Artist of the Collection · India

Baiju Parthan

An intermedia artist exploring perception, technology and myth.

Baiju Parthan combines painting, photography, digital imagery and installation to examine how images shape the way we understand reality.

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Baiju Parthan artwork in the Saraswati Foundation collection

The artist

Between image and information

Parthan’s work moves across traditional painting and new media. Drawing on scientific ideas, mythology and digital culture, he builds layered visual environments that question the boundary between the real and the constructed.

Awards & honours

1981

Goa Lalit Kala Akademi Award

Awarded early in his artistic career.

1978–1981

Lalit Kala Akademi Merit Prize

Recognition recorded in the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation profile.

2000

Sotheby’s Artist of the Year

Listed in the artist’s exhibition history.

Biography

A cross-disciplinary practice

Born in 1956, Baiju Parthan studied painting in Goa and also pursued Botany, Philosophy and Comparative Mythology.

His practice spans painting, photography, video, digital technology and installation. The movement between media reflects his interest in science, philosophy, myth and contemporary image systems.

Parthan has exhibited widely in India and internationally.

Biography synthesised from museum, gallery and institutional profiles.

Selected exhibitions