Supranav Dash is an Indian photographer currently based in his hometown Kolkata. After an Adv. Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting), a B.Com UG, and a career of 10+ years in fashion photography, Dash went on to pursue a BFA in Photography (Honors) from the School of Visual Arts, New York City.
His practice lies at the intersection of gender, identity and sexuality, of displacement and migration, and the religion-caste-class divide within the global socio-economic and political landscape. He explores inter-human connections and shared experiences via long-form projects in the portraiture and social documentary genre.
Supranav is a 2016 Photography Fellow from NYFA, NY, and an alumni of Eddie Adams XXVI Workshop. He has won top awards in the Portraiture category; his recent solo shows were held at the Alice Austen House and at Photoville Festival, New York. His select group exhibitions include the PhotoVogue Festivals ’17, ’19 and ’22 editions, PhotoSCHWEIZ ’21, Serendipity Arts ’19, the Photoquai Biennial ‘15 (PHQ5) and the Nooorderlicht Photo ’15 among others.
Dash works on climate change, social justice, innovations and lifestyle issues contributing to publications such as Time, The New Yorker, WIRED, WSJ, Washington Post, CRY NGO. His personal projects have featured in Time Lightbox, Harpers’ US, WIRED, Dazed UK, GEO France, Nat Geo, GUP mag, The Smithsonian, American Photo, Lens Culture, SDN, Photographic Museum of Humanity, etc.
EDUCATION
2013 BFA Photography (Honors), School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2001 Bachelor in Commerce (Accountancy), South City College, Kolkata, India
1994 Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts (Bengal School of Painting under Ramananda Bandyopadhyay), RKMIC, Kolkata, India
SELECT AWARDS AND MENTIONS
2022 Best of New Yorker Photography 2022
2022 American Photography 37 Selected
2021 KLPA Portrait Photography Prize 2021, Second Place Winner
2021 photoSCHWEIZ Festival - ‘Eros And Its Discontents,’ Curated by Daniel Bolliger, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 ‘A Glitch in the System: Deconstructing Stereotypes’ Selected, PhotoVogue Festival, Milan, Italy.
2019 Serendipity Arts Festival ‘Look Stranger!’, Selected. Goa, India.
2017 ‘Visions’ Selected, PhotoVogue Festival, Milan, Italy.
2017 Chobimela IX International Photo Festival, Selected. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2016-17 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Photography
2015 Photoquai Biennial (PHQ5) 'We are Family,' Selected. Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, France
2015 Noorderlicht Photo Festival 'Making Oneself,' Selected. Groningen, The Netherlands
2014 Aperture Summer Open - Juried Competition & Exhibition
2014 American Photography 30 Selected
2014 Photo l.a., Emerging Focus - Grand Prize Winner - Portraiture
2014 "Photo World", The New York Photo Festival - Student Documentary Series Winner
2013 PDN 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch 2014, Nominated
2013 AI-AP International Motion Arts Awards 2, Selected Winner - Multimedia
2013 APA / Lucie Foundation Scholarship Award - Shortlisted (Pro)
2013 Eddie Adams Workshop XXVI
2013 Critical Mass Finalist
2013 International Photography Awards (IPA), Third Prize Winner - Fine Art Portraiture (Non-Pro)
2013 International Photography Awards (IPA), Honorable Mention - Moving Images (Non-Pro)
2013 PX3 Prix De La Photographie, Paris, Second Prize Winner - Press category
2013 Slideluck XVII Photoville, Multimedia - Selected Winner
2013 New York Photo Festival 'My Story' Winner
2013 The 5th Kuala Lumpur International PhotoAwards, Grand Prize Winner - Portraiture
2013 The WPGA/ Love Awards, First Prize Winner - Portraiture
2013 The SVA Alumni Society Award, School of Visual Arts, NYC
2011 Exposure 2011 - Finalist
2010 WPGA/ The Pollux Awards, Fine Art (non-pro) - Finalist
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Alice Austen House Museum - "Eros And Its Discontents,’ Curated by Victoria Munro, Staten Island, NY, USA
2023 Photoville Festival - "Eros And Its Discontents,’ Curated by Photoville, Brooklyn, NY, USA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 PhotoVogue Festival - VOICE x PhotoVogue NFT Residency & Collection, Milan, Italy
2021 photoSCHWEIZ Festival - ‘Eros And Its Discontents,’ Curated by Daniel Bolliger, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 PhotoVogue Festival - ‘A Glitch in the System: Deconstructing Stereotypes,’ Curated by Alessia Glaviano & Francesca Marani, Milan, Italy.
2019 Serendipity Arts Festival - ‘Look Stranger!,’ Curated by Rahaab Allana. Goa, India.
2018 Contemporary Unified Painters’ Annual, The Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India.
2017 PhotoVogue/ Visions Artist, PhotoVogue Festival, Milan, Italy.
2017 Post Colonial Photo Studio, Chobimela IX International Photo Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2015 Photoquai Biennial 5 - ‘We are Family,’ Curated by Frank Kalero, Musee du Quai Branly & The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
2015 Noorderlicht Photo Festival - ‘Making Oneself,’ Curated by Alexander Supartono, Groningen, The Netherlands
2014 Aperture Summer Open, Curated by Chris Boot, Aperture Foundation, NYC
2014 5th Annual CPC&E, Curated by Brian Paul Clamp & Mary Ellen Mark, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, PA
2014 Transizioni Fotografia in Movimento - Multimedia, Bologna, Italy
2014 SVA BFA Photography Alumni Invitational, Curated by Stephen Frailey, Photoville, NYC
2014 "Photo World", The New York Photo Festival - Winners Exhibition. The PowerHouse Arena, NYC
2014 Visible White: You See Me, Curated by Paul di Felice & Marinella Paderni. FSM Gallery, Florence, Italy
2014 New York Photo Awards ( 2013 ) Finalists, The PowerHouse Arena, NYC
2014 Emerging Focus - Finalists, Photo l.a., Los Angeles, CA
2014 International Photography Awards ( Winners 2013 ), Photo l.a., Los Angeles, CA
2013 Multimedia Slideshow ( Marginal Trades Video), Slideluck XVII Photoville, Curated by Kira Pollack, NYC
2013 Multimedia Slideshow ( Marginal Trades Video), AI-AP International Motion Arts Awards 2, NYC
2013 Identities, Curated by Barbara Tannenbaum. The Center for Fine Art Photography, CO.
2013 Degrees of Separation, Curated by Richard Brooks. SVA Gallery, NYC
2013 "My Story", The New York Photo Festival. The PowerHouse Arena, NYC
2013 Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards. Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2013 SVA Mentors Exhibition, Curated by Stephen Frailey. Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, NYC,
( Mentor: Sarah Meister / Curator, Dept. of Photography, MoMA, NYC )
2012 Bob Ross Lives, Installations, Curated by Peter Garfield. BFA Photo Gallery, SVA, NYC
2011 This Funny Worship: Fashion Photography, Curated by Janusz Kawa. BFA Photo Gallery, SVA, NYC
2010 0-K-255: The Digital B-W Show, Curated by Matt Wilson. BFA Photo Gallery, SVA, NYC