My work is a constant search for the best way to interpret the ideas that I have about the world I live in. I do not limit myself in only one medium, style, concept or inspiration. Each piece I create is simultaneously an extension from the past. I am a painter, a painting restorer, an interior advisor all together, I am an artist.
“Swapan Das has become one of the best exponents of Indian painting. The neo-Bengal School that Abanindranath Tagore and his students has started had shown signs of decadence in the 1950-60s period. Than certain dedicated artist like Mrinal Kanti Das gave it a new thematic variations and directions. His student, particularly Swapan, took up from him pointers to the aesthetic adventure and went their own way. Both in wash and tempera swapan has done miniature format works, medium size ones and muralesque painting with same kind of ease, accuracy, and meticulousness. Swapan is a religious painter but believes that good religious art must be good art first and also true expression of inner experience of the artist. He pours himself out in all aspects of the subject matter, composition and the meanings communicated. In this exhibition one sees him moving slightly away from world of mythology to the life of Buddha. The first result of his meditations on Buddha is the culminating point of this exhibition and indicates his quest for meaning of life and art”
– Sandip Sarkar Art historian and Critic
1989-1994 Bachelor of Visual Art from Government Collage of Art and Craft (GCAC) Kolkata
1985-1988 Diploma in Drawing and Painting from Indian Society of Oriental Art
Awards:
2019 Honourable Mention Award from The International Art Exhibition of Bangladesh Shilpkala Academy.
2018 Ek Nazar Art Organization (Delhi) Award Gold Medal.
2018 Ek Nazar Art organization Award (Hryana) Gold Medal.
2017-16 Prafulla Dhanukar Art Foundation (PDAF) Award Gold Medal, Mumbai.
2005 Certificate of merit in Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata.
2001 Abanindranath Tagore Memorial Medal in Indian Society of Oriental Arts.
1996 Gaganendranath Tagore memorial Medal in Indian Society of Oriental Arts.
1995 Pratima Devi Tagore Memorial Medal,Indian Society of Oriental Arts.
1994 Abanindranath Tagore Medal in Indian Society of Oriental Arts.
1994 Haren Das’s Award Govt. College of Arts and Craft.
1993 Certificate of Merit Govt. College of Art and Craft.
