Baiju Parthan

Baiju Parthan was born in 1956 in Bombay. He is a contemporary artist known for his intermedia worlds. While elaborating the workings of a mysterious inner universe through his paintings, Parthan has combined his painterly concerns with his explorations of cyberspace to produce a series of provocative, richly textured installations. Inspired greatly by philosophy, Parthan’s works focus on the understanding of the self as perceived in the western and eastern ways of thinking. His belief is that how one creates art, is defined by the way one’s sense of self is shaped. He aims to generate original metaphors and symbols that have the potential to expand the range of meanings that we can wrestle out of life and reality. 

Through his work, Parthan strives to push the boundaries of the sense of self, and one’s position and role in society. Initially consisting of paintings on canvas, Parthan’s work has shifted to consist of a wide variety of materials, including newspapers, television, internet, large scale lenticular prints on metallic surfaces, and ancient cosmological diagrams, scientific charts, and satellite maps. This range of media allows Parthan to address the notion of blurring boundaries in modern life.

Parthan has exhibited widely in India and internationally and has received numerous awards including the Goa Lalit Kala Akademi Award in 1981 and the Lalit Kala Akademi Merit Prize from 1978 to 1981. He lives and works in Bombay.