Alakananda Mukerji, PhD
300 East, 54 th Street, New York, NY 10022
(914) 414-5330 / alka.mukerji@mville.edu
Website: alakanandamukerji.com
Education
MA, SUNY, New Paltz, NY, USA
MFA, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
B.F.A, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Ph.D. in Art History, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Higher Studies of Art, Greek Ministry of Education Scholarship, Athens,
Greece
Awards
Merit Scholarship for BFA and MFA
Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Government of Greece
Fellowship of the University Grants Commission, India
Experience
Professor and Chair, Studio Art Department, Manhattanville College,
Purchase, New York,
Director: Arthur Berger Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase New
York, 2010-2012
Director: Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase New York,
2010-2012
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, 1996-98
School Leadership Team for New York City Public Schools, 2006-2008
Major Solo and Group Exhibitions
Galerie L33, Werdenberg, Switzerland
Gasometer Triesen Gallery/Museum, Liechtenstein
Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Hammond Museum in North Salem, NY
Gallery Mai, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Kiki, Chiba, Japan
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York. NY
Byrum Gallery, Greenwich Connecticut
C. Laha Centenari Fine Art Galeries, Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Dowd Gallery State University of New York College at Cortland
Crossing Art, Flushing, NY
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
The Gallery at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
Berger Art Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
The Artist Center, Kalaghoda, Mumbai (Bombay), India
Guild Art Gallery, New York, USA
Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
South Asian American Art Festival, Santa Monica, CA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Brownson Art Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
IndiaArt Gallery, Pune, India
Village Art Gallery, Katonah, NY, USA
The Artists’ Guild, Fort Lee, NJ, USA
ABC Gallery, Mount Vernon, NY, USA
Meserve Coale Gallery, Greenwich, CT, USA
The Soho Gallery at 678 Broadway, New York, New York
The Darisuz Gubala Gallery of Madison Avenue, New York
The Gallery of Farleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, USA
Passaic County College, Passaic, NJ, USA
National Exhibition of Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow, India
Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, India
All India Fine Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Calcutta, India
National Exhibition of Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India
Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, India
Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, NY
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, 135 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY
Recent Workshops
Byrum Shubert Library, Greenwich CT, 2017 – 18
Heatherley School of Fine Art, 75 Lots Road , Chelsea London 2016
Formatio School, High School Lichtenstein 2015
The International School, Middle School Lichtenstein 2015
Directed and Curated: A Legacy of Literature, Art and Music
Of Rabindranath Tagore and The Bengal School of Art Berger Art Gallery,
Manhattanville College, 2016
Grants: International Faculty Development Seminars
CIEE IFDS- Worked on watercolor while Exploring the Coexistence and
Challenges of Neighboring Cultures in Spain and Morocco, 2011
Other Recent Awards and Recognitions:
Recognition and published art works in a SPAN Magazine Published by the
US State Department, 2010-11
‘Creative Teachings with Alakananda Mukerj’ by Diana Rohini LaVigne
published in INDIAWEST, 2014
‘What does being Indian American mean to you’?
SMITHSONIAN Indian American Heritage Project
Recent Documentary Previewed:
‘River to River’ at International Film Festival New York 2013
‘River to River’ at Indian Consulate New York, NY 2013
‘River to River’ at Indian Cultural Center New Jersey, NY 2014
‘River to River’ at Gasometer Triesen Gallery/Museum, Liechtenstein
2015
Panelist
Panel Member, Passaic County College Grant Committee, 2000-06
Awarded annual grants to visual artists and dance and theater
groups
Alakananda Mukerji
Panel Member, Consulate General of India, New York, 2009
Panel of Judges for New York school student’s art work and
their exhibits