Jayasri Burman

Jayasri Burman (born October 21, 1960, in Kolkata) is a contemporary painter and sculptor from India. She is based in New Delhi, India. She studied at the Kala Bhavan in Shantiniketan from 1977 to 1979, and at the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, where she completed a Master of Arts in Painting. She took a Graphic Art Workshop conducted by Paul Lingren and a formal course on Print making in Paris from Monsieur Ceizerzi. She is a member of an extended family of eminent artists: her husband is painter and sculptor Paresh Maity, painter and sculptor uncle Sakti Burman and son, photographer Rid Burman.