Artist of the Collection · Kolkata, West Bengal

Atin Basak

Printmaker and painter exploring interior life, memory and spiritual enquiry.

Atin Basak’s collection work is a small, gestural study in ink and wash. His wider practice includes painting, printmaking and an enduring interest in mythology and inner experience.

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Atin Basak artwork in the Saraswati Foundation collection

The artist

Suggestion over finish

The collection’s spontaneous study of a vessel and organic forms reflects a wider practice where figures, signs and textures carry psychological and spiritual resonance.

Awards & honours

1999–2000

Charles Wallace India Trust Arts Award

Recognised in the artist profile published by Jaipur Contemporary and Contemporary Art Gallery.

2000

French Government Scholarship

Supported Basak’s time as a visiting artist at École Supérieure d’Art de Caen, France.

Biography

A Kolkata artist and printmaker

Born in Kolkata in 1966, Atin Basak completed a Master’s degree in Printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. Aakriti Art Gallery traces his visual imagination to childhood stories, folklore, mythology and the epics.

His works often turn inward. Figures, faces and symbols appear with deliberate restraint, while careful tonal handling gives his prints and paintings an introspective atmosphere. His work is held in public collections including the National Gallery of Modern Art and Lalit Kala Akademi.

Biography synthesised from museum, gallery and institutional profiles.

Selected exhibitions