Assistant Professor, Painting + Drawing sangram@uw.eduPersonal WebsiteFields of Interest Critical Theory Drawing Painting Background and ExperienceSummaryEducationMFA, Indiana University Bloomington, 2001BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, 1999 CV (150.88 KB)Sangram Majumdar’s paintings complicate the relationship between recognition and representation. His recent solo exhibition venues include Geary Contemporary, New York; Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York; and Asia Society Texas Center, Houston. Selected group exhibition venues include Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles; The Landing Gallery, Los Angeles; and James Cohan Gallery, New York. Selected awards include a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in Painting; Purchase Award from American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; a Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Space grant, Brooklyn; and a Maryland Institute College of Art Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2019, he was inducted into the National Academy of Design. His work has been reviewed in Artforum, The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, among others. He was Full Faculty in Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art from 2003 to 2021. Majumdar joined the University of Washington Painting + Drawing area in September 2021 and is a 2021 Mellon Faculty Fellow in Art. In addition to his artist website, he has an Instagram feed. Research + Creative Work Sangram Majumdar, discursion, 2021, oil on linen, 78 x 135" Sangram Majumdar, becoming 1, 2021, oil on linen, 78 x 63" Sangram Majumdar, spring, 2021, oil on canvas, 78 x 63" Selected Publications + Projects Sangram Majumdar. Subject of an interview by Jennifer Samet titled "Beer With a Painter: Sangram Majumdar." Published in Hyperallergic on March 14, 2020. Read more Sangram Majumdar. Review of his exhibition "once, and twice" at Geary by Barry Schwabsky. Published in the summer 2019 issue of Artforum. Read more Sangram Majumdar. Review of his exhibition "once, and twice" at Geary by Andrew L. Shea titled "Sangram Majumdar's sleights of hand." Published in The New Criterion on April 3, 2019. Read more Sangram Majumdar. Review of his exhibition "once, and twice" at Geary by Sharon Butler titled "Sangram Majumdar's super power." Published in Two Coats of Paint on March 15, 2019. Read more Research Advised: Graduate Masters Theses Amara Eke, MFA Thesis Exhibition, 2024 Read more Courses Taught Spring 2024 ART 292 A: Beginning Painting ART 392 B: Intermediate Painting ART 393 B: Intermediate Painting Topics Autumn 2023 ART 390 A: Intermediate Drawing ART 492 A: Advanced Painting: The Figure Winter 2023 ART 492 A: Advanced Painting: The Figure ART 494 A: Senior Seminar in Painting and Drawing Autumn 2022 ART 190 D: Introduction to Drawing ART 590 A: Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Practices Spring 2022 ART 490 A: Advanced Drawing Winter 2022 ART 290 A: Beginning Drawing: The Figure ART 390 A: Intermediate Drawing Autumn 2021 ART 292 A: Beginning Painting ART 392 A: Intermediate Painting ART 393 A: Intermediate Painting Topics Related News Related News Painting that manifests an environment Feb 26, 2024 Art Faculty at Mumbai Gallery Weekend 2024 Jan 11, 2024 Featured on Crosscut: Jacob Lawrence Gallery and three faculty Oct 5, 2023 Sangram Majumdar awarded by Gottlieb Foundation May 30, 2023 ART 390: Drawing as Thinking, Making, and Serious Play Apr 8, 2022 Transitions 2021 Oct 2, 2021 Back to school with Sangram Majumdar Jun 2, 2021 New Faculty for 2021 Apr 20, 2021