Jogen Chowdhury
BORN EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS PARTICIPATIONS HONORS AND AWARD ABOUT THE ARTIST Jogen Chowdhury is known for his ability to successfully combine traditional imagery with the zeitgeist of contemporary painting, in a deft combination of urban self-consciousness and highly localized Bengali influence. His early works show an attention to figuration that is transferred to his current pieces. In an interview, Chowdhury commented that, in his early work, the space projected a simple iconic presence. A spatial sequence was developed but the space was not complex. The background seemed to disappear. Anshuman Dasgupta describes these works as more iconic and more dramatized, in contrast, Chowdhury describes his later works as now more personalized and subtle. During his university days, Chowdhury participated in leftist literary circles, whose members dismissed Rabindranath Tagore as a bourgeois and took an interest in the works of Russian authors. But overall, Chowdhury stayed away from cultural movements through a friend of members of the Hunger Generation; The images of him were based more on his cultural environment than on his intellectual environment. My background is relevant, he once commented in an interview, explaining that his life in Calcutta was quite disturbed by political movements. This has a clear influence on my work such as the Ganesha period. The Bengali business class who worship the icon and their corruption, how degenerate like meat. Famine, partition, and the food movement overshadowed his formative years, and a quality of darkness can be seen as inherent in Chowdhury's work. However, in addition to being an indicator of sadness, this darkness can be understood to evoke an aura of mystery. It is an effect heightened in Chowdhury's more recent works, which increasingly crop out the central image. Chowdhury explains that the purpose is to hide some parts. The moment he shows the full figure, he loses interest in the details. Previously, the figures were observed in their natural bearing that came through expressionist stylization and the weight of reality was greater. There is a distancing effect today. Talking about contemporary art, Chowdhury argues for the need for a uniquely Indian approach to art, as opposed to blind imitation of Western trends. To be global it is not necessary to do something that imitates the United States, Australia, or England. It has to have authenticity, which is not what blind imitation allows. Born in 1939 in Faridpur, Bengal, Chowdhury studied at the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta, from 1955 to 1960, followed by a stint at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beax-Arts, Paris, from 1965 to 1957, on a scholarship. of the French government. His recent solo exhibitions include A Calligraphy of Touch and Gaze, presented by Kalakriti Art Gallery at ICIA, Mumbai, in 2008, and Abahoman Flowing Life at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2007. Chowdhury has also had solo exhibitions at the Gajah Gallery. Singapore Gallerie Foundation for Indian Artists, Amsterdam, and Fine Art Resource, Berlin. In 1966, Chowdhury received the Prix le France de la Jeune Peinture in Paris and, in 1986, he received a prize at the Second Biennial of Havana, Cuba. The Government of Madhya Pradesh awarded him the Kalidas Sanman in 2001. The artist lives and works in Santiniketan. Notification - We do not usually display Jogen Chowdhury's work, only send it to private art collectors and interested art buyers.
February 15, 1939, Faridpur District, Bangladesh
1965-67 National School, Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris
1960 Studio of the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
1955-60 Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta
2014 Jogen Chowdhury Formative to Recent, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2012-13 Meditation Lines, Veda Gallery, Chennai
2008 A calligraphy of touch and look, presented by Kalakriti Art Gallery at ICIA, Mumbai
2007 Abahoman Flowing Life, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2002 Drawings and paintings with ink and pastel on paper, Bose-Pacia Modern, New York
2001 Ink and pastel colored drawings, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
1999 Drawings and paintings with ink and pastel on paper, Fine Art Resource, Berlin
1998 Drawings colored with ink and pastel, Gallerie, Mohnjeet, Paris
1998 Colored drawings with pastel paper, Indian Artists Foundation, Amsterdam
1997 Pastel drawings on paper, Gallerie Foundation for Indian Artists, Art Fair, Amsterdam
1996 Drawings, Indian Artists Gallery Foundation, Amsterdam.
1996 Drawings and paintings, Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan
1996 Drawings and paintings, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Calcutta
1994-95 Drawings, Sakshi Gallery, Calcutta.
1994 Drawings, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1994 One Hundred Drawings, Seagull Art Foundation, Sukh Sagar, Calcutta
1994 Brush and ink drawings on poems by Namita Chowdhury, Little Gallery, Calcutta
1992 Ink and pastel drawings on paper, Nandan, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan.
1990 Drawings, Sarala Art Centre, Chennai.
1988 Ink and pastel works on paper, Sistas Art Gallery organized by Kala Yatra, Bangalore
1983 Watercolor Paintings, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad.
1982 Watercolor Paintings, Bithi Art Centre, Baroda
1981 Ink and pastel works on paper, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1977 Ink and pastel works on paper, Chanakya Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1976 Ink and pastel works on paper, Indian Embassy, Paris.
1972 Ink and mixed media works on paper, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1970, 90 Ink and mixed media works on paper, Sarla Art Centre, Chennai
1968 Drawings and paintings, Alliance Francaise of Madras, Chennai
1967 Oil paintings, Galerie du Haut Pave, Paris.
1965 Bengali Sanskrit Sammelan, Calcutta
1963 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
2015 Remembering Bhupen, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
2013 Ideas of the Sublime, presented by Vadehra Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2013 Still Life, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2012 Diva, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2012 Talking Heads, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
Gallery Collection 2012, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 Adbhutam Rasa in Indian Art, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2011 Masters Ltd Limited Editions, Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2011 The Aviary, Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata
2011 Of humor, wit and satire, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2010-11 Figure Landscape, Part Two, Aicon Gallery, London
2010 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2010 Love to Live, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 Dalis Elephant, Aicon Gallery, London
2010 Paper Trails, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 The Living Insignia, Ensign Gallery, New Delhi
2010-11 Image Writing, The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata Work Exp, New Delhi
2010 From miniature to modern traditions in transition, Rob Dean Art, London in association with Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 Summer Show 2010, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2010 Aviskar Easts Meets West, Birla Academy of Arts and Culture, Kolkata
2010 Painters' Perception of Images and Symbols, Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata
2010 Symbols and Metaphors, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2010 registered, Emami Chisel, Kolkata
2010 Essential, eclectic, ephemeral, The Harrington Mansions, Kolkata
2010 Pretty Ugly, Bose Pacia, Calcutta
2009.10 Master Class, The Arts Trust, Mumbai
2009 Mark of Masters -2, Art and Soul, Mumbai
2009 Continuous Modern, Galerie 88, Calcutta
2009 Think Small, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2009 Progressive to Altermodern 62 Years of Indian Modern Art, Grosvenor Gallery, London
2009 Kalpana Figurative Art in India, presented by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) at Aicon Gallery, London The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
2009 The Root of Everything, Mementos Gallery, Bangalore
2009 Zip Files, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Review of 2008, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2008 Modern and Contemporary Indian Art, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delh
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2008 Freedom 2008 - Sixty years after India's independence, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Calcutta
2007 Body Mind Soul, organized by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2007 Invest Invent Traditions, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2006 Shadow Lines, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Drawing Exhibition: An Act of Art II, Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Realms of Fantasy, New Delhi and Hong Kong Center for Visual Arts, Hong Kong
2002 A Celebration of Colours, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2002 Sidewinders, Indo-British Artists Exhibition, British Council and Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2001 Art of Bengal: Past and Present, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai and Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2001 Prabhav, Indian Embassy, Berlin
2000 Satabdi, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi and Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1999 Watermark, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Singapore Art Museum, National Gallery of Modern Art Singapore (NGMA), New Delhi and Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1997 Date with Destiny: Art of Modern India (1947-1997)
1996 Chamatkara, organized by the Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Calcutta, at Whitley Art Gallery, London
1995 Autumn Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1995 Seven Contemporary Artists, Le Monde del Art, Paris
1994 Contemporary Indian Prints, Maltwood Museum of Art, Victoria, Canada
1982 Contemporary Indian Paintings, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
1980 Seven Indian painters, Worpswed Hann, Hamburg, Braunschweig and Bayreuth.
1979 Exhibition of Asian Art, Fukuoka, Japan, and Indian Painting, National Art.
1978 New Contemporaries, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1970 Art Today - III, Kunika Chemould Gallery, New Delhi
1967 Exhibition of resident artists of the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
2014 Ode to Monumental Celebration, Visuality, and Ideology, presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2014 Rituals and reasons that invoke the sensual in art, Apprao Galleries, Chennai
2013-14 Transition, 20th anniversary exhibition, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2013 The Nude and the Nude The Body in Modern Indian Art, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 Art for Humanity, Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2011 Ethos V Indian Art through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
2011 Manifestations VI, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 Manifestations V, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 Time Unfolded, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2010 Art Celebrates 2010 Sports and the City, represented by Art Alive Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, coinciding with the Commonwealth Games
2010 Masters Corner, organized by Indian Contemporary Art Journal at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai India International Art Fair, New Delhi
2010 Contemporary Printmaking in India, presented by Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 National Print Portfolio, Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2010 Manifestations IV, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 Roots, 25th Anniversary Exhibition of Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai at The Park, Chennai
Annual Exhibition 2009, La-Mere, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata
2008-09 India Moderna, organized by the Institut Valencia dArt Modern (IVAM) and Casa Asia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Valencia, Spain
2008 ArtSingapore 2008, Singapore
1992 Confluence, Indo-French Art Camp, Calcutta
1986 1st International Art Festival, Baghdad
1982 Participates in Workshops of Indian and German artists in Braunschweig, Germany, and Arezzo, Italy.
1978 XV Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil
1976 International Exhibition, Cagnes-sur-Mer
1975 Third Indian Triennale, International Arts Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1971 Second Indian Triennale, International Arts Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1965 Indian painters in France, Nongent le Retrou
1957 Indian Painters in France, Nongent le Retrou (1965), exhibited until 1980, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2003 Jury Member, Singapore Biennial Art Exhibition, Singapore
2001 Kalidas Sanman, Government of Madhya Pradesh
1986 Receives Prize at the 2nd Havana Biennial, Cuba
1966 Prix le France de la Jeune Peinture Award, Paris
1965-67 Obtained a scholarship from the French government and studied at the Ecole Nationale Superiore des Beaux-Arts and Atelier 17, Paris.
1965 -7 French government scholarship to the Ecole Nationale, Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
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