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Satabdi Hati was born in India. Itinerancy is her way of life, and the four years she spent in Marseille were a parenthesis, ending for a new beginning.
Her visual work is based on uprootedness, isolation and not belonging, but also on welcoming possibilities and unexpected connections that give her a renewed impetus to create. Between discord and fervor, nature, the forest, the very symbols of her roots. She plays on the deep relationship between memory and introspection, between movement and balance, that binds her to nature. The rustle of foliage, the ripple of grasses in the wind, the shape of trees and their bold presence, are all suggested in these papers by line and representation. Her aim is to create the sensation of being in the heart of a forest, blurring the boundaries between the real and the unreal. Black, often dominant, is the mark of depth and complexity, as well as solitude and nostalgia.
She works with natural handmade papers, such as Nepalese paper, to stay close to nature and materialize once again the physical and psychic links that unite us to it. These different connections and their resonances enable her to establish a stable bond, and to feel within herself the vibration of <<being in the world>>.
Piera SAFRIOUINE
Directer & Curator
Urban Gallery, Marseille, FRANCE.
Senses are tools shared by all living organisms. It enables understanding, communication, and existence in a continuous balance between the inner and outer worlds. In this sense, Sense becomes a space of encounter, between languages, matter and experience, which escape clear definitions of identity. Satabdi Hati’s exhibition develops the concept of onubhob as a bodily and emotional experience, understood not as a state but as a process of continual movement between memory and the present, rootedness and migration, and nature and culture.
The artist's practice grows out of personal sensory experience, recording constant change and becoming a metaphor for natural cycles: growth, disappearance and renewal. Drawing, object, and installation—created using handmade Nepali paper, natural pigments, and self-produced inks—function as material records of sensibility. Each piece carries an independent story, while being a fragment of a larger, organic narrative that weaves together mental and physical landscapes, addressing themes of transformation, fragility and regeneration. Here, nature becomes both a source of inspiration and a vehicle for identity, anchoring individual experience within a broader, shared order.
In Satabdi’s latest works, the Polish language gradually emerges in dialogue with Bengali—her mother tongue—and with other languages that shape the artist’s life, including English, Hindi, and French. This linguistic wandering is likened to the cycles of nature, in which some forms fall dormant, while others flourish intensely. A dialogue between environment, language and experience shapes the identity of these works, inviting a slow, attentive experience of the touch of paper, the weight of words and the rhythm of nature.
I find the reflections on Satabdi’s process of rooting herself in Polish reality—an important source of inspiration for the works presented in the Sense exhibition—deeply moving and invigorating. They shed new light on phenomena I seem to have recognized. Filtered through the senses of a person coming from a radically different culture, they trigger mental wanderings that correspond strongly with my own practice of artistic self-reflection. The aforementioned flow of stimuli perceived by Satabdi triggers new perspectives of my perception, both from the position of curator, as well as promoter and supervisor of her doctoral research. The exhibition is unequivocally part of an interdisciplinary project conducted at the Academia Copernicana doctoral school of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun UMK, exploring the potential of natural materials in contemporary art and their impact on the viewer's perception and emotional experience. The exhibition is a story about fragility and resilience, the need for harmonious coexistence, and art understood as an act of responsibility towards the world and others.
Dr hab. Katarzyna Łyszkowska, prof. UMK, POLAND
SCHOOLS, TRAINING
SCHOOLS, TRAINING
2025 Pursuing PhD in Fine Arts/ Artistic Research, Faculty of Fine Arts, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
2009 – 2011 Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, India MASTER OF FINE ARTS (M.F.A)2004 – 2009 Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, India BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (B.F.A)SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Zmysł / অনুভব (Onubhob) / Senses, OD NOWA, Dworzec Zachodni, Torun, Poland 2024 Sylvan Echoes, Urban Gallery, Marseille, France.2023 Whispering Woods, The Chaiwala, Tollygunge, Kolkata, India2023 Bound to Nature, Terrain Art (Online viewing room)2022 Silent Woods, Galerie De Tableau, Marseille, France. 2022 10e Fête de l'estampe initiative by Manifestampe-Fédération nationale de l'estampe, Marseille, France.2021 Finding Roots, Galerie De Tableau, Marseille, France2021 Introspection, 361° Contemporary Art Space, Aix en Provence, France2021 - 22 Finding Roots, Cite de la Musique, Marseille, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 „O kobietach – przez kobiety”, International Women’s Day, Więcbork, Poland.
2025 “Widzę Cię - I See You”, Galerii Artus, Torun, Poland.
"The Traces of Time Echoes of a Changing Earth” Land Art, Barbarka, Torun, Poland.
2024 “Inhale- Exhale” Galerii Artus, Torun, Poland.
2024 “Art of Story Telling/ Shilpa Katha”, Galeria Geppart, Wroclaw, Poland.
2024 “REMEMBERANCE AND IDENTITY” Barbarka , Torun, Poland
2024 "TRANSCENDANCE", Salon Divers D'art Contemporain, La Garde[83], Toulon, France
{Participated in an open-call juried exhibition.}
2023 Noëlisation VIIII, Mundart, Espace GT, Marseille, France
2023 1er SALON D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DU LIONS INTERNATIONAL, Cloître Saint-Louis Avignon, France
{Participated in an open-call juried exhibition.}
2023 Salon de l'art, Le Gâvre[44], organised by Maison de la forêt, France. {Participated in an open-call juried exhibition.}
2023 Ouvertures d’ateliers D’artistes Chateau de servieres, Marseille, France
2022 Noëlisation VIII, Mundart, Espace GT, Marseille, France
2022 Trocadance#10 Marseille 3013, Marseille, France
2022 Open Bach Gallery, Paris, France
2022 Ouvertures d’ateliers D’artistes Chateau de servieres, Marseille, France
2021 La Poissonnerie, Galerie La Nave Va, Marseille, France2021 Ouvertures d’ateliers D’artistes Chateau de servieres, Marseille, France2021 361° Contemporary Art Space, Aix en Provence, France.2021 Vision 2021, An International Online Exhibition of Art.2020 Art: A Reflection of Time, Global online exhibition of Artworks.2020 Art During Covid– 19 The Pandemic, International Online Exhibition.2020 Pro-Printmaker World Premier (online) Nippon Art Gallery, India.2018 - 2019 Artists Local 3695 Gallery, Reno, USA.2018 “Art & Nature”, May Arboretum Society, Reno, USA.2018 “Fiesta”, Reno, USA.2018 Nevada Fine Arts, Reno, USA.2018 Spanish Spring Cougar Band, Sparks, USA.2018 Reno Art Fest – Collaborative Mural, Downtown Reno, USA.2018 “Unity in Diversity”, University of Nevada, Reno, USA.2011 Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, India.2011 National Scholarship, Bhopal, India.2010 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India.2009 National Exhibition, Delhi, India.2009 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India.2008 DG Art Gallery, Delhi, India.2008 National Workshop, Kala Bhavana, India.2008 Biennale Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India.2007 National Exhibition, Delhi, India.2006 Kyoto Saga University of Art, Japan.2003 - 2006 Nandan Art Gallery, Santiniketan, India.2002 Annual Exhibition in Durgapur, India.SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIPS
2026 Marshal scholarship of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
2026 Excellence Initiative – Research University (IDUB) Research Grant, 9th Edition, Poland
2025 14 shortlisted candidates for TAF Emerging Artist Award-South Asia (The Arts Family, London) https://www.theartsfamily.com/artists/satabdi-hati
2003 Merit Scholarship in Certificate Course, Visva Bharati University.2005 Merit Scholarship from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University. 2008 Merit Scholarship from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University. 2011 Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad, India.RESIDENCY PROGRAMME
2025
“The Traces of Time Echoes of a Changing Earth” Land Art, Barbarka, Torun, Poland. Szkoła Leśna na Barbarce, Stowarzyszenie „Tilia”, ZPAP Polska Sztuka Użytkowa – Okręg Toruń ski
„Sztuka w Oplątkach”, Platerów, Polska.
10th Painting Symposium & Workshop, MEHMET NURI ̇ GÖÇEN FOUNDATION, International Cultura Art Dialogues, Kusadasi, TURKEY
2024 13th International Painting Symposium, Picturesque Barbarka -REMEMBERANCE AND IDENTITY “MALOWNICZA BARBARKA” , Torun, Poland
2022 Programme de résidence d'été, Open Bach Residence, Paris.
WORK EXPERIENCE - COURSES, CAMPS, WORKSHOPS
TEACHING ARTIST•Arts for All Nevada, Reno, USA, After School Art Program•Galerie Artists Local 3695, Reno, USA•Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Kolkata, India•Delhi Public School, Kolkata Nord et Durgapur, India•Sapphire International School, Ranchi, IndiaWORK EXPERIENCE - COURSES, CAMPS, WORKSHOPS
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