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Sujata Bajaj
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"There is influence of both French and Indian art in my work. I use a lot of vibrant colours, but balance the colours with the texture."
From her days at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, in Paris, where she experimented with the monotype to her studio in Norway and her home in Pune, Sujata Bajaj has explored various materials, medias and methods. She has worked with different art forms and media such as etching, wood-cut, sculpture,...
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"There is influence of both French and Indian art in my work. I use a lot of vibrant colours, but balance the colours with the texture."
From her days at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, in Paris, where she experimented with the monotype to her studio in Norway and her home in Pune, Sujata Bajaj has explored various materials, medias and methods. She has worked with different art forms and media such as etching, wood-cut, sculpture, murals, cold ceramic, fibre-glass, metal, mixed media and, now, acrylic.
Born in Jaipur, Sujata's parents perhaps recognised her immense talent at a young age. She says, "My mother who is my teacher, friend and counselor taught me not to take part to win, but also learn and have fun while doing so. "After school in Jaipur, Sujata moved in with her brother and his wife in Pune and joined the SNDT College to post graduate in Fine Arts and Painting.
She held her first show at the Bal Gandharva Art Gallery, Pune, in 1978. At one of her exhibitions somewhere in mid 1980s, Sujata met painter S H Raza, who describes her as, "one of the best young talents around, someone who is very clear about her concepts in art."
In India, she had been working on a thesis on tribal art, living in what she calls "an extraordinary milieu, one peopled with ancient heritage and myths."
In 1988, Sujata went to in Paris at Raza's insistence. She was awarded an invitation scholarship by the French Government. In Paris, she enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieur Des Beaux-Arts, and worked at Studio Claude Viseux. ViseuxÂ’ s manner of working, in fact, fascinated the young artist. "It involved inking a metal plate, working on the black, placing a leaf underneath and setting the press in motion. The metal plate could be substituted by a glass one. They could be used for making no more than one print," she says.
France was a fascinating world, one that helped her "find the balance between Indian aesthetics and modern painting." Claude and Raza, till date, continue to be her biggest allies and patrons.
Tribal art plays a major role in Sujata's work even today. Quite natural given the fact that she did her PhD degree in Indian tribal art and has lectured on it across the world. Art critic Ranjit Hoskote, while reviewing Sujata's work says, "Each of her frame acts as a variation on the past, the ancestral inheritance: in the ochre yellow and red palette, we are recalled into the ritual circle of sacrifice; a hero-stone, a tribal totem, a lost goddess of fertility is suggested by certain motifs; and in the elegant calligraphy of the sacred texts, the hymns repeated until the pitch of perfection has been achieved."
Sujata Bajaj spends her time between Pune, Norway and Paris.
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Born
1958
Jaipur
Education
First Class First in Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (Art and Painting) Ph.D. in Fine Arts :Thesis on Indian Tribal Art Studied at Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 'Ganapati', Jehangir Art...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 'Ganapati', Jehangir Art Gallery and Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai2014 'Peregrination of Volour', Galleri Suit, Stavanger2013 'Peregrination of Colour', Indigo Blue Art, Singapore2012 'Ganapati', Sculpture, Mixed Media, Etching and Collage presented by Gallery Art and Soul at Jehangir Art Gallery, Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai2011 'Recent Works/ Sujata Bajaj', Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, New Delhi in association with Embassy of France in India and Alliance Francaise de Delhi 2008 ‘Emergence’, Osborne Samuel and Berkely Square Gallery, London in collaboration with Saffronart.com 2008 Stavanger, Norway 2007 ‘L’ Ordre du Monde’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2007 Osborne Samuel and Berkeley Square Gallery, London 2007 Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi 2006 Gallery Art Musing, Mumbai 2006 Galleri Sult, Stavanger, Norway 2006 Body Art Gallery, Singapore 2005 Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai 2004 Gallery Art and Literature, Paris, France 2002,04,05 Galleri Sult, Stavanger, Norway 2001 Galleri Tendenes, Stavanger , Norway 2000 Varatun Gård, Stavanger, Norway 1999 Atlantic Gallery , New York , USA 1999 Stavanger kunstforening, Norway 1998 Galleri Akern, Kongsberg , Norway 1998 Galerie Mohanjeet, Paris. 1994 Galerie Argile, Bruxelles , Belgium 1993,97,2000,2003 Galleri Nordstrand, Oslo , Norway 1993 Maison de Norvège, Paris , France . 1992,93,95, Galerie Art and Data, Frankfurt , Germany . 1991,94 Galerie Christine Marquet de Vasselot, Paris, France 1991,93,95,2002 The Gallery, Chennai 1991 Birla Academy , Kolkata 1991,94 Galerie Christine Marquet de Vasselot, Paris, France 1989 Galerie Bernanos, Ministère de Education Nationale, Paris , France 1989 Galerie Jean Louis Voisin, Pourville-sur-Mer , France 1989 Centre d’Accueil des Etudiants du Proche-Orient, Paris , France 1988 American Cultural Society; Washington , U.S.A 1988 Mac-Robert Art Centre, University of Stirling , U.K 1988 Commonwealth Art Gallery , Edinburgh , U.K 1988 Sarala's Art Centre, Chennai 1987 Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishath, Bangalore 1986 Taj Art Gallery , Mumbai. 1985, 95, 2002 Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi 1982 Academy of Fine Arts , Kolkata 1979,80,84,89,92,96,2000 Jehangir Art Gallery , Mumbai 1979,87 Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery , Mumbai 1978,80,82,84,85,87 Bal Gandharva Art Gallery , Pune
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 'Aqua', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai 2012 'Aviraam: Celebrating the Pioneer Spirit- SH Raza at 90', presented by The Raza Foundation at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi2011 'Form and Formlessness', Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon 2010 'Besides Paris', Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata 2010 'Swasti Roop', An Abstract Show by Raza Foundation Awardees, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi 2009 'Think Small', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi 2009 'Manthan', presented by Nitanjal Art Gallery at Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi 2008 'X at the rate of Jehangir', presented by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2007 'An Evening in Paris....Rome....London', Sanskriti Art Gallery, Kolkata 2007 ‘The Tale of Two Cities’, Sanskriti Art Gallery, Kolkata 2006 Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi 2005 Gallery Art Alive, New Delhi 2005 ‘Roop Adhyatma’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2004 ‘Art Resources’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2004 ‘Generation-I’ Saffronart and the Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai 2004 Gallery Apparao, New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai 2004 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India 2004 Saffron Gallery, by Gallery Guild and Saffronart.com, Mumbai 2004 Gallery 88, Kolkata 2004 Art Musing, Mumbai 2003 Art Musing, Mumbai 2003 Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi. 2003 ‘Torsormative Texture’, Mumbai. 2003 ‘Tie Exhibition’, Gallery Apparao, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai. 2003 ‘Peace’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2003 ‘Book 7’, Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai 2001 Saffronart and Apparao Galleries, Los Angeles 2000 ‘Sacred Space’, Tao Art Gallery , Mumbai. 1998,99 ‘White on White’, New Delhi and Mumbai. 1993 ‘Souvenirs d’en France’, Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi 1989 ‘Indian Eclectics’, Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi
Joint Exhibitions
2003 S. H. Raza and Sujata Bajaj, Gallery Guild, Mumbai 1999 S .H. Raza and Sujata Bajaj, Gallery Seven, Mumbai
Participations
2014 'Ode to Monumental: Celebration, Visuality, Ideology', presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2011 'Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
2010 'Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2008 Shanghai Art Fair, China presented by Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata 2007 ‘London Art Fair’ and ‘Palm Beach Art Fair’, Berkeley Square Gallery, London 2007 ‘The Power of Peace’, United Nations in Bali 2007 Tate Britain, London 2005 Berkeley Square Gallery, Florida Art Fair, Palm Beach 2003 ‘L'eau’, UNESCO, Paris 2002 ‘Art Singapore 2002’, Apparao Galleries, Singapore 2001 Indian Contemporary Fine Art, Los Angeles - Presented by Saffronart and Apparao Galleries 2000,02 Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris 1998 Indian Spring, Hong Kong 1998 50 years of independence, Hong Kong 1996 Within the Frame Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong. 1995 UNESCO, Paris 1994 Ausstellung Indische Kunst, Frankfurt , Germany 1993 Contemporaines, Grand Palais, Paris 1992 Salon Découvertes, Grand Palais, Paris 1992 University of Frankfurt , Germany 1992 Gallerie Christine Marquet de Vasselot, Paris 1992 Galleri Bryggen, Bergen, Norway. 1991 Salon des Indépendants Normands , France 1991 New York Art Fair 1989 Salon de mai, Grand Palais, Paris 1989 Neuf Artistes de la Cité Universitaire, C.I.U.P, Paris 1989 La Société Plurielle Egalitaire, Galerie Bernanos, Paris 1989,90,91 Salon Art en Bray, Neufchâtel en Bray , France 1989 Artistes Indiens à Paris, Galerie du Cygne, Paris 1989 Galerie de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris 1988 L’Exposition de Peinture Contemporaine Indienne, Tarbes , France
Honours and Awards
2003 Raza Foundation Award 1991 Bombay Art Society Award ...
2003 Raza Foundation Award 1991 Bombay Art Society Award 1988-89 French Government Scholarship, 1986 Selected for International Youth in Achievement, Cambridge, U.K. 1986 Best painting Award, Nashik Kala Niketan 1985 Painting selected for National Collection 1983 Outstanding Young Person of Maharashtra 1982 Outstanding Young Person of Pune 1979,84 State Art Award, Maharashtra Chancellor's Award, S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai
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