual Tattva in her visual representation is her keen sense of colour. With colours she builds her canvases. Her colours fill the void and reach out through the eyes to the nerves and inspire a quite meditative mood. The vibrant yellow and reds, the blues and whites, element and pour are juxtaposed to construct a range of hues that sedate and exhilarate almost simultaneously. Shampa counts her visual encounters in the region of Ladakh and more especially Leh as points that triggered a volley of sensations and insights. These she has captured with remarkable skill and sensitivity in the present body of artworks. With the medium of acrylic applied o­n canvases the magic of meditative heads, closed eyes, pink sensuous lotuses, tapering hands and chinese clouds, Shampa evokes a mysterious and the mystic element. Other motifs also play in her visual narratives: the shapely fish, sometimes even a playful dolphin, the written script as well the signs apparently of Buddhist origin. What is delightful to see is that the silent heads that float in a space that is dense with colour are representative of both the genders. This perhaps reinforces Shampa’s own statement regarding her art, “My works revolve around the relationship of nature and forms”. It would be interesting to see how Shampa moves from the present visual repertory which she has structured so excellently to social realities, to the political and the economical backwardness of a region so rich in natural resources, clean air, infinite solar energy, multitude of minerals, precious stones, a stark landscape, a quiet and varied population. When we leave the gallery each o­ne of us would have taken with us an experience of quiet solitude, exhilarating sense of colours, and the connectivity of the eyes with the inner nerves.

1995 M.F.A (Painting)

1993 B.F.A. (Painting) College of Art , New Delhi

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Solo Show at Shridharani Art Gallery, Delhi

2007 Event 'Pankh' works for NGO Ankh at Sri fort

2006 ‘Tattva’ Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

2006 Solo show sponsored by Bajaj Capital group, Gallery Art Positive



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 Group show at India Habitat

2007 Group show at The Air Gallery, London

2007 Group show at Travancore Art gallery

2006 Three Women Show at India International Center Delhi by Gallery Art Positive

2006 Nehru Art Center , Mumbai

2006 “Joie De Vivre”- Collectors Stop- New Delhi

2006 Travancore Art Gallery

2006 Colours of India, Indraprastha art gallery

2005 The Art People Show, AIFACS

2004 Group Exhibition, Ravindra Bhawan

1998 Group Show Gallery 50 Years of Independence Show at Arts 136(by Prof. Dhiraj Choudhury) 1995 All India Graphics Exhibition AIFACS

1995 Graphics Exhibition Group Show LKA Jaipur

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