Draft:Sujit Das

Shri Sujit Das, son of Shri Kamakhya Chandra Das and Smti Khama Das has born on 11th December 1980 in Nagaon, Assam. Sujit Das as a kid developed brilliant fine motor skills during the art and craft classes of his school days. He has taken his first step for paint from Rup-rang School of drawing and

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Educational Background
He completed his schooling at Nagaon Bengali HS School, His HSSLC from Nagaon GNDG Commerce College and began his college education from the Nagaon GNDG Commerce College, later graduating BMC from KKHSOU. He also completed a diploma in Electronic engineering from Assam Institute of electronic.

Sujit Das is a Diploma holder in Fine Arts from Ruprong School of Drawing and Painting, under the guidance of eminent Artist Pranab Baruah

Sujit Das : The trendsetter
According to Oscar Wilde- “Art is the only serious thing in the world, and the Artist is the only person who is never serious”. But when artist become very serious with his work, then he may achieve the apex point of success. Here we are going to say something about a young artist of Assam, Shri Sujit Das, who seriously try to uplift the traditional satriya painting of Assam.

Many ancient art works are decaying and some art forms are also dying. Many Indians don’t know the name and forms of these art forms. Some traditional art forms are centuries old, generations pass flew down to preserve the culture of India. All are culturally unique and varied. They have evolved over the years. Some remain untouched despite modernization of the country. Satriya miniature painting of Assam which style was almost untouched by the people or artists since the middle period of the nineteen century. We found about 120 illustrated old manuscripts in Assam.

The miniature painting of Assam originated in Assam during 15th century. Most of the Indian traditional art as well as miniature painting of Assam also depicts religious tales, an alternative way to view these stories that are popular within Indian culture. This art form highlights the intricate handmade details within small sized paintings.

These paintings were created using natural dyes and colours that were made from Hengul and Haital. These colours were printed auto ‘Sanchipat’ (bark of Agar tree) or Tulapat (bark of cotton tree). As a result, these art forms have been passed down from one generation to another to educate them on the rich cultural history of India. Shri Sujit Das, son of Shri Kamakhya Chandra Das and Smti Khama Das has born on 11th December 1980 in Nagaon, Assam. Sujit Das as a kid developed brilliant fine motor skills during the art and craft classes of his school days. He has taken his first step for paint from Rup-rang School of drawing and painting, under the guidance of renown artist late Pranab Boruah. In 1995, While he was student of this School he had an opportunity of drawing the picture depicting the guide lines of the Chitra-Bhagavata, where in the Gandharva’s were playing on ‘taal’, the Vidyadharas playing on Mridonga, Apsaras dancing while the saints meditating, the Gods (Devatas) sprinkled the flowers and in an another painting show Krishna was dancing on Kalia’s head in the Satriya style on art paper with water colour.

Sujit Das learned the preparing of Sachipat and indegenious colour from Shri Debokanta Hazarika, another artist. In 2005, Sujit curved the picture of five abtar’s of Bishnu out of Ten in Satriya style on wood which he used for the front door of his resident. In 2007, he has drawn traditional manuscript (miniature) painting from ‘Karna Parva’ in the book cover of ‘Ramsarswati’, by Madhurja Mandit Boruah. He got 1st position in Young Artist Camp of National Youth Festival at Amritsar in 2009, by Ministry of Youth Affairs and sports, Govt. of India.

Sujit Das & His Role in Placing Traditional Satriya Paintings at Global Level
Sujit Das had played an important role in carrying the traditional Satriya paintings of Assam at international level. He is the first person, who has drawn the life of Srimanta Sankardeva in Satriya art from and at the same time he painted on wooden box of manuscript. The art of the traditional satriya painting was developed from 16th to 19th century in Assam. The Vaishnab style of Assamese painting was being painted on Sanchipat (Bark of Agar Tree) and Tulapat ( Bark of Cotton Tree) at the Satras and traditional natural colours were use for such paintings.

The paintings of Sujit Das depicted the traditional style of Vaishnaba paintings and exhibited at different art exhibitions in the country and abroad. His paintings were exhibited in The Nehru Centre (London), Pand P Podium (The Netherlands), High Commission of India (Nairobi, Kenya), Embassy of India ( Beijing, China), Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (Dhaka), Tipsy Art Gallery (Vietnam), Lamasatt Art Gallery of Cairo (Egypt), Gallery of Modern Art in Russaia, JDA Perera Art Gallery in Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nehru Wangchuck Cultural Center in Bhutan, DOT Art Gallery in Bangkok (Thailand), Modern Art Gallery in Malaysia, Nepal Art Council in Kathmandu, Art Hub Gallery in Dubai and Abu Dhabi (UAE), Sureka Museum in Kasavo (Europe) and in other European countries like- Greece, Turkey, Macedonia etc. In India, he participated in painting exhibition in America Centre (US Embassy), Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (New Delhi), Lalit Kala Academy in New Delhi, Artizen Art Gallery, Indian Academy of Fine Arts in Amritsar, Academy of Fine Arts of Kolkata, Shrimanta Sankardeva kalakhatra (Guwahati), State Art Gallery and Guwahati Artists’ Guild (Guwahati) etc.

Artist Sujit Das has participated in many seminar and workshops on Satriya painting in the University of the Visual and Performing Arts at Colombo in Sri Lanka, High Commission of India (Kenya), Tipsy Art Gallery in Vietnam, Bagmait Museum in Kathmandu (Nepal), Artists Camp in Malaysia and Singapore, International Art Workshop in Istanbul (Turkey), Shrimanta Sankardev Kalakhetra (Guwahati), Raja Mansingh Tomor Music and Art University at Gwalior (M.P.), N-E Youth Festival in Kohima, 73rd Kaliabor conference of Assam Sahitya Sabha, Raha Conference of Sankarsangha, Santiniketan Art Camp in Bolpur etc.

Awards
1) Junior Fellowship Awardee, CCRT, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India

2) Guinness World Records

3) Limca Book of Records

4) Sarbabharatiya Award-2023, by Sarbabharatiya Sangeet -O-Sanskriti Parishad, Kolkata