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Jeram Patel
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Jeram Patel was born in 1930 at Sojitra in the Kaira district of Gujarat. He studied drawing and painting at Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai between 1950 and 55, and typography and publicity design at Central School of Arts and Craft, London for two years till 1959.
Jeram Patel was one of the artists who turned around the Indian art scene and formulated a new visual identity and method of abstraction in the late 1950's and 60's. Alongside...
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Jeram Patel was born in 1930 at Sojitra in the Kaira district of Gujarat. He studied drawing and painting at Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai between 1950 and 55, and typography and publicity design at Central School of Arts and Craft, London for two years till 1959.
Jeram Patel was one of the artists who turned around the Indian art scene and formulated a new visual identity and method of abstraction in the late 1950's and 60's. Alongside NS Bendre and Sankho Chowdhuri who set up the Baroda School of Art, Patel, with artists like Jagdish Swaminathan, initiated one of the greatest changes in Indian art as a founder member of the short-lived artists' collective Group 1890.
Patel has held one-man shows in London, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai and has represented India at the Tokyo Biennale of 1963, the Sao Paulo Biennale of 1963, the Third World Biennale at Baghdad in 1980 and the Festival of India, London, in 1982. His works are featured in many prestigious collections including those at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, the Museum of Chennai Art, Baghdad, Chandigarh University, the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, the Society of India, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bhopal and the Dhoomimal Gallery in New Delhi.
Patel has been associated with various organizations including the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, the Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi, the Royal Society of Arts, London, the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad and the Weavers' Service Centre, All-India Handloom Board, New Delhi. He was till recent working as a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda University. Jeram Patel has been a recipient of the National Award from the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1957, 1963, 1973 and 1984 and National Award for Design in 1976. He has also won a silver medal from the Bombay Art Society in 1960. In 1994 he was awarded Emeritus Fellowship from The Govt. of India.
The artist passed away in 2016.
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Born
June 20, 1930
Sojitra Kaira District Gujarat
Died
2016
Education
1957-59 National Diploma in Design, Central School of Art and Craft, London
1950-55 Sir J. J School of Art, Mumbai
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Recent Works of Jeram Patel,...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Recent Works of Jeram Patel, The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata
2009 Shridharni Gallery, New Delhi
2007 Anant Art, New Delhi
2006 Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 'Baroda: A Tale of Two Cities', (Part I), Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
2008 'Keep Drawing', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2006 'Drawing Show an Act of Art II', Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 ‘Palette -Part II’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 ‘Manifestations III’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
1994 ‘Drawing ‘94’, New Delhi
1994 ‘Exhibition of 28 Contemporary Artists’, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, USA
1989 Invited to Participate in an International Exhibition of Artists from Europe, America and Asia during 'East West Encounter in Visual Art', Organized by Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1985 ‘Graphic Art in India since 1950’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1985 ‘Graphic Print Exhibition’, Festival of India, USA
1979 Asian Artists Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1973 ‘Contemporary Indian Paintings’, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC, USA
1970 ‘Contemporary Indian Painters’, Tehran
1969 Indian Painters, Kolkata
1968 Five Contemporary Painters, Kunika Chemould Art Gallery, New Delhi
1967 ‘Seven Painters’, London
Participations
2012 'Crossings: Time Unfolded, Part 2', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
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
2010 'National Printmaking Portfolio', Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2008-09 'Paz Mandala', Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1994 3rd International Prints Biennale, Bhopal
1982 Festival of India, London
1980 3rd World Biennale of Graphic Art, Baghdad
1979 3rd World Biennale of Graphic Art, London
1979 6th British International Print Biennale, London
1977 XIV Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1968,75,78,81 1st,3rd,4th and 5th International Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1963 Tokyo Biennale, Japan
1963 Sao Paulo Biennale
Honours and Awards
1997 Kala Ratna, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1994 Emeritus Fellowship, Government of India
1992 Ravishankar Raval Award, Government of Gujarat
1980 Fellowship, Royal Society of Arts, London
1980 State Lalit Kala Academy, Gujarat
1976 National Award for Design, India
1960 Silver Medal, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1957,63,73,84 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 Kala Ratna, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1994 Emeritus Fellowship, Government of India
1992 Ravishankar Raval Award, Government of Gujarat
1980 Fellowship, Royal Society of Arts, London
1980 State Lalit Kala Academy, Gujarat
1976 National Award for Design, India
1960 Silver Medal, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1957,63,73,84 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
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