Rajesh Chand
Painter, Sculptor and Art Writer
Born in 1969, Jamshedpur, India
About
Rajesh Chand is a contemporary Indian painter known for his thought-provoking and symbolic artworks. Born in 1969 in Jamshedpur, India, he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in 1991. His work often explores themes of human existence, peace, and societal issues, using a variety of mediums such as oil, acrylic, charcoal, and watercolor on both canvas and paper.
Chand has been active in the art world since the early 1990s, participating in numerous solo and group exhibitions across India. Some notable solo shows include his 1991-92 exhibition in Patna, while his group exhibitions feature events like “Rainbows in the Sun” at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (2008), and various shows at the India Habitat Centre and Rabindra Bhawan. He has also been involved in several art camps, including those organized by NCZCC Allahabad (1988), EZCC Kolkata (1997), and Delhi Tourism (2004), showcasing his engagement with the broader artistic community.
His paintings often carry deep metaphorical meanings. For instance, in “Balance of Peace,” he depicts a joker—symbolizing a common man—balancing a flowerpot and a globe, set against a chessboard with destructive elements like tanks and anthrax powder, reflecting on humanity’s struggle for harmony amid chaos. Another work, “Enjoy on Hot Box,” portrays an educated man smoking on a matchbox in the middle of a road, critiquing the misuse of talent and its impact on the world.
PARTICIPATIONS
1988-92 College Annual Exhibitions
1989 3rd All India Art Exhibition for Students, New Delhi
1989 "Kala Yatra" Painting Exhibition by PUSCS, Patna
1990 "Impulse 90" Patna
1991, 92 "Rhythm 91" and "Rhythm 92" Patna
1991 63rd Annual All India Art Exhibition (AIFACS), New Delhi
1992 5th All India Art Exhibition, Nagpur
1992 2nd All India Art Exhibition, Varanasi
1993 Yuva Mahotsava, Dumka
1994 Painting Exhibition, Organized by EZCC, Kolkata
1995 Art Exhibition by Bihar Lalit Kala Akademy, Patna
1995 All India Art Exhibition, Shilp Kala Parishad, Patna
1996 Tribal Painting Exhibition, Gumla
1997 All India Art Exhibition in Rajgir, Organized by Shilpi Sangh, Patna
1999 Exhibition for Eminent Artist, Patna
1999 60th Anniversary, College of Art & Crafts, Patna
2001 India Habitat Centre (Gujarat R.F.) New Delhi
2001 "Art Access Week-V" Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai
2008 “Rainbows in the Sun”, Lalit Kala Akademy by Gallery Pioneer, New Delhi
2008 Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings & Sculpture, President House, New Delhi
2008 Exhibition for Bihar Flood Relief Fund, New Delhi
2011 1st International Drawing & Graphic Prints Exhibition 2011, Chandigarh
2011 Face India International Humanism Recovery Festival 2011, Art Show, AIFACS, New Delhi
2012 4th Contemporary Miniature Format INTERNATIONAL Mask Exhibition, LKA New Delhi by NSAG
2012 “MASQUERADES” International Mask Exhibition, Urban Art Gallery, Noida
2012 Contemporary Miniature Format INTERNATIONAL Mask Exhibition, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal
2012 Contemporary Miniature Format INTERNATIONAL Mask Exhibition, Deharadun
2012 Contemporary Miniature Format INTERNATIONAL Mask Exhibition, Mumbai
2012 “UNITED ART FAIR- 2012” Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
2012 Contemporary Miniature Format INTERNATIONAL Mask Exhibition, Italy
2012 1st Delhi International Film Festival, 2012
2013 Face India International Arts Festival 2013 (Indo-Korea Art Exhibition), AIFACS, New Delhi
2017 90th Annual All India Art Exhibition (AIFACS), New Delhi
2018 Governor House, Patna by Government of Bihar
2018 “International Art Festival, Jaipur 2018” 2018 Bodhgaya Biennale 2018, Bodhgaya Bihar
2018 International Art Festival, Jaipur 2019 150 Years of Gandhi, A group exhibition of Paintings & Sculptures Concept and Curation by R.N. Singh, Varanasi
2019 150 Years of Gandhi, A group exhibition of Paintings & Sculptures by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2019 International Art Exhibition Organized by Govt. Museum Jhansi Jointly with Russian Centre of Science and Culture, New Delhi.
2020 “INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ART EXHIBITION” Organized by Council of Indian Art and Culture (CIAC) New Delhi
2021 International Art Exhibition, Subharti University, Meerut (UP)
2023 November 24 Teacher's Day, International Mixed Exhibition, SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY, TURKIYE
2023 “BALANCE AND PLASTIC HARMONIES”, Virtual-plastic arts exhibition, Ecuador
2024 “PHILOSOPHY OF PEACE” International Festival of Visual Arts "Bridges of Multiculturalism", UKRAINE
2024 “PHILOSOPHY OF PEACE” International Festival of Visual Arts "Bridges of Multiculturalism" POLAND
2024 India Art Festival, New Delhi,
2025 Bodh Mahotsava Art Exhibition, Bodh Gaya
2025 Gallery Pioneer, New Delhi
GROUP SHOW
1993-95 Group Shows by Prachi, Patna
1997-98 Group Shows by NADA, Patna
1999 "Dreams & Realities", Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi.
2000 "Awakening" India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2001 Chitram Art Gallery, Cochin
2003 Group Show by United Nation Women‟s Association & E-Paintings, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2003 Group Show by Wisdom, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
2003 Group Show by Nav Sidhartha Art Group, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
2005 Group Show, Gallery Pioneer, New Delhi
2008 Group Show by Nav Sidhartha Art Group, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
2008 Group Show by Nav Sidhartha Art Group, Studio Seven, New Delhi
2008 “Monsoon Show” at Lokayat Mulk Raj Anand Centre, New Delhi
2009 “PAGDANDI” Gallery S-31/3, Gurgaon (HR)
2010 Group Show, Gallery Perspective, Gurgaon, Haryana
2010 Group Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 10/10/10 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy Art Gallery, Lucknow
2011 1/1/11 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Merut
2012 Group Show, Arpana Art Gallery, New Delhi
2013 “RANGPURVI” Group Show, Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi
2013 Art Exhibition for Deobhumi Relief Fund, LKA, N. Delhi
2013 „Peace‟ Group Show, Gallery Greenwood, New Delhi
2013 Group Show, Gallery Greenwood, New Delhi
2014 “EMOTION” Contemporary Art Show, Bihar Lalit Kala Akademi Art Gallery, Patna
2014 “FRIENDSHIP 2014” Curated by Anita Kulkarni at Gallery Pioneer, New Delhi
2015 “Mahaganpati” Group Show, MIRUS Art Gallery, New Delhi
2016 “LESSLINE” Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi
2016 Group Art Exhibition, Hauz Khas Metro Station, New Delhi
2017 17/07/17 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Garhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2017 17/07/17 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Ishanya Tilting Art Gallery, Pune, Maharashtra
2017 17/07/17 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Artspace Ajitgarh Art Gallery, Mohali, Chandigarh
2018 “SANKALAN” Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi
2018 “SANKALAN” CSOI Art Gallery, New Delhi
2019 “Group Show” CSOI Art Gallery, New Delhi
2019 “ART TODAY” Group Show NIV Art Gallery, New Delhi
2020 “CSOI ART SUMMIT 2020“, New Delhi
2020 “1 x 1 DRAWING”, Online Show by Color n Space Artist Studio
2022 “Panoramic View of Bihar”, Gallery Pioneer, New Delhi
2022 “India Art Festival” , New Delhi
2022 Group Exhibition, Shailja,s Studio, Gurugram
2024 “Canvas Confluence 2024”, Shailja's Art Gallery, Gurugram
2024 “VIBRANT REALMS” Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, Gallery Pioneer, New Delhi.
CAMP
1988 Art Camp on Patna Kalam organized by NCZCC, Allahabad
1995 Painting Camp by Prachi, Patna
1997 Artist Camp by NADA, Patna
1997 Folk Painting Camp, Madhubani, organized by EZCC, Kolkata
1997 Zonal Painting Camp, Chhandar, West Bengal
1998 Painting Camp (Kala Utsava-98) by NADA, Patna
1998 Zonal Painting Camp for Eminent Artist, Agartalla
2004 Painting Camp, Delhi, organized by Delhi Tourism and India Tourism
2005 All India Artist Camp, Dehradun
2006 “VIRASAT” All India Artist Camp, Dehradun by REACH
2010 Artist Camp, Ranchi, by Lalit Kala Akademi
2011 IIIrd Artist Camp, Jim Corbett National Park, by Krishna Maruti Center for Contemporary Art & Culture
2011 All India Artist Camp, PATNA organized by Bihar Lalit Kala Academy and Department of Art and Culture Patna
2012 “VIRASAT” All India Artist Camp, Dehradun by REACH
2018 All India Visual Art Workshop, Patna by Government of Bihar
2019 Expanding Horizons Art Camp, IMS DIA, Noida, UP 2019 150 Years of Gandhi Art Camp, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2019 150 Years of Gandhi Art Camp, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2024 ‘Viksit Bharat Ambassadors Art Workshop,’ New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi in association with New Delhi Municipal Corporation
2024 Painting Workshop on ‘Jan Nayak Karpuri Thakur’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
SOLO SHOW
1991-92 Solo Painting Exhibitions in Patna
2010 Lalit Kala Academy Art Gallery, New Delhi
AWARD
1989, 90, 92 College Annual Exhibition
1990 "Impulse 90" Patna
1991 "Impulse 91" Patna
1993 Yuva Mahotsava, Dumka
HONOR
2016 Guest of Honor, Annual Function Institute of Fine Arts, Modi Nagar
2015 As a Judge, Live Painting Competition, President NWYA National Security Guard (NSG)
2018 Guest of Honor, Annual Function Institute of Fine Arts, Modi Nagar
2018 As a Judge, Live Painting Competition, Delhi Govt. School.
2019 Guest of Honor, Annual Function Institute of Fine Arts, Modi Nagar
2021 Guest of Honor, Annual Function Minarva Institute of Management and Technology, Dehradun
CORDINATION
All India Artist Camp (1989) by Bihar Pragatishil Kalakar Sangh, Patna; Many Art Camps in Patna, (1993 To 1994) Organized by Camlin Limited; Artist camp by (1995) SHILPI SANGH, Patna ; Folk Painting Camp, Madhubani (1997) Organized by Department of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar; ; Painting Exhibition for Women (1997), Organized by EZCC, Kolkata & Department of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar. Kala Utsava-98 (1998) by National Art Development Association, Patna ; “EMOTION” Group Show (2014) by Art of Bihar, Patna. CSOI ART SUMMIT 2020“, New Delhi. Many Online Art Shows. Panoramic View of Bihar, Gallery Pioneer, New Delhi
