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Tobeplacedontheshouldersofsuchgiantsinthehistoryofart,andtodoitatthetenderageoftwelve,isa trueaccomplishment.ItbecomesevenmoreofatourdeforcewhenonetakesintoaccountthatJainsuffers fromautism.Butbeforeanythoughtsofpityordoubtarise,theartisthimselfdispelsthemyth,attributinghis creativitytothatveryaffliction.Forratherthanhinderhisexpression,ithasfuelledhisimagination,releasing, freeinghisamazingcreativeimpulse. Ifartbrut,oroutsiderart,comestomindwhendiscussingJain,itiswithreverencenotdisdain.Coinedbythe greatFrenchartistJeanDubuffet(1901-1985),itdefines"rawart",onecreatedoutsidetheconstraintsof traditionalaesthetics.Dubuffethimselfeschewedsuchlimitations,optingforamoreauthenticapproachto makingart.
LookingattheartworkofNiamJain,onewouldbehard-pressedtodefineitscreator.Thereisgreatmaturityin theuseofmaterial,aswellasanaudaciousapproachtocolourandcomposition.HintsofAbstract Expressionism,atouchofJacksonPollockperhaps,maybeRiopelle,thereferencesaremany.Yetitwouldbea greatdisservicetotheseartiststogrouptheminthisway,andmostofalltoNiamJain.
Andwhatcouldbemoreauthenticthanimagesborneofanunencumberedmind,ofanunshackled,ifunusual, spirit.Jainpaintsasifhewerechannellingsomekindofotherworldlyenergy.Thecoloursexplodeinhis paintings,burstingontothecanvasinbolddabsandbrushstrokes,attimeswithcompleteabstractabandon,at othergroupingintogeometricformsandpatterns.LikeintheworksofsurrealistMaxErnst,andotherswho
Itis,nevertheless,disconcerting,andultimatelyfutile,totryandreconcilethematurityoftheartworkwiththe tenderage,andpersonaldevelopmentofitscreator.Onhiscolourfulwebsite,Jainbreakshiscreativeprocess intofoursimplestepsthatsumitupprobablyfor99%ofallartists.Getpaint,prepare,startpainting,stop painting.Itiswhatremainsafterthefinalphasethatsetsthemallapart.WhenJainfinisheshispainting,the resultdefiesthestance.Themindbogglesthinkingwhatthefutureholdsforthissupremelytalentedand uniqueartist.
employedautomatismintheircreativeprocess,Jainseemstobeaccessingmaterialfromthesubconscious, withoutguileorpretence. Withastoundingpictorialintuition,thisyoungartistcomposesworksthatinspireandintrigue.Heinvitesthe viewerintoavibrantworldofunrestraintabandon,infusedwiththepurejoyofpainting.Jainpossessesan innateunderstandingofthematerial,adaptingtothedemandsofeachmedium-beitacryliconcanvas, woodorlinen,orprints.
EXHIBITIONWORK SOLO 2018 NiamJain, AbbozzoGallery,Toronto,Ontario,Canada 2018 NiamJain, UniversityofTorontoFacultyClub,TorontoOntario,Canada 2017 NiamJain,UniversityofTorontoFacultyClub,TorontoOntario,Canada 2016 NiamJain,KontemporaryArtGallery,Calgary,OntarioCanada GROUP 2022September,HeffelGallery,Vancouver,BritishColumbia 2021AbbozzoGallery,Toronto,Ontario,Caanada 2020AbbozzoGallery,Toronto,Ontario,Caanada 2019AbbozzoGallery,Toronto,Ontario,Caanada 2019March,HeffelGallery,Vancouver,BritishColumbia 2018 25th AnniversaryShow,AbbozzoGallery,Toronto,Ontario,Canada 2016AutismSpeaksCanada,Booth,NathanPhillipsSquare,Canada 2016MackenzieHealthHospital,Booth,Toronto,Ontario,Canada 2015GalleryofInspiration,Booth,RitzCarletonHotel,Toronto,Canada
COLLECTIONS 2016SamsungCanada AndrewCumming(PrivateCollector) MultipleAnonymousPrivateCollectors MEDIA(T.V) 2018CTVNews,T.V,Toronto,Ontario,Canada “ArtOfTeenWithAutismHangsInTorontoGallery” 2018CBCNews,TheNational,T.V,Toronto,Ontario,Canada “ArtistNiamJainʼsSoloShow” 2018CTVNews,T.V,Toronto,Ontario,Canada “NiamJainPaintingsArtSellingForThousandsOfDollars” 2017CTVNews,T.V,Toronto,Ontario,Canada “TeenWithAutismWinsAnokhiAward” 2017AccessibleMedia,T.V,Toronto,OntarioCanada 2016CBCNews,T.V,Toronto,Ontario,Canada “TeenWithAutismBecomesArtSensation” 2016CTVNews,T.V,Toronto,Ontario,Canada “TeenWithAutismHasSoloArtShowAtTorontoʼsFacultyClub”
PUBLICATIONS(Print) CanadianFamilyPhysician,Toronto,MFC,CanadianCollegeofFamilyPhysician, CoverArt&Feature, National,Vol.64.Issue2,April2018,Print AnokhiMediaMagazine,Toronto,“NiamJainArtist,RecipientofAnokhiAward”2017,Print TheArtistMagazine,Ohio,F+WMedia, AbstractArtThatSpeaksVolumes,June2016,Print AutismOntarioAnnualReviewFeature,Toronto,AutismOntario, CoverAndFeature,October2016, Print AutismOntarioMagazine,Toronto,AutismOntario, CoverandFeature,June2016 Media(Web) CTVNewsStaff. TeenWithAutismDisplaysArtworkInSoloExhibitAtToronto Gallery. CTVNews.Web. www.ctvnews.ca 2018 DevikaGoberdhan. SimplyAwestruck:ArtExhibitOfAutisticTeenArtistNiamJain ContinuesToAmaze. Web.AnmecoOptimediaCommunicationsInc. www.anokimedia.com 2018 JanetFanaki. NiamJainShowsNoBoundariesWithHisAutism.ResilientPeople. Web. www.resilientpeople.ca 2018UnknownAuthor, ThumbsUp.Canadian AbilitiesFoundation.Web. www.abilities.ca 2018. PhillipLee-Shanok, AutisticArtistAboutToJumpFromCanvasToFashionRunway.
AutisticTeenAbstractPaintingsWowCollectors.
ArticleInRomanianFeaturingNiam&Artwork.
AccessibleMediaInc. NiamJain.AccessibleMedia.Web. www.amil.ca 2017
IoannaRoumellotis, CBCNational.Web www.cbc.ca 2016
JoshKolm, www.stimulantonline.ca 2016 DanielDumitresou, EvaMagazineRomania.Web. www.eva.ro 2016.
MaraMcLaughlin,CBCNews. CBCNews. www.CBC.ca 2017
MichaelWoodson,ArtThatSpeaksVolumes,ArtistNetwork.Web. www.artistnetwork.com.2016
MeetThe14YearOldArtistWithAutism WhoIsLeavingHisMarkOnCanadaʼsArtCommunity
ShowingOff#WhoEyeAm, Stimulant.Web.
SusanHaye, 12YearOldFindsHisVoiceThroughArt, GlobalNews. Web. www.globalnews.ca 2015.
ChaseYourDreamStaff. PaintingYourWorld,ChaseYourDreamFoundation. Web. www.thecydf.org 2016
NinaJain. TeenWithAutismBecomesArtSensation. BoredPanda. Web:boredpanda.com2016.15millionFacebooklikes.
FamiliesForASecureFuture.NiamJain.FamiliesForASecureFuture.2016. Web. www.familiesforasecurefuture.ca
AWARDS 2017AnokhiNationalAward,YoungestCanadianRecipient CHARITY AutismOntario.Donated3PaintingsToRaiseThousandsOfDollars.LiveAuction.2016 SamsungCanada.PartneringUpWithSamsungCanadaToDonate500Tablets2016 TrilliumHospitalFoundation.DonatedPainting.SoldFor$2400.00.MoneyTowards ACardiacCareMachine,2017 SOCIALMEDIA facebook.com/niamjain instagram.com/niam_jain_artist_model twitter.com/NiamJainArtist youtube.com/channel/NiamJain