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Sushil Kumar (Artist) DOB: 2nd August-1981 Address: Jayanagar/Jeypore/Koraput, Orissa-764005 Email: [email protected] | [email protected] Contact: 09450076078 • CSJM University Kanpur - 2010-11 • Lalit Kala Acedemy Lucknow - 2012 • Lalit Kala Acedemy Bhubaneshwar - 2013 EDUCATION M.A. (drawing and painting) from Kanpur University B.F.A. in Painting from Indira Kala sangeet University Khairagarh. Multimedia training from Arena multimedia Kolkata. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Freelancing artist since 2002 Freelancing in computer graphics (Photo editing, Creating & Developing logo, Card Designing, Cover page designing, etc.) since 2002. Free lancing Photographer since 2005 Worked at JDCA (Jatin Das Center of Art) as an Art assis- tant from 2002 to 2005 Worked as Director In charge in Aarohan, Jhansi (NGO for promotion of Music and Art) from 2005 to 2009. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES • SOLO EXHIBITIONS • State museum Jhansi (U.P.) - 2002 • Town Hall Jeypore (Orissa) - 2003 • CEFNA - A series of charity Exhibitions for needy artists in various cities of U.P. - 2006 • Lalit kala academy Lucknow - 2009 • Jay Narayan vidya mandir, Kanpur - 2010 • Lalit kala academy Lucknow - 2011 GROUP EXHIBITIONS • I.K.S.V. Khairagarh - 2002 • St. Xavier’s Society Kolkata - 2003 • College of Visual Art (Kolkata) - 2003, 2004 • Fine Art Academy (Kolkata)- 2004 22 | APRIL 2018 WORK SHOPS • Indraprasth Academy, Jhansi (U.P.) - 2003 • J. N. V Unnao (U.P.) - 2006 • Aarohan Jhansi (U.P.) - 2007 and 2008 • Jyepore Odisha organized by TWISHA: A Ray of Hope - 2012 • Malyavant festival malkangiri - 2013 • Saraswat Vidya Mandir Jyepore (Odisha) - 2014 • Bal bhavan Kanpur (U.P.) - 2014 Conducted several workshops in remote villages in Odisha with tribals and unpreveliged since 2013. He adopted a village named KUMHARPUT in Odisha, where residents earn their bread butter by pottery making. As the Director of TWISHA he decided to give these village talents an artistic approach and started teach them the intricacies of terracotta work. Along with Kumharput he frequently visits nearby villages as Dighapur, Lachhanaguda,Anta etc. to nurture rural and tribal talents. PERSONAL COLLECTION • Bhubaneshwar Lalit Kala Academy • Odisha Modern Art Gallery (Bhubaneshwar) • Mrs. Sheela Dixit- Fromer CM Delhi, • Dr. Chandra Pal Yadav - MLA, Jhansi • DM office Jhansi •