S A N G R A M  M A J U M D A R

 

 

BORN    

           

Calcutta, India, 1976

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

2001

MFA, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, IN

 

1999

BFA, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, RI

 

1997                

RISD European Honors Program, PALAZETTO CENCI, Rome, Italy

 

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2008                

International School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy

Past & Present, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

New Works, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL

Paintings & Drawings, Rose Lehrman Art Gallery, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA

 

2006                

Observations - Paintings and Drawings, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

2005                

New works, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

2004                

Transitions, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL

New Works, Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, OH

 

2003    

Ann Nathan Gallery, IL

Lyon College, Batesville, AR

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2008                

Vessels, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NYC, NY

The Center Club, Baltimore, MD

Persona, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NYC, NY

            Bethesda Painting Awards Exhibition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

Form & Fiction, The Painting Center, NYC, NY

 

2007                

United States Embassy, Freetown, Sierra Leone

COLOR, 2219 St. Paul St. (curated by Nancy Froelich), Baltimore, MD8

NUDE, Maryland Art Place Benefit Auction, Baltimore, MD

RISD Baltimore/DC Biennial 2007, The Warehouse Gallery, DC

Annual Faculty Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Rose Lehrman Art Gallery, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA

 

2006                

Marking Perception: Figurative Works on Paper, Andrews Gallery, The College of William & Mary, VA

Gala Fantastique, Rochefort Sale and Auction Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Here and Now, ArtSalute, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

 

2005                

Drawing Invitational, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in Nagoya, Japan

Mind/Self, Villa Julie College, Baltimore, MD

Alfred and Trafford Klotts Residency Program Exhibition, Rochefort en terre, France

Art Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL­

 

2004

Paint, Poetry, Pros, Eubie Blake Jazz Institute, Baltimore, MD

Our Perfect World –juried exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

Narrative Visions: Works by Grace Hartigan, Beverly McIver, Sangram Majumdar, Raoul Middleman, David Rich, and Tony Shore,C.Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Art Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL­

Solo Exhibition, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL

Conversations – influences and collaboration in contemporary art (traveling exhibition) – Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, DL; Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, 2004

 

2003                

Annual Faculty Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL

Art Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL

Solo Drawing Exhibition, Lyon College, Batesville, AR

 

2002                

Brittingham Invitational II, (exhibition catalogue) University of Wisconsin System, Madison, WI

Wisconsin Triennial, juried exhibition, (exhibition catalogue), Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

Arts West 2002, juried exhibition - Honorable Mention, L.E. Philips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI

Drawing from Perception, juror: Graham Nickson, Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, OH

 

2001

MFA Thesis Exhibition, IU Art Museum, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

 

 

AWARDS

 

2008                

Marcella Brenner Faculty Development Grant - Maryland Institute College of Art, MD

 

2006                

Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Painting

 

2005                

Alfred and Trafford Klotts Residency Program, Rochefort en Terre, France

 

2002                

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs - Travel Grant for Visiting Artists, University of WI-Eau Claire, WI

 

2001                

Tony Munavec Overseas Fellowship to Italy, Indiana University, IN

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

2008                

MICA Professors' Art Featured in UB Galleries, The UB Post, April 2, 2008

Noel, Scott, Exhibition Catalogue for Form & Fiction, The Painting Center, NYC, NY, 2008

Drury Ralph, Stryker Joanne, Drawing: Structure and Vision, Prentice Hall, 2008

Rockman, Deborah, Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation, Oxford University Press, 2008

Class act, Show #19, February 2008

Artworks This Week, Show #. 749, Maryland Public Television, June 4, 2008

 

2007                

Exhibition Catalogue for United States Embassy, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Stone, Harold B. Exploring Life Drawing, Thompson Delmar Publishing, 2007

NUDE catalogue, Maryland Art Place Benefit Auction, Baltimore, MD

 

2006                

ArtNews, September, 2008

 

2005                

Exposition franco-amricaine au chteau, Ouest-France, June 28, 2005

Best of Baltimore 2005, Baltimore, City Paper

 

2004                

Juxtapositions, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, October 2004

Giuliano, Mike, Baltimore Weekly Highlights, CityPaper, Baltimore, MD, Oct 20, 2004

Giuliano, Mike, The Towson Times, Baltimore, MD, June 27, 2004

McNatt, Glenn, Nearly every picture tells a story, The Sun, Baltimore, MD, June 23, 2004

Simmons, Carol, Calcutta-born artist intrigued by the state of transition, Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH, Jan 25,

2004

Yalkut, Jud, A Tale of Two Painters, Dayton City Paper, Dayton, OH, Feb 12, 2004

Arnett, Melinda, Sangram Majumdar and Louis Finkelstein Art Gallery Exhibition, The Guardian, Dayton, OH, Feb 4, 2004

 

2002                

"Majumdar paintings on display," Daily Register, Portage, WI, Dec 4, 2002

Smith, Jennifer, Isthmus, Madison, WI, Mar 15, 2002

Wisconsin Triennial exhibition catalogue, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

 

2001                

Rhea, Tom, "Blueprints for a Ruin," Bloomington Independent, Bloomington, IN, Apr 5, 2001

 

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

 

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Prentice Womens Hospital, Chicago, IL

Wright State University, Dayton, OH

University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR

Arnold Lieber, New York, NY

William Louis-Dreyfuss, NY

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Summer 2008      

The International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy

 

Present – 2003   

Professor of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

 

2003 – 2001      

Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

 

 

ARTIST LECTURES

 

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

The International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy

Rhode Island School of Design, Palazetto Cenci, Rome, Italy

Ecole Suprieure des Beaux Art, Lorient, France

University of New Hampshire, Dover, NH

University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Dreyfoos School for the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL

Design & Architecture Senior High, Miami, FL

Art at the Center 2006 Juror, Overland Park, KS

 

 

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

                       

Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL

Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NYC, NY