Jogen Chowdhury

b. 1939

Jogen Chowdhury studied at the Government College of Arts
and Crafts (1955-1960) Kolkata. In 1965, Chowdhury went
to the Ecole des Beaux Arts and William Hayter’s Atelier 17 in
Paris. On his return in 1968 he worked as a textile designer in
the Handloom Board, Madras until 1972. His first book of poems
was published in 1970, and he joined the Calcutta Painters
Group. Chowdhury moved to Delhi in 1972 as curator of the
Rashtrapati Bhawan art collection. In 1975, he founded Gallery
26 and Artists’ Forum along with other artists. In 1987, Chowdhury
joined Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan as professor of painting.
He has had several solo shows in India and abroad and has been
a part of numerous group shows, national and international
Biennales and Triennials. He has received Kalidas Sanman from
Government of Madhya Pradesh; and was awarded in the 2nd
Biennale of Havana, Cuba. He lives and works in Santiniketan.