Artist: Juliet Fatima Imam
Father’s Name: Shri.Bulu Imam
Born: 28^th October 1979
Tribe: Oraon
Address: “Sanskriti”, Dipugarha, P.O. Hazaribagh - 825301, Jharkhand, India Tel: 0091-6546-263278 

Eldest daughter of Bulu and Philomina Imam, she inherited from her mother the sacred traditions of her tribe in painting, song, dance, story telling, and culture. At an early age she demonstrated an unusual talent in the visual art of painting and a frank outspokenness in the defence of the cultural traditions and indigenous rights of her tribe, both of which were highly threatened at the time. She has twice represented the Tribal Women Artists’ Cooperative at the forum of the United Nation’s Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Geneva.

Experience:

• In 2001 delivered a lecture on the Culture of Jharkhand as a Delegate on behalf of Tribal Women Artists Cooperative at the 19^th Session of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Population conference at Geneva, 22-26 July, 2001
• In 2001 gave a working demonstration in the technique of Khovar and Sohrai style of painting at the Bellevue Gallery in Berlin (August 2001)
• In 2002 attended the 20^th Session of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Population meeting at Geneva, 22-26 July, 2002 and delivered a lecture on the art and culture of Jharkhand in the context of social development in the State and displayed her paintings at the UN Headquarters, Geneva. .

Exhibitions:

• National Gallery of Modern Art (Mumbai), exhibition of Paramparik Karigar in December 1998.

• India International Centre, Basement Gallery, Aug.1998.

• Gallery Chemould (Mumbai), exhibition of Khovar & Sohrai paintings in July 1999.

• Cymroza Gallery (Mumbai), March 2000, with a practical demonstration of the Khovar mural art technique using ochre pigments.

• Rebecca Hossack Gallery (London), May 2000

• Toffee wrapper cockbird in “Backs to the Walls” exhibition at Djamu Gallery (Australian Museum at Customs House), Sydney, March-June 2000.

• Victoria Crafts Council, Melbourne, April-May, 2001

• Bellevue Gallery, Berlin, August, 2001 (Working demonstration in the technique of Khovar and Sohrai style of painting at the Gallery in Berlin)

• Therese Dion Gallery of Contemp. Art, Montreal, September, 2001

• Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, 2002

• Eppelheim Art Gallery, Germany, March-April 2002

• Kassel Art Gallery, Germany, July-August, 2002

• Stuttgart Art Gallery, Germany, October 2002

• Cymroza Gallery, Bombay, 2002

• Maxmuller Bhawan, New Delhi, July 2002

• Boras Kunstmuseum, Boras, Sweden, September, 2003

• Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin, September, 2003

• Volkerkunde Museum, Heidelberg, September, 2003

• Ludwigsberg, Feb.-March 2004

• State Museum of Ethnography (Volkerkunde), Dresden, May-June 2004

Major Collections:

• Late S.P. Godrej Collection, Bombay

• Mrs. Pheroza Godrej Collection, Bombay

• Mrs. Khorshed  Gandhy Collection, Bombay

• Marcus Leatherdale Collection, New York

• Mr. Michel Sabatier Collection, La Rochelle, France