Jatin Das

Creativity is a transfer of energy.

The multitalented Jatin Das has been part of the Indian art scene for more than four decades, with his paintings, murals, and sculptures. The human body exerts an infinite fascination for him and he tirelessly pursues his search for dynamic figures, using a linear structure and rapid brushwork. 

Jatin Das believes that every element of life has an inherent energy. This energy is evident in his paintings of men and women, captured in emotional turmoil, portraying the multitude of emotions evoked as a result of people's interaction with society and nature. 

The man-woman relationship, in particular, with all the pain and joy that comes with it, is a constant source of inspiration for Jatin Das. The rhythmic discontinuities of color planes and hurried lines characterize his paintings. Jatin focuses on highlighting the subtleties of thought and feeling through the use of color. In particular, it was his paintings of nude or nude figures that gained him recognition in the 1960s and 1970s. 

Jatin Das has also been involved with art institutions, in various capacities as a professor at the College of Art, New Delhi, and the National School of Drama, New Delhi, and as a consultant to the Crafts Board and the Folk Art Museum. , Orissa, to mention some of the positions he held. In 1991, Lalit Kala Akademi held a retrospective of his works. In his career, which spans 40 years, Das has only had 37 exhibitions, as he believes that painting is an intensely personal experience, the results of which cannot always be shared with others.

BORN

December 2, 1941 Mayurbhanj, Orissa

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

1957-62 Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010-11 Portable Space, Museum Gallery, Art and Soul Gallery, Mumbai

2009 The Artists Alley Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2009 Chelsea Arts Club, London

2009 Earth Bodies, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2007 Body and Line, oil, watercolors, drawings, and graphics, presented by Gallery Art and Soul at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2007 Presented by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi at All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi

2007 Loaded Figures, Gallery of the International Center of Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

2006 Journeys through Foreign Lands, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

2006 1X1 Art Space, Dubai

2005 Archaeological Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece

2002 Retrospective 40 years of drawings, All India Fine Arts Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi

2002 Works on paper, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai

1999 Body Spirited, organized by Hudco and IHC at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

1996 Crimson The Art Resource, Karnataka Chitrakala Parisath, Bangalore

1995 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1994 Retrospective, Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh. 

1994 Heads, organized by Alliance Francaise at Le Corbusier Art Gallery, Chandigarh

1993 Clay Women and Other Paintings, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai

1991 Retrospective 1968-90, organized by ITC and Lalit Kala Akademi, at Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. 

1987 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay

1986 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

1985 Presentation of The Times of India at the Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi

1983 Sarala Art Centre, Chennai

1982 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay

1979 Urja Art Gallery, Baroda

1979 Hutheesing Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad

1978 Arts 38 Gallery, London

1978 Hansalaya, Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi

1978 Zeitgendessische Ind., Kunst, Pastorat a. d. Johanniskirche, Werf, West Germany

1978 Surya Galerie 77, Frainsherm an der Weinstrasse, West Germany

1977 Drawings 77 - Private Show, Studio, New Delhi

1976 Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi

1975 Sfinx Gallery, Amsterdam

1975 Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, UK

1975 Schloss Bellevue, Kassel, West Germany

1975 City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

1974 Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi

1974 Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay

1973 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay

1973 Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi

1968 Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi

1966 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay

1965 Chemould Gallery, Calcutta

1964 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay

1962 Indo-American Society Gallery, Mumbai 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Master Class, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi

2009 Indian Harvest, presented by Crimson - The Art Resouce, Bangalore at SG Private Banking, Singapore

2005 Silk Road, ABS Bayers Gallery, Baroda

2003 Mappings, ABS Bayers Gallery, Baroda

2000 Shatabdi, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

1998 Colors of Independence, organized by the Gallery of the Center International of Modern Art (CIMA), Calcutta at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi.

1997 Vadehra Art Gallery and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi

1997 Art World, Chennai

1997 Enduring Lines, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi

1997 Mirror, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai

1996 Modern Indian Paintings, 100 Years, Part I, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi

1996 Organized by the Gallery of the Center International of Modern Art (CIMA), Calcutta at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1995 Indo-Korean Exhibition, Gallery of Indian Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi

1995 Homage to Gandhi, Little Theater Gallery, New Delhi

1995 Cow, Maneka Gandhi Show, Taj Palace, New Delhi

1995 Art Today Inaugural Exhibition, New Delhi

1994 Mobile nurseries, Habitat Centre, New Delhi

1994 Landscapes, Gandhara Art Gallery, Calcutta. 

1993 Surya Gallery, Hyderabad

1993 Srishti Gallery, New Delhi

1992 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi

1992 Gallery 88 and Hotel Oberoi, New Delhi

1991 Connoisseur's Choice, Habiart Gallery, New Delhi

1991 Little Theater Gallery, New Delhi

1991 58 artists, Helpage, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1991 SAHMAT, Mongolpuri, New Delhi

1990 Homage to Van Gogh, Centenary Exhibition, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

1990 Kashmir Relief, Little Theater Gallery, New Delhi

1990 Drawing exhibition, Little Theater Gallery, New Delhi

1990 Drawing-7Artist, Ganesha Gallery, New Delhi

1990 Habiart Gallery, Habitat Centre, New Delhi

1989 National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, South Korea and Yokohama Museum, Japan

1989 Centenary Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai

1989 Artists Alert, SAHMAT, New Delhi

1989 Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, New Delhi

1989 Third Asian Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan

1989 Drawings, Delhi Artists, CMC Art Gallery, New Delhi

1988 CRY, charity show, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Calcutta

1987 National Drawings Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1982 Kashmir Collection, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, New Delhi

1982 Moderene Kunst Heute, Museum of Modern Art, Darmstad, Kunsthalle, West Germany

1980 Contemporary paintings in miniature format, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1979 All India Prints Exhibition, Chandigarh

1979 Asian Arts Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan

1978 Collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Warsaw, Aleppo, Damascus, Narodini V Gallery, Loden, Prague, Cultural Center, Niavaran, Budapest

1978 National Kala Mela, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1978 State Exhibition, Orissa Lalit Kala Academy, Baripada, Orissa

1977 Prints, All India Exhibition, New Delhi. 

1977 Surya Galerie, Freinsheim under Weinstrasse, West Germany

1976 National Portrait Exhibition, All India Fine Arts Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi

1972 The Rejected, from the national exhibition, Delhi Shilpi Chakra, New Delhi

1972 The Creative Eye, National Photography Exhibition, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi

1971 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi

1971 Loans from private collectors, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi. 

1969 Art Today, Rotary-Kunika Chemould Art Center, New Delhi

PARTICIPATIONS

Celebrations 2011 2011, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi

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

Annual Exhibition 2006, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

1995 Annual Gallery Exhibition of Indian Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi

1992 Silver Jubilee Show, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

1992 Fourth Bharat Bhavan Contemporary Indian Art Biennale, Bhopal

1992 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala

1987 Festival of India, Russia

1985 2nd Biennial, Cuba, Havana

1985 3rd Asian Biennial, Bangladesh

1984 15th International Art Exhibition, Tokyo Biennale, Japan

1984 Tenth International Independent Print Exhibition, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan

1984 National Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai

1964-84 National Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1983 Second Asian Art Biennale, Shilpa Kala Academy, Bangladesh

1982 Seventh International British Print Biennial, Bradford, UK

1981 National Drawings Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1978 Art to Nature-nature to Art, Venice Biennale, Italy

1978 Fourth Indian Triennale, New Delhi

1976 Third Indian Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1975 Documenta, Kassel

1972 All India Graphics Show, Group 8, New Delhi

1971 Septieme Biennale de Paris, Parc Floral De Paris, Paris

1971 Second Indian Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1965 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai

1964 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1963 73rd Annual Art Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

HONORS AND AWARDS

2012 Padma Bhushan by the Government of India

2007 He is awarded the D.Litt. (Honoris Causa), Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar

2007 Seminar Management Institution, Bhubaneswar

Bharat Nirman Award 2007

2007 Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity Italian Government, President of Italy Award, New Delhi

Utkala Awards 2006 awarded by the Governor of Bengal, Kolkata

1992 4th Bharat Bhavan Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art, (Prize), Bhopal

1989-90 Senior Fellowship, Department of Culture, Government of India

1976 National Portrait Exhibition, (Award), Indian Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi

1965 The Bombay Art Society, Governor's Award and Best Modern Painting of the Year, Mumbai

1965 Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, (award), Mumbai

1965 The Bombay Art Society, (Governor's Award), Mumbai

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