The artist feels that the true depth of feelings surfaces in emotionally moving circumstances and not necessarily in trying situations. It is the depth of emotions and feelings that separate us from animals and we need to nurture these, rather than curb apparent the need to cry or express love.

There is intangibility in Patnaik’s works, of words left unsaid, a certain sensitivity or sharing of feelings, and his technique and choice of colours and textures accentuate that. He appears to be in full control of the medium and is confident of bold strokes and experimentations to bring out his feelings on canvas. The subjects are simple, yet the treatment is what matters.

Qualification

• MFA in painting (Gold Medalist) from B.H.U. Varanasi, 1995.

Awards

• Awarded National Cultural Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resources Development Deptt of Culture, Govt. of India, Nw Delhi 1991 to 1993.
• Gold Medial National Youth Festival, 1991.
• Silver Medal in East Zone Youth Festival, Shantiniketan,1991
• Awarded Annual Art Exhibition of faculty of Visual Art, B.H.U. Varanasi 1991.
• Awarded Ganjam District Drawing Master’s Association, 1991.
• Awarded All U.P. State Fine Arts Exhibition organized by W.W.A. of Varanasi, 1994.
• Awarded All Orissa Fine Arts Exhibition organized by Orison Lalit Kala Academy, 1995.
• Awarded Junior Fellowship from Ministry of Human resource Development
  Deptt. Of Calture Govt. Of India, New Delhi,1995-1997.
• Awarded All U.P. Fine Arts Exhibition organized by Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow and Sponsored by AIFACS, New Delhi 1997.
• Awarded ‘Panth Ratan Dr Inderjit Singh Award’ of Rs.20,000 on 4th BOP Annual Art Exhibition 2000, at Chandigarh

Exhibition Participation

• Annual Art Exhibition of Orissa Lalit Kala Academy 1990 to 1995 and 1997.
• Fine Art Exhibition organized by RCM College, Khallikote On occasion of silver jubilee 1989.
• All India Fine Arts Of Academy Of Fine Arts, Calcutta,1990 & 1992
• Annual Art Exhibition organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur 1993.
• Rashtriya Kala Mela organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi 1990 and 1994.
• 38th National Exhibition of Contemporary Art, 1995.
• All U P State Fine Art Exhibition organized by Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow 1994 and 1995.
• 5th Zonal Art Exhibition on occasion of 125th birth day of Rashtra Pita Mahatma Gandhi, Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow 1996
• 68th Annual All India Art Exhibition of AIFACS, 1996,2002 and 2003.
• Mahatma Gandhi, Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow 1996.
• Annual All India Art Exhibition of AIFACS,1996,2003 & 2004
• 10th All India Art Exhibition at Nagpur, 1996.
• All India Fine Arts Exhibition Organized by Academy of Arts, Amritsar, 1997
• All India Fine Arts Exhibition Organized by AIFACS on the Occasion of 50 years of Independence Day.
• All Orissa Fine Arts Exhibition organized by AIFACS, 2001

Solo Show

• Solo shows sponsored by Chawla Art Gallery, at Marriot Welcome Hotel, New Delhi 2002
• Solo show `CREATION 2002’ at Gallerie Leela, The Leela Kempinski, Mumbai
• Solo show sponsered by Chalwa's art gallery, 1 M.G Road New Delhi 2003
• Gallery Art Land, Mumbai-2005
• Chawla Art Gallery, at Open Palm court, IHC, New Delhi-2006
  

Couple Show

• Couple show 2001 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
• Second couple show 2001 Sponsored by Orbit Art Gallery New Delhi
• Orbit Art Gallery, New Delhi.2002

Group Show

• Group show 90’ Organized by Final Year Students of GCAC, Khallikote
• Group show at Rashtriya Kala Kendra Gallery, Bhubaneswar, 1991
• Group show organized by WAA of Varanasi at Ravindra Bhawan New Delhi, 1994
• Group show sponsored by ABC Art Gallery, Varanasi 1994 & 1996.
• Group show Delhi Tamil Sangam at IHC,New Delhi-2002
• Group show sponsored by Aniha Art Gallery at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2002
• Group show at Nehru Centre, Mumbai 2004
• Grouop show sponsered by Art Land Gallery at Hotel Ashok & Hotel Intercontinental , Mumbai 2004
• Grouop show sponsered by Chivas Regal and curated by Poonam Sarin at ITC Hotel Maurya
  Sehraton- 2004
• Grouop show at Galleria, Laburnum Club House, Sushant Lok,Gurgaon
• ‘EMBRACE’ The inclusive art event presented by Chawla art gallery & Del
• Grouop show Delhi round table at Hotel Intercontinental Eros,New Delhi-2005
• Group Show sponsored by ABN-AMRO & ATI Art gallery at Visual art Gallery , India Habitate Center, New Delhi-2005
• COLORS presented by Gallery Art Land at The Prince Of Wales Museum, Mumbai,2005&2006
• Group show presented by EASA at Kamal Mahal, Hotel Mourya Sheraton , New Delhi-2006.
• Absolute Abstract organized by Ati art gallery at ISTANA, Bangalore, 2006
• Group show sponsored by Gallery crimsion hue At MICA ARTRIUM, Singapore, 2007.
• Group show by Indian Artist on occasion of Republic Day celebration by his Excellency The Precident of India at RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN. 2007
  

Camp Workshop

• CCRT workshop at Bangalore 1989
• All Orissa Artist’s Camp Organized by Lalit Kala Academy, Orissa 1991
• Batik Camp and demonstration, Organized by GCAC Khallikote, 1992
• All India Fina arts workshop organized by National Bal Bhawan, New Delhi 1998
• All India artist’s camp organized by Sanskar Bharati, New Delhi at IGNCAC, 2002
• All India Young Artist camp organized by AIFACS 2002 and 2003
• Participation in 4-Day Artist’ Camp dedicated to Human “Quest For Peace” at Secular House Vastu Kala Academy 2002
• 4 days artist's camp sponsered by Urasbati Art Gallery at Kasauli, Himachal June 2004
• Artist camp organized by Urasvati Art Gallery at Kasauli, H.P., 2004
• Participated in VIRASAT’ 05 held at Dehradun,2005
• All India Artist camp organized by RIF New Delhi 2006.
  

Collection

• Lalit Kala Academy – Orissa, Lucknow
• Various private collection in India,New York, London
• South Korea, Australia, Bangladesh, South Africa and Japan