Artist's Name: Maneswar Brahma

Born: 1967

Halipara Subhaijar, P.O. Ballamguri, Dist: Chirang, Bodoland, Assam, PIN-783393

B.F.A. in Printmaking in 1997 and M.F.A. (Advance Diploma) in Printmaking in 1999 from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Sanfiniketan, West Bengal.

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIP:

Assam Govt. State Scholarship for study from 1993 to 1996.

National Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resources Development, Department of Culture, New DeIhi,Govt. of India 1998 to 2000.

H.K.KejriwaI young Artist Award, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad Trust, Bangalore, 1999. Birla Academy Award, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata in millennium, 2000.

All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society(AIFACS) Award, at Srimanta San karadeva Kalakshetra, Panjabari, Guwahati in 2002. 1st North East States Award, organized by Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra in 2004.

National Akademi Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, held in Mumbai, 2006.

COLLECTION:

Privet Collection in Japan, Switzerland, Finland, German in India Gurgaon, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Bangaluru, Guwahati.

EXHIBITION PARTICIPATED:

First Eastern Print Biennial Exhibition, Bhubaneswar, 1995.

Third Indian Drawing Biennial Exhibition, The Solids Chandigarh, 1996.

1st All India Avantika Graphic Exhibition in DeIhi,1996.

The Fourth Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, , Bhopal, 1997.

63rd, 64th & 65th All India Exhibition of Art, in Amritsar. The Indian Academy of Fine Arts in 1997, 1998 & 1999.