Biography
Debangana Banerjee was born and raised in Santiniketan, India. She received her BFA and MFA in printmaking from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan. She was a national scholar in India before joining the MFA program at Louisiana State University in 2007. She also worked as a visual designer in Communication across the Curriculum program at LSU. Debangana has participated in many solo (Zosima Gallery, Bower Bird Gallery in San Marcos, Jump Start Art Gallery, San Antonio) and group exhibitions including in India, Japan, Australia, England, Canada, and the United States. Debangana published a poetry chapbook Come Back River (Finishing Line Press, 2014) and two artist’s books in 1998 and 1999 in India. Her poems (in Bengali and English) has been published in such journals as Toad Suck Review, International Poetry Review, Unlikely Stories Mark V, MATWAALA, Prabash Bandhu, Sharad Arghya. Debangana’s Bengali short stories has been published in Onustup (a leading Bengali magazine in India) and in several Bengali literary magazines in US.
Debangana taught art classes to disabled and disadvantaged children and youths in India and is an active volunteer in social services in various organizations in India and the United States. In addition she has volunteered at LSU Union Art Gallery and the Wittliff Collections, Texas State University-San Marcos. Debangana curated an art show "A Room of One's Own" at the San Marcos Public Library celebrating International Women's Day, March 8, 2019. She co-curated an art show "Shilpa: Colors of India-Pakistan-Bangladesh" at Walker's Gallery, San Marcos (2012). Debangana organized an international poetry reading "Where Are You From?" at the San Marcos Public Library on the occasion of National Poetry Month, April, 2019.
Debangana is a member of San Marcos Art League. She is an art teacher at the Wonderland School, and teaches at "ArtSpace" at El Centro, San Marcos to children and "Crossroads" (special education program for youth). She also gives private one on one art lessons to Children.
Debangana taught art classes to disabled and disadvantaged children and youths in India and is an active volunteer in social services in various organizations in India and the United States. In addition she has volunteered at LSU Union Art Gallery and the Wittliff Collections, Texas State University-San Marcos. Debangana curated an art show "A Room of One's Own" at the San Marcos Public Library celebrating International Women's Day, March 8, 2019. She co-curated an art show "Shilpa: Colors of India-Pakistan-Bangladesh" at Walker's Gallery, San Marcos (2012). Debangana organized an international poetry reading "Where Are You From?" at the San Marcos Public Library on the occasion of National Poetry Month, April, 2019.
Debangana is a member of San Marcos Art League. She is an art teacher at the Wonderland School, and teaches at "ArtSpace" at El Centro, San Marcos to children and "Crossroads" (special education program for youth). She also gives private one on one art lessons to Children.
