Biography

Dhananjay Mukherjee is a professional painter based out of the capital city of West Bengal, Kolkata. He has been painting for last 25 years. Born in 1964 in the terracotta town of Bishnupur, he has inherited an artistic tradition; he started his art life at the tender age of eight. Once he completed schooling, he decided on a career in art and did a year course at La-Martiniere SEOMP Society in Commercial Art, Exhibition Display and Interior Decoration in Kolkata. Simultaneously, he also pursued his graduation studies from the Calcutta University. He started his art career in 1984 with the aim to become a complete contemporary artist. He completed his five years art education from Rabindra Bharti University (Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship) in 1988. He participated in more than 85 group shows and 24 solo shows in India and abroad. His major collections are NGMA - National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi), Indian Tourism, Jaypee group of Hotels and many more private collections in India and abroad.  Dhananjay creates graphic and structural uniformity on canvas through the play of shade and light. His paintings are basically a judicious mix of the realistic and abstract forms. His thoughts stem from unique imagination, which combines the real natural world with the creative and artistic world. He finds modernism on canvas with the help of some old mythological art like old tribal paintings, Jamini Roy's paintings, and Madhubani Paintings. He expresses with remarkable uses of colours to depict the unknown mysteries in the natural world. His many collections bring out his natural creative talent and total love for art. He paints with acrylic and oil colours on paper and canvas.