Ganesh Chandra Haloi

Place: Jamalpur

Born: 1936

Biography:

Ganesh Haloi is an India-based visual artist, curator, and author. He was born in 1936 in Jamalpur village in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. In 1950, his family moved to Calcutta, India. Haloi's art has evolved from pure landscape to abstract innerscapes, with precise associations with his psyche and experiences. His notable works include nature-scapes painted on rice paper. He has exhibited in several shows including Form and Play, Documenta 14, Poetics of Abstraction, Art: Bengal Now, and Sense and Sensation: Paintings in Ink and Brush at Akar Prakar. He was awarded the Manojmohan Basu Smarak Samman for his autobiography Amar Katha.