Jatin Das is a painter, poet, sculptor, muralist, print-maker, teacher, cultural expert and institution builder and has been working now for almost 60 years.
Born in December 1941 in Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India, Das at 17, went to study at Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay, under Professor S.B. Palsikar. Das has held 68 one-man shows, in India and abroad and has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions and artist camps. His works are primarily in oil, watercolour, ink and Conté. He has also created several graphics, murals, sculptures and art installations. His works have been featured in several public and private collections in India and abroad and have been auctioned by major international auctioneers like Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Osian’s. In 2012 he was the recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan award, one of the highest civilian awards in India.
Jatin Das has extensively lectured at numerous art and architecture colleges, museums, public forums; sharing his understanding of contemporary and traditional art forms. He is also an advisor to many government and private bodies. He has donated his works to several charities over the years. His commitment to preserving arts and crafts and in creating a sensitivity towards art and aesthetics led him to a dream almost 40 years ago - the JD Centre of Art. Jatin Das, the Founder and Chairman of the Centre, envisages classical, modern, traditional and folk art, all under one roof. Over several decades, Das has built a large collection of modern art, antiquities and handicrafts for the Centre. It includes the enormous Pankha collection, that has more than 6,000 hand-fans. The Centre is currently under construction, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Jatin Das is a prolific painter and most recently, during the lockdown, he has made a series of ink paintings about migrant workers.

•    Jatin Das was born on the 2nd of December 1941 in Mayurbhanj in Odisha, India.
A contemporary artist living in Delhi, he has been painting for 60 years.
•    He paints with oil, acrylic, watercolour, ink and Conté.
•    As a printmaker, he has produced many editions of etchings, dry point, lithograph, serigraphs.
•    He has held over 68 one-man exhibitions both in India and abroad, participated in numerous national and international shows and artist camps.
•    In 2012, he was conferred the Padma Bhushan award, India’s highest civilian award, by the President of India.
•    His works are part of several public and private collections in India and abroad.
•    Most notably, he created a 7 x 68 ft mural at the Parliament of India, titled 'Mohenjo-Daro to Mahatma Gandhi', inaugurated by then Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
•    Das has lectured extensively at innumerable art and architectural colleges and museums on contemporary and traditional art forms, in India and abroad.
•    He has been an advisor to many governments and private art and cultural bodies.
•    In addition to charitable donations locally and internationally, Jatin Das actively led the relief and rehabilitation work of a village in Orissa after the super cyclone of 1999.
•    Das studied at the Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay.

ONE MAN SHOWS (selected) 
2017    Lalit Kala Akademi, Portraits, Artists & Friends, Over Fifty Years, Delhi.
2017    Jehangir Art Gallery, Presented by Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai.
2011    Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden.
2011    Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh.
2011    Red Art Gallery, Collaboration Gallery Art & Soul, Baroda and Mumbai.
2011    Ahmedabad ni Gufa, Collaboration Gallery Art & Soul, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
2011    Red Earth Gallery, Collaboration Gallery Art & Soul, Badodra, Gujarat.
2011    Jawahar Kala Kendra, Collaboration Gallery Art & Soul, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
2010    Museum Gallery, presented by Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai. 
2009    The Artists Alley Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2009    Chelsea Arts Club, London, UK.
2009    Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Delhi.
2007    Jehangir Art Gallery, Presented by Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai. 
2007    AIFACS Gallery, Paintings done in Greece, Presented by ICCR, New Delhi.
2007    CIMA Gallery, Kolkata: ‘Charged Figures’.
2006    Rabindra Bhawan Gallery Presented by Indus Gallery, Delhi: ‘Journeys across Foreign Lands’. 
2006    1X1 Art Space, Dubai.
2005    Archaeological Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece. 
2002    Retrospective: 40 years of Drawings, AIFACS, Delhi. 
2002    National Gallery of Modern Art & Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, Works on Paper.
2001    Art Today (C.P.), New Delhi.
1999    Body Spirited, India Habitat Centre, Delhi. 
1996    Crimson, The Art Resource, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore. 
1995    Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
1994    A Retrospective: Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh.
1993    Heads, Le Corbusier Art Gallérie, Alliance Française, Chandigarh. 
1993    Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay.
1992    ‘Woman of Clay’ AIFACS galleries, New Delhi. 
1992    Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri Presentation, AIFACS, New Delhi.
1991    Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, LKA Retrospective Show 1968-90, New Delhi ITC.
1987    Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay. 
1986    Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta. 
1985    Times of India “Man and Woman”. Shridharini Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1983    Sarla Art Centre, Madras.
1982    Taj Art Gallery, Bombay.
1979    Urja Art Gallery, Broda.
1979    Hutheesing Visual Art Centre, Ahemdabad.
1978    Arts 38 Gallery London.
1978    Kumar Art Gallery, Hansalaya, New Delhi.
1978    Werl. Pastorat a.d Johanniskirche, “Zeitgendessiche Ind., Kunst,” West Germany.
1977    Frainsherm an der Weinstrasse, Surya Gallery, West Germany.
1977    Studio, Private Show, Drawings, New Delhi.
1976    Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi. 
1975    The Garden Gallery, Loughborough, UK.
1975    Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London.
1975    City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK.
1975    Hotel Kempenski, West Berlin, West Germany.
1975    Schloss Bellevue, Kassel, West Germany.
1975    Bharat Verein e.V., Frankfurt, West Germany.
1975    Gallery de Sphinx, Amsterdam.
1974    Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1974    Studio, Private Show, New Delhi.
1974    Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay.
1973    Taj Art Gallery, Bombay.
1973    Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1970    Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1968    Taj Art Gallery, Bombay.
1968    Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1967    Rourkela, Max Mueller Bhavan, Odisha. 
1966    Taj Art Gallery, Bombay.
1966    Panjim, Institute Menezes Braganza, Goa.
1965    Taj Art Gallery, Bombay.
1965    Gallery Chemould, Calcutta. 
1964    Private Show, Alyque & Pearl Padamsee, Bombay.
1964    Bhubaneshwar, Rabindra Mandap, Odisha.
1964    Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
1964    Indo-American Society Gallery, Bombay.
1962    Cuttack, Nari Seva Sangha Hall, Odisha.
1962    Sturenkarto, Helsinki, Finland.
1962    Sir J.J. School of Arts, Bombay.

GROUP SHOWS (selected) 
2014    Pink Filly Breast cancer campaign, Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai.
2013    Jaipur Art Summary by PAG, 7-11 NPV.
2013    Art for Uttarakhand, in honour of flood victims.
2013    The Grand Print Making Show, ICAC Mumbai.
2013    Art Bull Gallery ‘Tagore Lost and Found’, 1st March, Delhi.
2012    Konstforum, Norrköping, Sweden (with Eva Zettervall).
2011    National Graphic Show, Mumbai.
2011    Popular Publication, Tao Gallery, Mumbai.
2011    Kumar Gallery, Celebration, New Delhi.
2001    Indian Habitat Centre, Gujarat Earthquake, Organised by VHAI, New Delhi.
1992    IV Bharat Bhavan Biennale of Contemporary Indian Art (award), Bhopal.
1985    2nd Biennale, Cuba, Havana.
1985    3rd Asian Biennale, Bangladesh.
1984    Tokyo Biennale, the 15th International Art Show, Japan.
1982    VII British International Print Biennale, Bradford, UK.
1971-1976-1978        2nd, 3rd and 4th Triennial India, Delhi.
1978    Venice Biennale, Italy.
1976    All India Fine Arts Crafts Society (AIFACS), National Show of Portraits (award), Delhi.
1972    All India Graphics Show, Group 8, Delhi, (award).
1971    Septième Biennale de Paris, France.
1965    The Bombay Art Society (Governor’s Award), Bombay. 
1962    Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, Archer Jehangir Art Academy, Bombay.

ARTISTS'S CAMPS & WORKSHOPS  
2018    Varanasi (Banaras).
2016    Dehradun, Chief Guest World Art day, Welham Boys School.
2016    Nepal, Koirala Foundation.
2016    Chief Guest at Art in Industry Camp (TATA), Bhubaneswar.
2016    Artist Camp Lucknow.
2016    Uttarayan Art Foundation, Baroda. 
2015    Tirupati Artist Camp Mohanbabu.
2015    Kheraghar, Chattisgarh Graphic Artist Camp.
2015    Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, Tata Artist Camp.
2015    Jaipur, Jairangam-Jaipur Theatre Festival.
2015    SPIC Macay IIT, (Work Shop) Mumbai, 
2014    SPIC Macay Workshop, Bhubaneswar.
2014    Lucknow Art Camp.
2014    Konark Artist Camp, Odisha.
2014    Jaipur Arts Festival Camp.
2014    Baroda Artists Camp, Uttarayan.
2013    Rajgir Nalandar Artists Camp, Bihar.
2013    Jaipur Art Camp Juneja Art Gallery.
2012    TATA Art Camp Jamshedpur.
2012    Bali Artist Camp, Vihaan Foundation.
2012    Tata Art Camp, Jamshedpur. 
2012    National Artist Camp, Lalit Kala Academy, Governor House Odisha.
2011    ICAC Art Camp at Vishwa Resort, Saralgaon, Maharashtra.
2010    Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh.
2008    Gwalior, Art Camp.
2008    Jaipur, Art Camp, “Nirja Modi School”.
2007    Thailand, Art Camp, “Kala Khazana”.
2007    Hyderabad, Art Camp, “Ochre India & Pro/ Con”.
2007    Jaisalmer, Art Camp “SAARC Artists”.
2007    Hyderabad, Art Camp, “Gallery Space”.
2007    Ahmedabad, ‘Key Note Address’, Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology.
2006-07    University (CEPT), Architecture University.
2006    Bangalore, Art Camp, Sara Arakkal, September.
2006    RSA Workshop on “Space & Environment.
2003    New Delhi, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Artist Camp, Egypt. 
2003    Baroda, Artist Camp, Egypt.
2002    Hyderabad, Art Camp, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB).
2001    Dabra, Uttar Pradesh, “Gallery Mirage, Vikram Shrivastav.
1999    Workshop with the Israeli artist Meenashe Kadishman.
1999    Mauritius, 14 Indian Artist Camp, Sehar.
1998    Rajasthan, Manesar, Seher.
1998    Assam, Guwahati.
1998    Shimoga/ Gajner / Karnataka / Workshop.
1998    Jim Corbett Park, Ramganga Resort Art Camp, "Seher”. 
1998    Hyderabad, Artists Camp, Save the Rock Society. 
1998    Baroda, Artists Camp, “INTERACT 98”, Alembic Companies.
1997    Madras Art Camp.
1997    Kashmir Art Camp.
1997    Udaipur, Artist Camp.
1997    Baroda, Uttarayan Artists Camp, 
1996    Bangalore, Chitrakala Parishath, 
1995    Moscow, Russia, Artists Camp.
1995    Russia, Krasnoyarsk, International Plannier.
1995    New Delhi, Etching Workshop.
1995    Koraput, Orissa, Dongar Festival.
1993    New Delhi, Park Hotel, Children’s Art Workshop.
1993    Leh, Ladhak, Kashmir Tourism Dept.  All India Art Camp.
1993    Hyderabad, Sanghi Industries All India Art Camp.
1992    Mussoorie, Artists Camp, NCZCC.
1992    New Delhi, All India Artists Camp, HUDCO Habiart.
1989    Kashmir, Srinagar, All India Artists Camp, North Zonal Cultural Centre.
1989    Kashmir, All India Artists Camp, Kashmir Academy of Art.
1989    Calcutta, Artists Camp, Genesis Art Gallery / HUDCO.
1988    East Germany, Schwerin, Dummer, Indo-G.D.R. Artists Workshop.
1987    Simla, Artists Camp, Rajasthan LKA.
1987    Imphal, Artists Camp, Manipur LKA.
1986    Calcutta, Artists Camp, CMC.
1985    Calcutta, 2nd All India Artists Camp, MMB.
1985    New Delhi, Graphic Workshop, LKA, Gadi, by Krishna Reddy.
1981    Bhubaneshwar, All India Artists Camp, Orissa LKA.
1980    New Delhi, Max Mueller Bhavan, conducted Children’s Workshop.
1979    New Delhi, Artists Camp, Gadi Workshop, LKA.
1979    Ooty, All India Artists’ Camp, Tamil Nadu LKA.
1974    Kashmir, All India Artists’ Camp, Kashmir Academy of Arts.
1970    New Delhi, Printmaking & Smithsonian, USIS Workshops, Paul Lingren.

Murals & Sculptures Commissions (selected) 
•    Bhilai Steel Plant, Chhattisgarh (in progress)
2019    Adani Corporate House.
2018    Patna Convention Center, Bihar.
2014    200 feet Mural, Bangalore International Airport.
2014    300 feet Mural, private residence, Ahmedabad.
2012    Mural, private residence, Ahmedabad.
2009    Façade mural, Chelsea Arts Club, London, UK.
2005    3 murals, one metal sculpture, and one metal mobile, National Centre for Plant Genome Research, Delhi.
2001    Mural: ‘The Journey of India: Mohenjo-Daro to Mahatma Gandhi’, oil on canvas, 7ft x 68ft, Indian Parliament, Delhi.
1996    Welded steel installation, Bhilai Steel Plant, Madhya Pradesh.
1992    Mural, LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.
1980    Metal Mural, Hodal, Haryana, India.
1972    Collage Mural, Agricultural Ministry, Pragati Maidan.
1964    Fresco, Birla Kreeda Kendra, egg tempura, Bombay.
1965    Mosaic Mural, Dena Bank, Bombay.
1963    Cement Mural, Architect: Julies Vaz, Bombay Gymkhana.

Other Works: 
•    Postal stamps for Indian Postal Service on road safety, world peace, and the International Red Cross.
•    Graphics Edition- Etching, Lithography, and Serigraphs.
•    Archer Serigraph Edition, Ahmedabad, 2010

Awards 
2015    D.Litt. (Honoris Causa), Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh.
2012    Padma Bhushan, India's highest civilian award by the President of India, Rashtrapati Bhawan.
2010    Conferred the D. Litt. (Honoris Causa), Revenshaw University, Odisha.
2006    Utkala Awards by Bengal Governor, Kolkata.
2007    Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity Italian Government, Italian President Award, New Delhi.
2007    Bharat Nirman Award.
2007    Seminar Management Institution, Bhubaneswar. 
2007    Conferred the D.Litt. (Honoris Causa), Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar.

Teaching 
2009-2011    Visiting Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India.
2008    Professor Emeritus, JMI University. 

Lectures (selected) 
2020    Kanoria Art Center, Ahmedabad.
2020    Kala Bhavan, Shanti Niketan.
2018    Students of BHU, Art Camp, Varanasi (Banaras).
2018    Khairagarh university, Chhattisgarh.
2017    NSD, New Delhi.
2017    IIC, New Delhi, Raza Foundation, Jatin Das Art and Life, conversation with Prayag Shukla.
2016-2017    Koyrala Foundation, Nepal.
2016    Turkey.
2016    Lecture at NIFT, Bhubaneshwar.
2015    SPIC Macay IIT Mumbai.
2015    Chaired a Panel Discussion on “Visual & Performing Art”, The Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, New Delhi.
2015    “Journey of an Artist in the Art world”, Khushwant Singh Literary Festival, Kasauli.
2015    “Art & Aesthetics” ‘Tata Institute of Social Sciences’, Mumbai.
2015    Austria.
2014    Odisha tourism and culture department art camp, Bhubaneswar.
2011    Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda.
2010    ‘National Seminar on Indian Aesthetics’, IIT Kharagpur.
2010    ‘Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture’, NCERT, New Delhi.
2009    SPIC Macay Eastern Zone Convention, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
2009    Santacruz University, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2009    Stanford University, CA, USA.
2009    National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
2009    ‘MS Randhawa Birth Centenary’ Memorial Lecture Chandigarh Museum & Lalit Kala Akademy, Chandigarh, 
2009    ‘Artist on Art’ interviewed by art historian, Yashodhara Dalmia & photographer, Raghu Rai; State Art Academy, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 
2009    School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, 
2007-2010    Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay, 
2007    School of African and Oriental Studies, London
2007    Victoria Albert Museum, London
2007    Pit Reverse Museum, Cambridge University, UK
2007    Harvard, USA; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam and Reitberg Museum, Zurich
2007    Key Note Address, CEPT, University of Architecture, Ahmedabad, 
2007    School of Planning and Architecture (SPA)

Advisory Committee Member 
•    Jury Member, War Memorial, New Delhi, 2016
•    Founder and Chairman, JD Centre of Art, Bhubaneswar, Odisha(JDCA)
•    Member of governing board, Royal Society of Arts India (RSA)
•    Advisory committee member, National Natural History Museum, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
•    Founding President, Odisha Forum, Delhi
•    Founding Member, Poetry Society of India
•    Founding President, Mayurbhanj Cultural Development Foundation
•    Art Advisor, Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO)
•    Member of advisory committee, Delhi Urban Art Commission
•    Member of advisory committee, Rural India Complex, 1972 (now the National Crafts Museum)
•    Member of advisory committee, Philately, New Delhi
•    Member of advisory committee, Republic Day Parade committees, Govt. of India
•    Member of India International Centre (IIC), Delhi
•    Life Member Baripada Club, Mayurbhunj, Odisha
•    Life Member Craft Council of India, New Delhi
•    Life Member of Indian Trust of Rural Heritage
•    Secretary (1962) Indo-American Society, Mumbai
•    Ambassador C & Binette, U.K.
•    Life Member, Artists Centre, Mumbai
•    Member, Rasaja Foundation, New Delhi
•    Life Member, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) no. L/1245
•    Trustee, Delhi Blue Pottery Trust
•    Member British Library London
•    Life Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, London (RSA)
•    Member, Chelsea Arts Club, London
•    Trustee, Ghalib Memorial Movement, Delhi
•    Member, Fan Circle International, London
•    Life Member, Society to Save Rocks, Hyderabad
•    Member Advisory Council, Indo-American Friendship Association, New Delhi, 2010
•    Member Advisory Board, Auronya, Puducherry, 2016

Books 
‘‘The Art of Jatin Das’’, Shobita Punja, Roli Books, 2003 ‘‘Poems by Jatin Das’’ Writers’ Workshop Calcutta, 1972