Jaideep Mehrotra

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Jaideep Mehrotra
Born Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Field Painting, Sculpture
Alma mater Mayo College, Ajmer

Jaideep Mehrotra (born 1954, Mumbai, India) is an Indian artist. He did his schooling from Mayo College, Ajmer Starting his artistic career at a young age of 13,[1] Mehrotra works across mediums like Oils, acrylics, cast resin sculptures, giclee prints, site specific installations and video art. Having had no formal training in art, Jaideep's style has been developed as a concatenation from introspection and exploration.

Mehrotra's works maneuver away from conforming to the orthodox approaches. His paintings combine an aesthetic relation between various layers from which emerges a culmination which is rich in visual portrayal and intense in intellectual ideology.

Works

Pioneer of the digital medium in India as an art form,[2] Mehrotra has continually pushed the conceptual thresholds of his visual language in order to integrate different elements in his works - the historical with the contemporary, the traditional with the modern.

Jaideep held his first solo exhibition in 1967 at the age of 13.[1] The creative quest of not confining to parameters, has driven him to experiment with different mediums & subjects, both within and without the two dimensional. This foray has led him to sculpture, using fabric and resin and the digital domain of installations, web based art, Giclée, audio-visual depiction and short films.[3]

Prominent Exhibitions

  • October 2003: "Retracked" Exhibition in Mumbai in 2003[4]
  • November 2005 "Shadow Play", Exhibition in Singapore in 2005[5]
  • December 2006: Alchemy of Play, Dubai[6]
  • April 2009: “Growing Panes in Solitude” in New Delhi [7]
  • August 2009: Transmogrification of a City [8][9]
  • January 2011: “Art for Aged”[10]
  • July 2011: Chivas Paintings at the Dubai Duty Free with Yusuf Arakkal from Bangalore and UAE artist Wael Hamdeh[11]

List of Solo Exhibitions

  • 1967 : Chetna Art Gallery (Mumbai)
  • 1972 : Cymroza Art Gallery (Mumbai)
  • 1976 : Taj Art Gallery (Mumbai)
  • 1983 : Taj Art Gallery (Mumbai)
  • 1985 : Max Mueller Bhavan (Mumbai)
  • 1986 : Taj Art Gallery (Mumbai)
  • 1988 : Taj Art Gallery (Mumbai)
  • 1991 :Jehangir Art Gallery (Mumbai); The Gallery (Chennai); Gallery Espace (New Delhi); Chitrakoot Gallery (Calcutta)
  • 1993 : Taj Mahal Hotel, (New Delhi)
  • 1995 : Jehangir Art Gallery (Mumbai )
  • 1997 : Cache’ Gallery & Studio 51J (Mumbai) [Exhibitions of Giclee’ Prints] Jehangir Art
  • 1998 : Jehangir Art Gallery (Mumbai)
  • 2002 : “Spanish Impressions”(Mumbai)
  • 2004 : Jehangir Art Gallery (Mumbai)
  • 2005 : Asian Civilization Museum - The Arts House (Singapore)
  • 2006 : 1x1 Art Space (Dubai)
  • 2007 : Jehangir Art Gallery (Mumbai)
  • 2009 : Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre (New Delhi)
  • 2011 : Metonymical Subtext at Tao Art Gallery[12]

Group Shows

International Group Shows

  • 1990 : SUPERHUMANISM I & II:[13] Marcus & Marcus Gallery (Amsterdam)
  • 1991 : Series of Exhibitions with ‘Nicholas Treadwell Gallery’ (UK)
  • 1998 : 50 Years Of Independence : Hong Kong Land & Leasing and The Indian Consulate (Hong Kong)
  • 1998 : Indian Contemporary Art : (RPG & Bayer in Cologne, Germany)
  • 1998 : Masters For A Child: Dubai (UAE)
  • 1999 : Accentuart Group show : London (U.K.)
  • 1999 : Towards The New Millennium : London (U.K.)
  • 2005 : Colours on Canvas : Dubai (UAE)
  • 2005 : Reflections Gallery (Hong Kong)
  • 2007 : Auction for Magic Bus: Victoria & Albert Museum, London (UK)
  • 2008 : “The Journey” New York Academy of Art (USA)
  • 2009 : “First Impressions” Art Select, Dubai & Indian Embassy of Oman[13]
  • 2009 : ‘Spectrum 2009’ - Indian Art in Abu Dhabi (Emirates Palace) UAE[14]

Other Works

  • Jaideep has produced movie titles and publicity stills for Split Wide Open, a 1999 Dev Benegal film
  • Designed book covers for Vikram Chandra's Sacred Games,[15] Love and Longing in Bombay[16] (Penguin India Ltd.) and "The Sixth Veda" by Prashant Parikh (Hamilton & Co.Publ. London)
  • He has also made short films on Amitabh Bachchan and Mahatma Gandhi, which were screened at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
  • Jaideep was approached by Sula Group to do a painting which was then designed a label for the Sula "Satori" wine, which is the highest selling wine in India.[17][18]

Influences

In his youth, Jaideep was influenced by surrealist artists such as Salvador Dalí & Bikash Bhattacharjee. As an adult, the content of his work embraces both social commentary and arcane phenomenon. Paintings about life as perceived by society, or an enigma of sorts. People’s relationship with their emotions and the interactivity with what surrounds them.

Accolades

  • He was the first Indian artist to have his own web site, as well as the first Indian artist to have his own interactive CD-ROM[3]
  • One of 50 winners (out of 20,000 entries) in the International Digital Art Awards 2003 Exhibition, Australia[19]
  • Jaideep was approached by a large diamond conglomerate to paint a portrait of Maharani Gayatri Devi. This turned out to be her last portrait painted as she died soon after.[20]
  • In January 2012, Jaideep was listed as one of the artists who's works should be invested into, by Gulf News, one of the leading newspapers of the Middle East.[21]

Personal life

  • Jaideep did his schooling in Mayo College, Rajasthan[15] after which he pursued business studies from the University of Mumbai.
  • He worked in various corporations in Bombay, Dubai and Africa, before returning to India to switch careers from a businessman to an artist[22]
  • Jaideep married his wife Seema in 1989 and they have 2 daughters Anushka and Mallika.[22]
  • Jaideep's interests in helping the underprivileged and the aged are well-known.[8] His is also known to be environmentally conscious[23] and a concerned citizen of Mumbai.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "'Fascinating Adult Art by a child'". Times of India. 1967. 
  2. ↑ "Medium is the Mouse". Indian express. 2003-09-14. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "'The city view'". The Hindu. 2009-04-18. 
  4. ↑ "The right track". MiD DAY. 2003-10-15. 
  5. ↑ "Jaideep Mehrotra is holding an exhibition in the city after four years, and his perspectives in Transmogrification of a City, are as fresh as ever". MiD DAY. 2007-11-27. 
  6. ↑ "Allegory of life". Khaleej Times. 2006-12-15. 
  7. ↑ "Art And The City". Verve. 2009-04-18. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Squared down". Mint Newspaper. 2009-08-29. 
  9. ↑ "Formless chaos". Business Standard. 2009-04-18. 
  10. ↑ "Satish Gujral, Krishen Khanna and 90 leading artists and sculptors donate their works for the ‘Art for aged’ auction, to be organized by HelpAge India and Habiart Foundation". Mint Newspaper. 2007-01-17. 
  11. ↑ "Fly and win original artwork". The Gulf Today. 2011-02-07. 
  12. ↑ "Metonymically yours: Jaideep Mehrotra". Times of India. 2011-09-12. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Superhumanism". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 17 June 2012. 
  14. ↑ "Spectrum of Indian art goes to Abu Dhabi". Daily News and Analysis. 2009-11-24. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "An area of greyness". Hindustan Times. 2006-10-22. 
  16. ↑ "Roving Eye". Indian express. 1998-07-21. 
  17. ↑ "California dreamin' not Moulin Rouge". Times of India. 2001-12-18. 
  18. ↑ "Giving an Indian flavour to wine". Business Line. 2003-05-19. 
  19. ↑ "2003 International Digital Art Awards". Retrieved 2007-12-14. 
  20. ↑ "Diamond Trading Company Pays Tribute To Rajmata Gayatri Devi". 2003-11-11. 
  21. ↑ http://gulfnews.com/gn-focus/india/the-art-of-investment-1.969779
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Jaideep and Seema Mehrotra go on an African safari". Daily News and Analysis. 2010-05-13. 
  23. ↑ "Jaideep Mehrotra paints a kick plastic message". Indian Express. 2008-03-12. 

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