Team Member
Sh. Vinay Kumar
Artist, Editor & Cultural Activist
Shri Vinay Kumar is an artist, editor, and cultural activist, currently serving as Secretary of the Bodhgaya Biennale and Honorary Editor of Canvas. He is also the founder of Canvas, a trust dedicated to the promotion of visual arts.
He has previously held several significant positions, including Deputy Secretary of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, and Regional Director of the ICCR in Bihar, and has served as a member of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, and the Bihar Lalit Kala Akademi. He edits Lalitya, the official bulletin of the Bihar Lalit Kala Akademi.
He has been actively engaged in art activism since 1988, curating numerous exhibitions in Patna and Delhi, and is a founder member of the Nand Lal Bose Nukkad Art Gallery, Patna. A prolific writer, he has contributed writing on art and culture to Janshakti, India Today, Outlook, The Times of India, and Navbharat Times since 1988, and has authored three books on contemporary and folk art.