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John Tun Sein
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Born in 1957, John Tun Sein received his Diploma in Painting from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, in 1985. Following his graduation, Sein received a Lalit Kala Akademi Research Grant Scholarship in 1988-89.
Speaking about his work in his essay "The Painter and the Path", fellow artist Prabhakar Kolte notes that "John Tun Sein is an artist who has never been in a hurry for anything in his life or his profession, patiently...
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Born in 1957, John Tun Sein received his Diploma in Painting from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, in 1985. Following his graduation, Sein received a Lalit Kala Akademi Research Grant Scholarship in 1988-89.
Speaking about his work in his essay "The Painter and the Path", fellow artist Prabhakar Kolte notes that "John Tun Sein is an artist who has never been in a hurry for anything in his life or his profession, patiently traveling to and fro between his creativity and solitude. He places his paintings in a way that would navigate us on the same journey. His works reflect evidence of his meditative accomplishments through painterly solitude. This is completely disclosed in his canvas for true appreciation by the viewer as well as the critic."
Kolte continues, "I call him ‘Little Buddha’ – a believer in non-violence, calmness and quietness, sympathy and love that guide him to discover what goes unnoticed in human life. The tranquility is his default and painting an innate desire. His incredible consistency projects a larger symphony interwoven with forms and cordial colours for the eyes to listen. An experimentalist by nature, he shows acute concern for the intangible aspects of contemporary sensibilities remolding them into sensory colour fields; thus surfing on a wave and emerging out of several complimentary forces of form and formlessness. For John Tun Sein, the canvas is the gravitational centre of his life. Though he paints introvertedly, what reflects in his work is the silent participation of everything that exists around; the air that keeps moving in and out or the light that changes the tonal qualities of the atmosphere within and without. They all mark their impression on him and his artistic act. He believes in ‘expanding totality’ that begins in his personal perception and grows out to enhance itself in the outer world through his works. Therefore, there are no definite signs, symbols or clues, not even the slightest indications or suggestions in his expressionistic paintings. Instead it is just a magnetic visual that needs to be felt by the viewer on his own."
Sein's work has been featured in several solo exhibitions including those at Apparao Galleries, Chennai, in 2010; Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, and Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto, in 2007; SWR, Heinrich/Stroebel-Haus, Baden-Baden, in 2005; Galerie Mueller and Plate, Munich, in 2000; and Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay, in 1999. He has also participated in several group exhibitions in India, Germany, Belgium, Poland, the UK and France.
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Born
1957
Education
1985 G.D.Art (Painting), Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 'John Tun Sein : Recent Works',...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 'John Tun Sein : Recent Works', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2010 The Apparao Galleries, Chennai
2007 Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2007 Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
2005 Anant Art Gallery, Kolkata
2005 SWR3, Heinrich-Stroebel-Haus, Baden-Baden, Germany
2003 Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2001 Kunst im Alten Spritzenhaus, Bahlingen, Germany
2000 Galerie Mueller and Plate, Munich
1999 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 Galerie Holmenshoeve, Slijpe, Belgium
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 'Still Life', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2010 The Apparao Galleries, Chennai
2010 'Beyond Object hood', presented by Gandhara Art Gallery at Nandalal Bose Hall, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Kolkata
2009-10 'On Canvas-1', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2009-10 'Unclaimed Spaces', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2009 'Moderns and More', Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
2009 'Deep In Black', Galerie Muller and Plate, Munich
2008 'Abstract Contemporary Art', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2008 'Mapping Memories – 2, Painted Travelogues of Bali and Burma, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2007 Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2007 Art Contemporain Indien, Galerie Hélène Lamarque, Paris
2006 Art Mill Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Art Mill Gallery and Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2006 The Apparao Galleries, Chennai
2006 Galerie Mueller and Plate, Munich
2006 Georg-Scholz-Haus, Waldkirch, Germany
2005 Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2005 'Towards Abstraction', Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 'Young Contemporary Artists', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2004 Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003 Galerie Mueller and Plate, Munich
2002 Galerie Holmenshoeve, Slijpe, Belgium
2001 Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
1997 Galerie Bassler, Freiburg, Germany
1996 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
Participations
2012 'Art for Humanity', Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2010 'Art Celebrates 2010: Sports and the City', represented by Gallery Art Motif at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games
1998 2nd Polish Pastel Biennale, Nowy Sacz, Poland
1988-92 The National Art Exhibitions, India
Honours and Awards
The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1988-89 Research Grant Scholarship from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1988-89 Research Grant Scholarship from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
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Lot 45
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Absolute Tuesdays
7 May 2024
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 35.5 in
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Rs 90,000
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Lot 10
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Absolute Tuesdays
11 April 2023
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
39.5 x 47.25 in
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$659
Rs 54,000
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