APARAJITA JAIN, DIRECTOR NATURE MORTE GALLERY

Aparajita Jain is a leading entrepreneur based in New Delhi. She is the Managing Director of Nature Morte Art Limited, India’s leading Contemporary Art Gallery. Her vision has fostered significant growth for the gallery, presenting and amplifying leading South Asian and global artists across two galleries in Delhi and one in Mumbai. Jain’s focus on institutional relationships has led to major museum acquisitions and positioned the gallery’s artists in exhibitions at prestigious museums, biennials, and public sites globally. Jain has also spearheaded and supported ongoing collaborations and partnerships with leading institutions in India and abroad, including KNMA, NMACC, the Jindal Foundation, the Godrej Foundation, Somerset House, and others.    In 2010, Jain founded The Saat Saath Arts Foundation (SSA), envisioning it as a not-for-profit initiative to foster creative dialogue between Indian artists and the international art world. SSA launched India’s first international Sculpture Park in Jaipur in 2017 as a public-private partnership in collaboration with the Government of Rajasthan, and currently presents a new set of site-specific installations annually. The Foundation also supports an annual grant for leading global curators to conduct research in India.    Jain is the founder of blockchain-based platform Terrain.art, which partnered with MAP Academy on the first-ever online course on modern and contemporary Indian art. Her dedication to educational initiatives has also included a series co-hosted with Peter Nagy called Art Insider on NDTV.  Among many accolades, Jain was listed as one among eight influential women in the Indian art world by Artsy, one of 30 influential women in the art world by ELLE magazine, recognised as one of Shethepeople’s 40 over 40 awardees, amongst the 51 art people changing the art world by Observer, and amongst the top 100 creatives in India by Harper's Bazaar. She was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by FICCI FLO in 2019 for her contribution to the field of art and is currently on the advisory board of ICCR. She has recently been inducted onto the Board of Trustees of the International Sculpture Center. Aparajita Jain is also a Director of the Hotz Group with interests in Financial Services, Real Estate, Hospitality, Art and Education. Nature Morte Art Limited is a part of the Hotz Group.   Links:  https://naturemorte.com/   music ‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama)  by TOT TAYLOR is used by kind permission of the artist ©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020)