Paresh Maity

BIOGRAPHY

Paresh Maity has had more than 50 shows in thirty years. He gradually moved from atmospheric scenery to representations of the human form. His more recent paintings are bold and graphic, with a strong sense of color . His works are in a number of collections, including the British Museum, and the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. In early years he did many watercolors of different locations.

He painted for newly built Terminal 3 at Delhi Airport. His largest work and probably the longest in India stretches up to over 850 feet and is surely one of the most monumental paintings in the world. In August 2011, his 55th solo show with water colour paintings was based on the last 15 poems of poet Rabindranath Tagore, Sheesh Lekha (The Last Writings, 1941), opened at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

Awards

Paresh Maity has won a handful of prestigious awards over the years.

  • 2012 Dayawati Modi Award for Art, Culture & Education
  • 2005 Indo-American Society
  • 2002 Royal Watercolour Society, London
  • 1999 Harmony Award, Mumbai
  • 1993 British Council Visitorship
  • 1992 Pt. Ravishankar Award from College of Art, New Delhi
  • 1990 All India Fine Arts and Craft Society Award for 62nd All India Art Exhibition, New Delhi
  • 1990 Award for Outstanding Painting, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
  • 1990 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award for Best Watercolour Painting, New Delhi
  • 1989 National Scholarship Award, Government of India
  • 1988 Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Celebration Award
  • 1988 Governor’s Gold Medal from Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
  • 1987 Jamini Roy Birth Centenary Celebration Award
  • 1986 Award, Indian Society of Oriental Art, Kolkata
  • 1985 Award, Government of West Bengal for Best Water Colour Painting Award, Indian Society of Oriental Art, Kolkata
  • 1983 Gold Medal, U.S.S.R.

  • Collections

    Paresh Maity's works are featured in several private and public collections across the world which include

  • Leela Palace, New Delhi
  • Crown Plaza, London
  • Quilon, London
  • Leela Palace, Chennai
  • Steller Foundation, London
  • British Museum, London
  • Rubin Museum of Art, New York
  • National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
  • Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
  • Oberoi Group of Hotels; ITC Limited
  • Welcomgroup Hotels; Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Kirloskar; DCM Group of Companies
  • Jindal Group of Companies; Singhania Group of Companies
  • Standard Chartered Bank; Citibank; Ranbaxy Laboratories
  • Godrej; Eicher Group; Dr. Reddy’s; Thapar Group
  • Williamson Magor Limited; RPG Industries
  • TAFE; Hindustan Computers Limited; Hindustan Lever
  • CIPLA; SIEL: Jalans; MAX India; Mayo College, Ajme;
  • Commonwealth Development Corporation, London
  • Noon Group, London; Mathys Medical (P) Ltd.
  • T-3, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.

  • Select exhibitions

    Paresh Maity has over the past 30 years done select exhibitions across the world which include

  • 2013 : Art Stage, Singapore with Gallery Sumukha.
  • 2013 : Art Thirteen, London Olympia.
  • 2012 : Eternal Landscape joint show with Ram Kumar at ICIA, Mumbai.
  • 2012 : Solo Exhibition Chennai presented by Gallery Sumukha as a part of Chennai Art Festival.
  • 2012 : Solo Exhibition at Art House, Singapore presented by Gallery Sumukha.
  • 2012 : Art Stage, Singapore with Gallery Sumukha.
  • 2012 : Kolkata Taj Bengal in Association with Gallery Sanskriti. Presented by Jaguar Land Rover.
  • 2011 : Chivas Studio, New Delhi and Mumbai
  • 2011 : Gallery Sumukha in association with Weiling Contemporary, Malaysia in Bangalore, Kuala Lumpur
  • 2011 : Participation, Art Stage Singapore, presented by Gallery Sumukha
  • 2011 : Shesh Lekha, Poems by Rabindranath Tagore translated in english by Pritish Nandy
  • 2011 : Interpreted by Paresh Maity, NGMA, New Delhi, Mumbai, supported by Art Alive Gallery.
  • 2011 : Shesh Lekha travelling show Tao Gallery, Mumbai and CIMA Gallery, Kolkata.
  • 2010 : Joint show with Steve McCurry, Chicago, Tourism Centre in association with Art Alive Gallery.
  • 2010 : Group show, Shizaru Art Gallery, London
  • 2010 : The World on a Canvas, Art Alive Gallery, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
  • 2009 : Montage, Moments & Memories, Art Musings, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2008 : Gallery Sumukha, Chennai
  • 2008 : An Enchanting Journey, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
  • 2007 : CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
  • 2006 : Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto, USA
  • 2006 : Visual Arts Gallery, Hong Kong, presented by Gallery Sumukha
  • 2005 : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, in collaboration with Art Musings
  • 2005 : Arts India, New York
  • 2005 : Gallery in Cork Street, London, in association with ICICI Bank
  • 2004 : Alliance Francaise, Singapore, organised by Gallery Sumukha with Easel, Singapore
  • 2004 : CIMA Art Gallery, Kolkata
  • 2003 : Shapes in Symphony, Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi
  • 2002 : Arts India, New York; Venetian Odyssey, British Council, New Delhi
  • 2002 : Tagore Centre, Berlin, Germany
  • 2001 : Venetian Odyssey, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; British Council, New Delhi
  • 2001 : Philip Gallery, London
  • 2000 : CIMA Art Gallery, Kolkata; Gallerie Aspekte, Germany
  • 2000 : Venetian Odyssey, Hotel Aryanbika, Debrecen, Hungary
  • 2000 : Galerie Mohanjeet, Paris
  • 1999 : Two Decades of Classic Watercolours, Shridharani, Triveni Kala Sangam, Gallerie Ganesha, and British Council, New Delhi;
  • 1999 : Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
  • 1998 : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1997 : CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
  • 1996 : Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
  • 1996 : Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi
  • 1996 : Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi; Paracelsus Rotenfleskdinik
  • 1996 : Ausgestelt, in association with Galerie Aspekte, Germany; ARKS Gallery, London
  • 1995 : Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1994 : British Council, Kolkata; Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi;
  • 1994 : The Gallery, Chennai; Galerie Aspekte, Germany;
  • 1994 : Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
  • 1993 : Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi; All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi
  • 1992 : Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi; Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata;
  • 1992 : Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai;
  • 1992 : Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu; Windsor Manor, Bangalore
  • 1991 : Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi; Gallery Katayun, Kolkata;
  • 1991 : Sophia Duchesne Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1990 : Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi; Gallery Katayun, Kolkata
  • 1989 : Gallery Katayun, Kolkata
  • 1988 : Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata