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About Jagannath Paul
Jagannath Paul’s semi-abstract figures—bold in form yet gentle in gaze—draw you into a world of silent stories. With cubist geometry and the intimacy of charcoal, his artworks distill the complexities of human relationships into a language of color, shape, and emotion.
His artistic language is instantly recognizable—expressed in strong linear compositions, Cubist influences, and his signature use of charcoal offset by bursts of red, yellow, and orange.
What sets Paul apart is his ability to transform charcoal into a deeply expressive tool, capturing the rawness of human connection while introducing a theatrical interplay of light and shadow. His figures often depicted with elongated features and closed eyes, do not seek to resemble, but to reflect. They are vessels of emotion, poised between abstraction and intimacy.
His visual vocabulary, built on solid geometries and stark contrasts, mirrors the complexity of relationships - fluid yet structured, personal yet universal. Paul maps the unspoken territories between man and woman, longing and contentment, solitude and unity, which almost feels like walking into a hushed conversation - the kind that happens in the quiet of shared glances, of unvoiced thoughts.
Academics
Graduate from Govt. College of Arts and Craft, Kolkata 2000. lives and works in Mumbai
Awards and recognition
2003 Hindustan Pencil Ltd. Award, Bombay Art Society2001 Camlin Award, Mumbai, Governor Award, New Delhi1996 Academy Award from Academy of Fine Arts, KolkataI995/I996 College Award for Best Pencil Study, Kolkata Gopen Roy Award from Indian Society of Oriental Arts
