Biography

Shelly Jyoti is a visual artist, fashion designer, poet, and an independent researcher whose research centres on design and visual representation of 20th century textiles and costumes. She is trained in fashion ,textiles and clothing technology at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi and earned her Master’s degree in English Literature from Punjab University in Chandigarh.

Recent shows include :Indigo: New works by Shelly Jyoti & Laura Kina-Diana Lowenstein Gallery Miami FL,USA(2011): ArtXchange Gallery Seattle WA,USA(2011): ABS RedEarth Art Gallery Baroda (2009) : Palm Court Gallery ,India Habitat Centre New Delhi (2009): Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai (2010) Women Imaging Women: The study of female portraiture(The state street gallery Robert Morris University Chicago, Beyond Mithila :Exploring the Decorative (Woman Made Gallery, Chicago) Jamaat Art Gallery, Mumbai( India Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2008/2009) and Lyrical Abstraction: A room of/for muses (Experimental Art Gallery- India Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2007, WelcomArt Gallery Baroda 2009).

‘Ajrakh Initiative’ is her ongoing project to preserve the Ajrakh resist dyeing & printing technique with Bhuj (Gujarat) craftsmen by documenting the technique through visual representations in the galleries and museums. Her ajrakh textile works are in collection of TAPI collection (Textiles & Art of the People of India) in Surat, India.

Jyoti has been a juror, given talks, conducted workshops in art and fashion schools in India and abroad. Her works have appeared in several Indian and international art journals and magazines including Art India , Art etc, The Quilters Uk, Sahitya Akademi(Indian English literature), Business Standard, Financial Times, Indian Express, India Today, The Hindustan Times, and Times of India(New Delhi, Ahemdabad, Baroda and Mumbai edition)

She is presently working on a curatorial project ‘Traditional Indian Textiles’ A travelling exhibition of Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) for ASEAN countries.She has been awarded grants from ICCR and Gujarat Lalit kala Academy for different art and curatorial projects. Her artworks are in corporate and private collection in India and abroad.

She is an advisory board member of ‘Disha’ Gujarat based non-profit dedicated to helping children with autism, ‘Socleen’ a non-profit environmental organization and ‘Baroda Citizens Council’ (BCC) a non-profit engaged in macro level city and urban developmental issues.

Shelly Jyoti lives and works in Gurgaon and New Delhi in India.