Jayaraj S

S Jayaraj was born in the Southern part of India in Tirunelveli,Tamil Nadu in April 1962. With a stroke from a brush and a line with his pencil, S Jayaraj spells magic.S Jayaraj is an incredible versatile human kind. Jayarajs repertoire of work is multifaceted as well as multidimensional in terms of medium. He believes that the material of expression is not an issue of importance. No matter what medium he works in, Jayaraj always brings a unique and fresh perspective to his artwork. S Jayaraj was both a dreamer and a doer from his childhood days. The taunts he experienced in his school days gave vent to his artistic expression. He then drew sketches, cartoons and caricatures of schoolmates. Thus the artist in him was born at a very tender age of 8.The artist is fluent in a variety of media from small pen and inks to large canvasses painted in media like oil on canvas and acrylic on canvas. Working in charcoal and pastels stand close to Jayarajs heart and he loves to bring out the beautiful expressions through this medium. He has a sensitive touch to portraits done in ink and he loves to work in black and white medium through his pen and ink drawings. He uses small thin strokes, which have a scratchy effect, and creates the required...

Bachelors degree in Visual Communication Design (Government College of Arts, Chennai, India)

o Group Show - Benchmark Tourism Centre, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India (2019)
o Group show - 'Madras 101'- Wandering Artist, Chennai, India (2018)
o Rajasthan Tourism Centre, Jaipur, India (2018)
o Group show - Tamil Nadu Music & Fine Arts University, Chennai, India (2016)
o Group show - Hotel Leela Palace, Bangalore, India (2015)
o Group show - Venkatappa Art Gallery (2015)
o 'Looking Back' Solo Show, Tangerine, Chennai (2015)
o Charity Show- Bangalore, Kolkata and Pune (2015)
o 'Looking Back' Solo Show, Tangerine, Bangalore (2014)
o Group Show - IBA Gallery, Chennai (2013)
o 'Blue' Group Show, Bhubaneshwar (2013)
o Group Show - 'Waterscapes' - Muse art gallery, Hyderabad (2013)
o Group Show, Tangerine, Bangalore (2013)
o Group Show on Mother Teresa - Gallery Art & Soul, Chennai (2012)
o Group Show on 'Rural Faces' - Lakshana Art Gallery, Chennai (2012)
o Group Show - 'Namma Chennai ECR' - Gallery Art & Soul, Chennai (2012)
o Group Show on Mother Teresa - Goa and New Delhi (2012)
o Participated in 'Different Strokes 2012', Group Exhibition organised by GLRA at LalitKala Academi, Chennai (2012)
o Group Show - 'Waterscapes' - Muse art gallery, Hotel Marriott, Hyderabad (2012)
o Solo exhibition, Tangerine, Bangalore (201...