Inheritance of a feeling by Dheeraj Jadhav

INHERITANCE OF A FEELING BY DHEERAJ JADHAV

METHOD KALA GHODA
MAY 16 - JUN 15 2025

This series of inkblot works explores the connection between emotional intelligence and cultural memory, drawing from Banjara folklore and ancestral symbolism. Each piece invites introspection through mirrored forms that evoke self-reflection and a quiet dialogue with the past.

The artist blends spontaneity with tradition, using fluid, organic shapes to echo the rhythms of oral storytelling and the nuance of inherited emotion. These works are less about symmetry and more about resonance—visual echoes of memory, loss, and reconnection.

Inheritance of a Feeling offers a contemplative space where personal and collective histories converge. It gestures toward healing, not as a destination, but as a process shaped by looking inward, remembering deeply, and feeling fully.

Dheeraj Jadhav

Dheeraj Vasanta Jadhav (b. 1994, Golwadee) is a visual artist based in Mumbai, India. He holds an MFA (2024) and BFA (2018) from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, and completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Critical Theory, Aesthetics and Practice (CTAP) at Jnanapravaha, Mumbai (2019).

Dheeraj’s practice examines how we inhabit space through the senses—sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. His work emerges through a process of documentation and experimentation, moving fluidly between drawing, painting, photography, and collage. He works with a range of materials including charcoal, ink, dry pastel, watercolor, oil, and cut-paste, often focusing on how color and form can be used to activate or disrupt space—both visually and within language.

In 2024, he received the Art for Hope Grant by Hyundai India for his community-based project Nomadic Narratives: Unveiling Banjara Essence Through Art and Ink. He has participated in several exhibitions and workshops, including Geography of Consumption at the Mohile Parekh Centre.