Biography

Jai Chuhan is an Indian-born British artist based in London. Her work features in the Hayward Touring show Acts of Creation (2024-25) curated by Hettie Judah. She was nominated by Peter Doig for the David and Yuko Juda Art Foundation Grant exhibition at Annely Juda, London (2024).

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.

Solo exhibitions include at Champ Lacombe, Biarritz, France (2024); Small Paintings, Qrystal Partners, London (2023); Paris Internationale with Champ Lacombe, Paris (2023); Remodel: Painting Studio at HOME for Asia Triennial Manchester (2018); Decanting Desire, Liverpool Biennial (2014); Jai Chuhan: Recent Paintings, Victoria Gallery & Museum (2013).

Selected publications include The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3, published by Anomie (2024); Jai Chuhan: Small Paintings monograph, published by Hurtwood (2023); A Brief History of South Asian Art in Twentieth-century Britain published by Tate Publishing (due Sept 2025).

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.