Graduated from Government College of Art & Craft, 1966.
Exhibitions : Group show in Gallery Jacob, Paris, 2000-2001, Group Show, Hamburg, Germany, 2000, Solo Show : Bangalore, 2000. Art of Bengal, Group Show, Cima Art Gallery, 2001, Solo Show : Academy of Fine Arts, 2002, Gaganendra Chitrasala, 1997, Birla Academy, 1995.
Hiran Mitra is always experimenting with parity of form and dialogue between abstract shapes in juxtaposition. They have often a caligraphic effects where strips of colours and black move in space and make zones of significant silence to set the non-figurative shapes into motion. The visuals then grow in emotional charge and engulf and intoxicate the onlookers. He sometimes divides the work into vertical parts. Together the visual parts make for a visionary symphony. The abstraction of objects in limbo comment on his philosophy of being and becoming. He is one of the founder members of Painters 80, a rebellious painters' group of Kolkata in 1980's. He has illustrated book covers for contemporary Bengali literature.
Education:
M.F.A from Government College of Art & Craft in 1966.
Major Exhibitions and Shows:
Open Window Group- Art Context Gallery, Singapore in 2007.
Inner Sensation in Gallery 27, London, UK in 2006.
Journey With Rang Number, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata in 2002.
Right Line Gallery, Bangalore in 2000.
Gaganendra Chitrashala, Calcutta in 1980.
Birla Academy of Arts & Culture, Calcutta in 1969.
Awards and Honours:
Residency, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
Awarded Gold Medal from Academy of Fine Arts in 1969 to 1971.
