CELEBRATE GOAN ART

JAI ZHAROTIA

 
 

1945

 

 

 

Artist Profile

BEGINNINGS

1973 Founder of New Group, New Delhi. Ex-elected member, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Member, India International Center, New Delhi. Executive member, Udayan Care, New Delhi. Lives and works in New Delhi and London.

EDUCATION

  • 1967 Diploma in Art, New Delhi.
  • 1971 National Diploma in Fine Arts, New Delhi.

EXHIBITIONS

  • 1967 Group exhb., Six Painters, New Delhi.
  • 1969 Joint exhb. with Gogi, Shilpi Chakra, New Delhi.
  • 1970 Contemporary Indian Prints, New Delhi, Madras, Calcutta, Washington D.C.
  • 1972 Solo exhb. of paintings, Kunika Chemould Art Gallery, New Delhi.
  • 1973 Jai `73, Kunika Chemould Art Gallery, New Delhi.
  • 1974 Solo exhb. of drawings, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
  • 1977, 95 Group exhb., Jehangir Art Gallery, New Delhi.
  • 1978, 81 Solo exhb., Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
  • 1978, 86 4th and 6th International Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
  • 1978, 84 7th and 9th International Exhb. of Art, AIFACS, New Delhi.
  • 1980 Group exhb., Germany.
  • 1981 Painting exhb., Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
  • 1982 Graphic exhb., Cuba.
  • 1983, 87, 91 Exhb. of watercolours, Art Heritage, New Delhi.
  • 1983 Exhb. of drawings, Art Heritage, New Delhi.
  • 1983 Exhb. of drawings, Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay.
  • 1984, 89 Exhb. of watercolours, Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay.
  • 1984 15th Internatio

COLLECTION

  • National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
  • Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
  • Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi.
  • CMC Ltd., New Delhi.
  • College of Art, New Delhi.
  • The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.
  • Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

AWARDS

  • 1979, 80, 85 Award, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi.
  • 1980, 81 Award, All India Graphics Exhb., Chandigarh.
  • 1983 Award for silk screen printing, AIFACS, New Delhi.
  • 1984 Award, All India Drawing Exhb., Chandigarh.
  • 1984 Award for silk screen printing, Takhman, Udaipur.
  • 1987 Award for ceramic, AIFACS, New Delhi.
  • 1987 Award for drawing, AIFACS, New Delhi.
  • 1993 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
  • 1994 Lifetime achievement award, Muradabad Art Lovers Association, Muradabad.
  • 1995 Lifetime contribution to fine arts, Utsav Educational and Cultural Society, New Delhi.
  • 1996 Award for significant contribution to Indian drawings, The Solids, Chandigarh.
  • 1998 Senior fellowship in the field of visual arts, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1971-74 Worked for the childrens educational projects. 1974 Joined as Lecturer, College of Art, New Delhi. 2005 Retired as Professor and Head of the Painting Deptt., College of Art, New Delhi.

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