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Sacha Jafri Artist Biography Iranian/Indian with French Heritage, works and lives in London and New York with his wife Lucy and daughter Talia Love.
Federer,Mohammed Ali and Tiger Woods it is easy to see why Sacha is often described as an unquestionably important painter in the history of art, a true zeitgeist of his time.
Having graduated from Eton College in 1995,The Kent Institute of Art and Design in 1996, a first class honours Master of Arts Degree Oxford University in 1999, Sacha Jafri BA MA with sell-out shows throughout Europe,America,Russia,The Middle East,Asia and The Far East,is now considered to be one of the world’s leading young painters . 2008 saw Sacha Jafri as the youngest artist in history to be offered a Museum-Based 10year Retrospective World Tour which opened in 2008 at the recently renovated ‘Sharjah Museum of Modern and Islamic Art’ and now at 32 he is widely considered one of the top young painters on the world scene. Having pipped Damien Hirst to top spot in an auction last year in London and having just finished an unprecedented world tour sell out show with a lost Andy Warhol collection entitled ‘Jafri meets Warhol’ he has recently been described by the Financial and New York Times as ‘a shrewd investment who’s prices are set to soar!’ – and with recent commissions to paint the official paintings to celebrate the careers of: David Beckham, Sachin Tendulkah, Brian Lara,Lewis Hamilton,John McEnroe,Darcy Bussel,Andrew Flintoff,Ryan Giggs,Roger
December 2009 sees Sacha exhibited in a retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy – London, entitled ‘Indian Greats’ which includes: Raza, MF Husain, Kapoor and Sacha. – hosted by Tanya Baxter Contemporaries. Sacha’s original paintings now regularly fetch between -$450-750,000 (American Dollars) with his Artist’s Proofs going for as much as $85,000 and his recent painting entitled ‘Beckham-a celebration’ being re-valued this year at 1.4million dollars. With clients such as:Kevin Spacey,Sir Terence Conran, Goldie Hawn, George Clooney, Jude Law, Bill Gates, Sir Philip Green, Madonna, Sir Tim Rice, Kate Moss, Sir Michael Parkinson, David Beckham, Ricky Ponting, Lewis Hamilton, Jemima Goldsmith,The Ruling Maktoum and Al-Qassimi families of The UAE,The Sultan of Brunei, Leonardo De’Caprio, Prince Albert of Monaco, Prince William, Leona Lewis, Sir Clive Woodward, Lord Jeffrey Archer, Lord Beckwith, Sir Alex Ferguson, Roger Federer, Sophie Dahl, Sir Steve Redgrave OBE, and Sienna Miller, it is no wonder that the BBC,The Art News Paper and The Financial Times have picked Sacha as ‘the YBA to bring back painting to the Doha 21st Century Leaders Awards | 17