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 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, (2024);
Small Paintings, Qrystal, London (2023); Jai Chuhan, Paris Internationale with Champ Lacombe, (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 (UK); Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool; Grosvenor Museum, Chester; Cartwright Hall, Bradford; Oldham Art Gallery; Tameside Museums and Art Galleries; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; The Women’s Art Collection, University of Cambridge; Usher Gallery, Lincoln; Government Art Collection (UK); and Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi
Current/Upcoming exhibitions include Jai Chuhan: Claiming Space solo exhibition, Lo Brutto Stahl, Paris (2026); Handpicked: Painting Flowers, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (2026); Drawing Biennial, London (2026); Air Service Basel 2026, Lo Brutto Stahl, Basel (2026) and Woman on the Edge of Time, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (2026).