Profile
Biswajit Thakuria is a multidisciplinary artist based in India. Biswajit completed his BFA and MFA in Painting from Kala Bhavana Institute of Fine Arts at Visva-Bharati University. His practice is concerned with social memories and landscape dialogues, engaging with archival memories both public and private, to revisit some important events from Assam’s past and the role of power in representing that landscape. Biswajit’s practice spans photography, videos, and drawings and he primarily works with organic materials inspired by the process of mask making in Assam.
Biswajit has participated in the Students Biennale at Kochi Muziris Biennale and the Immerse Fellowship and Residency in Mumbai, and he was also a recipient of the Cultural Talent Scheme Award.
