Born 1945, India.
Lives in India and UK

Solo exhibitions

2007 Written Image – Paintings & Installation – Oct 2007. Gallery Yapanchitra, India
Form and Color – Paintings of Hiran Mitra – Gallery Thuillier, Paris, Oct 07
Paper Landscapes, Works on paper, at Gallery 27, London, Mar 07
Book Launch : Shadows – monography ( Ed. FDW France, Gerard Xuriguera)
2006 Inner Sensation, recent paintings by Hiran Mitra, Gallery 27, London
2003 Works of Movement in Dance, Theatre , Rabindra Sadan , Kolkata
2002 “Journey with Rang Number”,Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata, Performance, Installation.
2000 Right line Gallery , Bangalore
1997 Gaganendra Chitrashala, Calcutta
1995 Graphics on film, Nandan Film & Cultural centre.Calcutta
1995 Retrospective of two decades 70s-80s, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
1991 Paintings inspired by Voices of Baul Music. Calcutta School of Music
1980 Paintings, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1969 Paintings & Drawings, Birla Academy of Arts & Culture, Calcutta
1966 Paintings & Drawings, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta

Group Shows (Selection) / International Art Bi-annuals

2007 Biennale dell Arte Contemporane di Firenze , Florence Italy
Open Window group – Art Context gallery, Singapore
2006 Who Do you thik I am ? Gallery in Cork Street, London
Gallery La Mere, Annual group Show, Kolkata
2005 “Color Palette” Habitat Centre , New Delhi
Academy of Fine Arts , Kolkata
Special artists show, CIMA Kolkata .
Visual Art Gallery – New Delhi
200 “Contemporary Forms” , Cima Gallery , Kolkata
“Open window Show” , Birla academy of art culture
Indian Contemporary Art – Eleven Artists, Hart Gallery, Beijing
Chitrakoot Art gallery, Kolkata
2003 Birla Acandemy of Art & Culture
Chitrakoot art gallery, Kolkata
Art of Bengal , CIMA Gallery, Mumbai
2001 “Collections d’Hiver", Galerie Jacob , Paris
2000 “Art & Bread, Kunst au Indien, Curated by Hannalore Christ , Hamburg
“Contemporary Indian Artists” , Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Bangalore
Painters 80, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
“Art for Heart”, Indian National Museum , Calcutta
“Durga” , Gallery La Mere, Calcutta
Artists of the Millenium, Townhall Museum, Calcutta
1999 The Contemporary Indian Art Show , Birla Academy , New Delhi & Mumbai
The Alternative Art Gallery Calcutta
Abstract Trends International, curated Dr Archana Roy,– Birla Academy , Calcutta
Painters 80 , Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai
1998 “All India Show”, Birla Academy New Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore, Calcutta
Bengal Artists , Birla Academy of Arts & culture, Calcutta
Painters 80 Annual show, Chitrakoot Gallery , Calcutta
1997 Eisenstein in the eyes on Artists, graphic sketches, Gorky Sadan, Calcutta
Painters 80 , Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
Bengal Artists , Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1996 “All India Show” - Guest Artist, Birla Academy New Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore.
“The Group- contemporary Indian artists” , Birla Academy of Arts & Culture , Calcutta
1969 Emerging Artists of Bengal, French Cultural Centre, Calcutta

Public Collections
Indian National Museum, Nimai Chatterji collection in Tate Modern,
Museum of Contemporary Art Dunkerque.

Publications & Media / Editions

“Shadows” – monograph of three decades of works on paper foreword Gerard Xuriguera, Edition FDW France
Painter of the Month… Guest , BBC World Service, hosted by Aminul Haque
“International Art ?”, by Arun Ghosh, (art crtic) Calcutta Metropolitan Festival of Art, Edition1997.
“Film & Art” , by Pralay Sur (Film critic) Nandan Film Institute.
“Modern Art in traditional Rural Painting of Bengal
“Poetry in Paintings : Four Emminent Poets of Bengal”, Volume 1 & 2, Illustrated with paintings of Hiran Mitra.
“Art & Society” , by Hiran Mitra, Abaad publications, 1996.
1980 -99 – Essays on Art, Film & Social Behaviour in major daily newspapers.

Awards
Residency , Lalit Kala Academy , New Delhi , Government of India
1969, 70, 71 Gold Medal, Academy of Fine Arts, All India Emerging Artist.

Art projects ( Selection)

Scene design with 10m x 6m Canvas, for the Modern drama : Tista paarer brithantho.
Visual Vibrations, live painting with contemporary music performance.
The Chau Dancers of Purulia : study on movement and body language from Dance theatre to Painting.
Various Workshops exploring Visual Arts relationship to Body Language – Naya Theatre,
with Habib Tanvir Dance Company, Padatik Troupe, Chetna Jalan Show, Nabonittya, Chetana Theatre Group
Art Workshop with various Indian artists – Lalit Kala Academy , Manipur,
“ Dancing Brushes”, Kalpanirshar Art Foundation/ German Consulate.
Painting and Body Painting, with artists Allen (Australia) and Prakash Karmakar (India)

Hiran Mitra is represented globally by Art Border Line, UK.
Contact Artist : hiran1945mitra@yahoo.com, +91 9331023831
Contact Art Border Line : contact@artborderline.com, +442032382004