Jogen Chowdhury possesses the pulse and rhythm of art that comes from a filial resemblance to nature and milieu. This eminent painter was born in Daharpara Village, Faridpur, Bangladesh. His father Pramatnath Chowdhury was a Brahmin zamindar and both his parents took interest in art. Jogen Chowdhury`s father Pramatnath Chowdhury; painted several legendary scenes from the village theatres and also sculpted various Hindu icons, while his mother was an expert in Alpana drawings. 1939-47, Jogen Chowdhury spends his days in a village atmosphere. During the partition in 1948, the whole family shifted. Till 1951, Jogen Chowdhury and his family stayed at the police department quarter of his uncle, where on the walls he painted his first painting in Calcutta. Eventually, the family shifted to another house in Saheednagar Colony, Dhakuria and Jogen Chowdhury was employed as Designer in the Handloom Board, Calcutta.

1967, Jogen Chowdhury went to London for five months. From 1968-72, he worked as an Art-Designer, Madras Handloom Board, Madras. 1970, Jogen Chowdhury joined `Calcutta Painters` group. 1970, a collection of Jogen Chowdhury`s poems was published that was titled `Hridoy Train Beje Othey`. From1973-87, Jogen Chowdhury was appointed as a Curator in the Art Gallery, Rashtrapati Bhavan. Jogen Chowdhury became the founder member of `Gallery 26, Artists` Forum`, New Delhi in 1975. Jogen Chowdhury was one of the jury members at the International Exhibition, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal at 1990.

Jogen Chowdhury was educated at the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata and next at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris. Jogen Chowdhury is one painter who has inspired young artists of modern India, in a significant way. In Jogen Chowdhury`s recent works the sensory experiences of cloth, bolsters, sofas and the human body are cross-projected to create a mysterious world of semi-substantiated. Personal associations add to the emblematic ambivalence of his motifs, making his images come closer to unfathomable experiences than to clear signs. Jogen Chowdhury`s art is rich in suggestions and it is to be detained without closing down the limited fund of knowledge, experience or memories without diminishing its sensory particularities.

Jogen Chowdhury is widely known as the master of the unbroken line. He has been stimulated by the linear Kalighat pat tradition and his lines are emotive and used to express and propose the character of a person. This is done by, disfiguring the form without breaking the line and in the young generation, contemporary art; distortion has been Jogen Chowdhury`s most significant impact.

Jogen Chowdhury`s art feels familiar to the viewer but it is far more individualized, for example the face is imaginary but the consciousness or characteristics are real. The power and beauty of his technique and line is commendable. In Jogen Chowdhury`s work, the figure is always in the foreground being primary and communicating.

Jogen Chowdhury`s ability to juxtapose contrary emotions make his art not only a form of self expression but also a reflection, of a collective and subjective consciousness. Jogen Chowdhury joined Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan as professor of painting in 1987. His numerous paintings, exhibitions and writings extensively on contemporary art are priceless for the Indian world of art.