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Sujata Bajaj

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Sujata Bajaj (born 1958, in Jaipur) is an Indian painter, best known for her work in Indian tribal art. A graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Paris, her work has been displayed at the Lalit Kala Akademi, the Triveni Kala Sangam, the Jehangir Art Gallery, the Kunsthall Stavanger, the Casa de Noruega, and the Macrobert Arts Centre between 1978 and 2001.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Life

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Sujata Bajaj is the daughter of Anasuyaji and Radhakrishnaji Bajaj and was close to Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave. She was raised in Jaipur and attended graduate school in Pune. She has a degree in fine arts in Indian tribal art and graduated from the École des beaux-arts de Paris. She has been living in Paris since 1988.

She is married to Rune Jul Larsen and has a daughter, Helena Bajaj-Larsen.

Exhibitions

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Solo Exhibitions in India
Year Location
1978 Bal Gandharva Art Gallery, Pune
1979 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1980 Bal Gandharva Art Gallery, Pune
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1982 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Bal Gandharva Art Gallery, Pune
1984 Bal Gandharva Art Gallery, Pune
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1985 Bal Gandharva Art Gallery, Pune
Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1986 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1987 Bal Gandharva Art Gallery, Pune
Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai
Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishath, Bangalore
1988 Sarala's Art Centre, Chennai
1989 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 Birla Academy, Kolkata
The Gallery, Chennai
1992 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 The Gallery, Chennai
1995 The Gallery, Chennai
Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1996 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Other Exhibitions in India
Year Location Title
1989 Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi Indian Eclectics
1993 Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi Souvenirs from France
Solo Exhibitions Worldwide
Year Location
1988 Commonwealth Art Gallery, Edinburgh, U.K
Macrobert Art Centre, University of Stirling, U.K
American Cultural Society, Washington, U.S.A
1989 Centre for Near Eastern Students, Paris, France
Jean Louis Voisin Gallery, Pourville-sur-Mer, France
Bernanos Gallery, Ministry of National Education, Paris, France
1991 Christine Marquet de Vasselot Gallery, Paris, France
1992 Art & Data Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
1993 Norway House, Paris, France
Art & Data Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
Gallery Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway
1994 Clay Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Christine Marquet de Vasselot Gallery, Paris, France
1995 Art & Data Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
1997 Gallery Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway
1998 Mohanjeet Gallery, Paris, France
Gallery Akern, Kongsberg, Norway
1999 Stavanger Art Association, Norway
Atlantic Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Gallery Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway
Galleri & Atelier Varatun Gård, Sandnes, Norway
2001 Gallery Tendenes
Other Exhibitions Worldwide
Year Location Title
1988 Tarbes, France The Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Painting
1989 École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris Gallery of the House of Fine Arts
Galerie du Cygne, Paris Indian Artists in Paris
Neufchâtel-en-Bray, France Art en Bray Fair
Galerie Bernanos, Paris The Egalitarian Plural Society
C.I.U.P, Paris Nine Artists of the Cité Universitaire
Grand Palais, Paris May Salon
1990 Neufchâtel-en-Bray, France Salon Art en Bray
1991 Neufchâtel-en-Bray, France Salon Art en Bray
USA New York Art Fair
Rouen, France Normandy Independent Fair
1992 Galleri Bryggen, Bergen, Norway
Christine Marquet de Vasselot Gallery, Paris
University of Frankfurt, Germany
Grand Palais, Paris Discovery Lounge
1993 Grand Palais, Paris Contemporary
1994 Frankfurt, Germany Ausstellung Indische Kunst
1995 Paris UNESCO
1996 Within the Frame Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong
1998 Hong Kong 50 Years of Independence
Hong Kong Indian Spring

References

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  1. ^ Waldberg, Michel (2009). Sujata Bajaj (in French). Différence. ISBN 978-2-7291-1855-6. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  2. ^ Tata, Huzan (10 March 2016). "Seeking Ganesha with Sujata Bajaj". Verve Magazine. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Play of forms". Telegraph India. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. ^ Chatterji, Shoma A (24 March 2018). "'I like to remain free from any labelling'". The Statesman. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Sujata Bajaj". The Curators Art. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  6. ^ Houques, Véronique; Houques, Claude (2006). Histoire de la Société des artistes indépendants normands 1938-2005 (in French). Rouen. p. 451.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)