Ananta Mandal (born 5 February 1983) is an Indian artist. He has been recognized with international and national honours for his watercolour, oil, and acrylic paintings. He lives and works in

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Early life and education

Ananta Mandal spent his childhood in

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, in

. He graduated from

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(Kolkata) in 2007 with a degree in Bachelor of Visual Arts. Mandal stayed in Kolkata from 2002 to 2007, during this period he started painting on Kolkata's life. In 2008 he moved to Mumbai.

Career

Ananta Mandal has 16 solo exhibitions in his career, starting in 2004 when he had his first solo show at

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as a student. He has exhibited in numerous group shows and solo exhibitions in India and abroad and he has often been invited as guest artist. Most of Mandal's paintings are watercolor, acrylic and oil color based. His paintings depict realistic urban landscapes, city life, Bengalis durga festival (

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), old railway steam engine, tropical desert of

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and moods of nature. Many of his works depict the atmosphere of

and

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Awards

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Mandal has won more than 40 awards internationally and in India.

Juried art shows

*2017: H. Q. Johnson Award at the Annual International Exhibition of the Northwest Watercolor Society, Washington, USA. *2013: First place at the 36th annual International Exhibition of the Watercolor Art Society-Houston, USA. *2012 : The Winsor & Newton Excellence Award – Northwest Watercolor Society, United States *2011 : Award – The Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, United States *2010 : Best of show Award – Western Federation of Watercolor Society, Utah, United States *2009 : 4th place - San Diego Watercolor Society, USA *2009 : Award - North East Watercolor Society, New York, USA *2007 : Award of Excellence, Western Federation of Watercolor Society, United States"Awards presented at the 32nd Annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition." ''American Artist'', vol. 71, no. 779, Sept. 2007, p. 9. ''Gale General OneFile'', link.gale.com/apps/doc/A167026987/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=8c670000. Accessed 12 Aug. 2021. *2007 : Award, Texas Watercolor Society, Texas, United States *2006 : Award of Excellence, San Diego Watercolor Society, California, United States

Awards in India

*2013:

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Award - 14th all India Watercolor Exhibition, New Delhi *2012 :

Award – 100 Years of the city of New Delhi 2011. New Delhi *2011: Award for Best Landscape in Watercolor

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. Mumbai *2010 : Best Painting Award - R.A.D Annual Exhibition, Arannya 2010, Kolkata *2009 : Best Entry Award - The Art Society of India. Mumbai *2009 : Award –

. Mumbai *2006 : Camlin Award – 7th Eastern Region, (

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), Kolkata *2006 : Award - The Art Society of India. Mumbai *2006 : Award - Lokmanya Tilak Art Exhibition, Pune *2005 : Best Water Color Painting Award - Calcutta Information Centre, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata *2005 : Award – South-Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur,

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. *2005 : Award - Indian Society of Oriental Art, Kolkata *2005 : Birla Academy Award - Birla Academy Art & Culture. Kolkata *2005 : Award -

. Mumbai *2005 : Best Painting Award -

*2004 : Award - Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata *2004 : Camlin Award -

5th Eastern Region, Kolkata *2004 : Best Water Color Painting Award -

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, Kolkata,

. *2002 : Award - Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata

References

External links

Official website

Ananta Mandal at the Saatchi Gallery

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Ananta Mandal on Fine Art America

Ananta Mandal on RtistiQ

Mandel in ''The Times of India''
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