Jahar Dasgupta

Born in Jamshedpur (Tata Nagar, Jharkhand, India) in year 1942. Later he completed his further studies in painting from Shantiniketan Kala Bhavan Viswa Bharati in 1964. He has exhibited his works in innumerous Group Shows and Solo Exhibition and at the same time he was invited as an artist in different parts of India and abroad. He attended workshops in different places of West Bengal, Hyderabad, Delhi, Andaman&Nikobar, and Tripura. He is one of the founder members of Painters’ Orchestra. His collections are in many places in India, Korea, Holland, USA, UK, France, Norway, Spain and Muscat.

Group shows [1967-2006] :
Nehru Centre (London 2006); Maisonde 1’ Inde, Salle Indira Gandhi (Paris 2006); Indian Habitat Centre (New Delhi); Salon Exposition (South Korea); Academy of Fine Arts, (Kolkata); Jahangir Art Gallery (Mumbai), participated all group shows by Painters’ Orchestra in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shantiniketan and Kolkata.

Solo shows [1967-2006] :
Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Samokal Art Gallery, Lalit Kala Academy, Academy of Fine Arts, Birla Academy, Gallery Housmania (Norway in 2005) and Club Bangladesh (Sweden in 2005) etc.

Invited as a member of Millennium committee to organize exhibition and workshop under Viswa Banga Sammelan in 1999.

Participated in many places like KalaMela organized by Lalit Kala Academy, Democratic Painters and Writers Association etc. Presently Vice President at Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata.

Bengali Magazine “Shatak Ekush” honored Jahar Dasgupta by publishing the magazine on his works. Film Director Mr. Sandip Roy made a documentary film “Bornomoy Jahar” on his art works. Eminent poet Late Shakti Chatterjee wrote poem on his sketch on the releasing of a book “Poem on Paintings” in the Silver Jubilee of Painters’ Orchestra, 1994.