BARBIL ART PROJECT

Award Ceremony

Proud to announce Barbil Art Project was honoured with the Hello India awards organised by Hello India Magazine . Arya Group Foundation won the “Hello India Art Award 2022” for Best Collaboration of the Year with Utsha Foundation for Contemporary Art. Tripti Arya (Managing Trustee of AGF) with Eminent Artist Jagannath Panda (Managing Trustee of Utsha) received the award at a function at Delhi on 25th April 2022.

Thank you HELLO INDIA MAGAZINE and SHRINE EMPIRE for such a magnificent initiative of recognising the artistic endeavours. We are grateful to the jury members, for believing in our creative engagement.

The Barbil Art Project (BAP) over the years, has emerged as a significant inclusive art project for many of us, engaging diverse forms of art practice, subsequently educating and enticing a diverse community due to curatorial contributions of many artists. This award belongs to all the participating artists, curators and the support team of Arya Foundation and Utsha Foundation.

Congratulations to all of you again.

Tripti Arya is a second-generation entrepreneur. She is the Managing Trustee of Arya Group Foundation (AGF) driving Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives of Arya Iron & Steel Company Pvt. Ltd. She is also the Non-Executive Director at Jindal Saw Ltd. She is very passionate about different Creative Arts and tries to patronize the arts forms in every way possible.

Tripti conceptualized the “Barbil Art Project” as a collaboration with Utsha Foundation, a bi annual event, an artistic platform where renowned artists & students volunteer from different parts of the country and come to Barbil, Odisha for a residency workshop; interact with the local community & artisans, understand the culture, & exhibit their skills and creations.

Barbil Art Project engaged more than 44 contemporary artists from across India, 200 young and dynamic local artists and students, and 60 traditional, folk and performance artists from Odisha. Over the course of five editions, society has been creatively engaged under the curatorial supervision of Jagannath Panda and his team along with Tripti Arya and the Arya Group Foundation team. As a result of this effort, a culturally enhanced community has developed into a participatory audience over time.

Here is a quick review of all five episodes of Barbil Art Project.

Barbil Art Project I – Redefining Space
(November 25th – December 1st, 2012)

Conceptualized by: Jagannath Panda
Project Coordinator: Ramakanta Samantaray

Artists: Aishwaryan K, Arvind Singh, Haraprasad Tripathy, Josh P.S, Nityananda Ojha, P. Bujinga Rao, Satyabhama Majhi, Sweta P. Bhattad, Sujit Mallik and Surya Singh.

Barbil Art Project II – A community based experimental Art Workshop
(November 30th – December 7th, 2014)

Conceptualized by: Jagannath Panda
Project Coordinator: Ramakanta Samantaray
Curator: Rahul Bhattacharya

Artists: Veer Munshi, Shilpa Joglekar, Anuradha Pathak, Samara Kajal, Saikia Mandakini Galore, Anjan Kumar Sahoo, Kanta Kishor Moharana, Dipti Biswal, Susant Kumar Panda, Rajat Kumar Dhal, Narahari Bhol, Dwijabar Das, Sansari Godatla and Golap Godatia.

Barbil Art Project III – Tales from the land
(December 04th-December 10th, 2017)

Conceptualized by: Jagannath Panda
Project Coordinator: Ramakanta Samantaray
Curator: Ushmita Sahu

Artists: Arpan Mukherjee , Arpita Akhanda, Ashis Mahakud, Daina Mohapatra, Janhavi Khemka, Jeetander Ojha, Joyraj Bhattacharya, Pinaki Mohanty, Prasanta Sahu, Pratap Jena, Rabindra Patra, Ruma Chowdhury Mukherjee, Sidharth Mohanty.

Barbil Art Project IV : Moving Into The Margin
(December 06th-December 12th, 2019)

Conceptualized by: Jagannath Panda
Project Coordinator: Ramakanta Samantaray
Curator: Pradosh Mishra
Curatorial Assistant: Shambhavi Singh

Artists: Rajesh Kumar Singh, Trinath Mohanty, Ankita Kashyap, Pranati Panda, Archana Das, Bibhu Patnaik, Suresh K Nair, B Ajay Sharma, Umesh Singh, and Sitikantha Samantsinghar.

Barbil Art Project-V : Rûpa-loka: Incarnation of Ideas
(December 06th – December 12th, 2021)

Conceptualized by: Jagannath Panda
Project Coordinator: Ramakanta Samantaray
Curator: Georgina Maddox
Curatorial Assistance: Sumitra Parhi

Artists: Anindita Bhattacharya, Ankon Mitra, Bibhu Nath, Kulu Ojha, Satadru Sovan, Shivani Aggarwal,
Subrat Behera

Artisans: Bijay Parida, Prashanta Behera, Purusottam Mohapatra, Chandrasena Majhi, Pradyumna Mohanta, Ranjita Dhal, Basanta Behera

Asst. Artisan: Debendra Behera, Diptirani Behera, Purna Chandra Mohapatra, Dhanei Majhi, Jadunath Dhal, Basanti Behera.