Badar Jahan

Professor in Fine Arts, AMU Aligarh, India.

My paintings are in a constant state of evolution. My surrounding and incidents evoke me to look deeper and deeper it indulges me in a microscopic investigation. I perceive the images and structures with its functionality. I juxtapose these images and structure with materials and medium I like to experiment with. These images oscillate with the introspection and my own sense of ambivalence that confronts me at times with some unidentified forms and images which, I later realize on the surface I get involved. Some of My Paintings are the echoes of the political and social subversion by reflecting existential concerns through the images of emaciated dark bodies, gloomy and sagged faces...an interrogation on the existence of man. The texture and hues are dictated by the idea, and concept, but black and white fascinates me the most. I believe that a little sprinkle of soft white with the bold black gives other hews the power to hold.

M.Phil,Ph.D.in Fine Arts.
Award-
1998-99 Regional Artist Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow.
Invited Artist:
2010Invited artist to 34 Contemporary Artists Exhibition at Nehru Centre, Mumbai between 09th -15th March under Inter State Exchange Exhibition, by Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow.
2009 Invited artist for Inter State Exchange Exhibition at Rajashan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur. Between 14th 20th November by Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow.
Published Book-
2008 Abstraction in Indian Painting- Post Independence Era, Kaveri Publications, New Delhi.
Book Review-
THE HINDU-31.03.2009 "Abstraction in Indian Painting- Post Independence Era, Kaveri Publications, New Delhi" reviewed by Lalithaa Krishnan in THE HINDU on 31.03.2009.
Solo/ Duo Show-
2010 Rashtriya Lalit Kala Academi, RC,Lucknow,India.
1998 A.M.U., Aligarh,India.
2006 North Central Zone Cultural Center, Allahabad,India.
CollectiveShows-
1998-99 Contemporary Artist Exhibition by Lalit Kala Akademi at AMU, Aligarh,India.
1998-99 Swarnjayanti State Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow,India.
1999-2000 Regional Artist Exhibition by Lalit Kala Akademi at AMU, Aligarh,India.
1999-2000 State Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow,India.
2004-05 Re...