By using mediums as a language of expression, Jain’s practice over the years has included Collagraphs, Paintings, Photographs and Digital Landscapes. Her recurring subjects include ‘women’ and ‘the exploited’ that expand into empathy and layered personal narratives. 

SANTOSH JAIN

Growing up in India, I found women rarely to be the central character of any story. Rather, they’ve been pushed into the background; their roles, desires & existence are nothing more than of service to others. Through my art, I’ve explored the many ways in which women are an integral part of society, family and life itself.  This Mixed Media work is a place where Photography, Printmaking and Painting cross and intersect. The process is intense as I build layers in these interdependent disciplines.

Growing up in India, I found women rarely to be the central character of any story. Rather, they’ve been pushed into the background; their roles, desires & existence are nothing more than of service to others. Through my art, I’ve explored the many ways in which women are an integral part of society, family and life itself.  This Mixed Media work is a place where Photography, & Painting cross and intersect. The process is intense as I build layers in these interdependent disciplines.

Mixed Media On Digital Painting & Photography,

Digital

Growing up in India, I found women to be rarely the central character of any story. Rather, they have been pushed into the background, their roles, desires, and existence nothing more than of service to others. Through my art, I’ve explored the many ways in which women are an integral part of society, family, and life itself.

Women

India

Society

Feelings

Human Emotions

My contemporary Mixed Media works are a place where Photography, Printmaking and Painting cross and intersect. The process is intense as I build layers in these interdependent disciplines. The layers help me engage with the viewers, in a unique way – by breaking barriers of time, space and mediums. Art for me is a second language that expresses my inner concerns while also inviting viewers to come and converse with the narrative.

Photography, Painting, Printmaking

My contemporary Mixed Media works are a place where Photography, Printmaking and Painting cross and intersect. 

Woman

Expression

Empathy

Man Woman Relationship

This work is a comment on the path chosen by the ‘Naga Sadhus’ in India. Curiosity and observation, both are an integral part of me. I created this work after I visited the Kumbh Mela in 2019. 

My works are a dexterous play of my original photography with software as well as additional layers in pastels and acrylics. The layers help me engage with the viewers, in a unique way – by breaking barriers of time, space and mediums. My Art invites viewers to come and converse with the narrative.

This work is a comment on the path chosen by the ‘Naga Sadhus’ in India. Curiosity and observation, both are an integral part of me. I created this work after I visited the Kumbh Mela in 2019

Spirituality

Kumbh Mela

The colours of emotions fade away with time, but the scars always remain within you. My Mixed Media works are a dexterous juxtaposition of my original photography with software as well as additional layers in pastels and acrylics. Each work is a single edition and carries with it my personal emotions and experiences. Art for me is a second language that expresses my inner concerns while also inviting viewers to come and converse with the narrative. 

The colours of emotions fade away with time, but the scars always remain within you.

Life

Lust

Relationships

Female Figure

Passage Of Time

Scar

Memories

Growing up in India, I found women to be rarely the central character of any story. Rather, they have been pushed into the background, their roles, desires, and existence nothing more than of service to others. Through my art, I’ve explored the many ways in which women are an integral part of society, family, and life itself.

My Mixed Media works are a dexterous play of my original photography with software as well as additional layers in pastels and acrylics.  

Feminism

Abstract

My Mixed Media works are a dexterous juxtaposition of my original photography with softwares as well as additional layers in pastels and acrylics. The layers help me engage with the viewers, in a unique way – by breaking barriers of time, space and mediums. Each work is a single edition and carries with it my personal emotions and experiences. Art for me is a second language that express my inner concerns while also inviting viewers to come and converse with the narrative. 

Mixed Media On Digital Painting On Archival Paper

Photography

Pastel

Acrylic

Mixed Media 

Oppressed

Trade

Colours

Truth

Figurative

Mixed Media On Archival Paper

Gold paint

This work is a comment on the path chosen by the ‘Naga Sadhus’ in India. Curiosity and observation, both are an integral part of me. I created this work after I visisted the Kumbh Mela in 2019

Holy

Sadhu

Wife

Sins

Streets Of India

My Mixed Media works are a dexterous juxtaposition of my original photography with softwares as well as additional layers in pastels and acrylics. The layers help me engage with the viewers, in a unique way – by breaking barriers of time, space and mediums. Each work is a single edition and carries with it my personal emotions and experiences. Art for me is a second language that express my inner concerns while also inviting viewers to come and converse with the narrative.

Religion

Belief

Rural India

God Men

Colours Of India

Peacocks

My Mixed Media works are a dexterous juxtaposition of my original photography with art softwares as well as additional layers in pastel, acrylic and pen. I enjoy creating charcoal drawings, paint strokes and tonal values using virtual brushes; followed by brush strokes and charcoal on the final print. These layers help me engage with viewers in a unique way - by breaking barriers of time, space and mediums. Each work is a single edition and carries with it my personal emotions and experiences.

My work explores narratives around women, where I see them as emotional beings, silent sufferers, pillars of strength and also game players. 

Womanhood

Nude

Desire

Contemporary

Culture

History

Trace Of Time

“Who heard her screaming? From Mahabharata till today…”  As a society, have we really made much difference in the status of women?

SANTOSH JAIN

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