Jagadish Chandra Dey

Jagadish Chandra Dey, also known as Jagdish Dey, is a renowned Indian Painter and Printmaker, known for his unique style of surrealism, where the real and unreal coexist. He has been a member of many prestigious art societies and juries.
Early life.
Jagadish Chandra Dey was born in 1942 in Sylhet (Now in Bangladesh). He moved with his family to Assam at an young age, completing his schooling there. He Graduated from School of Art, Delhi Polytechnic (Now College of Art, New Delhi) in 1963. After a short stint in advertising, he joined College of Art, New Delhi as a Faculty member in 1965. During his early years, he worked with other eminent Indian artists such as Manjit Bawa, Umesh Varma and Gokal Dembi.
Notable Work.
He has held 13 Solo art exhibitions at the Taj Art Gallery (Mumbai), Jehangir Art Gallery (Mumbai), Dhoomimal Art Gallery (New Delhi), Sanskriti Art Gallery (Kolkata) and Jharokha Art Gallery (New Delhi), amongst others.
Since 1961 he has participated in more than 100 group exhibitions across India and world over, such as:
He has also taken part in many art workshops including Printmaking Workshop under Prof. Paul Lingren, Director Smithsonian Printmaking Association, Washington, in 1970; Viscosity Printing with Prof. Krishna Reddy at a workshop organized by Lalit Kala Akademi at Garhi studio in 1985, along with participation in various Art Camps such as the one organised by TATA Steel in Jamshedpur in 2000; Artists Camp for Harsh Goenka in Mumbai, organized by Vikram Sethi in 2003.
Collections.
Rashtrapati Bhawan, National Gallery of Modern Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Bharat Bhavan, HUDCO, Glenbara Museum - Japan, Smithsonian Institute - Washington D.C., Taj Mahal Hotels - India, Air India, TATA Steel, Sahitya Kala Parishad, ITC, Birla Academy - Kolkata and many other private collections.