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Anirban was born (1991) and raised in rural West Bengal in India. His performance in academics was excellent right from the childhood. Because of the lack of proper career counseling programs, most of the Indian youths end up choosing mainstream career paths for life. Anirban was no exception to this. After higher secondary education, being ‘influenced’ by others, he chose to do engineering and qualified IIT (Indian Institute of Technology, the toughest engineering entrance exam in India and probably the third globally back then in 2009) Entrance Examination successfully in the very first attempt. He pursued Mining Engineering from ISM IIT Dhanbad and graduated in 2014 with excellent grades. During his college days, Anirban used to sketch a lot in leisure times. Later he discovered many masters of watercolor and other media over different social platforms and got hugely motivated by them, so much so that it had put him into dilemma whether to continue engineering or to pursue arts. In 2015, he listened to his inner voice and made the choice to move away from the mining industry leaving behind an attractive job and a career full of opportunities. Since then he has spent most of his time in painting outdoors, studying and experimenting with water media (mainly) all by his own. Because (of his academic background) he had not much options to study arts professionally from reputed institutes, he planned to dedicate his initial years solely behind learning the craft (the art of watercolor) as quickly and in as vast as possible while paying least attention to his financial well-being.In essence, he likes to paint cityscapes with interesting architectural features and streetscapes; yet with a keen interest in rural & mountain landscapes, portraits & figurative arts, still-life, indoor studies and even abstract arts. With a constant eagerness to gain knowledge and experience through his self-directed art education, Anirban is determined to pursue his ambition in the Watercolor world by seeking new scopes in diverse subjects.
KEY AWARDS/HONORS/EXHIBITIONS:· Selected for the exhibition in the ‘White Nights Istanbul Watercolor Celebration’ hosted by IWS Turkey, 2019· Group watercolor exhibition titled ‘Wet Verses’-2019, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India· Invited artist in ‘Nanning China-ASEAN International Watercolor Biennale 2019’, Guangxi, China· Exhibited in the ‘2nd Luxu International Watercolor Master's Invitational Exhibition 2019’, Guanxi, China· Accepted artist for ‘Russian Atlantis’- 2019, an annual International Plein air and Exhibition Project in Russia jointly organized by ’St. Petersburg Center for Humanitarian Programs’ and ‘Union of Artists of Russia’· Winner of GAWA (Global Association of Watercolor Artists) Annual International Watercolor Scholarship – 2018· Finalist of '1st Universal Watercolor Exposition 2018' jointly held by IWS (International Watercolor Society) and Zhuji Municipal Government, China· Finalist in the Classic Category of the 'Premio Tláloc' by IWS Mexico · 'Special Recognition' award in 'GAWA International Watercolor Online Contest 2018'· Finalist of '1st Universal Watercolor Exposition Online Contest 2018' hosted by 'IWS China' and 'IWS Magazine' (http:///index.php/2018/04/08/announcement-of-winners-of-1st-universal-watercolor-exposition-online-contest/)· Winner of IWS White Nights Watercolor Online Contest 2018; & won a trip to Saint Petersburg, Russia· 'Third prize' in the 6th International 'Zeugma Love, Tolerance and Peace through Art' Watercolor festival and Golden Brush Online Contest - 2017 organized by IWS Turkey and Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality; & won a trip to Gaziantep, Turkey· 'Honorable Mention' award in the 6th International 'Zeugma Love, Tolerance and Peace through Art' Watercolor festival and Golden Brush Online Contest - 2017 organized by IWS Turkey and Gaziantep Metropolitan MunicipalityPLEIN AIR ACTIVITIES/OTHER CREATIVE REFERENCES:· A 4-pages long article published in the special anniversary issue (35th) of the prestigious watercolor magazine L’Art de I’Aquarelle (The Art of Watercolour)· En plein air in different places of ‘Bama’(the longevity village) and in Siyuan farm area in Luxu, Guangxi, China· Watercolor landscape camp ‘Glorious Udaipur’ jointly organized by West Zone Cultural Centre (WZCC) and P. N. Choyal Memorial Trust, November 2018· Watercolor landscape camp at Mysore conducted by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (CKP), September 2018· Active participant in various juried exhibitions and collective shows in India and abroadHis artworks are in multiple private collections
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