The Purushottam Public Trust Scholarships
SCHOLARSHIPS
As an important form of Contemporary and Modern Art, Graphic Printmaking is unique and exhaustive, expensive and laborious to practice. The Purushottam Annual Merit Award for Printmaking encourages artists to continue this art form through monetary support as well as offering a platform for them to showcase their work. We hope to play a small role by helping talented budding artists, especially print-makers. The core objective is to provide initial momentum to a deserving artist as he/she leaves the cocooned existence of a university and embarks on a professional journey.
One of the main initiatives of the Trust is, therefore, to offer scholarships to new talent in the filed of print making, and we offer scholarships and a platform for exposure to them.
In alignment with this, every year, since 2014, the Purushottam Public Trust has awarded an annual merit award to a student in the field of print-making.
This is executed under the aegis of the Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts and the Head of the Department of Graphics at the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Vadodara, Gujarat - the premier institution of contemporary Indian art in the country. This annual merit award is conferred on the student securing highest marks in the final examinations of the Graphic Arts Course (Practical). The awardee receives a monetary award of Rupees One Lac, as well as the opportunity to showcase his/her works at the end of the year at a premier art gallery in Vadodara.
The Purshottam Public Trust awarded its Annual Merit Scholarship for the year 2023 to Digvijaysinh Jadeja.
B.1999, Digvijaysinh comes from Bhavnagar, Gujarat. He completed his postgraduate (2021–23) studies in printmaking at MSU Vadodara and his bachelor's in painting (2017–21) at MSU Baroda. At the core of his practice is a deep exploration of human emotions, which comes from both personal and collective experiences. Whether it’s a scene inspired by the vibrant yet contrasting elements of a dream, a poignant story shared by someone, or a quiet moment from everyday life. He is fascinated by how the past overlaps with the present and how memories can shape our perception of reality. He represents fantasies through figurative narrative and dreamy landscapes. He creates spaces where these elements coexist, blending the real and the imagined in a way that feels both familiar and otherworldly. This approach allows him to reflect on the absurdities he observes in life, turning them into visual narratives that explore the depth of human experience. He seeks to navigate the intricate dance between what is seen and what is felt, revealing the layers of human experience in ways that are both genuine and deeply personal.
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