Name Hiran Mitra | Role Film Production Designer | |
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SROBONER CHITRAROOP_by Arindam Saha Sardar_JIBANSMRITI digital archive
Hiran Mitra (born 1945) is an artist based in Kolkata (West Bengal, India). He left his ancestral country home in Kharagpur to study Fine Art in the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata at the age of 14. His paintings are energetic abstract gestural paintings with the choreography of the human body observed from folk dance having influenced his recent calligraphic forms. He has contributed significantly to the visual stimulus in eastern Indian films, television, theatre and literature since in the 1980s. He is also known to have defined a benchmark for book cover design for contemporary Bengali literature. His paintings are statements on the human condition and the twilight zones of reality and time. Bold brush strokes, layered washes and sprays and unconventional use of acrylic and industrial paints characterize his paintings. He is part of the Open Window Artist group and has been part of the Painters 80 Artist group in Kolkata.
Contents
- SROBONER CHITRAROOPby Arindam Saha SardarJIBANSMRITI digital archive
- Hiran Mitra Documenting theatre rehearsal in sketches
- Solo exhibitions
- Group shows selection International Art Bi annuals
- Public collections
- Publications and media editions
- Awards
- Art projects selection
- Film
- Theatre
- References

Hiran Mitra | Documenting theatre rehearsal in sketches
Solo exhibitions

Written Image–Paintings & Installation–Oct 2007. Gallery Yapanchitra, India
Form and Color–Paintings of Hiran Mitra–Gallery Thuillier, Paris, Oct 07
Paper Landscapes, Works on paper, at Gallery 27, London, Mar 07
Book Launch: Shadows–monography (Ed. FDW France, Gerard Xuriguera)
Inner Sensation, recent paintings by Hiran Mitra, Gallery 27, London
Works of Movement in Dance, Theatre, Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata
"Journey with Rang Number", Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata, Performance, Installation.
Right line Gallery, Bangalore
Gaganendra Chitrashala, Calcutta
Graphics on film, Nandan Film & Cultural centre, Calcutta
Retrospective of two decades 70s–80s, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
Paintings inspired by Voices of Baul Music, Calcutta School of Music
Paintings, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
Paintings & Drawings, Birla Academy of Arts & Culture, Calcutta
Paintings & Drawings, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
Group shows (selection) / International Art Bi-annuals
Art Full of Bag—An installation concerning the Indian Art Market, Indian Society of Contemporary Artists at Birla Academy, *June 2008
Fusion III, Art Mosaic Gallery, August 2008
Biennale dell Arte Contemporane di Firenze, Florence Italy 1
Open Window group–Art Context gallery, Singapore
Who Do you think I am ? Gallery in Cork Street, London
Gallery La Mere, Annual group Show, Kolkata
"Color Palette" Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Special artists show, CIMA Kolkata
Visual Art Gallery–New Delhi
"Contemporary Forms", Cima Gallery, Kolkata
Indian Contemporary Art–Eleven Artists, Hart Gallery, Beijing
Birla Acandemy of Art & Culture
Art of Bengal, CIMA Gallery, Mumbai
"Collections d’Hiver", Galerie Jacob, Paris
"Art & Bread, Kunst au Indien, Curated by Hannalore Christ , Hamburg
"Contemporary Indian Artists", Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Bangalore
Painters 80, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
"Art for Heart", Indian National Museum, Calcutta
Artists of the Millennium, Townhall Museum, Calcutta
The Contemporary Indian Art Show, Birla Academy, New Delhi & Mumbai
Abstract Trends International, curated Dr Archana Roy,– Birla Academy, Calcutta
Painters 80, Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai
"All India Show", Birla Academy New Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore, Calcutta
Bengal Artists, Birla Academy of Arts & culture, Calcutta
Eisenstein in the eyes on Artists, graphic sketches, Gorky Sadan, Calcutta
"All India Show"—Guest Artist, Birla Academy New Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore.
Emerging Artists of Bengal, French Cultural Centre, Calcutta