Amitava Das - Artist Info

About Amitava Das

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Amithava Das
  • Biography

    Amitava Das was born in New Delhi in 1947 and was raised in Shimla. He studied drawing and painting at the Delhi College of Art, New Delhi from 1965-72. In 1974 he took up the job of a lecturer at the Art Institute of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He was also a visiting lecturer at the College of Art and Women's Polytechnic, New Delhi from 1975- 77. He had his first solo exhibition in 1969 at he Kunika-Chemould Gallery, New Delhi, while he was still a student and since then has participated regularly in both solo and group expositions nationally and internationally. Amitava lives and works in New Delhi.

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