Vartan Swami

JITENDRA GOSAI (VARTAN)1966 BORN AT DELVADA, GUJRAT, INDIA

I have been painting since the last 20 year. The medium I have been working on is rice paper on canvas. I feel the medium has a great effect on the texture. It appears as the though water colors, ink and Employing an interesting of mixed media used are sucked into the each work of art is layered using an assortment of rice paper giving depth and transparency to the paintings. I use squares to make it appear earthly. Over the years I have moved from brighter to lighter colors from gross to subtle aspects of paintings. My art is reflective above the systems and cycles that are fundamental to our lives. I find that we tend to organize our ideas and behavior into systems that are known as patterns. The scriptural writing from Sanskrit or AUM an integral part of my works, AUM is the primordial sound of which the whole universe consists; we are made of music... The patterns I use in my art reflect my perceptions of the course of my on life as well as human behavior. These patterns are often used upon simple geometric forms and structures. Circles, squares, spirals, spontaneous lines etc. are so basic. They frequently show up in my art...

B I O - D A T A

JITENDRA GOSAI (VARTAN)

1966 BORN AT DELVADA, GUJRAT, INDIA
1983-87 DIPLOMAS IN CREATIVE PAINTINGS
FROM C. N. COLLAGE OF FINE ARTS, AHEMDABAD, INDIA
1990-92 MA- MASTER OF ART IN CREATIVE PAINTINGS
FROM FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, M.S. UNIVERSITY, BARODA, INDIA
S C H O L A R S H I P / AWARD
1983-87 FREE INTEREST LOAN Scholarships, GUJARAT GOVERNEMENT, INDIA
1992 MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FROM M.S. UNIVERSITY, BARODA, INDIA
1994-95 NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FROM MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCES,
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, INDIA
2005 HTTP://WWW.ARTMAJEUR.COM/ANTARVARTAN / SILWER AWARD_2005_829
E X H I B I T I O N
1992 FACULTY OF FINE GALLERY, BARODA, INDIA
1993 LALIT KALA ACADAMI, AHMEDABAD, INDIA
1994 *DARK MYSTERY* VAN GHOGH STUDIO, INDIA OSHO COMMUNE INTERNATIONAL, PUNE, INDIA
1995 *SHUNYA KA DARSHAN* MEERA 5, OSHO COMMUNE INTERNATIONAL, PUNE, INDIA
1996 *INNER REVOLUTION* BALGANDHARVA (ART GALLERY), PUNE, INDIA
1997 KHUSBOO ART GALLERY, PUNE, INDIA
1997 *MOON*THE NECHE ART GALLERY, PUNE, INDIA
2000-02 LITTLE ITALY ARTE MYSTICA, GOA, INDIA
2001 STADSBIBLIOTEKET, ANGELHOLM, ITALY
2001-3 INDIAN ART GALLERY, LONDAN, UK
2003-5 LITTEL INDIA GALLERY, KHATANIA, CIS...

Art Expeditions:
Date: 18th to 25th October, 2010
Destination: Mauritius