Biography
Jai Chuhan is an Indian-born British artist based in London. She was nominated by Peter Doig in the David and Yuko Juda Art Foundation Grant exhibition he curated at Annely Juda, London (2024). Her work featured in the Hayward Touring exhibition Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood curated by Hettie Judah (2024-25).
Her paintings have been exhibited internationally including at: Tate Liverpool; Barbican, London; Arnolfini, Bristol; Bluecoat, Liverpool; Ikon, Birmingham; Tramway, Glasgow; Orchard Gallery, Derry; Southampton City Art Gallery; The Minories, Colchester; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; The Lowry, Salford; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; Usher Gallery, Lincoln; Watermans Arts Centre, London; Commonwealth Institute, London; Horizon Gallery, London; Pitzhanger, London; Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea, Marsala; Cedric Bardawil, London; Frestonian, London; ArtAnkara, Ankara; Paul Soto, Los Angeles; Niru Ratnam, London; Lo Brutto Stahl, Basel; Art Basel and Art Basel Paris with The Approach; Frieze London, Art Mumbai, India Art Fair in New Delhi with Vadehra Art Gallery.
Solo exhibitions include Jai Chuhan, The Approach, London (2025); Jai Chuhan: Dancer, Harbour House, Devon (2025); Jai Chuhan, Champ Lacombe, Biarritz, France (2024);
Small Paintings, Qrystal Partners, London (2023); Jai Chuhan, Paris Internationale with Champ Lacombe, Paris (2023); Remodel: Painting Studio, HOME for Asia Triennial Manchester (2018); Decanting Desire, Liverpool Biennial (2014); Jai Chuhan: Recent Paintings, Victoria Gallery & Museum (2013).
Selected publications include A Brief History of South Asian Art in Twentieth-century Britain published by Tate Publishing (2025); The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3, published by Anomie (2024); Jai Chuhan: Small Paintings monograph, published by Hurtwood (2023).
Her paintings and drawings are in collections including of the Tate, Arts Council Collection, Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool, Grosvenor Museum, Chester and Cartwright Hall, Bradford; Government Art Collection (UK); Kiran Nader Museum, New Delhi.