David Malaker

David Malaker (b.1992) based in Kolkata, completed his BFA from Government College of Art & Craft Calcutta and MFA from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Working mainly with charcoal and crayon on paper, he portrays the nocturnal sights mixed with imagination and fantasy. The myriad appearances of the world in the darkness have found stories and meaning in his paintings, which offer a deeper understanding of our contemporary time. He is the recipient of the National Award by Lalit Kala Akademi , New Delhi; Birla Academy Award; and Rajya Charukala Award Govt. of West Bengal. He has participated in many group shows including: Art Centrix Space Grant Show, Delhi; ‘Trap’ curated by Ayan Mukherjee at Art Multi-disciplines Gallery Kolkata; Murta/Amurta, organized by Akar Prakar Kolkata; Emami Open Call 2020 ‘Aroh’, curated by Ushmita Sahu at Emami Art; Emerging Palette at Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad;‘Rural Urban’ curated by Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya at Art Frequencies. He was also awarded ARTEAST & Jogen Chowdhury Centre for Arts Scholarship; Shrishti AIF Grant; Research-Grant Scholarship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Young Artist Scholarship Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India; GAP Mentorship and Kala Sakshi, New Delhi.
David lives and works in Kolkata.

Academics

B. F. A. Painting, Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta University, 2016

M. F. A. Painting, Faculty of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2018

Awards

National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, Govt. of India, New Delhi in 2020
Finext award, Bhopal in 2019
Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation, Bronze Medal, East Zone in 2018
50th Birla Academy Award, Kolkata in 2017
Rajya Charukala Purashkar, Govt. of West Bengal, Kolkata in 2017, 22
Pondicherry Art Academy National Award in 2017

Scholarships

ARTEAST & Jogen Chowdhury Centre for Arts, Kolkata in 2022
Shrishti AIF Grant, Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad in 2020
Lalit Kala Akademi Research Grant Scholarship 2018-19, Govt. of India in 2028-19
National Scholarship 2016-17, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India in 2016-17
Rashbihari Dutta Memorial Scholarship, GCAC, Calcutta in 2013