Hi ! I’m Ramakanta Samantaray, born and brought up in a small coastal village of Kendrapada District, Odisha, India on 4th June 1972.

Studied Painting from B.K. College of Art and Crafts, Bhubaneswar.

2004 : Ph.D. in Odia Language and Literature, Utkal University Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

1996 : PM.A. in Odia Language and Literature, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

2021 :RESTORING ORDER, Terrain Art, New Delhi.

2012 : INSIDE OUTSIDE, Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Bhubaneswar.

2000 : Exhibition organised by PRABASI, Tata Nagar, Jamshedpur.

2021 : Terrain Offline Bikaner House New Delhi

2021 :39th All Odisha Art Exhibition, Odisha Lalitkala Akademy

2020 : I AM WITH NATURE by Ketaki Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, Bhubaneshwar.

2019 : Exhibition for Fundraising for Kerala flood, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

2019: Experiments with Truth, celebrate the 150th Birth year of the Mahatma, Regional Centre, Bhubaneswar.

2018 : Gaj Mahotsav, Gaj Yatra, A project by wildlife trust of India at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Art, New Delhi.

2018 : Visual Verses from the Mangalajodi Inheritance Exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, Bhubaneshwar.

2018 : Works in the Round from Around, Tasmai Art Gallery, Pondicherry.

2018 : GANDHI, Subhadra Art Gallery, Bhubaneswar.

2018 : INTROSPECTION at the gallery of Art & Culture, Goa.

2018 : INTROSPECTION at Dakshinchitra, Chennai.

2016 : FAMINE, A Multimedia Exhibition on famine of Odisha 1866, Odisha State Archives Gallery, Bhubaneswar.

2014 : NILAKANDARA, on the theme of Lord Shree Jagannath, Organised by Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi, Dept of Culture, Government of Odiha, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri.

2014 : BARBIL ART PROJECT II, Organised by Utsha Foundation and Arya Iron2013- STYLISTIC CHOICES WORKS, Gallery Nature Morte, Gurgaon

2013 : UNAITED ART FAIR, (2nd Edetion) New Delhi

2013 : BARBIL, Gallery Nature Morte, Gurgaon.

2013 : BLUE, show of contemporary art on water, KIIT, Bhubaneswar

2012 : Exhibition of National Artist Camp, Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Bhubaneswar.

2010 : POTPOURRI, India Fine Art, Mumbai

2010 : LETS RE-LIVE 20 COLOURFUL YEARS OF ART, Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata

2010 : BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL, India Fine Art, Mumbai

2009 : NATURE VS. MODERNITY, India Fine Art, Mumbai

2009 : SACRED AND SECULAR, India Fine Art, Mumbai

2009 : TOWARDS A NEW VIEWERSHIP/AUDIENCE, Art Konsult, New Delhi and Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Bhubaneswar

2009(February) : ENTITY, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi.

2008(August) : ASTA GURU ONLINE AUCTION, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art, Mumbai.

2008 : FIGURING LOCATION, India Fine Art, Mumbai

2008 : DIMENSIONS AND DIRECTIONS, Mon Art Gallery, Kolkata.

2007 : TRIBUTE TO BAPUJI, Rashtriya Lalitkala Kendra, Bhubaneswar.

2007 : SIX TO THE COAST, Modern Art Gallery, Bhubaneswar, collaboration with MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi.

2006 : DIFFERENT LINES-1, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi.

2006 : GANDHI, Installation show on Gandhi Jayanti, Bhubaneswar Art Association.

2005 : AMULYA JAYANTI SILPA SAGHATI, Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati, Assam.

2004 : VOICES, Modern Art Gallery, Bhubaneswar.

2003 : Annual Show, Odisha Lalit Kala Academi, Bhubaneswar.

2001 : AIFACS, Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Bhubaneswar.

1996 : Youth Integrated Organisation, Puri, Odisha.

1995 : Art Show, Utkal University Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

1993 : Annual Show, B.K College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar.

2019 :OUTSIDER, Bhubaneswar Art Trail, Navigation is Off Line, Organised by Utsha Foundation collaboration with Bhubaneswar Development Authority and Dept of Tourism, Govt of Odisha.

2018 : PAGO, Public art festival at Gopalpur on sea, Berhampur Development Authority, Berhampur, Odisha

2017 : PAGO, Public art festival at Gopalpur on sea, Berhampur Development Authority, Berhampur, Odisha

2014 : I LOVE FOOD, A collaborative project at Arya Guest House Canteen staffs, Barbil Art Project-II.

2014 : A collaborative project at Art and Ecology, Buddha Jayanti Park, Bhubaneswar

2014 : Shadow Film Making Workshop “JALARA CHAI” with village Children on documenting water history of Lalitpur a village of Ganjam,Odisha.

2014 : Public Participatory Performance “JALABHIKSHYA” with villagers on water and sanitation at Jadadhar, Ganjam,Odisha.

2019 :I am with Nature, at Lulung, Similipal by Ketaki Foundation, Bhubaneswar.

2018 : Visual Verses from the Mangalajodi Inheritence by Ila Panda Foundation, Odisha.

2017 :: Nilakandara, National Artist Camp on the theme of Lord Shree Jagannath, Organised by Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi, Department of Culture, Government of Odisha, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri.

2014 :IILM Camp, Organised by IILM School of Design, Gurgaon.

2014 : National Artist Camp, Organised by Odisha Lalit Kala Academy, at Rajbhavan of his Excellency the Governor of Odisha, Bhubaneswar.

2014 : Poster making Camp for Religion harmony with Odia Poets at Konark, Odisha, ActionAid, India.

2014 : Maihar Art Retreat at Maihar, Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata.

2014 : Regional Painting Camp at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, Lalit Kala Akademi &Regional Centre, Bhubaneswar.

2014 : Young Painters Camp, G.C.F. Bhubaneswar.

2017 :National Conclave of Visual Art Writer in Indian Languages, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

2014 : Children Participatory workshop on shadow puppet with village children to document local water history Lalitpur, Ganjam, Bakul Foundation, Bhubaneswar and One Drop, Canada.

2006 : How to Draw, Workshop with Children, CYSD, Karanjia, Odisha.

2005 :Workshop on role of Science & Technical Terminology in writing, Commission for Science & Technical Terminology in Science Writing, Commission for science & technical Terminology, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

2004 : Training /Workshop on Script Writing for Audio visual programs, Central Institute of Indian Language, Mysore.

2002 : National Seminar/Workshop, WAA, Bhubaneswar.

1999 : Poetry workshop at Barunei, Khordha, Odisha Sahitya Academi and EZCC Kolkata.

1999 : Short story writer’s workshop, Odisha Sponge Iron ltd.

1997 : Illustration for Science Magazines, Odisha Vigyan Academy, Bhubaneswar.

1996 : Netaji Subhas Chandra state youth cultural festival, Govt. of Odisha collaboration with EZCC, Kolkata.

1997 : Illustration for Children Books, Regional Center for Education, Bhubaneswar & NCERT, New Delhi.

2018 :Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

1997-2003 : Junior Research Fellow (JRF), UGC, New Delhi.

2004 : Travel Grant, Central Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi,

2020 :Dinanath Pathy Silpi Samman, Bhubaneswar Sahitya Samaj

2018 : Kalinga Literary Youth Award, Kalinga Literary Festival, Bhubaneswar

2017 :Paschima Upanyasa Award for the novel KIE SATA KIE SATARA

2016 :Chitrakala Samman, 10th International Chausathi Yogini Festival

2015 :Timepass Booker Award for Odia short story manuscript ‘Feribala’

2007 :State Youth Award, Government of Odisha.

2007 :Best Young Short Story Writer Award by Kedarnath Gabesana Pratisthan.

1996 :Award for Painting by Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar.

1996 :Award for Painting by Youth Integrated Organisation, Puri, Odisha.

1996 :Ankura Bansidhara Samman, from Ankura Sahitya Sanskruta Pratisthan, Balasore, Odisha.

1995 :Katha Nava Prativa Award, for best short story writer from Eastern Media Ltd., Bhubaneswar.

2022 : Asaranti Rekhachitra (Collection of Poems) Published by Barsha Publication, Bhubaneswar

2022 : Asi Para ra Odia Nataka(2nd Edition)Published by Satyanarayan Book Store, Cuttack

2018 : Shoon, (Short Story Collection)Black Eagle Books, Dublin,USA

2022 : Chakratirthara Chitryana (With Ramahari Jena and Sailen Routray, as the second author) Published by Utsha Foundation for Contemporary Art, Bhubaneswar.

2015 : Feribala(Short Story Collection)Published by Timepass publication, Bhubaneswar

2012 : Newton nka Trutiya Niyama(Novel)Published by Paschima Publication, Bhubaneswar

2010 : Chitra Jibana(Biographies of Five World-famous Artists)Published by Athena

2010 : Asi Para ra Odia NatakaPublished with Financial Assistance from CIIL, Mysore Books, Bhubaneswar.

2007 : Kagaja Dangare Columbus(Short Story Collection)Published by Odisha Sahitya Academy, Bhubaneswar.

2007 : Kie Sata Kie Satara(Novel)Published by Saraswati, Bhubaneswar.

2004 : Patha Asaranti (Collection of Poems)Published by Athena Books, Berhampur.

2001 :Bapa (Novel)Published by Ink Odisha, Bhubaneswar.

1997 : Ebam Vinna Dristi (Criticism)Published by ODI publications, Odisha. Creative Works

1994 : Ichhamati (Collection of Poems)Published by Srujak Publications, Odisha.

1988 : Jhadapatrara Bilapa (Collection of Poems) A Photocopy publication for private circulation.

1989 : ManepadeA photocopied publication for private circulation.

2016 :FAMINE, A Multimedia Exhibition on the 1866 Famine of Odisha, Odisha State Archives Gallery, Bhubaneswar

Direction

* REIKI :Half-an-hour Documentary Film about 'REIKI' for a REIKI Training Institution, BBSR.

* FAMINE : A visual verse on famine of Odisha 1866, Produced by Odisha State Archives, Govt. of Odisha, Bhubaneswar

Direction as Associate Director

* ANWEESANA : A Six-Episode Documentary Drama on life of Fakir Mohan Senapati, for DOORADARSHAN, Bhubaneswar. (Awarded as best docudrama by DD-1 New Delhi)

* ANDHA MUHANI : Three Episode tele serial for DD1, Bhubaneswar.

* EK ROSE : A Hindi short film.

* MAUSI : A tele serial for E.TV, Bhubaneswar.

* MANARAMANISHA : A tele Serial for DD1, Bhubaneswar.

* APARAJITA : A tele serial for DD1, Bhubaneswar.

* KURUKSHETRA : A tele serial for DD1, Bhubaneswar.

* AKSHI : A tele film for DD1, Bhubaneswar.

* SIMANTINE : A tele film for DD1, Bhubaneswar.

* SWAYAMBAR : A student short film Produced by Central Institute of India Languages, Mysore.

Script Writing

* MANARA MANISHA : Having experience as a script writer of 5 episode for the Tele Serial MANARA MANISHA, DD1, BBSR.

* SATABDIRA SURYA : One-hour Documentary 'SATABDIRA SURYA' about the late Biju Patnaik for DD1.

* POOJA DHAMAKA : A special program for Durga Puja - 2002 for ETV Channel.

* SMRUTI EKA JANHA RATI : A nonfiction Mega serial for ETV channel.

* MANARA MANISHA : Some other scripts are also selected for serials and Tele Films in DD1, BBSR, ETV Channel), BBSR.

* SUR JHANKAR : A nonfiction programme on song and music for ETV Channel, BBSR.

* GOTIA BARSHA RATIRA KAHANI : A Tele Film for INK ODISHA, BBSR.

2021 : Worked as the Project Coordinator, Barbil Art Project-V, (RUPALOKA: Incarnation of Ideas ) Organized by Utsha Foundation, Bhubaneswar & Arya Group Foundation, Barbil

2019 : Worked as the Project Coordinator, Barbil Art Project-IV, (MOVING INTO THE MARGIN) Organized by Utsha Foundation, Bhubaneswar & Arya Group Foundation, Barbil

2017 : Worked as the Project Coordinator, Barbil Art Project-III, (TALES FROM THE LAND) Organized by Utsha Foundation, Bhubaneswar & Arya Group Foundation, Barbil

2014 : Worked as the Project Coordinator, Barbil Art Project-II, Organized by Utsha Foundation, Bhubaneswar & Arya Group Foundation, Barbil

2013 : Worked as the Project Coordinator for, ‘Art and Ecology: Search for Sustainability, A multimedia Workshop organized by Utsha Foundation with BDA & IDCO, Bhubaneswar

2012 : Worked as the Project Coordinator, Barbil Art Project-I, Organized by Utsha Foundation, Bhubaneswar & Arya Group Foundation, Barbil

2021 : Present : Founder Trustee, Utsha Foundation of Contemporary Art, Bhubaneswar.

2018 : Present: Member of Bhoomi, An Art Collective (with Writer and Translator Sailen Routray)

2021 : Founder Trustee, Pratima Foundation, Bhubaneswar

2022 : Co Editior, CHITRALEKHA , an art and literature e-magazine