In his work Basist Kumar investigates the mythology of the contemporary age. In a first phase of his research, the artist loved to tell and analyze the personality of “heroes” of the media as Ravi Shankar or the dancer Nijinsky. The attention of Basist Kumar was in the following caught by the subjects of daily life. The heroes are the ones who are able to survive in contemporary India. In his last production a new element enters the composition of his paintings: the architectures and the urban environment as to underline that there is another antagonist of the human dimension: the city.

place & year of birth
Bihar, India, 1984

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education
2007 to May 30th 2009
Masters of Fine Art, Vishwa-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

2003 to 2007,
Bachelors of Fine Art, Delhi University, New Delhi, India


solo exhibitions
2009
'Reality Uncertained' - galerie davide gallo, Berlin


group exhibitions
2008
'De-facing', Two-men show at Bose Pacia, Kolkata. Curator - Peter Nagy

2007
Preview Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Speculum Mundi, galerie davide gallo, Berlin, Germany

2006
Dhoominal Art Gallery Delhi.

2005
Ravi Jain Art Competition, Delhi.

2004
India habita Center, Delhi, 2008


awards
2007
Bishwnath Mukherjee Award

2008
Merit Award