Hiran Mitra

Born 1945, Lives and Works in India and UK.

Solo Shows

2025

The past and Present, Kolkata International Foundation, India
Art in everyone, Kalibabu Fish Market Project, India

2024

Art in everyone, Kalibabu Fish Market Project, India

2023

Death Mask at Breaking the Fourth Wall, curated by Abhilash Pillai, KCC, India

2018

Unframed, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata .

2015

The Other Art Fair, London, Memory. Calligraphy on Leaf collection.

2014

Paper collages on canvas project, interacting with rural Bengal artists.

2013

Journey by the River, public Art project with Scriptures Benares, India
Commission – Mother & Child sculpture for Centenary Column – Jagabandhu Institution, Bengal.
Words don’t Sleep scriptures at Kalyani Drama and Theatre Festival, India

2012

URBANIA, Recent paintings and exploring Light Sculptures. Touring exhibition. Birla academy of Fine arts. Kolkata.

2011

“Absence is a greater presence”, Installation, Documentary Film & Lectures. Ektaa Centre, Bengali Association of Southern California.

2009

“Words do not sleep”, Solo Exhibition Paintings and Mural exhibition with Multi media work of 15 Poets, Delhi

2007

Written Image – Exhibition of paintings & Installation. Gallery Yapanchitra, Kolkata
Form and Color – Paintings of Hiran Mitra – Gallery Thuillier, Paris
Paper Landscapes, Works on paper, at Gallery 27, London
Book Launch : Shadows – monography ( edited by FDW France, foreword Gerard Xuriguera) ,London

2006

Inner Sensation, recent paintings by Hiran Mitra , in April at Gallery 27, London

2003

Works of Movement in Dance, Theatre , Rabindra Sadan , Kolkata

2002

“Journey with Rang Number” Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata, Performance, Sculpture, Installation.

2000

Right line Gallery , Bangalore

1997

Gaganendra Chitrashala, Calcutta

1995

Graphics on film, 10th Anniversary Celebration of Nandan Film & Cultural centre. Calcutta

1995

Retrospective of two decades 70s-80s, Birla Academy of Art and Culture , Calcutta

1991

Paintings inspired by Voices of Baul Music. Calcutta School of Music

1980

Paintings, Academy of Fine Arts , Calcutta

1969

Paintings & Drawings, Birla Academy of Arts & Culture , Calcutta

1966

Paintings & Drawings, Academy of Fine Arts , Calcutta

Group Shows (Selection) / International Art Bi-annuals

2026

February – Open Window at the Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata, India
January- Galerie La Mere. Kolkata

2025

March – Open Window at the Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata, India

2024

Galerie La Mere. Kolkata
Open Window Group show at the Academy of Fine Arts, India
Nectar of creativity, Art Hive Gallery, India

2018

Freedom, August Galerie La Mere. Kolkata
Body Language Installation @ RESPONSE | Multimedia festival @ Gem Cinema | CIMA, Kolkata
Nature in Art, Photography and Paintings | Art Border Line, London

2017

Open Window, Group Show Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata .
And Then there is Light | Gallery Art Centrix, New Delhi
Indian Contemporary Artists, Birla Academy Golden Jubilee Show.

2016

150^th anniversary Government of India Art College Exhibition.

2015

150^th anniversary Government of India Art College Exhibition.
Open Window Artist 10 year anniversary, Birla Academy

2014

Works on Paper Art Fair 2014, London Science Musuem, Art Border Line, UK
Galerie La Mere, annual show

2013

Color Street, group show Bengal Gallery, ICCR Kolkata
Open Window artist group show, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
“Neera” – homage to Poet Sunil Gangopadhyay, Academy of Fine Arts
“Freedom” – Galerie LaMere, Aurobindo Institute, Kolkata

2011

City in The archive, Calcutta’s Visual Histories, Seagull Foundation
“Objective Correlatives”, Akriti Gallery, Kolkata.
Birla Academy Annual 44 Group show, Kolkata.
Gallery La Mere Group show, Kolkata

2010

Art in Advertising Group Installation of 12 Artists.
Open window group show, Academy of fine arts.Kolkata
“Forms”, curated by Soma Das, Ganges – Eternal Art, Taj Hotels, Bangalore,
Birla Academy Annual Show, Kolkata

2009

Open Window Group, Jehangir Art Gallery in Collaboration with Aakriti Gallery. Mumbai
Symphony of Art and Music, 25 international artists expressing the effect of music on our lives. Calcutta School of Music, Kolkata.

2008

Fusion III – Avant-garde artists of South Asia, Artmosaic Gallery, Singapore
Art of Bag – touring Group installation of 10000 bags, Kolkata
The Calcutta Metropolitan, the contemporary face of the city seen by artists, The Living Room, London.

2007

Biennale dell Arte Contemporane di Firenze , Florence Italy – Painting & Installation on Universal Dialogue
Open Window group – Art Context gallery, Singapore

2006

Who Do you thik I am ? Gallery in Cork Street, London
Gallery La Mere, Annual group Show, Kolkata

2005

“Color Palette” Habitat Centre , New Delhi
Academy of Fine Arts , Kolkata
Special artists show, CIMA Kolkata .
Visual Art Gallery – New Delhi

2004

“Contemporary Forms” , Cima Gallery , Kolkata
“Open window Show” , Birla academy of art culture
Indian Contemporary Art – Eleven Artists, Hart Gallery, Beijing
February Chitrakoot Art gallery, Kolkata

2003

March Birla Acandemy of Art & Culture
February Chitrakoot art gallery, Kolkata
Art of Bengal , CIMA Gallery, Mumbai

2001

“Collections d’Hiver » , Galerie Jacob , Paris

2000

“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
“Durga” , Gallery La Mere, Calcutta
Artists of the Millenium, Townhall Museum, Calcutta

1999

The Contemporary Indian Art Show , Birla Academy , New Delhi & Mumbai
The Alternative Art Gallery Calcutta
Abstract Trends International, curated Dr Archana Roy,– Birla Academy , Calcutta
Painters 80 , Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai

1998

“All India Show”, Birla Academy New Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore, Calcutta
Bengal Artists , Birla Academy of Arts & culture, Calcutta
Painters 80 Annual show, Chitrakoot Gallery , Calcutta

1997

Eisenstein in the eyes on Artists, graphic sketches, Gorky Sadan, Calcutta
Painters 80 , Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
Bengal Artists , Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta

1996

“All India Show” – Guest Artist, Birla Academy New Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore.
“The Group- contemporary Indian artists” , Birla Academy of Arts & Culture , Calcutta

1969

Emerging Artists of Bengal, French Cultural Centre, Calcutta

Art projects ( Selection)

Ajanta Ellora Art and Land, Study & Discourse, 2013
Bhalo Phar – Art Workshop with tribal Children in Purulia, Jharkahand.
Bishnupur Temples Design study.

Scene design with 10m x 6m Canvas, for the Modern drama : Tista paarer brithantho.

Visual Vibrations, live painting with contemporary music performance.

The Chau Dancers of Purulia : study on movement and body language from Dance theatre to Painting.

Various Workshops exploring Visual Arts relationship to Body Language – Naya Theatre, Habib Tanvir Dance Company, Padatik Troupe, Chetna Jalan Show, Nabonittya, Chetana Theatre Group, etc.

Art Workshop with various Indian artists – Lalit Kala Academy , Manipur, “ Dancing Brushes”, Kalpanirshar Art Foundation/ German Consulate.

Painting and Body Painting, with artists Allen (Australia) and Prakash Karmakar (India).

Workshop with artists of Thailand.

Recent Film /Theatre Art Direction

2013

Kinnar Dal by S. Ganguly – stage Art direction
Tolstoy by Shyamal Chakraborty – stage Art Direction
Nishanga Samrat by Debesh Chakaborty – stage Art Direction
The Last Hero on the Life of Netaji Subhas Bose by Utsav Das – Stage Art Direction
Dance Drama by Sutapa Talukdar – Stage Art Direction
Design as Art vs Art as Design, Government College of Art Kolkata, 2010

2012

Kinnar Dal by S. Ganguly – stage Art direction
ElaBimala– rabindranath– Dir Arun Mukhopadhay
Romeo Juliet, Dir – BiplabBandopadhay
Achalaayatan – Dir-ArpitaGhosh– Panchambaidik
Bhalo Manush– Dir – DebeshChattopadhay
Rabindranath– Dir. Abhisek Basu
Alibaba– Dir – Kishor Sengupta

Organisation

Rabindra Bharati University- Member of Board of Studies
Institute of Oriental Art, Board Member

Recent Lectures

Post Modern Art – the new language – Charukala Proshodh. 2016.
Art & Performance, CIMA Art gallery 2015, Govt Art College 2016.
Art & Commodity, International Institute of Mgmt, Joka & Chander Haat Sym, 2013
Art & Mathematics, 2012
Art & Education, 2011 Govt Art College
Art & Film – Film Centre, Govt of West Bengal
Art & Poetry Lecture Series, Jadavpur University
Design as Art vs Art as Design, Government College of Art Kolkata, 2010.
Film & Art, West Bengal film Centre 2010

Publications & Media / Editions

“Film graphics” in English, Cine Club of Calcutta Publication, 2018

“ Biswa Shilpa Bhinno Bhasha Bhinno Sur”,Lecture series by Lalit Mohan Sen Foundation, 2017

“Film graphics” 2016, Cine Club of Calcutta Publication,

“Hotath Ghoom Bhengey Gelo” (Suddenly I woke up), Chatim Books, Travelogue, 2013
“MOOK MOOKHOR” – Portraits & Anecdotes of people in the life of Hiran Mitra. illustrated & written in Bengali ,Chatim Books, Copyright 2012. 300 pp.
“Modern Art in traditional Rural Painting of Bengal

“Poetry in Paintings : Four Emminent Poets of Bengal”, Volume 1 & 2, Illustrated with paintings of Hiran Mitra.

“Art & Society” , by Hiran Mitra, Abaad publications, 1996.

1980 -99 – Essays on Art, Film & Social Behaviour in major daily newspapers.

Illustrations and Articles on the Artist

“Rabindranath re-discovered”, project for Anustup Patrika publication.

“Shadows” – monograph of three decades of works on paper foreword Gerard Xuriguera, Edition FDW France

Painter of the Month, Guest , BBC World Service , hosted by Aminul Haque

“International Art ?”, by Arun Ghosh, (art crtic) Calcutta Metropolitan Festival of Art, Edition1997.

“Film & Art” , by Pralay Sur (Film critic) Nandan Film Institute.