Jogen Chowdhury Nautanki

Jogen Chowdhury

Jogen Chowdhury was born in 1939 in Faridpur, Bengal. He studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata, from 1955 to 1960. Then, he studied at the Studio of the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, in 1960. Finally, he attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1965 to 1967. From Paris to New York, his art captivated audiences worldwide.

Gallery Veda in Chennai showcased “Lignes de meditation” in 2012-13. Mumbai’s ICIA hosted “A Calligraphy of Touch and Gaze” in 2008. New Delhi’s Vadehra Art Gallery presented “Abahoman: Flowing Life” in 2007. CIMA Kolkata exhibited his works in 2006. Bose-Pacia Modern New York displayed ink and pastel pieces in 2002.

Singapore’s Gajah Gallery featured colored drawings in 2001. Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam hosted exhibitions in the late 1990s. Japan’s Glenbarra Art Museum exhibited drawings and paintings in 1996. Earlier shows graced Santiniketan, Baroda, and New Delhi. His artistic journey began with oil paintings at Galerie du Haut Pave, Paris, in 1967. He lives and works in Santiniketan.

Jogen Chowdhury recently had a retrospective at Gallery Art Exposure. It showed over 300 works he created from 1955 to 2023. The exhibition covered Chowdhury’s life in art. It showed how his childhood during Partition and his love of alpona and terracotta goddesses shaped his work. It also showed how his time at the Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata, where he learned to draw by observation, shaped it. His stay in Paris, where he saw Picasso’s works, and his years as a textile designer with the National Handloom Board in Chennai, shaped it too. The exhibition also included some of his before published poems. Despite being 84 years old, Jogen is currently working on a series of works in oil, which is a medium he has rarely used.

Overview of Serigraph

Limited Edition Serigraph printed in 10 colors on paper. This serigraph was published in an edition size of 125. This item will be shipped unframed, in a roll. The paper size is 62 x 45 inch, Image size is 58 x 42 inch. The print is signed by the artist and comes with a certificate of authenticity.