Rebanto Goswami - Painter

Born 1953, Kolkata

Art education at
Govt. College of Art and Craft (Calcutta) 1971 to 1976.

Senior Lecturer of Graphic Design
Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta , at present.
Worked with Weavers' Service Centres 1978 to 2000.

Award
Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi 1988,
Certificate of Merit / Govt. of India for creative weaving design 1998.

Special Achievement
Discovery and revival of the nearly extinct Bomokoi Sari between 1983-85, Orissa.
Been invited as a design-scholar to read the research paper on Bomokoi in
‘Gouri Bhanja Centenery Celebration Seminar' at Viswa Bharati (Shantiniketan) 2008.

Solo Shows
Mumbai- 1988 / Jehangir Art Gallery.
Kolkata- 1980 / Bata House Gallery by Bata India Ltd and 1988 / Academy of Fine Arts.

Group Shows and Participations
Academy of Fine Arts and Birla Academy Annual shows (Kolkata) 1975-80,
‘Calcutta Painters' group shows at W B Information Centre, Max Mueller Bhawan, Alliance Francais, Gorky Sadan (Kolkata)
and Rabindra Bhavan (Delhi) between 1977-80.
Lalit Kala National Exhibition (Delhi) 1982,
Exhibited paintings with ‘Working Artists' group, Bhubaneswar 1985 & '87.
Exhibited paintings with ‘MOODS' group at Jehangir, Chetna and Bajaj gallery (Mumbai) between 1985-89.
Weavers Service Centres' all India exhibitions 1985 (Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai).
‘300 years of Calcutta' by Birla Academy of Art & Culture and
‘Four young painters' by Gallerie '88 (Kolkata) between 1989-90.
‘Millennium Show' of Lalit Kala Academy (Rabindra Bhavan, Delhi) 2000.
‘Yesterday Today and Tomorrow' by Times of India (Govt College of Art & Craft, Kolkata) 2006.
‘Teachers' Exhibition - Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta (Delhi, Kolkata) 2007.
‘National Artists Camp with Seminar', Orissa State Kala Akademi (Bhubaneswar) 2008.

Paintings with many private collections in home and abroad.