Jogen Chowdhury
Date Of Birth:
16 Feb 1939 – Faridpur, Bengal
Education:
1955-60 – Studied at Govt. College of Art & Crafts, Calcutta
1960 – Studio of Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
1965-67 – French Government Scholarship to Ecole Nationale, Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Exhibitions:
1957-80 – Participated in the exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1963 – Solo exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
1965 – Solo exhibition, Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Calcutta.
1967 – Exhibition. of his oil paintings, Gallerie du Haut Pave, Paris.
1968 – Solo exhibition at Alliance Franciase, Madras.
1970,90 – Solo exhibition, Sarla Art Centre, Madras.
1970 – Participated in exhibition of ‘Calcutta Painters’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.
1971 – Participated in the Group show of Art Today, New Delhi.
1973 – Participated in the International Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1973 – AIFACS Exhibition, New Delhi.
1976 – Solo-Exhibition, Indian High Commission, Paris
1977 – Participated in the exhibition called ‘Pictorial Space’, curated by Geeta Kapur, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1977 – Solo exhibition at Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi.
1978 – Participated in an exhibition called ‘New Contemporary’
1979 – Participated in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1980 – Participated in the group show, Dubai.
1980 – Participated in the group show, Masanori Fukuoka & Glenbarra Museum, Hemeji, Japan.
1981 – Solo exhibition at Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1981 – Participated in the exhibition called ‘Place for People’, Bombay, New Delhi.
1982 – Participated in the group show of seven artists from India, West Germany.
1982 – Participated in the Graphic art exhibition, Switzerland.
1982 – Group exhibition in the Oxford Museum.
1982 – Participated in the inaugural exhibition of Roopankar, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
1982 – Participated in the Festival of India exhibition, London.
1983 – Solo exhibition at Baroda, Ahmedabad.
1984 – Group show in Tokyo, Japan.
1984 – Inaugural exhibition, Gallery 7, Bombay.
1985 – Invited to participate in the exhibition, ‘Indian Artists in France’, France.
1985 – Participated in the annual exhibition, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
1986 – Participated in the International Festival of Art, Bagdadh.
1986 – Group exhibition in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1986 – Participated in the International Exhibition, Havana, Cuba.
1986 – Participated in the group exhibition called ‘Art of Bengal’, London.
1987 – Participated in the exhibition of Festival of India, Switzerland and Russia.
1988 – Exhibition in Kala Yatra, Bangalore.
1988 – Participated in the exhb. of Festival of India, Japan.
1988 – Exhibition organised on the 150th Anniversary of ‘Times of India’, Bombay.
1990 – Participated in the group show, Bombay Art Society, Bombay.
1991 – Exhibition of ‘Help age India’, Bombay.
1991 – Group show, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.
1991 – ‘Great Indian Masters’, organised by Art Trust, Bombay.
1991 – SAARC Exhibition, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi and Trivandrum.
1991 – Three artists’ group show, Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay.
1991 – Inaugural show, Husain ki Sarai, New Delhi.
1992 – Solo Exhibition of his drawings, Nandan, Santiniketan.
1993 – Group show organised by Art News, Grand Hotel, Calcutta.
1993 – ‘Wound’, CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta and New Delhi.
1993 – Solo exhibition of his drawings, Little Art Gallery, Calcutta.
1993 – ‘Trends and Images’, CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta.
1993 – Group show on contemporary Indian art, Amsterdam.
1994 – ‘Drawings 1959-1994′, Seagull Foundation of Art, Calcutta.
1994 – Exhibition of his drawings, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1994 – Group show on contemporary Indian art, Victoria, Canada.
1994 – Group exhibition, Sakshi Art Gallery, Bombay.
1994-95 – Exhibition of his drawings, Sakshi Art Galleries, Bombay.
1995 – Participated in the Third International Exhibition, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
1995 – Participated in the group show, Paris.
1995 – ‘Fantasy’, CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta.
1995 – Group show, New York.
1995 – Joint show with Ram Kumar, Japan.
1996 – ‘Oils and Drawings 1969-96′, CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta.
1999 – Exhibition ‘Watermark’, Fine Art Resource, Bombay.
2000 – Exhibition ‘Satabdi’, CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta and Bombay.
2001 – Indian Artist show, Berlin.
2001 – Modern Indian Art, Saffron Art Gallery and Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay.
2001 – Joint exhibition of Jamini Roy and Jogen Chowdhury, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
Honours & Awards:
1959 – Awarded, for his watercolour painting, Academy of Fine Arts and Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.
1963- Awarded, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
1966 – Received La-France Award, Paris.
1966 – Rated amongst the ten best artists, Paris.
1986 – Awarded at the International Exhibition, Havana, Cuba.
1995 – Awarded at the Third International Exhibition, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
