BEGINNINGS
He was born in Beliatore, Bankura District, West Bengal.
1921- 24 Began his First period of experimentation with the Santhal Dance.
1925 Began experimenting along the lines of popular bazaar paintings sold outside the Kalighat temple, Calcutta.
EDUCATION
1930-38 Diploma (Fine Arts), Govt. School of Art, Calcutta.
EXHIBITIONS
1929 Exhb., Govt. School of Art, Calcutta.1937 First solo exhb., Samavaya Mansions, Calcutta.1938 Exhb., British Indian Street, Calcutta.1946 Exhb. inaugurated by E.M. Forest, Burlington Gallery, London.1953 Exhb. in New York.1980 Solo exhb., Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.1982 Exhb., Academy of Fine Art, Calcutta.1987 Centenary Exhb., National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.1987 Centenary Exhb., Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.1988 Exhb., Academy of Fine Art, Calcutta.1990 Centenary Exhb., Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay.1991 Exhb., The Grand Patua, New Delhi.1991 National Exposition of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.1995 Exhb., Renaissance Gallery, Bangalore.1995 From the Seeds to Flower - Jamini Roy and His Roots, Galerie Romain Roland, Alliance Fran?aise, New Delhi.1995 Old Masters, Taj Palace Intercontinental, New Delhi.1998 Exhb., The Simplicity of a Pioneer, Mumbai.1998 Temperas and Sketches, Art Bazar, Calcut
COLLECTION
Indian Museum, Calcutta.Parshant Tulsiyan, Calcutta.Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta.Prakash & Soumitra Kejriwal, Calcutta.National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.Kamal Morarka, Bombay.Abhishek Poddar, Bangalore.Victoria & Albert Museum, London.Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
AWARDS
1935 Awarded Viceroy?s Gold Medal.1955 Awarded Padma Bhushan, Govt. of India.1956 Elected Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.1967 Awarded honorary D. Litt., Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta.
STYLE
His art is associated specifically with Bengal modernism, replete with reference to the regions crafts and village arts, it also inhabits a crutial niche within the larger national arts spectrum. Fashioning a new `folk` style drawing on local art forms, it stands out in this period as a singular example of Indian Primitivism and the bearer of a new left cultural ideology.
