Jayasri Burman Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More
Jayasri Burman Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More
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Husband: Paresh Maity
Age: 63 Years
Religion: Hinduism
Bio/Wiki | |
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Profession | Artist |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | in centimeters**- 168 cm** in meters**- 1.68 m** in feet & inches**- 5ā 6ā** |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Career | |
Artforms | ⢠Painting ⢠Sculpture |
Themes | ⢠Feminisim Burmanās artworks are mainly based on bold themes such as feminism. Despite of calling herself a feminist, she manages to present women with an empowered status in her artwork. The artist never embodies male gods in her artwork, except of Lord Krishna and Buddha, which she has used in some of her art pieces. Her artworks usually contain drawings of Indian deities, which she accompanied by designs of floral patterns (especially lotus), cows, deer, fish, elephants, and other symbols. ⢠Flora and Fauna The another theme used by Burman in her artworks is flora and fauna. She prominently use the hybrid figures and wildlife to make intricate designs in her paintings, which reflects her intimacy and love for nature. In an interview, Burman talked about the frequent use of ducks in her intricate designs and said that during her stay in Shantiniketan, she used to observe the Santa women, who lives with lots of children and ducks in the interior villages of Shantiniketan, where Burman used to visit to make sketches. She said that she love and enjoy the scenario and tries to imitate that in her paintings and sculptures. |
Selected Solo Exhibitions | ⢠Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai (1992) ⢠Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi (2000) ⢠Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore (2002) ⢠Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai by Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi (2004) ⢠āFairytales and Laments: The Mythology of Jayasri Burmanā at Arts India, Palo Alto, USA (2005) ⢠āSacred Feminineā at Art Musings in Mumbai (2006) ⢠āFables and Folkloreā at Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai, āThe Mythical Universeā at Art Alive Gallery in New Delhi and at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (2010) ⢠āLila,ā Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, and āGazing into Myth,ā Gallery Sumukha, Hong Kong (2014) ⢠āAntaryatra,ā Gallery Sanskriti at the Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata (2015) ⢠āBorn of Fire: A Tale of our Timesā at Aicon Gallery in New York, USA (2018) |
Selected Group Exhibitions | 1984 ⢠Three Person Exhibition, Paris 1989 ⢠Young Faces in Contemporary Indian Art, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata 1990 ⢠Kolkata through the Eyes of Painters, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata 1991 ⢠A Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 1996 ⢠Urban Signals, Shifting Images-ĀāII, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai 1997 ⢠Panchadashi, Gallery La Mere, Kolkata 1999 ⢠Emerging Trends, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata 2001 ⢠Indian Contemporary, Hong Kong ⢠Indian Contemporary Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA 2002 ā¢The Familyā3, With Sakti Burman, Maya Burman, Jayasri Burman, Apparao Gallery, Chennai 2001-02 ⢠Modi Foundation, London ⢠Bollywood Show, Selfridges, London ⢠Group Show of Bengal Art, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata 2003 ⢠Workshop in Egypt with Indian Contemporary Artists by BAYAR ABS 2004 ⢠Brahma to Bapu, Annual Show, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata ⢠Shadanga, Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi ⢠Visual Art Gallery, London ⢠Gallery 27, Cork Street, London 2005 ⢠Tate Britain and Chelsea College of Arts, London 2006 ⢠LASALLE, IIFA, Singapore 2007 ⢠An Indian Summer, Art Alive Gallery at Gallery 28, Cork Street, London ⢠Power of Peace, India Art Tokyo ā Imprints 2008 ⢠The Journey, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai ⢠X at the rate of Jehangir, Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2009 ⢠Think Small, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi ⢠Beyond the Form, Bajaj Capital Art House; Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi ⢠Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2010 ⢠Evolve, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai ⢠Summer Show 2010, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata ⢠Size Matters or Does it?, Latitude 28, New Delhi ⢠Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi 2011 ⢠Sensitization, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai ⢠Aureus, Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi 2012 ⢠Synergy, Small is Beautiful, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai ⢠Art Toronto: Focus Asia, Gallery Sumukha at Toronto, Canada ⢠An Alternative Perspective, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata ⢠The Living Walls: Where Gallery walls become Artistās Canvas, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi ⢠Women: Sacred and the Temporal, Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad 2013 ⢠Equilibrium, Beyond the Canvas, Small is Beautiful, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai ⢠When High and Low Meet, Art Alive Gallery, curated by Rupika Chawla, New Delhi ⢠Art Stage Singapore, Sumukha Art Gallery, Singapore 2013-14 ⢠Kalasutra I & II, Sanchit Art Gallery, Singapore 2014 ⢠St Moritz Art Masters 2014, Switzerland, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi ⢠Infinite, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2015 ⢠The Ecstasy of Art, Taoās 15th Anniversary Show 2016 ⢠Art Now 2016, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai organized by Art Alive Gallery 2017 ⢠Art Now 2017, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi organized by Art Alive Gallery 2018 ⢠Viswaroopa ā The Form of Universe, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata 2011-2018 ⢠Indian Art Fair, New Delhi |
Awards, Honours, Achievements | ⢠An award by the College of Visual Arts in Tempera for Outstanding Merit in the Annual Exhibition in 1979 ⢠National Academy Award for her painting Jeley (The Fisherman) in 1984 ⢠Padma Shri award from the Government of India in 1985 ⢠Certificate of Merit from the All India Youth Art Exhibition in 1987 ⢠In 2007, a commemorative stamp was released on Womenās Day by the Government of India on which the artworks of Jayasri Burman were printed. ⢠Indian Federation Chamber of Commerce Award in 2008 ⢠In 2016, she was awarded by the Government of West Bengal for making the best Durga Puja Idol for Behala Nutun Dal, a cultural association in Kolkata, West Bengal. ⢠ICON of Indian Art Award by Verve Magazine in 2017 ⢠Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Award at the 20th Beti FLO GR8 Awards in 2018 ⢠'She Award' given by The Telegraph in 2021 |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | Year, 1960 |
Age (as of 2022) | 63 Years |
Birthplace | Kolkata |
Nationality | Indian |
College/University | ⢠Kala Bhawana Institute of Fine Arts, Shantiniketan, Kolkata ⢠Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata |
Educational Qualification(s) | ⢠Bachelorās degree in Fine Arts from Kala Bhawana Institute of Fine Arts, Shantiniketan, Kolkata ⢠Master of Arts in painting from Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata |
Religion | Hinduism |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Family | |
Husband/Spouse | She was married twice. Her second husband's name is Paresh Maity, who is a renowned artist. ![]() |
Children | Son- Riddhibrata (āRidā) Burman (photographer) ![]() Daughter- None |
Parents | Father- Satya Prasad Roy Burman (founder of Khadim) Mother- Name not known |
Siblings | Brother- Siddhartha Roy Burman (art collector) ![]() Sister- None |
Other Relatives | Maya Burman (cousin; artist) Sakti Burman (uncle; artist) |
Favourites | |
Painter(s) | Leonardo Da Vinci, Picasso, Van Gogh, Botticelli, Chagall, Jogen Chowdhury. |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Jayasri Burman
Jayasri Burman is a contemporary Indian artist known for her watercolour paintings and bronze sculptures. She takes inspiration from Indian mythology and Bengali traditions for her artwork.
Her artworks mainly incorporate the Indian deities, the idea of worshipping goddesses, and āmother.ā She portrays Indian women as divine beings in her artwork and tries to deliver the message of nurturing āmotherā and āMother Earthā through it.
When she was a child, she was introduced to the works of Rabindranath Tagore by her father.
After completing her masterās degree, Burman went to Paris to learn printmaking under the guidance of Monsieur Ceizerzi. She also participated in a graphic art workshop with Paul Lingren during her stay there.
In an interview, she talked about her sufferings in her first marriage. She said that her first marriage dissolved after 17 years and also lost her baby.
Burmanās artworks are primarily based on the amalgamation of myths and reality that she draws from the works of Rabindranath Tagore, drama, and the great Indian epics; of Ramayana and Mahabharata. In an interview, she talked about this and said,
I use mythological characters as the subjects of my paintings, but I take the liberty of bestowing them with a contemporary lifestyle.āĀ
She is known for maintaining refreshing candour and reflective honesty despite using Indian folk elements in her artworks. In many of her paintings, she has used the Indian folk art techniques of Kalighat and Patachitra paintings to make intricate patterns.
The artist believes that colours and lines bear their autonomous symbolic meanings. She mainly prefers to use watercolours in her paintings and the most common colours used by her in her paintings are red, blue, and radiant saffron.
She has a strong impact of the River Ganga on her, which reflects in most of her artworks. In an interview, she revealed that when she was a child, she used to visit River Ganga every year with her father to perform Luxmi Puja. She said that she love to observe the visuals of the river bank on her visit. While talking about this in the interview, she said,
I wanted to locate the source of all this power.ā She added, āAs a child, these things greatly impact you. Ganga became an indelible part of how I saw the world.ā
Burman paid a tribute to the River Ganga through her art series āRiver of Faith.ā It took her 12 years to complete the series. In 2021, her art series was presented by the Gallery Art Exposure in Bikaner House. In an interview, Burman talked about the devastation and destruction of the water of the rivers during the pandemic of COVID-19 andĀ said,
These were people who died of Covid-19 but since there was no space for cremation, their bodies were thrown into the river. Personally speaking, it was very heartbreaking for me to see Maa Ganga being turned into an open burial ground.ā check sources Open
Some of the notable artworks from the series āRiver of Faithā include āAmbika,ā āJahnvi I,ā āJahnvi III,ā and āAdhisree.ā
Painting āAmbikaā by Jayasri Burman
The bronze statue āJahnvi Iā by Jayasri Burman
Her art series āBorn of Fireā is a tribute to Draupadi, who is a prominent character in the great Indian epic Mahabharata. Draupadi was born from a yajna (fire sacrifice) organized by her father,Ā King Drupada of Panchala. In an interview, she talked about theĀ bravery, sacrifice, and courage of Draupadi and said,
Draupadi is the truest champion of justice and fair play, she stands for women rights and humanity.ā She added, āDraupadi is our symbol of hope and fortitude and (I believe) she must remain in the midst of our lives as an icon woman we can all draw inspiration from. She belongs to us!ā check sources Jayasri BurmanĀ
Her art series āBorn of Fireā consists of two parts, one includes colourful paintings and other sketches.Ā Some notable paintings from this series include āDraupadi and the five Pandavas,ā āDraupadi and the Game of Dice,ā āBorn of Fire,ā and āRatna Kuntala.ā
Painting āDraupadi and the five Pandavasā by Jayasri Burman
Burman made the installation āPrimordial Powerā by using sculptures of tiger faces and votive churnis. In India, there is a practice of offering votive churnis and garlands by the devotees to their gods or goddess in temples and mosques to get their wishes fulfilled. The artist believes that each votive offering depicts the story of the devotee and the use of these votive churnis in her art piece expresses the faith of devotees in god. In this installation, the use of the face of tiger, which in Hinduism is considered a divine vehicle of the goddess Durga, symbolises the intangible power that destroys evil and builds vigour of hope.
The tiger finds its roots in my birthplace, Bengal, which prides in harbouring the Royal Bengal Tiger. It will bot be wrong to mention that they are reminiscent off the panel where they are āprancing, proud and unafraidā in Adrienne Richās Aunt Jenniferās Tigersā, Basking in their feminine fires.āJayasri Burman with her installation āPrimordial Powerā
In 2005, Burman organised an exhibition titled āThe Familyā along with her her husband, Paresh Maity, her uncle Sakti Burman, and her cousin Maya Burman.
In an interview, the artist revealed that in foreign countries, her artworks are mainly bought by elderly people as according to them, they feel attracted to and emotionally connected to the Indianness in her paintings.
In an interview, she revealed that to get inspiration for her artwork, she has travelled to various places such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, and Madhya Pradesh.
In an interview, while praising the artworks of Jayasri Burman, the famous Indian poet and painter Pritish Nandy said,
The significant factor about Jayasriās art is that it is not just about our past, our tradition, our mythologies, it is also about today. It is this enchanting integration of cultures, language, idiom and narratives that makes her such a remarkable chronicler of our times.ā
In his book āA Mythical Universe,ā Prof. Partha Mitter described the themes used by Jayasri Burman in her artworks, and wrote,Ā Ā
Jayasriās themes deal with the feminine, with the empowerment of women through the traditional language of the sacred in Hinduism, her inspiration is the variety of incarnations of Shakti or female energy, the great Goddess, who is considered the mother of the universe. With her muted but engaged feminism, Jayasri Burman refashions the universe of Hindu mythology, which acquires in her paintings an entirely contemporary meaning and nuance. This is the best sense tradition, reinterpreted, reinvented, revised and re-imagined for India of today.ā
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