Paresh Maity

He was born in Tamluk, West Bengal in 1965. He Graduated from the Government College of Art, Kolkata and Masters from College of Art, New Delhi.

He received Gold Medal, USSR, 1983; Indian Society of Oriental Art, Kolkata, 1985, 1986; Government of West Bengal for Best Water Colour Painting Award, 1985; Governor's Gold Medal from Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 1988; Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Celebration Award, 1988; National Scholarship, Government of India, 1989; AlFACS, New Delhi, 1990; Birla Academy Kolkata, 1990; British Council Visitorship, 1993; Royal Watercolour Society, London, 2002; Indo-American Society, 2005; ABP’s Sera Bengali Award, Kolkata, 2013; Hall of Fame by Hello (Times of India Group); Cartier Award, St. Moritz Switzerland Art Masters, 2014; Padma Shri, Government of India, 2014;Eastern Eye Editor’s Special Award for contribution in field of art in Royal Festival Hall, London, 2016; Award from Bihar Government, 2017.