Jahangir Asgar Jani is a self–taught, Mumbai based artist. He works with sculpture, installation, watercolors and film. He is known for his life size sculpture in various media and his works are in important collections. He is concerned with the making of culture and the socio– political consequences of its propagation. His work has been critically written about by respected authors and cultural theorists in India. He has had 17 solo shows since 1990, and participated in several group exhibitions in India as well as abroad.