JAYASRI BURMAN
Born 1960, Calcutta, India
Burman studied at the Kala Bhavan in Shanti Niketan where she recieved her B.A. in Fine Art, and at the Government College of Art and Craft in Calcutta, where she completed her M.A. in painting. Following this, in 1984 she moved to Paris where she studied print-making under Monsieur Ceizerzi.
Burman comes from an extended family of eminent artists. Along with her husband, Paresh Maity; her uncle Sakti Burman lives and works in France, though he is regarded as an Indian artist. Along with this is her cousin, Maya Burman. Burman, in 2005, helped create an exhibition entitled "The Family" featuring works by all these artists.
The imagery in her work has a dream-like and lyrical quality with a unique sensitivity which, although inspired by the Indian folk element, retains a quality of refreshing candor and reflective honesty. She manages very successfully to weave the decorative and design element of the folk idiom into the intricate patterns of her canvas, without losing the natural charm and naiveté of her work, which is uniquely her own.
The artist lives and works in Delhi, India
Education
1984 Guidance in Print Making under Monsieur Ceizerzi, France 1979-•‐80 Visual College of Art, Kolkata 1977-•‐79 Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 ‘Born of Fire: A Tale of our Times’ by Aicon Gallery, New York, USA 2015 ‘Antaryatra’ by Gallery Sanskriti at the Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata 2014 ‘Lila’, by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2014 ‘Gazing into Myth’, by Gallery Sumukha, Hong Kong 2010 ‘Fables and Folklore’ by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2010 ‘The Mythical Universe’ by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 2006 ‘Sacred Feminine’, Art Musings, Mumbai 2005 ‘Fairytales and Laments: The Mythology of Jayasri Burman’, Arts India, Palo Alto, USA 2004 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai by Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi 2004 Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi 2002 Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore 2000 Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi 1992 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011-2018 Indian Art Fair, New Delhi
2018 ‘Viswaroopa- The Form of Universe’ by Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata 2017 ‘Art Now 2017’ at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi organised by Art Alive Gallery 2016 ‘Art Now 2016’ at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai organised by Art Alive Gallery 2015 ‘The Ecstasy of Art’, Tao’s 15th Anniversary Show 2014 ‘St Moritz Art Masters 2014’ Switzerland, presented by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi 2014 ‘Infinite’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2013-14 ‘Kalasutra I & II’ by Sanchit Art Gallery, Singapore 2013 ‘Equilibrium, Beyond the Canvas, Small is Beautiful’ by Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2013 ‘When High and Low Meet’, by Art Alive Gallery, curated by Rupika Chawla, New Delhi 2013 ‘Art Stage Singapore’, by Sumukha Art Gallery, Singapore 2012 ‘Synergy, Small is Beautiful’ by Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2012 ‘Art Toronto: Focus Asia’ by Gallery Sumukha at Toronto, Canada 2012 ‘An Alternative Perspective’, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata 2012 ‘The Living Walls: Where Gallery walls become Artist’s Canvas’ by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi 2012 ‘Women: Sacred and the Temporal’, Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad 2011 Sensitization, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2011 ‘Aureus’ by Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi 2010 ‘Evolve’ by Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2010 ‘Summer Show 2010’, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata 2010 ‘Size Matters or Does it?’, Latitude 28, New Delhi 2010 Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New 2009 ‘Think Small’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi 2009 ‘Beyond the Form’, Bajaj Capital Art House; Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2008 The Journey, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2008 ‘X at the rate of Jehangir’, presented by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2007 ‘An Indian Summer’ by Art Alive Gallery at Gallery 28, Cork Street, London 2007 ‘Power of Peace’; India Art Tokyo - Imprints 2006 ‘LASALLE’- IIFA, Singapore; 2005 Tate Britain and Chelsea College of Arts, London 2004 ‘Brahma to Bapu’, Annula Show, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata 2004 ‘Shadanga’ Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi 2004 Visual Art Gallery, London 2004 Gallery 27, Cork Street, London 2003 Workshop in Egypt with Indian Contemporary Artists by BAYAR ABS 2001-•‐02 Modi Foundation, London 2001-•‐02 ‘Bollywood Show’, Selfridges, London 2001-•‐02 Group Show of Bengal Art, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata 2002 ‘The Family-•‐3’, With Sakti Burman, Maya Burman, Jayasri Burman, Apparao Gallery, Chennai 2001 ‘Indian Contemporary’, Hong Kong 2001 ‘Indian Contemporary Fine Art’, Los Angeles, USA 1999 ‘Emerging Trends’, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata 1997 ‘Panchadashi’, Gallery La Mere, Kolkata 1996 ‘Urban Signals, Shifting Images-•‐II’, Birla academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai 1991 ‘A Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 1990 ‘Kolkata through the Eyes of Painters’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata 1989 ‘Young Faces in Contemporary Indian Art’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata 1999 ‘Summer Show by Contemporary Eminent Artists of Bengal’, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata 1984 Three Person Exhibition, Paris
Participations
2018 Response, CIMA, Kolkata (held at Gem cinema on new media and installation art) 2017 Installation of sculpture ‘Dharitri’ for RMZ Foundations at RMZ Ecoworld, Bangalore 2017 Bihar Museum, Patna, collected sculpture and installation 2016 Invited to be Artists In-Residence at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for 10 days by the President of India. 2010 ‘Art Celebrates 2010: Sports and the City’, represented by Art Alive Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games 2008 ‘Moderns’, Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan organised by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan 2004 Annual Exhibition, Art Musings, Mumbai 1991 Annual Exhibition of Graphics, Paintings and Sculptures, Gallery BF-•‐14, Kolkata 1987 International Triennale, Intergraphic, Germany 1986 Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal 1984-85 Germany Biennale 1983-85 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi & Kolkata 1983-85 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
Honours and Awards 2018 ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ Award at the 20th Beti FLO GR8 Awards 2017 ‘ICON of Indian Art’ Award by Verve Magazine 2016 Awarded for making best Durga Puja Idol created for Behala Nutun Dal from Government of West Bengal 2007 Release of commemorative stamp with her works on Women’s Day by Government of India 2008 Indian Federation Chamber of Commerce Award 1987 Certificate of Merit, All India Youth Art Exhibition 1985 National Award from Government of India 1979 Awards given by the College of Visual Arts in Tempera for Outstanding Merit in the Annual Exhibition
Publication 2015 ‘Antaryatra: A Journey within Jayasri Burman’ published by Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata Foreword by Amitabh Bachchan and 14 poems on her sculptures by Pritish Nandy
2010 ‘A Mythical Universe: Jayasri Burman’ published by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi Essays by Prof.Partha Mitter, Ina Puri, Ashok Vajpeyi & Pritish Nandy