Jagdish Chander was born in 1954 He is popularly called an Indian visual artist He pursued his painting degree from Delhi College of Art, the University of Delhi in 1977 He also served as a research scholar at the Department of Fine Arts, University of Tsukuba, Japan from 1984-86 

 

Chander has explored different expressions and emotions of the human face such as anxiety, happiness, triumph, anger, despair, numbness, frustration, etc His portrayals depict the real emotions of humans His work translates to the re-awakening free world as he has attained mature rational consciousness through thought, education, and experience His art beautifully restores a balance between thought and feeling  

 

The artist genre comprises the art composition which rises stepwise Usually, he investigates the relationship between form and space as the texture is vital in his art Such revelation shows the force of the artwork as a source of society’s reflection The elements of his paintings reside in the subliminal, popular entertainment, rhetorical posturing of contemporary discourse, and frequently raised ideals represented in media   

 

Chander received awards for Junior Fellowship in Painting from the Ministry of Human Resources and Development in 1983-84, 87-90 He also received a Japanese Government (Monbusho) Scholarship in Painting from the University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan in 1984-86 Along with International recognition, he is acknowledged in his home country by the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award in Painting, Delhi, 1988; Sanskriti Award in the field of Fine Art by Sanskriti Pratisthan, Delhi; National Award in Painting, National Lalit Kala Akademy, Delhi in 1990; Senior Fellowship in Fine Arts from Ministry of Human Resources and Development in 1996-98 and many more 

 

His work was exhibited at Museum Für Indische Kunst, Berlin; Galerie Petra Lange, Berlin, in Germany as solo in 2006; India-Korea contemporary art exhibition at Habitat Centre, Delhi in 2005; Group show at palette art Gallery in 2004; Korea-India Contemporary Art Exhibition, Gallery Kwang Hwa Moon, Seoul, Korea and Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi as solo in 2003; Contemporary Asian Art Workshop by Bengal Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2002; National Gallery of Modern Art, CJ Public Hall, Mumbai, Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition at ISU International Art gallery, Singapore and Zeitgenossiche Kunst, The RPG Collection of Indian art, Lever-Kusen and Monhiem, Germany in 2001; Three artists from India, Russia and 50 Years of Independence 1947-97 “Gift to India” “India in Harmony'' by Sahmat Delhi in 1997; Shriharani Art Gallery, New Delhi as solo in 1995; Artists in residence, Hermit Foundation, Plassy Czech Republic in 1994; Review & hundred years of Indian art, An exhibition curated by Geeta Kapur in NGMA, Delhi and Asian heart and form; An Exhibition in Hiroshima, Japan in 1990–1993; Shriharani Art Gallery, New Delhi as solo in 1992; The third Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal in 1990; Second International Print Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal in 1989; Miyasaka Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan as solo in 1986; Exhibition of contemporary Indian Artists in Japan, Tokyo in 1984