About the Artist

Madhurjya Dey’s pictorial narrative on canvas asserts a genre of historical fiction in which he fictionalises his own personal experiences and stories. His practice includes narrative storytelling, short prose, different forms of poetry, experimental sculptures, oil paintings, sound design, and digital story games. Seeing the world from a sequestered town, Dey’s art maintains an underlying sense of tension that has become mundane.

Madhurjya uses a contemporary technique of merging painting and photography to depict the suburbs of a segregated town. His work primarily depicts landscapes which are grim and gloomy, further enhanced by his monochromatic palette of blues. Madhurjya Dey reminds the viewer of the seclusion of the town he represents. In expressing a sense of melancholy, Dey’s art unfolds a sense of loneliness. In his composition, he adds a splash of red to sombre blues, inspiring viewers with a sense of wonder. The movement between the real and his fictionalised version of what he has experienced makes his work dynamic at its very foundation.

Madhurjya Dey received a BVA in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda in the year 2018. In 2020, he earned his MVA in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts. Madhurjya Dey has participated in various exhibitions from the year 2018 to 2021 like the States of Disarray: Practice as Restitution. Along with this, he has been an integral part of many workshops like the ‘No Goggle for Earthrise’. Madhurjya Dey has also been a recipient of awards like the Khoj Artist Support Grant in the year 2020 and the Jeram Patel Award in the year 2018.

About the Artist

Madhurjya Dey’s pictorial narrative on canvas asserts a genre of historical fiction in which he fictionalises his own personal experiences and stories. His practice includes narrative storytelling, short prose, different forms of poetry, experimental sculptures, oil paintings, sound design, and digital story games. Seeing the world from a sequestered town, Dey’s art maintains an underlying sense of tension that has become mundane.

Madhurjya uses a contemporary technique of merging painting and photography to depict the suburbs of a segregated town. His work primarily depicts landscapes which are grim and gloomy, further enhanced by his monochromatic palette of blues. Madhurjya Dey reminds the viewer of the seclusion of the town he represents. In expressing a sense of melancholy, Dey’s art unfolds a sense of loneliness. In his composition, he adds a splash of red to sombre blues, inspiring viewers with a sense of wonder. The movement between the real and his fictionalised version of what he has experienced makes his work dynamic at its very foundation.

Madhurjya Dey received a BVA in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda in the year 2018. In 2020, he earned his MVA in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts. Madhurjya Dey has participated in various exhibitions from the year 2018 to 2021 like the States of Disarray: Practice as Restitution. Along with this, he has been an integral part of many workshops like the ‘No Goggle for Earthrise’. Madhurjya Dey has also been a recipient of awards like the Khoj Artist Support Grant in the year 2020 and the Jeram Patel Award in the year 2018.