RAMAKANTA SAMANTARAY
Born in
1972, Odisha,
India
Education
1994 Studied Painting from B.K.
College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar
1996 M.A. in Oriya Language & Literature, Utkal University
Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar
2004 Ph.D., Utkal University
Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar
Selected
Group Exhibtions
2008 FIGURING LOCATION, India Fine Art,
Mumbai
2008 DIMENSIONS & DIRECTIONS, Mon Art
Gallery, Kolkata.
2007 TRIBUTE TO BAPUJI, Rashtriya
Lalitkala Kendra, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2007 SIX
TO THE COAST, Modern Art Gallery,
Bhubaneswar, collaboration with MEC Art Gallery, New
Delhi
2006 DIFFERENT
LINES-1, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
2006 GANDHI,
Installation show on Gandhi Jayanti, Bhubaneswar Art
Association
2005 AMULYA
JAYANTI SILPA SAGHATI, Srimanta Sankardev
Kalakshetra, Guwahati, Assam.
2004 VOICES, Modern
Art Gallery,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2003 Annual show, Orissa Lalitkala
Academi, Bhubaneswar,
Odisha
2001 AIFACS, Rashtriya Lalitkala Kendra, Bhubaneswar,
Odisha.
1995 Art Show, Utkal University
Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar,
Odisha
1994 Annual Show, B.K.
College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
1993 Annual Show, B.K.
College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Awards
2007 State youth Award, Govt.of
Odisha.
2007 Best short story writer Award from Kedarnath
Gabesana Pratistan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
1996 Painting award by Youth Integrated
Organisation, puri, Odisha.
1996 Ankur bansidhar Samman, from Ankura Sahitya Sanskruta Pratisthan, Balasore, Odissa
1995 Navaprativa Katha Award, for best
short story writer from Eastern Media ltd., Bhubaneswar,Odisha
Fellowship & Grant
1997- 2003 Junior Research Fellow, UGC, New Delhi.
2004 Travels Grant, Central
Sahitya Academy, New Delhi.
Workshops
2006 How
to draw, workshop with children, CYSD, Karanjia,
Orissa.
2005 Workshop
on role of Science & Technical Terminology in Oriya writing, Commission for
Science Technical Terminology in Oriya Science Writing, Commission for science
& technical Terminology, Ministry of HRD, of India,
New Delhi.
2004 Training
/Workshop on Script Writing for Audio visual programs, Central Institute of
Indian Language, Mysore.
2004 Poetry
workshop at Sundaragada, Odisha Sahitya Academy and EZCC Kolkata.
2002 National
Seminar/Workshop, WAA. Bhubaneswar.
1999 Poetry
workshop at Barunei, Khurda,
Odisha
Sahitya Academy and EZCC Kolkata.
1999 Short
story writer's workshop, Odisha Sponge Iron ltd.
1997 Illustration
for Science Magazines, Odisha Vigyan
Academi, Bhubaneswar.
1996 Netaji Subhas Chandra State youth
cultural festival, Govt. of Odisha collaboration with
EZCC, Kolkata.
1996 Young
Painters camp,G.C.F.
Bhubaneswar.
1996 Illustration
for Children, Regional centre for Education, Bhubaneswar & NCERT, New Delhi.
Publication of Books
1994 ICHHAMATI
(Collection of Poems) published by Srujak
Publications, Odisha.
2001 BAPA (Novel) Published by Ink Odisha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
2004 PATHA ASARANTI (Collection of Poems) published by Athena Books, Berehampur.
2007 KIE SATA KIE SATARA (Novel) published by Saraswati,
Bhubaneswar.
2007 KAGAJA DANGARE KALAMBAS (Short Story Collection) Published by Odisha Sahitya Academi, Bhubaneswar.
2008 PASAPALI (Novel) Published by Athena Books Bhubaneswar.
Experience in the filed of Audio
Visual Media
Gathered
experience in the field of Audio Visual Media as Director, Associate Director
and Script Writer for ETV Odia, DOOR DARSHAN and for
other different Private production house.
More than
200 Book cover Design & thousands of illustrations are published in
different Oriya Books & leading Odia journals.
The artist
lives and works at Baroda.
He writes frequently on the subject of Art & Literature in Oriya journals
and News papers.
