Jayant Parikh

Jayant Parikh (born 2 April 1940) is an Indian modern contemporary artist, printmaker, and muralist. He is a student of N. S. Bendre, K. G. Subramanyan and Sankho Chaudhuri. He lives and works in Vadodara, India.

Biography Collagraphy print subject SpaceCraft presented in a most simple way using the natural texture of wood. Ceramic mural on a wall with subject kites, using hard material such as ceramic tiles he created rhythm flow in subject and material.

Jayant Parikh was born on 2 April 1940 into a Gujarati Bania family in Bandhni village, Gujarat State, India. His family had a grocery shop in his village. He shifted to Vadodara in 1957 to study art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara.

In 1962, he acquired his Post Diploma in Painting under the teaching of N. S. Bendre. As an extra subject, he studied woodcut in graphics. Later on, he also learned etching and colorography.

He was a temporary lecturer in the faculty of fine arts M.S. University in 1970 for the painting department and in 1980 for the graphics department for one year short duration each time. He also had more than 74 one-man shows.

Works His work has sold at auction houses such as Christie's, Sotheby's, and Dominic Winter Auctioneers. At Christie's his artwork sold at 5,250 USD

Artist style and influence Parikh started his work initially as abstract: he practised Cubism for one year. For this short duration of time, he was influenced by the art of Pablo Picasso. Later, after 1970, he created his own style of painting, calling it Rhythm. Since his beginnings, his favourite subject remains Indian monuments and archaeological sites. He has always painted his art either on-site of his reference monument, or he paints a sketch and from that reference, he paints in his studio. Since 1970 he found the fourth dimension in his artwork which is motion, which he calls Rhythm. His art is influenced by nature, and he feels that he paints that rhythm in his painting.

Collection His works are held in the collections of the following: Chester and Davida Herwitz collection, famously known as the Herwitz collection, Chemould Art Gallery. Taj Hotels (including in the TATA Presidential Suite at The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai) Ghalib Academy, New Delhi National Gallery of Modern Art (in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangaluru); Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Air India Feoil Fine Art, USA. Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, USA. Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation (PDAF)

Awards and honours 1959 Bronze medal at Bombay Art Society 1960 Kalidas Exhibition Award 1960 All India Khadi Certificate of merits 1960 Award by Jammu and Kashmir 1962 Diploma of Merit at first international art exhibition in Saigon 1962 Hydrabad Art Society Award 1963 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award 1965 Hydrabad Art Society Award by Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academi 2017 Raja Ravi Varma Award by Megh Mandal Sansthan, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. 2022 The Raja Ravi Varma Award for Excellence in the Field of Visual Arts by the Maharaja Ranjitsinh Gaekwad Charities.

Exhibitions Jayant Parikh has participated in numerous biennales, triennials, group exhibits, and solo art exhibitions around the world.

Biennales 1965 - IV Biennale de Paris, Paris France

Triennials 1975 - Third Triennale-India – Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

Art Fair 2008 - India Art Summit 2008: India's Modern & Contemporary Art Fair 2012 - Mumbai Art Fair Nehru Centre Worli, Mumbai

Group shows 1961 - Baroda Group of Artists: Fifth Annual Exhibition of Paintings was held at Roopa Gallery, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai, from 25 to 31 January 1961. 2009 - 22 September 2009—San Qi, at the Four Seasons Hotel, Worli Mumbai. 2016 - Aura art show timeless masterpieces at 23 to 30 November 2016 at Hutheesing, Visual Art Centre, Ahmedabad. 2017 - DAG Curated by Paula Sengupta at Jawahar Kala Kendra from 8 Aug to 6 Oct 2017 at Jaipur. 2017 - Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, on 18 April 2017.

Solo exhibitions Jayant Parikh had 87 solo exhibitions till February 2024. 1966 - Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Mumbai - 1 March to 7 March 1966. 1967 - Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Mumbai - 21 November to 27 November. 1969 - Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Mumbai - 1 to 7 April 1969. 1972 - Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Mumbai - 3ed October to 9 October. 2007 - Sarjan Art Gallery Vadodara - Voyage Into Historic Past. 2024 - Sarjan Art Gallery Vadodara. - 8 Feb 2024 – 24 Feb 2024.

Fellowship 2005 - Government senior fellowship by government of India.

Publication Print-making in India Today 1985 by Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. Contemporary Graphics in India by Author Ratan Parimoo. Graphic art in India since 1850 by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Printmaking History, A Survey Techniques and Artists by Kaumudi Prajapati. Trends and Transitions in Indian Art, Marg (magazine), Special Edition.

Artist Camp Jayant Parikh had participated All India Artist camp at madras from 24-03-1980 to 31-03-1980 organized by Lalit Kala Akademi.

Workshop A six-day workshop will be held under the guidance of eminent artist printmaker Jayant Parikh at the Department of Graphic Arts of The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Faculty of Fine Arts on 24 September 2018. Jayant Parikh participated as a coordinator in the workshop of collagraphy at the National Printmaking and Painting Workshop, State University of Performing Art, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.