Utpal Barua
Professor and Head of the Department
Department of design
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati
India
Biography
Born in 1963, in the beautiful state of Assam, Utpal Barua completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal. He then went on to receive his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. Currently he serves as a Professor and Head of the Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He has participated in more than 25 national level exhibitions in India and more than 45 international level exhibitions/symposiums/conferences in the China, Macedonia, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Belgrade, Indonesia, Shanghai, Korea, Russia, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Romania, Italy etc. Also he has been actively participating in Olympic Fine Arts since the year 2008.
Research Interest
Basic Design, Graphic Design, Design Drawing and Visualization, Visual Design- Principles and Applications
Publications
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• Project: History of Maiden Tower of Baku; a visual dialogue 2012: 1st Ecorea International Art Biennial in Korea. 2013: Art residency program June- July at contemporary art center, Penza, Russia. 2013: Solo painting exhibition at ISS Museum Gallery, Penza, Russia 2013: 1st Changzhou, China International Art symposium and exhibition, China • Project: Changzhou historical representation 2014: Exhibition at Jehangir art Gallery, Mumbai in 5th Feb to 11th Feb 2014: A group International exhibition at Gallery Art Penza from 7th Feb’ to 7th March, Penza, Russia. 2014: Haiyan fundraising exhibition in Makati City, Philippines. • Project: A visual journey for fundraising for the tsunami victims
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2004: “Challenging craftâ€; Scotland, UK. http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/challengingcraft/ChallengingCraft/papers/utpalbarua/ubaruaabstract.htm 2004: Conference in Bergen University, Norway. 2006: International art Exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia. 2007: International art Exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia. 2008: International Olympic fine arts exhibition in Beijing, China. • Project: “One world one dream†2008: International art Exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia. 2009: 100 years of Egyptian Art Conference, Cairo, Egypt. http://www.goldenbough.org/course/artpractices.pdf 2009: International Art Exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia. 2010: 1st International Painting Symposium/ conference in Saint-Lo, Paris, France • Project: Touch -Touch, to promote art amongst the entrepreneur and Local people of Saint-Lô; A creative journey
