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Pinaki Gayen

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, University of Calcutta

ORCID iD 0000-0001-6415-2175
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Pinaki Gayen is a visual artist, visual art researcher and writer. Pinaki obtained Ph.D. in experimental visual aesthetics from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur). His doctoral 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 where he conducted experiment under the guidance of Dr. Dirk Bernhardt-Walther. Pinaki 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 (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. He is the Associate Editor (Art) of Muse India journal (www.museindia.com).

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Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur PhD
    2015 - 2021
  • University of Calcutta Master of Visual Arts
    2010 - 2012
  • University of Calcutta Bachelor of Visual Arts
    2006 - 2010

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