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Giliyal Jayaram Bhat (b. 1958) was born in Panaje, Puttur where he received his initial art training. He is an industrialist (BBM) and artist (BFA, MVA). He has conducted, participated in and led several successful art exhibitions while completing his BBM degree, winning many painting competitions in the late 1970’s. He then moved to Mumbai for 5 years after college for work and during this time, he attended Bandra School of Art in 1980.

In 1983 he founded and established “Giliyal Industries” in Bangalore where he has successfully headed and run a Blowers and Blower Systems manufacturing factory for over 40 years now.

He received guidance and inspiration from Sri G.S. Shenoy, Udupi, Mr. Akshay Kumar Jha, Mumbai, Sri P.S. Punchithaya, Kasargod and Sri V.B. Hiregouder, Mysore. His paintings have been used on the covers of literature publications by Smt. Leela Mannala, a noted Kannada writer and novelist. Jayaram’s work can be found in the permanent collection at Dr. Shivaram Karanth Art Gallery, Puttur, and in private collections both in India and abroad.

Art Style

He started his art career with realistic and hyper-realistic portraits, landscapes and still life. After his formal training in painting (BFA, MVA), he began experimenting with abstraction taking inspiration from his experience as well as his travels.

His obsession with colour and balance is reflected in his works of abstraction, bringing small and large canvases to life with its many stories and life-like rhythm.

More recently, Bhat has consciously departed from his realistic landscape and portraiture works to move into intense abstraction of the land and water that find him in his everyday life and during his travels.

He composes his canvases with uninhibited freedom letting the elements interact within themselves in the pictorial plane, creating balances, imbalances, breathing spaces and a burgeoning of possibilities for viewer involvement and interpretation.

His paintings have been exhibited in several successful solo shows and group shows in Bangalore, Mangalore, Mumbai, Dubai including at the prestigious Jehangir Art Gallery and Nehru Art Centre in Mumbai and Chitrakala Parishat in Bangalore.

Art Camps

Varna Jagruthi, Mudabidri - 2010
Chithrakala Mela, Mangalore - 2013
Karnataka Veternary Science, Animal and Fisheries Science University, Kala Mela, Bidar- 2015
Karnataka Lalithakala Academy Camp, Mysore - 2016
Chithra Siri, Moodabidri – 2017
Mathsya Varna, Fisheries College, Mangalore – 2019

Exhibitions

‘Palette of Perspectives’ – Group show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, October 2023
‘World Art Dubai’ – Group show, Dubai, March 2023
‘Boundless’ – Solo show, Chitra Kala Parishat, Bangalore, December 2022
‘Reflections of the Mindscape’ – Solo show, Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai, March 2021
‘Inner Sanctum’ – Group show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, March 2020
‘Beyond Colors-4’ – Shanker Art Foundation group show, Bangalore, 2019
‘River Festival’ – Group show, Mangalore, 2019
‘Kudla Mela’ – Group show, Mangalore, 2017
V3 – Group show, Chitra Kala Parishat, Bangalore, December 2015
‘Family Tree’ – Group show, Chitra Kala Parishat, Bangalore, November 2014
‘Chitra Parise’ – Karnataka Lalitakala Academy, Ravindra Kalakshetra, Bangalore, March 2013
Group show – Generation Art Foundation, Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai, February 2013
‘The Colour Square’ – Group show, Chitra Kala Parishat, Bangalore, December 2012
‘The Water Festival’ – Group show, Alliance Française, Bangalore, August 2012
‘April Blossom’ – Group show, Chitra Kala Parishat, Bangalore, April 2012
‘Vivid Life’ – Solo show, Chitra Kala Parishat, Bangalore, September 2011
‘Five is a Perfect Number’ – Group show, Chitra Kala Parishat, Bangalore, January 2011
Group show – Girinagar, Bangalore, September 2010
‘The Water Festival’ – Group show, Alliance Française, Bangalore, August 2010
‘Varna Jagruthi’ – Group show, Moodabidri, Karnataka, 2010
Group show – Kalamandira, Mysore, 2008

Education

Master of Visual Art (MVA) in Realistic Art and Painting from DMS LalithakalaMahaSamathana, Mysore (affiliated to KSOU) - 2012.

Dissertation: Detailed study on the life and art of late artist GS Shenoy.

Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) in Realistic Art and Painting from DMS LalithakalaMahaSamathana, Mysore (affiliated to KSOU) – 2009 (4th rank)
Bachelor of Business Management from MGM, Udupi- 1978

Art by Jayaram Giliyal

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