Jeram Patel

Jeram Patel (20 June 1930 — 18 January 2016) born in Sojitra, Gujarat, was an Indian artist. He was known for using blowtorches on woodwork medium in a method that he learned in Japan and then pioneered in India. Jeram was part of a group of an artists called Group 1890. Patel was known as an abstractionist. He received National Award from the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1957, 1963, 1973, and 1984.

Patel studied at JJ School of Art, Mumbai and studied Typography and Publicity Design at Central School of Art and Crafts, London. Eventually, he also taught as a faculty member at MS University, Baroda. He worked as graphic design consultant with National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad in 1962.

He has had 37 Solo exhibitions in India and abroad as of 2006.

He died at an age of 86 in 2016 at a hospital in Vadodara where he was admitted for 15 days following a severe cold and congestion.