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JAYASHREE CHAKRAVARTY

Born 1956, Khoai, Tripura

Artist in residence at Ecole d' Art, Aix-en-Provence, France (1992-1995)
Post Graduate Diploma from M.S.University, Baroda (1980)
Fine Arts from the Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan (1978)

Lives and works in Kolkata, India

Select Solo Exhibitions

2007 Bodhi Art Gallery, New York, USA

2004 Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, USA

2000 Thoughts Ricochet, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi, India

1999 Cima,Calcutta, India

1998 The Drawing Centre, New York, USA

1997 Gallery 7, Mumbai

1995 Ecole d' Art, Aix-en-Provence, France

1994 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta

1992 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai; Sakshi Gallery, Madras
Gallery 7, Mumbai

1990 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta

1989 Art Heritage, New Delhi

1983 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta

1982 Urja Art Gallery, Baroda


Select Group Exhibitions

2007 New narratives: Contemporary Art from India, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago USA

2002 Perspecta, (by Galerie88 Kolkata), Sponsored by UBS at Rossi & Rossi Gallery, London
Secular Practice; Recent Art from India, organized by Hoopoe Curatorial, Optica, Montreal and Vancouver, Canada

2001 New Works, Galerie88, Kolkata
Tramjatra, public art event organised by RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

1998 Multimedia-Art of the 90s, Cima Gallery, Calcutta
Group Show, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Two Person Show, Nature Morte, New Delhi
Two Person Show, Apparao Gallery, Madras
Contemporary Indian Art, National Council for Cultural Arts & Letters- Al-Funoon Gallery, Dhahiat Abdullah Al Salem, Kuwait

1997 Colors of Independence, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Tryst with Destiny-Art from Modern India, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Summer Show, Academy of Fine Art and Culture, New Delhi
Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ninth Triennial-India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Major Trends in Indian Art, New Delhi
Fire & Life, organized by Asia Pacific at IMA, Brisbane, Canberra
Women Artists of India: A Celebration of Independence, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland
Group Show, Sydney
Gouache & Contemporary Painting, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
The Looking Glass Self – An Exhibition of Self Images, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai

1996 Group Show, curated by Pranab Ranjan Ray, Art Today, New Delhi
Highlights, curated by CIMA Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Fire & Life, an international artists exchange residency between India & Australia
Two Person Show, Galerie 88, Calcutta

1995 Water Colours – A Broader Spectrum-1, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

1992 Subjective Eye, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

1991 Journey within Landscape, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

1990 Indian Contemporary Artists, organized by MICA, Melbourne
Art Mosaic, Calcutta, Mumbai, New Delhi
Gadhya Parva Exhibition, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

1989 Two Person Show organized by Indian Art Council at Horizon Gallery, UK
Group Show, Holland
Group Show, Chemould, Calcutta
Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta

1988 Group Show, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta
Group Show, Indian Council of Cultural Relations
Summer Show, Art Heritage, New Delhi
Summer Show, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta

1987 Chitrakala, Group Show, Stockholm, Lund, organized by Festival of India and Kulturhuset, Sweden

1984-82-80 National Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta



Awards and Scholarships

1997 Honorable Mention Award, Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh

1991 Scholarship, Government of France

1989 British Council Visitorship Grant

1988 Il Bharat Bhavan Biennial

1982 Elizabeth Green Shield Foundation Grant, Canada

1980 Bombay Art Society Award, Mumbai
All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi

1979 Government of India Cultural Scholarship
Silver Medal – Bombay Art Society
Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi

Collections include

Centre International Modern Art, Calcutta
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi, Gujarat
Art Heritage, New Delhi
Ananda Bazar Group