The ARTIST

Colour  |  Geometry  |  Ballerina

 

ABOUT

Pragya Jain, a graduate of the Delhi College of Art, New Delhi, has been evolving as an artist in the Fine Art field since 2001. Her works have been commended and appreciated since her student days. In High School, she was awarded by the President of India for excellence in Fine Art. Pragya’s first solo exhibition in Bangalore, India held in November 2009 brought her great appreciation and various art opportunities. Her works belong in several collections and art connoisseur such as the Jindals and the Prestige group in India to name a few. 
 
A creative and thinking artist par excellence, Pragya made a flying start into art with her maiden art showing at the Polka Art Gallery, New Delhi. Her works were handpicked to be exhibited with a number of Indian masters. At a later showing at Art Mall, New Delhi, Pragya made her acquaintance with art collectors, whose discerning eyes spotted the potential and promise her works held. Today, her works are in the homes, offices of major collectors and million dollar apartment models all over India. Having showed her works at prestigious galleries in New York, Boston and various other cities within the United States had given her artistic career an immense stimulation. 
 
She is a volunteer at charitable organizations that assist homeless people and also provide them a space to learn and create art. Pragya has been involved in teaching these struggling children and adults about the basics of art and then helped them showcase their works. The proceeds from the sales have given back a sense of purpose to the hapless. She is also the Vice President of the Pioneer Valley Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, United States, that is a Non- Profit Women’s art organization with a backing from the United Nations. 
 
The pristine lines of determined geometry that adorn her canvases are favored by viewers for their clean contours. Her colour palette ranges from sharp black and white contrasts to a fine merger of contiguous blends. The imposition of a ballerina in motion on the surface suggests a mood of well-being, harmony and lyricism. Fascinated by the drama of opposites attracted towards each other, Pragya reveals an entirely different personality in other works, where the squared segments box in her ideas into compartmented cellular arrangements, suggesting a narrative born of questioning, statements on current trends, and the need to focus on issues in a systematic manner.  
 
The growth pattern in her art is visible through a striving to explore. They reveal her findings through colors, design, and evocative imagery being integrated into a vision of grace, spirituality and happiness. It is abstract works of Kandinsky and his devotion to inner beauty, fervor of spirit, deep spiritual desire and inner necessity that inspires her subjects, colors and forms. Vibrant, bright colors and internal spiritual contexts make up Pragya's art. Looking out for fellow artists is another important aspect that drives her art. Pragya's aspires to be known as a visionary optimistic artist down the path of life.