{"id":1029,"name":"Nilanjan Bhattacharya","url":"","description":"Nilanjan\u00a0Bhattacharya\u00a0is a documentary filmmaker, artist,\u00a0writer\u00a0and\u00a0a scavenger of knowledge\u00a0from Kolkata, India.\u00a0He started his career by assisting acclaimed filmmaker\u00a0Tapan Sinha.\u00a0As\u00a0an independent filmmaker\u00a0he\u00a0took up documentary\u00a0as his medium for creative expression,\u00a0eventually expanding his practice\u00a0to\u00a0create\u00a0art videos and installations.\u00a0For the last fifteen years he has been exploring indigenous knowledge\u00a0on\u00a0biodiversity and food\u00a0in India\u00a0through his art. His\u00a0works have been showcased at Mumbai International film Festival, Goteborg International Film Festival, Les Rencontres Internationale\u00a0Paris,\u00a0Wellcome\u00a0Collection Gallery London, Experimenter Gallery Calcutta, European\u00a0Kunsthalle, Frankfurter\u00a0Kunstverein, and\u00a0GRASSI Museum\u00a0f\u00fcrV\u00f6lkerkunde\u00a0Leipzig.\u00a0He received the National Film Award of India\u00a0for his documentaries <em>Under This Sun<\/em> (2005), and <em>Johar\u00a0Welcome\u00a0To\u00a0Our World<\/em> (2010).\r\n\r\nNilanjan\u00a0writes on food and\u00a0Kolkata\u2019s public culture. He currently\u00a0lives between Leipzig and Kolkata.","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/nilanjanbhattacharya\/","slug":"nilanjanbhattacharya","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a25ac4348306d09635323830b59538c56c9a769692968eaf7e0f17b3b473bdb?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a25ac4348306d09635323830b59538c56c9a769692968eaf7e0f17b3b473bdb?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a25ac4348306d09635323830b59538c56c9a769692968eaf7e0f17b3b473bdb?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}