Jatin Das - Presentation and Discussion with Renowned Indian Artist
Event Type:
LectureMonday, July 28, 2008 6:00pm - 7:30pm
The University of Chicago Center for International Studies and the South Asia Language and Area Center, in conjunction with the Around the Coyote Gallery present:
A Presentation and Discussion with renowned Indian artist...
Jatin Das
http://jatindas.com/
Date: Monday, July 28, 2008
Time: 6pm to 7:30pm
FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
Location: Around the Coyote Gallery [1935 1/2 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL 60622]
About the artist...
Jatin Das has been painting for more than 45 years. He was born in December 1941 in Mayurbhanj, Orissa, India. He studied at the Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay, under Professor S B Palsikar. Jatin has held over 50 one-man exhibitions in India and abroad and has participated in numerous national and international shows and artist camps. He has also done several murals and sculpture installations. He works in oil, watercolor, ink, graphics and conté. His works are featured in several public and private collections in India and abroad. Jatin has built a large personal collection of traditional arts and crafts over the last 35 years. His works have been auctioned by major international auctioneers like Sotheby's, Christie's and Osian's.
In addition to being a professional artist, Jatin Das has extensively lectured at innumerable art and architectural colleges and museums, both in India and abroad on contemporary and traditional art forms. Jatin Das is also an advisor to many government and private bodies. He is the Settler and founder Chairman of the JD Centre of Art (JDCA), which is being built in his home state, Orissa. Several of Jatin Das' works have been donated to charities in India and abroad. He has very actively led the relief and rehabilitation work of a village in Orissa, affected by the devastating cyclone of 1999.
About Jatin Das: http://www.jatindas.com
About the Around the Coyote Gallery: http://www.aroundthecoyote.org/
About the Center for International Studies: http://cis.uchicago.edu/
About the South Asia Language and Area Center: http://southasia.uchicago.edu/
For more information contact Jamie Bender, 773.834.3852, jbender@uchicago.edu or Patricia Courson, 773.342.6777, trish@aroundthecoyote.org