Educational Qualifications
| 1981 |
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Kingston College of Art, London, UK |
| 1982 |
Art Teachers Certificate Reading University, Surrey, UK |
Professional experience
| 1983 |
Sugar Cane- furniture business in London. The furniture was
nominated for a Design Council Award. It was used in
television, films, magazines and advertisements.The furniture was
exhibited at the Pret a Porter fashion show in Paris and the Ideal
Homes Show in Birmingham and London. |
| 1995 |
Designed fashion for Boy London, Hyper-Hyper and Howie in London. |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2004 |
Osborne Gallery Surrey |
| 2006 |
And London |
| 2009 |
Studio 21 Kolkata |
| 2010 |
Ganges Art Gallery Kolkata |
Group Shows
| 1999 |
Gagliardi gallery London |
| 2000 |
Royal Academy of Art Summer show London |
| 2001 |
Dover St. Arts Club London |
| 2002 |
Studioart London |
| 2003 |
Royal Overseas League London |
| 2005 |
Harvey Nichols London |
| 2006 |
Lemon St.Gallery Cornwall UK |
| 2009 |
ClMA Summer show Kolkata |
| 2009 |
CIMA Annual show Kolkata |
| 2011 |
Arts Trust Birla Academy of Art Kolkata |
| 2012 |
Ganges Art Gallery Kolkata |
| 2012 |
ITC Sonar Bangla Kolkata |
| 2013 |
Ganges Art Gallery Kolkata |
| 2013 |
Galley Kolkata, Kolkata |
| 2013 |
Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata |
| 2013 |
Bruno Art Gallery Singapore |
| 2020 |
Shortlisted Royal Academy summer show |
| 2020 |
ING Discerning Eye exhibition |
In 1998 Anita's photograph was used in an artwork titled The God-look-a-like Contest by Adam Chodsko. It was shown in the Sensation exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art in London. The exhibition was the cause of much controversy around the world. The artwork is owned by Charles Saatchi.Anita presently resides and has her studios in both London and Kolkata.
Statements
At college I was influenced by William Coldstream an English painter. I painted from the model. The system was based on the philosophical idea of logical positivism. After college I lost faith in the idea.
I visited India for the first time since childhood. I met David Hockney. He told me to do whatever interested and delighted me. This was a huge release for me.
My painting changed into abstracted figurative composition. I used different viewpoints like Cezanne, local colour like El Greco and rhythms like Delacroix.
After this my pictures developed into mixed-media collage and became more abstract.
