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Sujata Bajaj
Sujata Bajaj’s practice draws on Indian and tribal visual traditions, moving fluidly across painting, printmaking, sculpture, murals, ceramics and mixed media.
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RECOGNITION
Awards & honours
- Maharashtra State Art Award (1979 and 1984)
- Bombay Art Society Award (1991)
- Raza Foundation Award (2003)
- French Government scholarship (1988–89)
THE ARTIST
Biography
Born in Jaipur in 1958, Sujata Bajaj earned her BA and MA in Fine Arts and Painting from SNDT College, Pune, and later completed a PhD in Fine Arts focused on Indian tribal art.
She studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, on a French Government scholarship and worked at Studio Claude Viseux. Her practice draws on Indian and tribal visual traditions and spans painting, printmaking, sculpture, murals, ceramics and mixed media.
SELECTED HISTORY
Exhibitions & residencies
- First solo exhibition, Bal Gandharva Art Gallery, Pune (1978)
- Transcendence, Art Musings, Mumbai (2006)
- The Power of Peace, Bali (2007)
- Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo (2007)
- House of Lords, London (2007)
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