About me

Bio Data

“Dhanuka, a student of Rabindra Bharati University paints with tremendous abandon . Her small drawings and her large painting communicated a strange personal world amalgamating images that at times were incomprehensible but compelling and at times derived from folk,primitive and tantric art .Her paintings gave the impressionof highly disturbed imagination which she conveyed without inhibitions ..Yet what made these paintings hold the eye was the highly dramatic use of colours and the juxtaposition of real and meaning filled nonsensical images such as one finds in the literature of whimsy. The small drawings in pastel were intriguing ,much of art today is excessively cultivated. Dhanuka gave the impression from the heart that’s why it was a pleasure seeing her exhibition.”

-Painting from the Heart
The Statesman-Kishore chatterjee

“Madhu Dhanuka’s acrylic painting portrays Indian culture and society.A visual treat ,Dhanuka,s works capture the positive and the negative aspects of the eastern school of thoughts.”

– Different Strokes
The Telegraph:S.Dasgupta and J.Peters

“It takes guts to use so many primordial primaries and she gets away with it because of the spontaneity of the application of her colours .She paints with passion and this is evident in the way she uses colours .”couple” is a painrting that reminds one of the art of Rabnidranath Tagore .Now this statement needs qualification .Artists do not copy. Ther are connected at a point of psychological depth that is difficult to define.Mdhu Dhanuka is making no attempt to imitate the great Tagore ,neither is she inspired by him, she just belongs to the category of psychological painters who are able to express fears and inhibitions,premonitions and pain through their art.Artists like Madhu Dhanuka are valuable because they enable us to glimpse at states of mind that most artists are unable to comprehend and communicate Exploring the inner realms of the mind.” -The Times of India –Kishore Chatterjee.

Bio Data

Born

  • In Kolkata ,India,1962.

Education

  • 1983, B.A. 1st Class First (Hindi Hons.) Calcutta University.
    1986, B.Ed. Calcutta University.
    1989, B.V.A. (5 years degree in Fine Arts),Rabindra Bharati University.
    1997, Certificate course in Pottery from SISI ,Kolkata.

Solo Shows

  • 2016, Jehangir Art Gallery, (Feb 2- 8), Mumbai.

    2013, Academy of Fine Arts, (Jan 9-15), Kolkata.

    2009, Academy of Fine Arts, ( Nov 5-11), Kolkata.
    2001, Academy of Fine Arts, (May 22-29), Kolkata.
    1993, Frenchiaise De Calcutta, Kolkata.
    1993, Drishti Art Gallery, Kolkata.
    1992, Centre Art Gallery, Kolkata.

Two-men Show

  • 2006, Academy of Fine Arts, (June 21-27), Kolkata
    2005, Lalit kala Akademy,(Oct.18-24), NewDelhi.
    2003, Jehangir Art Gallery, (Oct 6-12), Mumbai.
    1997, Nehru Centre, (Sept. 24-30), Mumbai.

Group Shows

  • 2015, Chemould Art Gallery, (15th- 19th July), Kolkata
    2015, Academy of fine arts, (22nd -27th September), Kolkata
    2012, Shree Art Gallery, (19th -25thFeb), Kolkata .
    2011, National Art Gallery of Indonesia, (Gainas) (23rdjune -3rd july), Jakarta .
    2009, Academy of Fine Arts,(12th -18th Sep), Kolkata.
    2010, Academy of Fine Arts, (30sep –6th oct), Kolkata.
    2007, Artline, (Sep23-7 Oct), Kolkata.
    2007, Gallery with Difference, (Sep), Kolkata
    2003, Academy of Fine Arts, (May 19-25), Kolkata
    2002, AIFACS (Oct. 18-24), New Delhi.
    2002, Chemould Art Gallery, (Oct. 3-10), Kolkata.
    2002, Academy of Fine Arts, (July 8-14), Kolkata
    2001, Sarat Sadan, (Aug 8-10), Howrah.
    1992, Invitee Artist ‘Frenchaise De Calcutta’.
    1989, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata. Group Exhibition.

Participation

  • 2017, 14th All India Annual Exhibition (SSSP) "Creative Nook", 6th-12th October, 2017

    2017, "PRAYAS" at Chemould art Gallery, Park Street, Kolkata, 10th-15th November

    2001, Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy of Art & Culture, (Jan 9-31), Kolkata.
    2001, Milleneum All India Exhibition (Jan) by AIFACS.
    2001, Open Air Exhibition, Birla Academy, Kolkata.
    2000, First Eastern Region Art Exhibition.1999, 91 & 88 All India Annual Exhibition at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
    1990, Mid Summer Exhibition by W.B.S.A., Kolkata.
    1984-85,  Rabindra Bharati University.

Work Experience

  • Painting Camp, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan.

Collection

  • Kolkata , Delhi , Pune , Phillipines , New York ( Richard Grosbard Art collector) Italy Hungary.

Studio

  • 118 Canal Street, Shree Bhumi, Arunachal Apartment,
    B-2, 4th Floor , Kolkata-700 048
    E-mail : madhuartlover@yahoo.com
    Mobile : 9331876497 /. 9836085886