Muse India’s Associate Editor – Art
Dr Pinaki Gayen, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Kala Bhavana of Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan. He is a visual artist having done his PhD at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. His research dealt with the experimental approach in the area of visual aesthetics under the supervision of Professor Priyadarshi Patnaik. He is a recipient of Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Fellowship 2018-19. He was a visiting doctoral research fellow at the Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada. He has presented his research works in many prestigious conferences like the 6th Visual Science of Art Conference (Trieste, Italy), the 25th and 26th National Academy of Psychology Conference (India), the 3rd International Conference on Arts and Humanities – virtual presentation (Indonesia), the cultural exhibition presentation at the 3rd WSSF Congress (Chiang Mai, Thailand), the 1st International Conference on Recent Trends and Sustainability in Crafts & Design at the Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (Jaipur-India). Previously he completed Bachelor and Master’s degree in Visual Arts from the Government College of Art and Craft Calcutta, University of Calcutta. He was awarded the National Scholarship to Young Artists by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and was empanelled as a Designer at the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) in the area of Textile, Natural Fiber & Allied Craft. He is the Associate Editor (Art) of Muse India w.e.f. Issue 84 (Mar-Apr 2019).
Email: pinakigcac23@gmail.com
(Updated on 18 Aug 2021)
