Abhijit Paul was born in Kolkata, West Bengal 1982. He completed his Graduation and Post Graduation from M.S.University, Vadodara 2008. An awardee of the Inlaks Scholarship, he has participated in shows all over India. The significance of Abhijit’s works lies in the surprise he generates from making the familiar unfamiliar. The language he works with has been extremely familiar to all who have seen examples of outdoor oils practiced and propagated in the Government Art schools all over India. The language and its semantic works best in capturing the impression of romantic environments with saturated chromatic effects.

Abhijit’s choice of this language is important, because he does exactly what is not attempted anywhere, to create a vision that works against the traditional possibilities of this language. His works are marked with a sense of claustrophobia, where empty or abandoned spaces, large walls or an architectural fragment create a sense of loss and lifelessness all around. An occasional use of an animal figure adds to the tension that he builds with the strategic use of the vertical space in accordance with the horizontal. All in all, the ghostly abandonment which marks his canvases brings a sense of poignancy.

Abhijit lives and works in Baroda.