Anup Mitra, young artist from south Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He had completed B.V A from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata in West Bengal, India. During M.F.A degree course at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan he got the opportunities to meet eminent painter and printmaker late sir K. G. Subramanyan (one of the pioneers of Indian modern Art) and some other eminent artists like Jogen Chowdhury, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Pinaki Barua who inspired him. Art for him is a way of expressing his emotions...his thoughts...his conflicts...his memories…his languages...the reflection of ideas that are transformed in his mind from his interaction with sociopolitical matrix within which we are entangled. In the paintings, the nostalgic moments of Kolkata...‘the city of joy’, his childhood emotions that were imprinted on memories have inspired him as one of his favorite subjects, the hand pulling rickshaw and the tram, very iconic identity and the oldest vehicles of the city of Kolkata in India that witness to city’s socio-economic evolution. Through fantasy and dark imagery around the themes of Bengali folklore he tried to depict visual thoughts/the philosophy on life with simple lines, forms and colors. He used the organic and inorganic forms in his works as metaphor and tried to convey sublime messages love, awareness and portray beautiful stories.

M.F.A. ‘1st Class’ in 2004, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. Specialization: ‘GRAPHICS’. B.V.A. ‘1st Class’ in 2002, Rabindra Bharati University, West Bengal, India. Specialization: ‘GRAPHICS’.

Solo Exhibition in 2014 at Prana Studio Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India.

WorldArtDubai at Dubai World Trade Centre 2017, UAE. KALAA-SPANDAN National Art & Photography Talent Award 2017, Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai 124th All India Annual Arts Exhibition, The Bombay Art Society – 2016, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. KALAA-SPANDAN National Art & Photography Talent Award 2016, Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai Kalavekelam, Group exhibition, All India Fine Art & Craft Society 2015, New Delhi India Art Festival, India's Contemporary Art Fair 2015, 2014, 2013 at Nehru Centre, Mumbai BE de art exprt presented De Art Event [UAE 2014] at capital club. DIFC, Dubai. BE de art exprt presented De Art Event [UAE 2014] at The Gallery of Light DUCTAC, Emirates Dubai. Group exhibition at DD Neroy Gallery, 2014, Mumbai. Painting Exhibition in THE CLUB gallery ‘Artpalate’ - Andheri (W) 2014, Mumbai. Group exhibition in Interior and Decor Expo 2014 at MMRD Ground, Mumbai. 96th All India Annual Arts Exhibition, The Art Society of India – 2014, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. 121st All India Annual Arts Exhibition, The Bombay Art Society – 2013, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. Aroma 4, A mega group exhibition in Coomaraswamy Hall, Mumbai Meuseum, 2013. India Art Festival, India's Contemporary Art Fair 2012 at BKC Ground, Mumbai. 118th All India Annual Arts Exhibition, The Bombay Art Society – 2010, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. 115th All India Annual Arts Exhibition, The Bombay Art Society – 2007, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. A Group Exhibition at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2004&2005, West Bengal. A Group Exhibition of Graphics by Santiniketan students, 2004, Lakshana Art Gallery, Bangalore. 76th AIFACS (National level) - 2004, Delhi. 76th AIFACS (State level) - 2004, Kolkata, West Bengal. 6th Bharat Bhavana International Biennial of Print-Art 2004, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. All India Annual Arts Exhibition – 2003 & 2002, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, West Bengal. 67th All India Annual Arts Exhibition – 2003 & 2002, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, West Bengal. 5th All India Annual Arts Exhibition – 2002, Academy of Fine Arts, Gulbarga, Karnataka. All India Annual Arts Exhibition – 2002, West Bengal State Academy of Dance, Drama Music and Visual Arts.

Youth Festival 2001-02 in Dhanbadh, Bihar, (East Zone), Association of Indian Universities.

STATE ACADEMY AWARD, 2002 –‘CONTEMPORARY ART– GRAPHICS’, WEST BENGAL. ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 2002 –‘AWARD CERTIFICATE – GRAPHICS’, GULBARGA, KARNATAKA. 76th AIFACS (STATE LEVEL), 2004, ‘BEST GRAPHICS’, WEST BENGAL. 6th BHARAT BHAVANA INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF PRINT- ART, ‘HONOURABLE MENTION CERTIFICATEAWARD’04.