- Source: 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.
His work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art (in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru) and the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi.
Biography
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
=He participated in national and international art exhibitions including the Third Triennale–India.
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 along with Bhupen Khakhar, Nasreen Mohamedi, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, K. G. Subramanyan, Jyoti Bhatt, etc.
At Osian’s auction house, his painting price was proposed from 13,335 USD to 16,950 USD.
His work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art (in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangaluru); Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Chester and Davida Herwitz collection famously known as Herwitz collection, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai; and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
= 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.
Awards and honours
1959 Bronze medal at Bombay Art Society
1960 Kalidas Exbhibition Award
1960 All India Khadi Certificate of merits
1960 Award by Jamu and Kashmir
1961 The Governor of Maharashtra’s prize Bombay Art Society
1961 Kalidas Exbhibition Award
1961 Award by All India Redio
1961 Gold medal at Indore
1962 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award
1962 Diploma of Merit at first international art exhibition in Saigon
1962 Hydrabad Art Society Award
1963 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award
1963 Hydrabad Art Society Award
1963 Kalidas Exbhibition Award
1963 Government of India schorlorship from 1963 to 1965
1964 Kalidas Exbhibition Award
1965 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award
1965 Gold medal at International book and art exhibition Leipzig Germany
1965 Hydrabad Art Society Award
1965 Kalidas Exbhibition Award
1966 Kalidas Exbhibition Award
1969 Two Awards by Railway
1970 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award
1970 National award for painting Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1971 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award
1974 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award
1979 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award
1980 National award for graphic Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2008 Gujarat Gaurav Puraskar 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.
Jayant’s name is listed 39th in 45 notable alumni of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, like Dadasaheb Phalke, Vinoba Bhave, and Sam Pitroda.
See also
Baroda Group
List of printmakers
List of Indian artists
List of Indian painters
List of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda people
Biography portal
India portal
Art portal
Visual Arts portal
References
External links
Jayant Parikh's website