Jayasri Burman

The images in Jayasri Burman's work have a lyrical and dreamlike quality with a unique sensibility that, although inspired by the Indian folk element, retains a quality of refreshing directness and reflective honesty, which is as original as it is endearing. He very successfully manages to weave the decorative and design elements of folk language into the intricate patterns of his canvas, without losing the natural charm and naivety of his work, which is exclusively his.

Her concern for women is also evident in her work. Without calling herself a feminist, she confesses her desire to see her women happy to participate in the goodness of life. Free and united with Nature, her woman is sometimes a crowned ceremonial bird and sometimes a mother Goddess or a forest creature.

Jayasri's closeness to nature is also reflected in her works. She can reinterpret the lush green surroundings, the hybrid images of a woman more bird-like in her grace and form, and the stagnant ponds that bring out the flaming colors of Basant (spring) in her paintings. Jayasri's latest work reveals an unconscious suspended energy that can be paralleled in the surroundings of Santiniketan, where she studied. If she expressed a feeling of tranquility and confidence in the images she reflected on two years ago, this time her vehicle of expression is the dance of color.

It is not wrong to assume that Jayasri has gained grace in her works, grace that comes from her evolving maturity and her satisfaction with life. What she obtained then was born from the opportunity to respond to the various aspects of Indian culture; This is then a new world of nature that has inspired the artist to focus her gaze on painting.

It can also be found here that the selection of certain key colors (red, blue, or radiant saffron) provides a starting point and guide for content, color, and structure. The works are a commitment to an art that is derived from the experience of the landscape; It is more than a matter of seeing things anew it is the perception that is aware of the transience and mutability of the landscape. It establishes an intimate space, like a secret garden, and invites the viewer to participate in it. Once you enter the fictional world of Jayasri, you can look around you and immediately respond to the unorthodox canons of beauty and participate in the choreography of Nature.

BORN

October 21, 1960, in Calcutta.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

1984 Orientation in printing under the direction of Monsieur Ceizerzi, France

1979-80 College of Visual Art, Calcutta

1977-79 Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati Santiniketan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Fables and Folklore, presented by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2010 The Mythical Universe, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi

2006 Sacred Feminine, Art Musings, Mumbai

2005 Fairy Tales and Laments The Mythology of Jayasri Burman, Arts India, Palo Alto

2004 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2002 Sumukha Gallery, Bengaluru

2004,00,1999,97 Ganesha Gallery, New Delhi

1992 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai

1996,92,90,85 Chitrakoot Gallery, Kolkata

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 An Alternative Perspective, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

2012 Sacred and Temporal Women, Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad

2011 Nvya Gallery, New Delhi

2010 Size Matters or Doesn't, Latitude 28, New Delhi

2009 Think Small, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi

2009 Beyond Form, Bajaj Capital Art House, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2008 X to the rhythm of Jehangir, presented by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2006 The Indiart Show 2006, Lasalle - Sia, Singapore

2005 Family Art Reflections, Mumbai

2005 Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

2004 Brahma to Bapu, Annula Show, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

2004 Shadanga Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi

2004 Visual Art Gallery, London

2004 Gallery 27, Cork Street, London

2003 Workshop in Egypt with contemporary Indian artists by BAYAR ABS

2001-02 Modi Foundation, London

2001-02 Bollywood Show, Selfridges, London

2001-02 Group Exhibition of Bengali Art, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

2002 The Family -3, with Sakti Burman, Maya Burman, Jayasri Burman, Apparao Gallery, Chennai

2001 Indian Contemporary, Hong Kong

2001 Contemporary Indian Fine Arts, Los Angeles, USA. 

1999 Emerging Trends, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

1997 Panchadashi, La Mere Gallery, Calcutta

1997 The Best of Bengal from Independence to Present, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata

1996 Urban Signs, Changing Images-II, Birla Academy of Arts and Culture, Mumbai

1994 Exhibition of paintings and sculptures by eminent contemporary artists, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata. 

1993 All Life, Emerald Isle, Calcutta

1992 The Baijis, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta

1991 A Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

1990 Calcutta through the eyes of painters, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

1989 Young Faces in Contemporary Indian Art, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

1999 Summer Exhibition of Eminent Contemporary Artists of Bengal, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata

1984 Exhibition for three people, Paris 

PARTICIPATIONS

2013-14 Transition, 20th-anniversary exhibition, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

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 Summer Show 2010, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

Annual Exhibition 2010, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi

2008 Moderns, Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan

Annual Exhibition 2004, Art Musings, Mumbai

1991 Annual Exhibition of Graphics, Painting and Sculpture, BF-14 Gallery, Calcutta

1987 International Triennial, Intergraphic, Germany

1986 Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal

1983-85 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1983-85 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademy, Calcutta

1983-85 Indian Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi

HONORS AND AWARDS

1987 Certificate of Merit, All India Youth Art Exhibition

National Award 1985

1979 Awards granted by the Faculty of Visual Arts in Tempera for Outstanding Merit in the Annual Exhibition

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