Jitendra Padam Jain

Jitendra Padam Jain

Founder, Managing Director, Curator, Gallery Sree Arts and Jewels Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon Gallery Sree Arts, a Gurgaon-based art gallery established in 2003, is such an example. It is a venture established by Jitendra Padam Jain, a trained artist, who works towards encouraging imminent artists, and bring their works on to a global field.
Having completed his Masters in Fine Arts at the Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi, Jitendra also obtained a diploma in painting and design at London. Thereafter he visited several renowned institutions and the concept of Gallery Sree Arts sprouted in his mind. Since then, there has been no looking back and his passion and pain have paid off. Having been associated with international platforms such as the Lalit Kala Akademi, and the India Habitat Centre at Delhi, the Goa Film Festival, Japan Biennale Art Exhibition, the Mumbai Kala Ghodha Festival, Gallery Sree Arts today has established a name for itself.

Jitendra was a full-time artist before turning to curation. He personally witnessed the difficult struggle of young artists and decided to support young talent in different ways under the Gallery Sree Arts banner. A decade later, his zen has lived up to his promise and brought to the fore a number of new names in the art world. The gallery has invested a lot in emerging artists. Jitendra judges an artist's works based on the concept, creativity and passion towards art. Some artists are not trained yet their brilliant ideas and creativity shines through. Art is now not restricted to just painting on canvas or paper only but is all around even on cars, dresses, and ceilings. Jitendra loves this energy in Indian contemporary art.

Jitendra has promoted several emerging artists including Tirthankar Biswas, Moutushi Chakravarty, Surendra K. Misra, and Sambit Panda. The gallery also has a large collection of works by eminent artists such as Akbar Padamsee, Jogen Chowdhury, Arup Das, Sanat Kar, Sunil Das, Krishen Khanna, Lalu Prasad Shaw, K. Laxma Gaur, M.F. Husain, Thota Vaikuntam, Rabindranath Tagore, Rini Dhumal, Haku Shah, Yashwant Shirwadkar, Ratan Parimoo, and K.G. Subramaniam.

Recently Jitendra has been awarded as achiever in Visual arts aka Universal Humanitarian Award 2013 and nominated as Outstanding Curator of Asia 2013.