Mr. Jai Zharotia
Born in Delhi in 1945, Jai Zharotia never held his creativity a captive of logic and reason. His freedom of spirit let him move beyond their confines enabling him to conjure up the powerfully evocative and communicative images we see in his work today. He didn't want to paint only the comprehensible, but instead wanted to discover and explore the world that lies beyond the realms of logic.
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Zharotia's ability to leave the commonplace behind and find the unusual is seen in the technique he employs as well. His paper works are mixed media most of the time, combining tempera and pencils with watercolours. His paintings also have almost surreal two-colour backgrounds, and even the play of light and shadow he uses in them is not confined by any physical laws, just like the subject of his works.

Zharotia lives and works in New Delhi and London.

EDUCATION
• 1967 Diploma in Art, New Delhi • 1971 National Diploma in Fine Arts, New Delhi

COLLECTION
• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi • Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi • Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi • CMC Ltd., New Delhi • College of Art, New Delhi • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad • Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

AWARDS
• 1979, 80, 85 Award, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi • 1980, 81 Award, All India Graphics Exhb., Chandigarh • 1983 Award for silk screen printing, AIFACS, New Delhi • 1984 Award, All India Drawing Exhb., Chandigarh • 1984 Award for silk screen printing, Takhman, Udaipur • 1987 Award for ceramic, AIFACS, New Delhi • 1987 Award for drawing, AIFACS, New Delhi • 1993 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi • 1994 Lifetime achievement award, Muradabad Art Lovers Association, Muradabad • 1995 Lifetime contribution to fine arts, Utsav Educational and Cultural Society, New Delhi • 1996 Award for significant contribution to Indian drawings, The Solids, Chandigarh • 1998 Senior fellowship in the field of visual arts, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

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