Kavita Jaiswal, an exponent of contemporary Abstract Expressionism, began her journey as an Artist in the 1980’s. She is a recipient of the Distinguished Achievements Award as a painter by the Lalit Kala Academy, India, for her contribution to Art; the National Fellowship for Fine art, by the Ministry of Culture Govt of India; the Charles Wallace India Trust Award from the British Council New Delhi, as Artist in residence at the Edinburgh Printmakers workshop, Scotland; amongst several others.
Her works have been shown at prestigious shows such as the Christies Auction London, the National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi, The UNESCO Power of Peace exhibition Bangkok, the India Art Fair, New Delhi, Combine voices for the new century, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi India, Asia Excellence show Singapore, Bharat Bhavan Biennale India, Chelsea International Art Exhibition New York, to name a few.
Her works are found in several collections such as, the National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi India, The British Museum, London, UK, the Ebrahim Alkazi collection Art Heritage New Delhi India, the British council, India and the Kiran Nader Museum New Delhi, India
Artist Statement
As an artist working with several media, I have expressed myself in the still as well as the moving image, in drawings, paintings, photography, and video installations.
From the recognisable form for several years, was born the essence of the real when abstraction became the matrix of my work. I continue with my quest of over 40 years, each time engaging with the belief that there is something beyond us in our physical form that makes everything happen.
I feel that the feeling of autonomy is just a feeling of an individual manifested out of the timeless one, where the timeless one must somehow manifest itself into form to be able to confirm.
Biography
Educational Qualifications
1984 Studied Fine Art, at Triveni Kala Sangam New Delhi
1982 One year Diploma in Textile Design, South Delhi Polytechnic New Delhi
1980 B.A (H) English Literature, Hindu College, Delhi University
Awards/Scholarships/Fellowships
1985 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi
1985 National Exhibition College of Art and Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh
1986 Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi
1988 AIFACS, Golden Jubilee Show, New Delhi
1986-88 Cultural Scholarship, Ministry of Culture Govt. of India
1996-98 Junior Fellowship, Ministry of Culture Govt. Of India
2001 Charles Wallace India Trust Award, British Council New Delhi, as Artist in Residence at Edinburgh Printmakers, Scotland.
2013 Distinguished Achievements Award in Fine Arts , Constituted By HIFA, Awarded by the Eminent Jury headed by Mr K R Subanna, Chairman Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Art Heritage New Delhi, Artsy.net & TAP 2X India
2016 Video project, India Art Fair, supported by Art Heritage
2014 Art Heritage New Delhi
2011 Art Konsult, New Delhi
2005 The Art Heritage, New Delhi
2002 The Queens Gallery, British Council New Delhi and Art Alive New Delhi
1999 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi and Gallery Alternatives, Gurgaon
1998 Display Gallery, New Delhi
1995 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
Group Exhibitions
2023 The Art Route Gallery, New Delhi
2023 National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
2023 India Art Fair, with Art Heritage Gallery
2022 Chelsea International Art exhibition, New York
2020 Ampas Art Gallery, New Delhi
2019 Art and Beyond, Bangalore
2019 Art Heritage , New Delhi
2018 Art Bangaluru, Bangaluru
2018 Ampas Art Gallery, New Delhi
2018 Alliance Franchise, Gurgaon
2017 Art Heritage, New Delhi
2016 India Art Fair
2016 Art Heritage, New Delhi
2016 Art Konsult, New Delhi
2015 Art Heritage, New Delhi
2015 Art Heritage, New Delhi
2014 Art Konsult, New Delhi
2014 Tao Art Gallery Annual show, Mumbai
2014 Fine Art Gallery, Mumbai
2013 India Art Fair, New Delhi
2012 Tao Art gallery, Mumbai And Dubai
2012 Religare Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 ‘India Art Fair’, New Delhi
2011 Gallery Art Shashtra and Gallery Art Walk, New Delhi
2009 Galleria D’Art O’ Palacio, New Delhi
2009 Tao Art Gallery Mumbai, UNESCO Bangkok, Power of Peace
2009 Tao Art Gallery Annual show, Mumbai
2008/2009 Dus Mahavidyas, Visual Arts Gallery New Delhi, Nvya Art Gallery New Delhi, Tao Art Gallery Mumbai, Time and Space, Bangalore
2008 Epicentre Gurgaon.
2008 Auction Habiart Gallery , Delhi
2007 Times Of India Online Site
2007 Mystic Inspiration Online Site
2007 Art Heritage, New Delhi
2007 Ati Art Gallery and Alliance Frances New Delhi
2006 Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) and Indian contemporary Artists Edinburgh Scotland
2006 National Art Festival, Lalit Kala New Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir Akademi
2005 Gallery Navya, New Delhi
2004 British Council New Delhi, Birla Akademi of Fine Arts, Kolkatta
2004 Art Heritage, New Delhi
2004 Indian Arts Circle, New Delhi
2004 Gallery Alternatives, Gurgaon
2004 All India Artists Camp at Patni Top Organised By the Jammu and Kashmir Akademi of Arts
2003 Garhi Artists Studios, New Delhi
2002 Gallery Karma, New Delhi
2001 Christies, London, Auction of Asian Art
2001 ISU Gallery, Singapore
2000 National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi,
2000 Vis- a- Vis, Art Inc, New Delhi
2000 Art Folio, Chandigarh
2000 Gallery Freedom, New Delhi
1999 Gallery Alternatives, Gurgaon
1999 Art Konsult , New Delhi
1999 Arushi Arts, New Delhi
1999 42nd National Exhibition of Contemporary Art Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1998 The Harmony Show, Relaince Industries, Mumbai
1997 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
1997 Sahmat New Delhi
1997 Delhi for Delhi, Maneka Gandhi
1997 40th National Exhibition of Contemporary Art Lalit Kala Akademi Bangalore
1995 APPARAO galleries, Chennai
1995 Organised by Maneka Gandhi, New Delhi
1994 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1994 Asia ExcellenceShow, Singapore
1988 International Women Artists, AIFACS, New Delhi
1986 Indian Women Artists, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
1986 Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi
1986 Exhibition of Indian Women Artists organized by NGMA in Bulgaria NAD Poland
1986 Bharat Bhavan Biennial, Bhopal
1984-86 College of arts and Lalit Kala Akademi Chandigarh
1981-98 Sahitya Kala Parishad Annual Art Exhibitions and AIFACS annual arts Exhibitions, ‘Abstract Horizons’ Tao Art gallery, Mumbai
Artist Documentary Films
2020 ‘Kavita Jaiswal journeys’ Art Heritage new Delhi, Video Series, Conceptualized by Amal Allana
2011 ‘No Beginning No End’, Contemporary Indian Artist Kavita Jaiswal, A film by Siddhartha Tagore, Produced by Art and Deal
Works published in Books and Catalogues
2016 Ebrahim Alkazi, Directing Art, The Making of a Modern Indian Art World, Art Heritage in Association with Mapin Publishing
2016 Art Heritage, The Collectors Gallery
2015 Art Heritage , The Collectors Gallery
2014 ‘The Full Space’ Art Heritage New Delhi, Solo exhibition
2011/2012 ‘No Beginning No End’ Art Konsult , New Delhi, Solo exhibition
2008 ‘Dus Mahavidyas’ Ten Creative Forces, Published by Mr Ravi Kumar, Text by Shri Keshav Malik
2008 Tao Art Gallery , Mumbai
2009 Time And Space Gallery, Bangalore, Jan 2009
2008 ‘Indian Art the New International Sensation’—Collectors Handbook, By Dr Alka Pande
2005 ‘Cognizance’ The Art Heritage New Delhi, Solo Exhibition
2002 ‘Silent Moments ‘ Art Alive Gallery New Delhi ,Solo Exhibition Held at The Queens Gallery British Council, New Delhi
1999 ‘Subconscious Excavations, Gallery Alternatives Gurgaon, Solo Exhibition held at the Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
Collections
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
The British Museum, London, UK
The Alkazi Collection, New Delhi
Society for Scottish Artists, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Ravi Kumar Collection
Sahitya Kala Parishad New Delhi
Gallery Alternatives, New Delhi
Gallery Nvya New Delhi
The British Council New Delhi
Gallery Time and Space Bangalore
Kiran Nader Museum, New Delhi
and several other public and private collections
