Niladri Paul

Niladri Paul was born in the steel town Jamshedpur, India on 26 November 1964. He went to a local school. Having lost his mother at an early age, he moved to Kolkata. Niladri Paul began exhibiting and selling his work in the late 1980s following his graduation from Government College of Arts and Craft, Kolkata, 1986, where he received a Bachelor of fine arts degree.

He has had several solo shows in India and abroad, with the most recent one titled Inamorata at the Jehangir Art Gallery,Mumbai. Niladri Paul has succeeded in evolving a signature style of painting that bridges the gap between figurative and abstract art. Niladri is also known for his watercolors, mixed media sculptures, and even fashion designing. Niladri also pioneered the alternative therapy of color healing via art, by infusing his paintings with specific colors and forms.

• October 2015, titled INAMORATA at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
• April 2014, title STARDUST at Vinnyasa Art Gallery, Chennai.
• March 2012, titled SUTRADHAAR at the Vinnyasa Art Gallery, Chennai.
• December 2010, titled SUTRADHAAR at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
• September 2010, titled SUTRADHAAR at the Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi.
• April 2009, titled ART n FASHION at Priya & Chintan Studio, Mumbai, showcasing a fusion of art and fashion.
• October 2008, titled RAZZMATAZZ at the Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi.
• December 2006, at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, titled Symphony in Color.
• December 2005, titled Symphony in Color, at the Sridharni Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.
• September 2004, titled Transcending Rhythms at the Art Indus Art Gallery, Santushti, New Delhi.
• March 2000, exhibition based on healing colors at the Art Indus ArtGallery, Santushti, New Delhi.
• October 1999, show of acrylics and oils at Alliance Francaise, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• March 1999, show of acrylics, oils and watercolors at Art Indus, Santushti, New Delhi.
• March 1998, exhibition titled Kaleidoscope at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
• May 1997, exhibition of watercolors and portraits at the Chitrakala, Singapore.
• September 1996, exhibition of oils at the Gallery42, Defence Colony, New Delhi.
• February 1995, show of oils, sketches and watercolors at the Jehangir Art Gallery.
• August 1994, show of monochromes and watercolors at Gallery 42, Defence Colony, New Delhi.
• February 1993, show at the Jharokha Art Gallery, Hauz Khas, New Delhi.

• 2012 – Awarded the Senior Fellowship by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.