Chinmaya Panda

Chinmaya Panda


"I am a young, self-taught artist(An artist Or rather, in the process of becoming one, as I am still learning the finer aspects of artistry) from India. Since childhood, I have a keen interest in painting, especially watercolors. During school days, I managed to win four gold medals and one silver medal as well as many others. Though trained as a chemical engineer, my born urge made me take up painting with zest once again. I like to portray my subjects as they are. Speaking of subjects, I prefer my subjects to be different, far removed from the daily monotonous regularity of life. For example, the devotee at eh ashram, the Bonda tribeswoman..and yes, being an Indian, I am a bit more inclined to portray the spectacle, the wonder that is my country, my land , on my paper as much as possible. I consider myself as a beginner, a newbie, a student. And as being a student, curiosity comes naturally to me,and it is this curiosity that drives me, motivates me to paint ,to put my ideas, my perspective of the world around me into the paper."

Chinmaya Panda


CHINMAYA KUMAR PANDA

BORN: November 04, 1989 – Bhubaneswar, Odisha
EDUCATION:
• Self-taught artist
• 2011 B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from C. V. Raman College of Engineering, BPUT, Bhubaneswar
EXHIBITIONS :
Group Exhibitions:
• 2013: Salon de l'Aquarelle de Belgique 2013/ The 13th Biennale Internationale de l'Aquarelle: Namur, Belgium
18 May - 2 June 2013
• 2012 ‘Shraddhanjali 2012’, Lalit Kala Academy, Regional Center, Bhubaneswar
• 2012 ‘Together-III’, Lalit Kala Academy, Regional Center, Bhubaneswar
• 2012 ‘Art Mart’, Khajuraho
• 2011 ‘Sangam’, Lalit Kala Academy, Regional Center, Bhubaneswar

RECENTLY IN PRINT :
• Informed Collector: Fine Art Views: May 2013
• DECOR-magasinet : Norway ; Feature Article : February 2013
• The Art of Watercolour : France; Feature Article : December 2012
'THE ART OF WATERCOLOUR' magazine is Europe's leading watercolour magazine, which is also available in French 'L'Art de l'Aquarelle'. The two magazines together are distributed into 32 different countries.

Prizes

2013: 3rd Place; April 2013: BoldBrush Painting Competiton by Fine Arts View
• 2013: Outstanding Watercolor; March 2013: BoldBrush Painting Competiton by Fine Arts View
• 2005 Cash Award, Avantika International Talent Search Painting Competition
• 2004 Gold Medal, Avantika International Talent Search Painting Competition
• 2003 Gold Medal, Avantika International Talent Search Painting Competition
• 2002 Gold Medal, Avantika International Talent Search Painting Competition
• 2002 1st prize, World Environmental Day Painting Competition
• 2000 Silver Medal, Avantika International Talent Search Painting Competition
• 2001 Gold Medal , National Level, 15th All India Inter Kendriya Vidyalaya Children’s Painting Competition
• 2000 Categorized as Outstanding under All India competition in ARENA(Centre for Environmental and Multicultural Communication)
• 1999 Categorized as Outstanding under All India competition in ARENA (Centre for Environmental and Multicultural Communication)
• National level, A grade (CIART- Centre for Indian Art Resources and Training)