Ashok Bhowmick, b. 1953, Kanpur, India

One man shows

  • ‘Ashok – 74’, one man show at Kanpur, 1974
  • ‘Sun & the Beggar’, one man show at Nehru Hall, Azamgarh, 1980
  • ‘Sun & the Beggar’, one man show at Academy Of Fine Arts,Calcutta, 1980
  • ‘Amidst the Darkness’, one man show at Senate Hall, Allahabad University, Allahabad, 1983
  • ‘Recent paintings’, one man show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1991
  • ‘Ganesha’, one man show at Artists’ Centre, Mumbai, 1993
  • ‘Undulations’, one man show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1994
  • ‘My city, my childhood’, one man show at Academy Of Fine Arts, Calcutta, 1996
  • ‘Manushi & other paintings’, one man show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1997
  • Works On Paper, one man show at Admit One Art Gallery, New York, USA, 1999
  • ‘Recent Works’, one man show at Katayun Gallery, Calcutta, 2001
  • Selected Works, one man show at Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 2004
  • ‘Warli in Me and other paintings’, one man show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2004
  • ‘Retrospective 1997-2007’one man show at Kumar Art Gallery, 2007
  • ‘Recent Works’ at Museum Art Gallery, 2009 (Organized by Kumar Gallery)
  • ‘Epic on the rock shelters’. Organized by Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai 2014

Other Participations

  • Delivered a lecture on ‘Commercialization and Contemporary Art’ at the Department of Paintings at Allahabad University, 2006.
  • Attended the international seminar on ‘Gender perspective in Asian Art’ on the occasion of Asian Art Festival in 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Evaluated the merit to select the awardees from the paintings submitted for the All India Art Exhibition, 2007 and 2016 organized by State Lalit Kala Academy, U.P.
  • Member of Jury for the All India Art Exhibition, 2007 organized by Kalidasa Academy, Ujjain, M..P.
  • Lecture on “War Paintings” at Indian Institute of Mass Communications New Delhi, 2nd Lucknow Film Festival, Instituto Cervantes (Spanish Cultural Centre) New Delhi and many other cities.
  • Lectures on Art at Satyavati College, Technia College of Arts, Jawaharlal Nehru University , Delhi University , Jamia Miliya Islamia  Delhi and in other cities like Ujjain, Bareilly, Bhilai , Ara, Kolkata , Gorakhpur. Nainital , Dalhousie and Ranchi .
  • Lecture on “Theatre and Painting” at Bhartendu Theatre Academy (BNA) , Lucknow .
  • Lecture on “Paintings of Rabinrda Nath Tagore” at Vikram University , Ujjain , Law Bhawan , Chandigarh , Bharatiya Jnanpith ,Technia College of Arts, Teen Moorti Bhawan. New Delhi , Indian Institute of Advance Studies , Shimla, Press Club , Indore , Bharatiya Jananpith and at the CHAUPAAL. Mumbai.
  • Lecture on “ Famine and the paintings of Zainul Abedin ‘ at Udaipur , New Delhi , Art faculty of Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi .
  • Lecture on “Paintings of Chittaprosad ‘ at Delhi, Ashok Nagar, Bhilai, Indore , Patna, Mumbai, Lucknow and Jabalpur , Jaipur , Dalhousie and New Delhi .
  • Lecture on “ Meaning of Art “ at Government College , Kota ,  Lady Shree Ram College for Women , Kamla Nehru College , I.P. College and Ambedker University , New Delhi 2015.
  • Lecture on “ Meaning of Art “ at Ranchi, organized by MECON and Lalit Kala Academy (Regional Art Centre, Bhubaneswar) and also at Dalhousie in 2015.
  • ‘Art Talk ‘ organized by Cobalt Arts at Kamal Nayan Bajaj Art Gallery on ‘Relevance of Ravindra Nath Tagore as a painter’ and ‘ In the wonderland of Indian Art’ .
  • ‘Truth of Indian Art ‘, a lecture organized by Bharatiya Jnanpeeth .