Jayant Parikh (born 2 April 1940) is an Indian artist,

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. He is a student of

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, K. G. Subramanyan and Sankho Chaudhuri. He lives and works in

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, India. His work is held in the collections of the

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(in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangaluru) and the

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in New Delhi.

Biography

Jayant Parikh was born on 2 April 1940 into a Gujarati Bania family in Bandhni village, Gujarat State, India. His family had a grocery shop in his village. He shifted to Vadodara in 1957 to study art at the Faculty of Fine Arts,

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. In 1962, he acquired his Post Diploma in Painting under the teaching of

. As an extra subject, he studied woodcut in graphics. Later on, he also learned etching and colorography. He was a temporary lecturer in the faculty of fine arts M.S. University in 1970 for the painting department and in 1980 for the graphics department for one year short duration each time. He also had more than 74 one-man shows.

Works

He participated in national and international art exhibitions including the Third Triennale–India. His work has sold at auction houses such as Christie's, Sotheby's, and Dominic Winter Auctioneers. His work is held in the collections of the

(in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangaluru); Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Chester and Davida Herwitz collection famously known as Herwitz collection, Chatrapati Shivaji Museum, Mumbai; and

, New Delhi.

Artist style and influence

Parikh started his work initially as abstract: he practiced

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for one year. For this short duration of time, he was influenced by the art of

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. Later, after 1970, he had created his own style of painting, calling it Rhythm. Since his beginnings, his favorite subject remains Indian monuments and archaeological sites. He has always painted his art either on-site of his reference monument, or he paints a sketch and from that reference, he paints in his studio. Since 1970 he found the fourth dimension in his artwork which is motion, which he calls Rhythm. His art is influenced by nature, and he feels that he paints that rhythm in his painting.

Awards and honours

* 1959 Bronze medal at Bombay Art Society * 1960 Kalidas Exbhibition Award * 1960 All India Khadi Certificate of merits * 1960 Award by Jamu and Kashmir * 1961 The Governor of Maharashtra’s prize Bombay Art Society * 1961 Kalidas Exbhibition Award * 1961 Award by All India Redio * 1961 Gold medal at Indore * 1962 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award * 1962 Diploma of Merit at first international art exhibition in

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* 1962 Hydrabad Art Society Award * 1963 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award * 1963 Hydrabad Art Society Award * 1963 Kalidas Exbhibition Award * 1963 Government of India schorlorship from 1963 to 1965 * 1964 Kalidas Exbhibition Award * 1965 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award * 1965 Gold medal at International book and art exhibition

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* 1965 Hydrabad Art Society Award * 1965 Kalidas Exbhibition Award * 1966 Kalidas Exbhibition Award * 1969 Two Awards by Railway * 1970 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award * 1970 National award for painting

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* 1971 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award * 1974 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award * 1979 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award * 1980 National award for graphic Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi * 2008 Gujarat Gaurav Puraskar by Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academi * 2017

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Award by Megh Mandal Sansthan, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. * 2022 The

Award for Excellence in the Field of Visual Arts by the Maharaja Ranjitsinh Gaekwad Charities. Jayant’s name is listed 39th in 45 notable alumni of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, like

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