Born 1977, Siliguri, India.
Abir Karmakar received his Bachelor of Visual Arts in Painting from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, and Masters in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda.
Karmakar focuses on the reality in front of him. Painting scenes from inside his home to the bounding city around him, Karmakar captures the subtleties of everyday life. Monumentalizing the mundane emphasizes feelings of familiarity and solitude, while exploring the study of ordinary things. His third solo at Aicon Contemporary, Nightjar, considered the artist’s relationship to the city as a resident whose roots are removed from the local culture and who does not speak the regional language.
He participated in the 3rd edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kerala (2016) while his works have been part of prominent group exhibitions such as 20/20 Artists for Khoj, Khoj International Artists' Association, New Delhi (2018). His solo exhibitions include Displacement, curated by Birgid Uccia at Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai (2017), Here everything is fine at Galleryske, New Delhi (2019-20), Everyday (2022) and Passage (2023) also at Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai. Nightjar is the artist’s fourth solo exhibition at Aicon Contemporary.