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{{short description|Indian ceramicist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Jyotsna Jyoti Bhatt
| image = Jyotsna Bhatt died 2020 ceramicist.png
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|3|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mandvi]], [[Kutch State]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|07|11|1940|3|6|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat]], India
| known_for = [[Ceramics]], [[pottery]]
| alma_mater = [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]
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| spouse = [[Jyoti Bhatt]]
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'''Jyotsna Jyoti Bhatt''' (6 March 1940<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2NmAAAAMAAJ&q=Jyotsna+Bhatt+b+March+6+,+1940&dq=Jyotsna+Bhatt+b+March+6+,+1940&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAwen748vqAhWNHhQKHfpPDjMQ6AEILDAB|title=Reference India: Biographical Notes about Men & Women of Achievement of Today & Tomorrow|date=2005|publisher=Rifacimento International|language=en}}</ref>{{spnd}}11 July 2020) was an Indian ceramist and potter. She first studied at and then for forty years taught at the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]] .

==Biography==
Jyotsna Bhatt was born on 6 March 1940 in [[Mandvi|Mandvi, Kutch State]] (now [[Kutch district|Kutch, Gujarat]]). She studied at the [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art|Sir J. J. School of Art]] in [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai) for a year. Later she joined the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]] in 1958 to study sculpture under [[Sankho Chaudhuri]]. She became interested in ceramics there. She studied ceramics under [[Jolyon Hofsted]] at the [[Brooklyn Museum Art School]] in the borough of [[Brooklyn]] in [[New York City]] in the United States durung the mid 1960s.<ref name="ex1"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Rupera|first=Prashant|date=12 July 2020|title=Queen of studio pottery, Jyotsna Bhatt dies at 80|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/queen-of-studio-pottery-jyotsna-bhatt-dies-at-80/articleshow/76915344.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=12 July 2020|website=The Times of India}}</ref> She returned to India and settled in [[Baroda]] (now Vadodara). In 1972, she joined the Department of Sculpture's ceramic studio in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda as a professor. She worked there for 40 years and retired as the Head of the Department of Ceramics in 2002.<ref name="ex1"/>

Jyotsna Bhatt died on 11 July 2020, two days after suffering a stroke.<ref name="ex1">{{Cite web|date=11 July 2020|title=Renowned ceramic artist Jyotsna Bhatt passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/jyotsna-bhatt-dead-ceramic-artist-6501111/|access-date=12 July 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=अंतरराष्ट्रीय शिल्पकार ज्योत्स्नाबेन भट्ट का वड़ोदरा में निधन|url=https://www.sanjeevnitoday.com/gujarat/international-craftsman-jyotsnaben-bhatt-dies-in-vadodara/20200712/373501|access-date=12 July 2020|website=www.sanjeevnitoday.com}}</ref> She was cremated at Vadi Wadi crematorium in Baroda.<ref name=":0" />

==Style==
Bhatt's works are collected across the world. During her long career she experimented with both [[stoneware]] and [[terracotta]]. In her ceramic work, she preferred matte and satin matte glazes in combination with teal blue to moss green and other earth tones. She frequently used alkaline earths, amorphous moulds and various minerals merging modern and traditional styles in her works. Her works reflected her interest in nature. Her numerous works depict cats, dogs, birds, lotus buds, toys and platters.<ref name="ex1"/><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 November 2017|title=Ceramic artist Jyotsna Bhatt sculpts nature in matte glaze|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/jyotsna-bhatt-ceramic-artist-red-earth-baroda/|access-date=12 July 2020|website=Architectural Digest India|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nair|first=Uma|date=25 November 2017|title=Agile hands inert stoneware|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/sundaypost/beacon/agile-hands-inert-stoneware-272724|access-date=12 July 2020|website=www.millenniumpost.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Silken glow|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/silken-glow/cid/1456729|access-date=12 July 2020|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Jyotsna Bhatt met [[Jyoti Bhatt]], a painter, during her college years and they married later.<ref name="ex1" /> They lived in Vadodara.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=23 December 2019|title=Jyotsna Bhatt {{!}} Gallery Ark|url=https://theark.in/artists/jyotsna-bhatt/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=12 July 2020|website=|language=en-US}}</ref> They had a daughter, Jaii.<ref name=":0" />

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[[Category:Indian potters]]
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