PARESH MAITY
Born 1965 in Tamluk, India.
Lives and works in New Delhi.
Paresh Maity's adventurous, experimental personality has prodded him to explore in all mediums – drawing, watercolor, oil, mixed media, installation and sculpture, photography, and filmmaking. Maity's uniqueness lies in his rediscovering India's charm, flavor, and magic in his paintings. Rajasthan is the human inspiration behind his work; Shantiniketan is the spirituality of mind, body, and soul. In Agra, he visualized the beauty of Taj; in Ajanta-Ellora, he recreated the amazing Buddhist frescoes; in his magical series on Kerala, he captured the destination in its pristine colors. He has created artworks on almost all facets and destinations of India, from the serene ghats of Varanasi to the Himalayan heights of Himachal Pradesh and then across the seas to London, Venice, China, and Japan.
Born in Tamluk, West Bengal, 1965
Paresh Maity was born in 1965, Tamluk - a small town in West Bengal - of great antiquity with a remarkable heritage of terracotta art. While in school he made clay images of gods and goddesses and sold them to earn money for his education. He started painting watercolours of river scenes while still at school and then then oil painting thereafter. He mastered the technique of oil painting at Government College of Art, Kolkata. His single-minded determination to acquire formal training paid off when he came to Delhi to join the Delhi College of Art.
Paresh's adventurous, experimental personality has prodded him to explore in all mediums – drawings, watercolours, oils, mixed media, installation and sculptures, photography and filmmaking. Paresh's uniqueness lies in his rediscovering the charm, flavor and magic of India in his paintings. Rajasthan has been the human inspiration behind his work, Shantiniketan the spirituality of mind, body and soul, in Agra he visualized the beauty of Taj, in Ajanta-Ellora he recreated the amazing Buddhist frescoes, in his magical series on Kerala he captured the destination in its pristine colours to the serene ghats of Varanasi and the Himalayan heights of Himachal Pradesh. He has done series of works on almost all facets and destinations of India and then across the seas to London, Venice, China and Japan. He has painted them all.
His works are in the collection at British Museum in London, Rubin Museum, New York, Commonwealth Institute, London, the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, the Birla Academy of Art and Culture in Kolkata, Tata Iron & Steel Co. ITC, Oberoi Group of Hotels, Leela Hotels, Park Sheraton, RPG, Birla Group, Vatican Embassy, Noon Group, London and many other institutions and private collections all over the world.
Paresh Maity, Urban Symphony I, 2016, Oil & acrylic on canvas, 42 x 42 in
Paresh Maity, Untitled (Blue Cityscape), 1991, Oil on board, 11 x 11 in
Paresh Maity, Untitled (Red and Blue Village), 1990, Oil on board, 13 x 6.5 in
Paresh Maity, Untitled (Red Cityscape), 1991, Oil on board, 9 x 9 in
Paresh Maity, Untitled (Yellow House), 1990, Oil on board, 11.5 x 11.5 in
Paresh Maity, Autumn Blossoms, 2015, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in
Paresh Maity, Day Breaking, 2015, Oil in canvas, 48 x 36 in
Paresh Maity, Fresh Snow Fall, 2015, Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in
Paresh Maity, Heating On, 2015, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in
Paresh Maity, Germany, n/d, Pen and ink on paper, 9.5 x 10 in
Paresh Maity, Heidelberg, 2004, Pen and ink on paper, 5.5 x 8 in
Paresh Maity, Istanbul, 2004, Pen and ink on paper, 5.5 x 8 in
Paresh Maity, Shimla 2, n/d, Pen and ink on paper, 11 x 10 in
Paresh Maity, Shimla 1, n/d, Pen and ink on paper, 8.5 x 9 in
Paresh Maity, Mountain Raga, 2015, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in
Paresh Maity, Next to Each Other, 2015, Oil on canvas, 28 x 70 in
Paresh Maity, Red Blossom, 2015, Oil on canvas, 36 x 40 in
Paresh Maity, Summer, 2015, Oil on canvas, 36 x 72 in
Paresh Maity, Sunlight, 2015, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in
Paresh Maity, Untitled (Green Town), 1990, Oil on board, 7.5 x 4.5 in
Paresh Maity, Untitled (Nightscape), 1990, Oil on board, 10.5 x 8.5 in
Paresh Maity, Winter Fishing, 2015, Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in
Paresh Maity, Yellow Blossom, 2015, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in
Paresh Maity, Moonlight, 2015, Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in
The world has woken up to the new transactional idiom of NFTs and India’s stellar artist Paresh Maity’s NFT debut with Artexposure as the owner , is a classic case of ownership with the physical asset as well as the digital in his historic pandemic creation The Perpetual Glare.
Everything in the three-story house was done up after careful consideration of each others’ wishes. The result: special places reserved for the couple's own art, separate work areas, and more.
Artist and Painter Paresh Maity spoke exclusively to India Today about his latest exhibition in Kolkata. Paresh Maity is exhibiting his art in Kolkata after a gap of six years. Watch the full interview.
Seeing how the idol makers brought the Goddess Durga to life, a seven-year-old child from a remote village in Midnapore’s Tamluk area tried his tender hands in clay molding and even managed to sell a few pieces at the local fairs for as little as 10-15 paise in the early 70s. Who would have thought back then that some 48 odd years later that very child’s artwork would sell at a premium all over the country and beyond? That’s Paresh Maity for you.
