Souvik Majumdar

Souvik Majumdar is an artist and educator based in Kolkata, India, whose work explores the complex dimensions of the human condition. His art practice includes exploration of various mediums, including video, photography, painting, drawing, and sound, allowing him to investigate fundamental questions about consciousness, sexuality, identity. He is also interested in the influence of technology especially filters and algorithms on the idea self .
Souvik holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art Practice from Shiv Nadar University and a BFA in Painting from The Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship. He has received notable recognition for his work, having been awarded the CCRT Young Artist scholarship from 2010 to 2015, and he was selected for several prestigious art projects and exhibitions. These include the Kochi Muziris Student Biennale (2016 & 2021), the Building Bridges project with Emergent Art Space (2017-2019), and the Random Variables project at the WNDX Festival of Moving Image in Canada (2018).
His work has been featured in various national and international venues, such as the Serendipity Art Festival in Goa, the International Meeting on Video-Dance and Video Performance in Valencia, Spain, and the ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival. He was also part of the TikTok Digital Residence at IN-SONORA Festival,Spain. Souvik is also a faculty member in the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Calcutta International School .

Academics

MFA in Interdisciplinary art practice form Shiv Nadar University (2018-2020)

BFA in painting from The Indian College of Arts and Craftmanship under (RBU) (2014-2018)

Art of the MOOC: Experiments with Sound by Duke University & Berlin University of the Arts from COURSERA in 2021

Certificate on multimedia from Explorer Computer Centre, Kolkata in 2016

Diploma from Nehru Children’s museum,Vidyasagar Academy (2007-2010)

Awards

Centre for cultural resource and training (CCRT) Young Artist scholarship (2010-2015)

Annual exhibition The Indian College of arts and Draftsmanship “Best award -Painting “ in 2015

Ajeeb Duniya Grant in 2018