ABHISEK MUKHERJEE

Born in Kolkata, (formerly Calcutta) a pioneering city in Indian renaissance. A place long known for its literary, artistic and revolutionary heritage. He took keen interest in art and design since childhood and is a Master of Design from NID, a premiere design Institute in India. He is a biophillic sculptor and uses elements from nature to create scapes and installations. His early work also include photo-doc-umentaries and clay models. An apparel designer by profession, he is a winner of best collection at MaxDesign award 2014 and has worked as a designer at Ed Hardy.

At the age of 8, inspired by his father he made his first plant scape and developed an interest towards the idea of painting with plants. He would then collect pieces of nature and bring home to create eclectic art. He moved to Vancouver in 2019, a city that is like his muse, reflective of his art forms being abundant in natureand has started a line of planters and handmade cards, called Buno that means wild in Bengali, his mothertongue.

His key purpose and ideology to create bio designs is to establish a connect between art and its collector. He has seen several magnificent artistry gathering dust and created a medium wherein a user interacts withthe sculpture. He also propagates the importance that plants hold in our lives and someday hopes to open agallery inside a greenhouse.