Born in 1982 in West Bengal, India, Anjan Modak is a contemporary artist based in Kolkata. He graduated with a B.V.A. and an M.F.A. in Painting from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, in 2007 and 2009, respectively.
Modak has had two solo shows: ‘Fragmented Life’ at Emami Art, Kolkata in 2020 and ‘Black, White and More’ in 2016. He was a part of the duo show ‘Between the Self and Silhouettes’ at Emami Art in 2022. ‘The Common Man,’ a solo project, was shown by Emami Art at the India Art Fair, New Delhi, in 2020. Some of his important group exhibitions include ‘Constellation’, Emami Art, Kolkata 2021; ‘Paint Our World’, organised by Agapi 2 at ITC Sonar, Kolkata, 2018; Ahuja Art Museum, Kolkata, 2017; CIMA Awards Show, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata, 2017 and 2019; ‘Fictive’, Gallery Range, Kolkata, 2016; ‘Assortment’, Emami Chisel Art Gallery, 2015; Abanindranath Tagore Gallery, ICCR, Kolkata, 2014; ‘Shublab’, Gallery Matrix, Kolkata, 2014; Annual Exhibition of Rajya Charukala Parishad, Kolkata, 2014 to 2017; The 86th Annual All India Art Exhibition, New Delhi, 2013; Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts in association with Sensorium, Kolkata, 2013; Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, 2013 to 2016; Time & Space Gallery, Bangalore, 2011.
Emami Art has shown Modak 's work at several important art fairs, such as Art Mumbai 2024, 2023; India Art Fair, Delhi in 2024, 2022 and 2020; Mumbai Art Fair and Jaipur Art Fair in 2016; and ‘India Art Story’ Kolkata in 2015 to 2017. In 2009, he was awarded the Rabindra Bharati University Present Creative Award, and his works are in major private collections in India and abroad.
Anjan Modak lives and works in Kolkata.