Syed Ali Ja’far
S.A. Jafar was born in Raebareli, UP, India (1974) in a family of ancestors devoted to the noble profession of teaching, held 110 solo and group exhibitions so far, he mostly depicts a dark and weight realism with a slight effect of surrealism from the millennium century and its harsh realities through his brush strokes. He inks down unsympathetic virtues of this modern society fastened with well-built expressions of his characters. His heart-felt emotions wax eloquent aesthetic motives, reinterpreting the graveness of the subject in a way that brings concerns from all over the world. He embroiders traces of the nostalgic realism as a shallow pleasure, bringing no breather in a long term. His drawings put forth an intricate society with sketching an array of sentiments in a single stroke. Jafar‟s palette consists of all hues, especially brown, blue, gray and red to paint in different moods – smugness, egotism and superiority – according to the temperament of the subject.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT: Editor & Publisher of an International research journal „Art Family‟ ISSN: 2249-0248 President, ART-FAMILY (An International Artist Group, India)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE: Face Book Community: „Art Family’ in which 08 thousand artists are connected from all around the world.
Organized an International Art Exhibition „Life on Wall‟ at Birla Academy of Art And Culture, Kolkata, India in which 51 established artists from Germany, USA, Kingdom of Bahrain, Bangladesh and different parts of India have participated.
EDUCATION:
BFA, MFA, College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow, University of Lucknow UGC-NET, Visual Art (Drawing & Painting) UGC, New Delhi UGC-NET, Visual Art (History of Art), UGC, New Delhi UGC-ASC- Orientation Course, AMU, Aligarh UGC-ASC- Refresher Course in Painting, JMI, New Delhi UGC-ASC- Refresher Course in Fine Arts, University of Lucknow UGC-ASC- Refresher Course in Women‟s Studies (Fine Arts), AMU, Aligarh
POST HELD: Communication-Consultant, PSUF (an NGO of Netherlands), Lucknow Lecturer (Painting), DS Post Graduate College, Aligarh Secretary, Indian Art and Culture Society, Aligarh (UP)
PRESENT POST: President, ART-FAMILY (An International Artist Group, India) Asst. Professor (Painting), D S (PG) College, Aligarh, Afltd. to University of Agra Editor-In-Chief, ART-FAMILY (An International Research Journal of Art & Aesthetics)
EXHIBITION: SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Year-2012 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai On-Line Exhibition, www.jafargallery.com. Held on for 04 months Year-2011 On-Line Exhibition, www.jafargallery.com. Held on for 08 months Year-2000 AIFACS, New Delhi Year-1999 State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow
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Year-1995 B. Sen Hall, Lucknow
GROUP EXHIBITION: Year-2016 Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi D S College, Aligarh (Under NAAC Quality Assurance Programme) Year-2015 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (From 01-07 Dec. 2015) Moinuddin Art Gallery, Aligarh Muslim University (From 12-19 Oct. 2015) Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru D S College, Aligarh (Under NAAC Quality Assurance Programme) AIFACS, New Delhi On-Line Art Exhibition, www.huesnstrock.com Year-2014 Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur On-Line Art Exhibition, www.banyanartgallery.com On-Line Art Exhibition, www.artsaroma.com Held on Whole Year D S College, Aligarh (Under NAAC Quality Assurance Programme) National Academy of Art, Regional Centre, Lucknow Year-2013 On-Line Art Exhibition, www.artsaroma.com Held on Whole Year Birla Academy of Art And Culture, Kolkata D S College, Aligarh (sponsored by UGC, New Delhi) Year-2012 On-Line Art Exhibition, www.artsaroma.com Held on Whole Year Birla Academy of Art And Culture, Kolkata State Art Gallery, Hyderabad Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata National Academy of Arts, Regional Centre, Lucknow On-Line Exhibition, www.artsaroma.com. Held on Whole Year
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D S College, Aligarh (sponsored by UGC, New Delhi). Held on 21-23 Feb. 2012 Year-2011 National Art Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta (Indonesia) Space Inno. Gallery, Seoul (South Korea)
Srimanta sankaradeva Kalakshetra LKA, Guwahati (Assam) New Age Inn. Bangkok (Thailand) State Lalit Kala Akademi U.P., Lucknow On-Line Art Exhibition, www.delhievents.com Birla Academy of Art And Culture, Kolkata Jadavpur University, Kolkata On-Line Art Exhibition, www.indianmasterpainters.com. Held on Whole Year Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur Regional Lalit Kala Kendra, Lucknow Ruchika‟s Art Gallery, Panji (Goa) On-Line Art Exhibition www.artsaroma.com. Held on Whole Year Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi On-Line Exhibition www.gallerykalpataru.com. Held on Whole Year Year-2010 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Visual Arts Gallery, IHC, New Delhi Hyatt Regency, New Delhi On-Line Exhibition www.gallerykalpataru.com Shridharni Art Gallery, New Delhi
Srimanta sankaradeva Kalakshetra LKA, Guwahati (Assam) Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi On-Line Exhibition www.delhievents.com State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow Convention Foyer, IHC, New Delhi AIFACS, New Delhi On-Line Exhibition www.artsaroma.com Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Year-2009
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Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata State Lalit kala Akademi, Lucknow Year-2008 AC Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai Gagnendra Art Gallery, Kolkata State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow Srimati Art Gallery, Kolkata Year-2007 Palm Court Gallery, IHC, New Delhi Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur Canvas Art Gallery, New Delhi Year-2006 Lokayat Art Gallery, New Delhi Aligarh Club, Aligarh Year-2005 State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow Year-1999 B. Sen Hall, College of Art, Lucknow Hotel Tulsi, Lucknow
PARTICIPATION: Year-2014 State Art Exhibition, D S College, Aligarh (sponsored by UGC, New Delhi) Year-2013 State Art Exhibition, D S College, Aligarh (sponsored by UGC, New Delhi) Annual Art Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata Year-2012 30th Annual Art Exhibition, State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow Year-2011 84th All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi 11th Northern Region Camlin Art Exhibition, L K A (Regional Centre), Lucknow
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6th All India Portrait Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi 29th Annual Art Exhibition, State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow Year-2010 82nd All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi Year-2009 1st All India Art Exhibition, Amrita Art Gallery, Gorakhpur (UP) 28th Annual art Exhibition, State Lalit Kala Akadami, Lucknow Year-2008 27th Annual Art Exhibition, State Lalit Kala Akadami, Lucknow Year-2007 „Nithari-to-Guernica‟ Canvas Art Gallery, New Delhi State Level Art Exhibition, P.C. Barua Art Gallery, Muzaffarnagar (UP) State Level Art Exhibition, State Lalit kala Akadami, Lucknow Year-2006 Exhibition of Academic Artist‟ Work, JMI, New Delhi 26th Annual Art Exhibition, State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow 78th All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi Regional art Exhibition, Agra (Org. By-State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow) Inter-State Art Exhibition, Academy of Art, Culture & Language, Shimla State Level Art Exhibition, P.C. Barua Art Gallery, Muzaffarnagar (U.P.) Year-2005 71st All India Art Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts Amritsar (Punjab) 25th Annual Art Exhibition, State Lalit kala Akademi, Lucknow Year-2004 76th All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi 8th BOP-All India Art Exhibition, Government Museum, Chandigarh 18th All India Art Exhibition, SCZCC, Nagpur (Maharashtra) Regional Art Exhibition, Aligarh (Org. By-State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow) Year-2003 State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow (Organized By-AIFACS, New Delhi) Regional Art Exhibition, Agra (Org. By-State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow) Year-2002 23rd Annual Art Exhibition, State Lalit Kala akadami, Lucknow 6
Year-2001 73rd All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow (Organized By- AIFACS, New Delhi) Year-2000 22nd Annual Art Exhibition, State Lailt Kala Akademi, Lucknow Year-1999 An Art Exhibition for Kargil Martyrs, Hotel Tulsi, Lucknow Year-1998 21st Annual Art Exhibition, State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow U.P. State Contemporary Art Exhibition, B. Sen Hall, Lucknow Year-1997 9th Northern Region Art Exhibition, Chandigarh Year-1996 7th All India Art Exhibition, State Lalit kala Akademi, Lucknow Year-1995 Kala Mela, Regional Lalit Kala Kendra, Lucknow 2nd U.P. State Contemporary Art Exhibition, Varanasi Annual Art Exhibition, B. Sen Hall, Lucknow Year-1994 All India Art Exhibition, Varanasi (U.P.) Year-1992 Annual Art Exhibition, B. Sen Hall, Lucknow Year-1991 Annual Art Exhibition, B. Sen Hall, Lucknow
SEMINAR, ARTICLE & WORKSHOP: Year-2016 Six days National workshop held on 11-16 April 2016 at Moinuddin Art Gallery, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Year-2015 An Article Published in „Artistic-Narration‟ (A National Journal having ISSN: 0976-7444
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An article “Indian Painting: a brief survey” published in „Research Journal of Arts, Management & Social Sciences‟ (An International Journal- having Impact Factor 1.223 (IIFS) An Article “Europian Art- From Prehistoric to Picasso” published in „Anukriti‟ (An International Refereed Research Journal- having ISSN: 2250-1193 IXth International Conference, Kriti Kala Sansthan, Agra (sponsored- By Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India 01 Article published in „Art Family‟ (An International Journal- having ISSN: 2249-0248 U.P. Govt. sponsored National Seminars, D.S. (PG) College, Aligarh National Workshop, Sahu Ramswaroop College, Barelly (sponsored- By SLKA, Lucknow) U.P. Govt. sponsored National Seminar, D.S. (PG) College, Aligarh Year-2014 02 Article published in „Art Family‟ (An International Journal- having ISSN: 2249-0248 National Seminars, Bareilly College, Bareilly Lecture- “The Great Genius Pablo Picasso”, D.S. College, Aligarh. U.P. Govt. sponsored National Seminars, D.S. (PG) College, Aligarh Year-2013 A Chapter published in the Book- „Modern to Post Modern: Changing perspectives in Indian Art‟ Published by Published by- Super Prakashan, Kanpur ISBN: 978-81-920719-7-8 Demonstration, Summer Camp by State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow U.P. Govt. sponsored National Seminars, D.S. (PG) College, Aligarh Year-2012 An article titled “The Colour of society on Jafar‟s Palette” written by Dr. Farah Khan on my works which has been published in an International art journal- „Art Family‟ Issue- 2, Vol.- II, July–December 2012, Page No. 48-49, ISSN: 2249-0248 UGC, sponsored International Seminar, D.S. (PG) College, Aligarh 02, UGC, sponsored National Seminars, D.S. (PG) College, Aligarh 02, UGC, sponsored National Seminars, SRK (PG) College, Firozabad UGC, sponsored National Seminar, Government P.G. College, Khair, Aligarh an Article published in „Art Family‟ (An International Journal- having ISSN: 2249-0248 03 Articles published in „Artistic-Narration‟ (A National Journal having ISSN: 0976-7444 Year-2011 National Seminar, Dayanand Girls (P.G.) College, Kanpur
04 Articles published in „Deliberative Research‟(A National Journal- ISSN: 0976-1136 8
National Workshop, AMU, Aligarh (sponsored- By SLKA, Lucknow) UGC, Organized National Seminar, Govt. P.G. College, Khair, Aligarh An Article published in „Aesthetics‟ (A National Journal having ISSN) National Seminar, D S College, Aligarh (Sponsored- By UGC, New Delhi) An Article Published in „Artistic-Narration‟ (A National Journal having ISSN: 0976-7444
An Article published in „Shodh Manthan‟ (A National Journal having ISSN: 0976-5255 International Seminar, S V College, Aligarh (Sponsored- By ICCR, New Delhi) Year-2006 UGC-ASC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Year-2004 UGC-ASC, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Year-2000 Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Year-1993 Working Artist of Lucknow And Varanasi, Lucknow Open-Air Scroll Painting Camp (Workshop), Begam Hazrat Mahel, Lucknow Year-1992 Ex-students Arts Association Camp (Workshop), Lucknow
BOOK EDITED Year-2016 Coloured Visions‟ Edition I, 2016, ISBN: 978-93-82166-48-1 , Published by Anu Books Meerut, Year 2016 Art Family‟ –(an International Research Journal of Art & Aesthetics), Issue- 6, Vol. VI - July to December 2015, ISSN: 2249-0248, Published by Syed Ali Jafar, Aligarh Year-2015 Divine Shadow‟ Edition I, 2015, ISBN: 978-93-82166-42-9 , Published by Anu Books Meerut, Year 2015 Art Family‟ –(an International Research Journal of Art & Aesthetics), Issue- 5, Vol. V - January to June 2015, ISSN: 2249-0248, Published by Syed Ali Jafar, Aligarh „Golden Cage‟ Edition I, 2015, ISBN: 978-93-82166-41-2, Published by Anu Books Meerut, Year 2015 Art-Quake‟ Edition I, 2015, ISBN: 978-93-82166-36-8, Published by Anu Books Meerut,
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Year 2015 „Blooming Beauty‟ Edition I, 2015, ISBN: 978-93-82166-33-7, Published by Anu Books Meerut, Year 2015 „Deep Desire & Floating Feeling‟ Edition I, 2015, ISBN: 978-93-82166-32-0, Published by Anu Books Meerut, Year 2015 Year-2014 „Life on Wings‟ Edition I, 2014, ISBN: 978-93-82166-29-0, Published by Anu Books Meerut, Year 2014 „Through the Heart‟ Edition I, August 2014, ISBN: 978-93-82166-22-1, Published by Anu Books Meerut, Year 2014 Art Family‟ –(an International Research Journal of Art & Aesthetics), Issue- 4, Vol. IV- July to December 2014, ISSN: 2249-0248, Published by Syed Ali Jafar, Aligarh Art Family‟ –(an International Research Journal of Art & Aesthetics), Issue- 4, Vol. III- January to June 2014, ISSN: 2249-0248, Published by Syed Ali Jafar, Aligarh „Hanging Thoughts‟ Edition I, 2014, ISBN:978-93-82166-20-7, Published by Anu Books Meerut, Year 2014 Year-2013 „Hanging Garden‟ Edition I, 2013, ISBN: 978-93-82166-17-7, Published by Anu Books Meerut, Year 2013 Art Family‟ –(an International Research Journal of Art & Aesthetics), Issue- 3, Vol. III- January to June 2013, ISSN: 2249-0248, Published by Syed Ali Jafar, Aligarh Year-2012 „Life on Wall‟ Edition I, 2012, ISBN: 978-93-82166-06-1, Published by Anu Books Meerut, Year 2012 „Art Family‟ –(an International Research Journal of Art & Aesthetics), Issue- 2, Vol. II- July to December 2012, ISSN: 2249-0248, Published by Syed Ali Jafar, Aligarh „Shaher Ka Dard‟ Edition I, ISBN: 978-93-82166-01-6, Published by Anu Books, Meerut. „Art Family‟ –(an International Research Journal of Art & Aesthetics), Vol. I, January to July 2012, ISSN: 2249-0248, Published by Syed Ali Jafar, Aligarh „Life In Art‟ ISBN: 81-85126-139-8, Meerut 2012, Published by: Anu Books, Meerut.
COLLECTION:
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PSUF, Lucknow; HAL, Bangalore & Korwa; JMI University, New Delhi; Canvas Art Gallery, New Delhi; SCZCC, Nagpur; Saha & Ray Associates, Kolkata; Art-Family, Aligarh, Taj Group of Hotels, Lucknow & Mumbai; Integrated films, Mumbai, University of Lucknow; Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and many private collections in India, Netherlands, Seoul (South Korea), Germany, France, Japan, Brazil, Singapore and New York (USA) etc.
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ADDRESS: Residence “AIMAN” 4/877, Near-Zaheer Manzil, Dodhpur, Aligarh– 202001 (India) Phone: +91 9412563167 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Blog: s a jafar paintings
Studio: Dept. of Painting, D.S. College, Aligarh – 202001 (India)
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