With a Bachelor’s in Fine Art from the Govt. College of Art and Crafts, Khallikote, Orissa, the artist is a gold medallist in MFA in Painting from BHU, Varanasi.
From 2002-2012 the artist has had several solo shows in New Delhi, Mumbai and in New York and has participated in over 90 group shows in New Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, Khallikote, Bhubaneswar and Varanasi from 1990 to 2008.
Asit Patnaik is the recipient of several awards: in 2000 ‘Panth Ratan Dr. Inderjit Singh Award’, in 1991 he was awarded Gold Medal in National Youth Festival and Silver Medal in East Zone Youth Festival, Santiniketan amongst others. He has participated in some Important events like 10th harmony show, The Florence Biennale 2011, Global art fair Dubai 2015 & 2016, KKB International Art Festival , Malaysia 2016, Spectrum Miami 2016, BienalIzmir in Turkey 2019 and AAF London 2020.
He is a semi-realist figurative painter working mostly with human figures depicting the different emotions through subtlety in postures, simple yet powerful lines, and his technique and colour tones. The woman in his series is bold, colourful and forthright, open to any challenge her celebratory mode of celebrating her own existence continues. The nuances of relationships as expressed create a powerful non-verbal communication in bringing forth the saga of human relationships.
ASIT KUMAR PATNAIK
With a Bachelor’s in Fine Art from the Govt. College of Art and Crafts, Khallikote, Orissa, the artist is a gold medallist in MFA in Painting from BHU, Varanasi. From 2002-2012 the artist has had several solo shows in New Delhi, Mumbai and in New York and has participated in over 90 group shows in New Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, Khallikote, Bhubaneswar and Varanasi from 1990 to 2008. Asit Patnaik is the recipient of several awards: in 2000 ‘Panth Ratan Dr. Inderjit Singh Award’, in 1991 he was awarded Gold Medal in National Youth Festival and Silver Medal in East Zone Youth Festival, Santiniketan amongst others. He has participated in some Important events like 10th harmony show, The Florence Biennale 2011, Global art fair Dubai 2015 & 2016, KKB International Art Festival , Malaysia 2016, Spectrum Miami 2016, BienalIzmir in Turkey 2019 and AAF London 2020. He is a semi-realist figurative painter working mostly with human figures depicting the different emotions through subtlety in postures, simple yet powerful lines, and his technique and colour tones. The woman in his series is bold, colourful and forthright, open to any challenge her celebratory mode of celebrating her own existence continues. The nuances of relationships as expressed create a powerful non-verbal communication in bringing forth the saga of human relationships.