MANGALDAI: The long- cherished dream of a promising rural artist of Mangaldai to find his creations displayed in the three-day World Art Exhibition in Italy, well defined as ‘The Heaven of Art’, has finally been transformed into reality.
‘Old Lady’, a beautiful painting of the young and talented artist, Ajit Bania of Mangaldai in the Darrang district, has been exhibited in the world’s most prestigious Watercolour Art Exhibition ‘Fabriano in Acquarello-2023’ organized in Sala Borsa Auditorium, Bolonga in Italy from April 23 to April 25. Ajit Bania is the only artist from the State to be selected to take part in this mega event where artists and masters from altogether 80 countries participated for painting, demonstration, exhibition etc.
Talking to The Sentinel, Ajit Bania said, “I am so happy today and it is a special day for my career as one of my paintings has been exhibited in one of the prestigious Watercolour Art Festival. Every artist knows about the importance of getting a chance to participate in an international event held by none other than a country like Italy, which is widely known as the ‘Heaven of Art on the Earth’. Every year paintings are selected by the International Watercolour Society (IWS) from different countries, dividing each country into four separate segments. I was selected by team leader Rajat Shubhra Bandopadhay amongst 15 artists in India (North). As far as my information goes, I am the only artist from Assam to get this rare opportunity.”
The paintings of Ajit Bania, an alumnus (2014) of Guwahati Art College, has already been displayed or exhibited in several international art platforms, including ‘Mostra Internazionale D’arte, Italy, ‘IWS Watercolour competition 2023, Germany, ‘Jiwi International Watercolour exhibition nights, Japan, 2021, ‘International Landscape Watercolour exhibition 202, Canada etc. The outstanding art works have also been recognized internationally which include –top 100 artists award celebrating the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Party of China, nomination award IWS Singapore, 2021, Excellent Award 2021, IWS International Young Artist Watercolour competition, Malaysia, appreciation certificate IWS, Iran 2022, global top 50 recognition awards Global Art Connection Watercolour exposition, France and Poland, 2022.
