Studio Art Presents the following artists at the Art Mumbai 2024 .
Baiju Parthan
Khalil Chishtee
Shivani Aggarwal
Sachin Tekade
Jayeti Bhattacharya
KHALIL CHISHTEE
Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Khalil Chishtee (1964) is a visual artist based in New York City. Chishtee holds a MA in studio arts from Sac State, Sacramento, CA. Before moving to States he taught at National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan, for ten years. Besides exhibiting his work Chishtee had done public commissions in major cities of Pakistan, One of his commissions in NYC includes transforming a 150 apartments residential building in Brooklyn into his art installation.
As a child Khalil Chishtee learned the art of calligraphy from maestro painter Sadeqain in Lahore. Sadeqain’s masterly done non-traditional calligraphic paintings seems all figures to him, for young Chishtee these were dancing or acrobatic movements of a human body all over his canvases, analogous with that Chishtee instead of using Urdu or Arabic letters, chose figures to narrate his stories.
Chishtee intends his art for transformation rather than decoration, diversion or indoctrination. In his view the art is meant to serve for cultivating knowledge of how to be in the world, for going through life. And it can be effective for developing a deeper understanding of your own experiences.
Chishtee’s works are based on the exotic calligraphy is very political in nature, these
calligraphic impressions can mesmerize the viewer on its first look. Generally people
appreciate the elegance and aesthetics of calligraphy without vesting their labor in trying to read it. When Urdu text is used as a decorative element, it tends to establish a connection with its mother language Arabic. He questions the relationship of form and content in his work.
Shivani Aggarwal, born in New Delhi, India 1975
She is a Post Graduate in painting from Wimbledon school of art (London, UK) where she was studying under Charles Wallace art award in 2003
She has had many solo exhibitions in cities like London, Lahore, Mumbai, Delhi and Dubai along with a solo project at the India Art Fair in 2013 with Studio Art gallery New Delhi.
Shivani’s work is an emotional premonition of her own situation and the thoughts that emerge from there.
Over the past few years she has been involved with creating, enlarging, bending and twisting common everyday objects that she finds in her regular environment. They are symbolic of functionality where the personal , political or societal are constantly being challenged.Her art practice has evolved into three- dimensional installations in wood, fiberglass, terracotta and thread. Her use of the red thread in her previous body of works has been significant to her voice.
Promises I is a set of twenty individually created pieces on handmade paper. The background of these works are created by using reverse transfer impressions from recent newspapers.
The faded stories feature pictures of knotted ropes.
Set in the present, the work examines how news that appears objective and unrelated can entice us in with false promises. The commitments to justice, peace, and non-violence, that our political and social structures make with us.
Her work titled "Promises II" is a series of four wooden sculptures with intertwined ropes with words written within them representing the promises we make to our political, social, and cultural structures and vice versa. Assurances of compassion, peace, intimacy, prosperity, and well-being are like obligations our systems impose on us in order for us to thrive as social beings.
These works brings to attention the friction and tension that results from our intricate societal programming, which shapes our thoughts and emotions.
SACHIN TEKADE
Sachin was born in 1980 - Karodi Village of Akola District in Maharashtra. He was first introduced to ‘Paper’ as a medium while pursuing Art Teacher Diploma in year 1999. He holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts degree from Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda in 2006.
Unseen Hue is a set of 12 works) 18x20 inches
Here Sachin Tekade’s work engages with the quiet elegance of plain white paper as both canvas and medium, establishing it as a foundation of stillness and restraint. In his practice, simplicity becomes a profound form of expression. Through minimal yet carefully placed accents of color, Tekade introduces subtle reflections that activate the surface, inviting viewers into a contemplative dialogue of light, shadow, and form. These restrained color accents, meticulously positioned, serve as moments of discovery, creating a dynamic interplay that catches and releases light. This interaction beckons the viewer to pause, to witness how something so pared down can reveal depth and complexity.
Tekade’s pieces speak to the human impulse to find meaning in simplicity, inviting a meditative response that is both curious and introspective. Tekade’s minimalist compositions encourage a behavioural shift in the viewer, drawing them into a slower rhythm and asking them to engage with the work fully and attentively.
The absence of overt detail or vibrancy prompts a quieter, more intentional form of observation one where each shift in perspective brings a new experience. As viewers change their position, the reflections shift, creating an active engagement that demonstrates how subtle plays of light and colour can bring nuance to a seemingly blank surface.
Each piece by Tekade is a study in the psychology of perception, exploring how the human mind responds to space, absence, and restraint. In a world often overwhelmed with visual noise, his works offer an invitation to return to simplicity—a quiet meditation on the power of minimalism and the richness that emerges from understated form. Through this reductive approach, Sachin Tekade reminds viewers that even the simplest gestures in art can evoke a profound encounter with light, space, and the self.
Jayeti Bhattacharya, born in 1989, completed her MFA from Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan. Jayeti works with drawings, materials and objects that explore the thought of home, migration and belonging.
Drawing offers a unique lens enabling her to delve deeply into imagination, observe reality without filters, and articulate the most intimate thoughts and emotions.
The journey started from the inception of the work with the handmade artist book “Memories for the Future” to the development of large-format drawings such as “Unpredictable Ecosystem” and “What Will Remain.” Her choice of drawing as a medium is not merely a stylistic preference but a profound tool for exploration and communication. Through an organic and evolving process, she connects past, present, creating a narrative about the present’s complexities.
