Jayashree Chakravarty was born in Tripura in 1956. She completed her BFA from the Viswa Bharati University, Shantiniketan in 1978. She continued her studies at M.S. University, Baroda and obtained a Masters (Diploma) in 1980. Thereafter she was an artist in residence at Ecole d' Art, Aix-en-Provence, France. She has been actively involved in the Indian contemporary art scene since the 1980s.
Chakravarty has had an impressive number of solo and group exhibitions in India and abroad. Some of the noteworthy ones include: Thoughts Ricochet, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi (2000), Route Map of Experience, IHC Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi (2003), Angkor- the silent centuries, Bodhi Art, Singapore and Delhi (2005), Secular Practice; Recent Art from India, organized by Hoopoe Curatorial, Optica, Montreal and Vancouver, Canada (2001-02), Perspecta, organized by Galerie88 Kolkata, sponsored by UBS, at Rossi & Rossi Gallery, London (2002). Her works can also be seen at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi and at the Chandigarh Museum.
She has been honored with the Bombay Art Society Award, Mumbai (1980) and Honorable Mention Award, Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1997) to name a few.
Earlier known for her highly romanticized figuration, Chakravarty’s artistic trajectory has recently turned towards abstraction, prominently translated in her use of imagery and colors. Her varied academic background has shaped her unique aesthetic style that often conceals as much as it reveals. She experiments with a variety of media like rice paper, tissue and cellophane. In recent shows like Memory Record (2004), the human figure re-emerges in an androgynous form. While her translucent images suggest fluidity and transience, a profusion of intricate map-markings, railway lines, road signs, calligraphy and graffiti play against each other to reconstruct the complex workings of self identification, dreams and memory. For the work she made for the group show, Angkor- the silent centuries (2005), Chakravarty superimposed several layers of forms and figures to create a dreamscape with shifting points of location. Motifs and symbols play an essential part in shaping her works. Encountering visual experiences is an integral part of her strategy as an artist.
Chakravarty lives and works in Paris. |
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