Abhijit Pal (*1983, India) currently based in Naarm/Melbourne is an image maker with an interest in visual ethnography. Through documentary and conceptual photography, he is interested in collaborative practices exploring social memories. He has studied Photography at the University of Applied Arts and Sciences in Dortmund, Germany. Abhijit has exhibited in numerous exhibitions internationally and has been the recipient of a DAAD sponsorship and various prizes such as the London Creative Competition and Nat Geo Photo Award. He has worked as a photojournalist for the Times of India and a photo editor for Wirtschaftswoche, a business magazine in Düsseldorf, Germany. Abhijit has an illustrious teaching career in various cities in India at institutions such as the National Institute of Fashion Technology, and Amity University.

Exhibitions

2023                   Thingstätten, , Deutsches Haus, New York,USA

2021                   Madras Blues, Chennai Photo Biennale, India

2020                   The Possible Project, Halle, Germany.

                            Five Million Incidents, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India

2019                   Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival, Xiamen, China

                            Brief Parables of Dystopia, MOMus: Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece

                            The India Story,  Kolkata, India

2018                   Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, India

2016                   Notes of Passion, (Solo Exhibition) Affenhackstudios, Herne, Germany

                            Marrakesh maybe later, Künstlerhaus e.V. Dortmund, Germany

                            BaFo16,  Old Ostwall Museum, Dortmund, Germany

2015                   Innen Leben, Artworks for KVWL Dortmund, Germany

                            Stadt Werk, Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany

2014                   Moving Images, Moving People, U- Centre for Arts and Culture, Dortmund, Germany

Awards

2010                   Nat Geo Moment Awards 2010

                            London International Creative Competition ( Special Mention for Photography)

Publication

2020                  Thingstätten (edited by Katharina Bosse), Kerber Verlag, Germany

2018                   PIX, Volume XV, Alkazi Foundation, New Delhi

                            Architectural Digest, India

                            Art Culture Festival

2011                   Indian Fishermen’s Action, Orissa, Greenpeace India

2007                  Photostory of a Santhal festival acquired by the Photo archives of Ananda Bazar Patrika

                            Publication in ‘Harmony’ celebrate age Magazine

Education

2012-2016       Bachelor of Arts (Photography), Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany

2008-2010      Masters in Fine Arts (Communication design), Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India

2004-2008      Bachelors in Fine arts (Applied Arts), Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India

Workshops

2009                  Angkor Photo Workshop, Siem Reap, Cambodia

                           Samhita photography workshop, Delhi College of Art, New Delhi, India

                           Hard Rain by Mark Edwards (environmental photographer), British Council Kolkata, India