Artist Name:
Prokash Karmakar

Reference Number:
28

Education

• 1950-57 His artistic apprenticeship was first with Dilip Das Gupta in his studio
• 1953 Studied at the Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta
• 1964-65 worked in Nirode Mazumdar's studio,Calcutta
• 1953 Govt. College of Art & Crafts, Calcutta

Exhibitions

• 1991 Solo Exhb. of drawing, Gallerie 88, Calcutta
• Invited to Participate 5th Aniversery show of Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
• 1992 One man show of paintings, Gandhara Art Gallery, Calcutta
• Invited to Participate in Confluance Art Camp, organized by Alliance France Francaise de Calcutta
• Invited to participate in the Silver Jubilee, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
• 1993 Participated in Artist Camp 'Gangotsav', organized by West Corp.
• Participated in Artist Camp for '21 February' in Bangladesh Mission, organized by Bangladesh High Commission, Calcutta
• 1994 Participated in Contemporary Miniatures Show organized by CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta
• Participated in group exhb. organized by L.T.G Gallery, New Delhi
• 1995 Autumn exhb. by CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta
• Participated in 'Reflections', Gallerie 88, Calcutta
• 1996 Participated in 5th All India veteran Artist Exhb., organized by AIFACS, New Delhi
• Parti- cipated in summer show organized by CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta
• Participated in an exhb., L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi

Collection

• Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow, Bangalore and New Delhi. National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
• Art Heritage, New Delhi
• Birla Academy of Art and Craft, Calcutta
• Allahabad Museum, Allahabad
• Lucknow Art Museum, Lucknow
• Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
• Jane and Kito de Boer, Dubai
• Tata Institute of Art, Bombay
• Tata Centre, Jamshedpur
• Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal
• Hyderabad Museum, Hyderabad
• Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

Awards

• 1957 Certificate of merit at the Annual National Exhibition, New Delhi
• 1966 Award, Lalit kala Akademi, New Delhi
• 1968 Lalit kala Akademi, National Award.
• French Govt. honoured him with fellowship to study art in Paris
• 1969-70 Received additional Grant for extensive travel in Western Europe
• 1970 Rabindra Bharati University Award, Calcutta
• 1976 Received special award from Maha Koshia Kala Parishad, Raipur
• Award, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
• 1996 Received award from AIFACS.
• 1999 Received Abanindra Puraskar