Sakti Burman
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Sakti Burman is a contemporary Indian artist of India
n parentage living in France
. (His name has also been spelled Shakti, Shakthi, and Sakthi.)
He grew up in what is now Bangladesh (but was part of pre-Independence India). He has lived in France for the last five decades, while maintaining strong ties with India, where he regularly exhibits his work. His extended family includes several eminent artists: His daughter, Maya Burman
also lives and works in France; his niece, Jayasri Burman
was inspired by him and is a notable artist in her own right; as is his niece's husband, Paresh Maity
. He has had several exhibitions of his work in India, and elsewhere, and won several prizes.
A painter and lithographer, Burman's art has mythic and fantasy content and rich colors.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n parentage living in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. (His name has also been spelled Shakti, Shakthi, and Sakthi.)
He grew up in what is now Bangladesh (but was part of pre-Independence India). He has lived in France for the last five decades, while maintaining strong ties with India, where he regularly exhibits his work. His extended family includes several eminent artists: His daughter, Maya Burman
Maya Burman
Maya Burman is a contemporary artist of Indian parentage living in France. She is the youngest member of an extended family of eminent artists: her father, Sakti Burman, who also lives and works in France, though he is considered an Indian artist; her cousin, Jayasri Burman; and her cousin's...
also lives and works in France; his niece, Jayasri Burman
Jayasri Burman
Jayasri Burman is a contemporary Indian artist. She studied at the Kala Bhavan in Shantiniketan, and the Visual College of Art, Kolkata...
was inspired by him and is a notable artist in her own right; as is his niece's husband, Paresh Maity
Paresh Maity
Paresh Maity is an Indian painter. He is a prolific painter in a short career span.-Early life:Paresh Maity was born in Tamluk, Purba Medinipur...
. He has had several exhibitions of his work in India, and elsewhere, and won several prizes.
A painter and lithographer, Burman's art has mythic and fantasy content and rich colors.