Uday Pratap Paul

Uday Pratap Paul (b. 1995) is a sculptor and installation artist based in Varanasi. Coming from a traditional idol-making family, his work bridges the sacred and the contemporary. Working primarily in metal,clay,wood,andbamboo,Uday’ssculpturesoften explore the cycle of death, rebirth, and transcendence inspired by the landscapes and rituals of Varanasi.

UDAYPRATAPPAUL

1995,BorninVaranasi

EDUCATION

2015-19, B.F.A. in Plastic Arts (Sculpture) Faculty of VisualArts,BanarasHinduUniversity,Varanasi,U.P, India

WORKEXPERIENCE

2021-2023asDocumentaryMakerin5yearplan.Org, New York

2019-2020asImageReviewerinV2Solutions, Mumbai, India

2017-2018Internship:AtArtchim.comVaranasi, Joined as Sculptor

PARTICIPATION

202526thInternationalFREIRAUMSymposium,Sete, France.

2025“Geometry”(Black&WhiteDrawings)Solo Drawing Exhibition, Hotel Diamond, Varanasi.

2024InternationalArtExposition,RamChhatparShilp Nyas, India.

2024 “Baishe Shrabon a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore”SoloExhibitionofpaintingandsculptureat C.N.Angleo Bangali School, Varanasi, India

2024“Dhibdi”GroupExhibition,Lucknow,India.

2024VigilanceAwarenessWeekatCentralCoalfields Limited, Darbhanga House, Ranchi, India.

2024GroupExhibition,VijayRamFoundation,Delhi, India.

2024KalaMangla2024,anArtExhibitionofSculpture and Painting, Varanasi, India.

2024 Exhibition of the Artistic International Khadi Book“DreamingItForward",BharatKalaBhavan, BHU, Varanasi, India.

2024ExhibitionoftheArtisticInternationalKhadi Book"Dreaming It Forward" , Magan Sangrhalay Samiti, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.

2024NavaakarInternationalGroupofArtists Exhibition, Allahabad, India.

2023KalaMangla:AnArtExhibitionofTraditional and Contemporary Art at Varanasi, India.

2023‘’ARTISTRESIDENCYPROGRAMME’&

ExhibitionatIshiGallery,RamChhatparShilpNyas, Varanasi.

2022SarvodayaArtist:ImaginingASwadeshiWorldat National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi Organized By 5- year Plan.Org (New York).

2021WoodcraftDesigningExhibitionatBharatKala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University.

2017AnnualArtExhibitionFacultyofVisualArts, Banaras Hindu University.

2017CimaGalleryKolkata,GroupExhibition Organized By 5 Year Plan.Org (New York).

CAMP

202526thInternationalFREIRAUMSymposium,Sete, France.

2024OneDayWatercolorCamp,KalaPrakash, Varanasi

2024InternationalArtExposition,RamchhatparShilp Nyas, Varanasi

2023ArtistResidencyatRamchhatparShilpNyas, Varanasi

WORKSHOP

2023Indo-JapanPaperMakingWorkshop, Ramchhatpar Shilp Nyas, Varanasi.

2021DocumentationonWoodcraftDesigningat Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University.

2019NatyashastraVarneetAbhinayaSutra,15Days Acting Workshop Conducted by Bharataadhyana Kendra, Bhu

2015KalaksharCalligraphyWorkshopatFacultyof Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University.