Abhijit Pal 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 Graphic Design in Kolkata, India, and Photography 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

2024

Cultural storytelling through Art, Winter Arts Festival, City of Casey, Australia.
Mirage: Tales from the Heart, Artist Residency, Connection Art Space, Dandenong, Australia.
ARI(SE), Old Cheese Factory, City of Casey, Australia.
Chronomingle, Project 8 Gallery , Melbourne, Australia.

2023

Thingstaetten, Deutsches Haus, New York, USA
Community Calendar Exhibition, Drum Theatre, Dandenong, Australia.
Noble Park Community Centre Art Show, Noble Park, Australia.
Public Mural, Buckley’s Lane, Noble Park, Australia.

2021

Madras Blues, Chennai Photo Biennale, India

2020

The Possible Project, Halle, Germany
Five Million Incidents, Goethe-Institut, New Delhi, India
World photography day (virtual), Chennai Photo Biennale, India

2019

Catalyst,Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen,China
Brief Parables of Dystopia, MOMus, Thessaloniki, Greece
The India Story, Kolkata, India

2018

Ephemeral: New Futures for Passing Images, Serendipity, Arts Festival, Goa, India

2016

Notes of Passion (solo), Affenhackstudios, Herne, Germany
Marrakesh maybe later, 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-Center for Arts and Culture, Dortmund, Germany

Awards

2010

Nat Geo Moment Award
London International Creative Competition (Special Mention for Photography)

Publication

2020

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

2018

“A miniature Berlin Wall springs up at the Serendipity Arts
Festival 2018”,Architectural Digest of India.
PIX, Volume XV, Alkazi Foundation, New Delhi, India

2011

Indian Fishermen’s Action, Orissa, Greenpeace India.
Harmony Celebrate Age magazine, Mumbai, India

2007

Photo series about Santhal Festival acquired by Ananda Bazar Patrika, Kolkata, India

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

Residencies

2024

Connection Art Space, Dandenong, Australia

2009

Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Samhita photography workshop, Delhi College of Art, New Delhi, India