Devajyoti   Ray  (born in 1974) is one of India's most important contemporary artists known for his immense versatility and his unique contribution towards taking fine art back to the people. Devajyoti Ray is the new face of 21st century Indian contemporary Art

Central to Ray's art is the conception that art has to be appreciated by common men and that common men should feel a connect with the art that is created by the artists. But while taking art to the masses, it is also essential that the art does not lose its academic rigour and finesse. Ray has amalgamated these two requirements : the need to be understandable to common men and the need to finetune to academic excellence by devising an incredible genre of art which he calls Pseudorealism.

This spelendid new genre involves the use of abstract shapes and offbeat colours to create an imagery which is as comprehendible as realism. Yet the images are not real, hence Pseudoreal. To common man who has no previous knowledge of art, they are comprehendible and beutiful pieces of work, to an academician these works pose mind boggling conceptions.

Ray's works have huge following in his own country as well as abroad, particularly among the students of the art. Among the contemporary artists of the world, Ray is one of the most versatile, one of the most dynamic and perhaps the most original artist of 21st Century. Ray stays in India, but he has frequently exhibited in Middle East and a considerable number of his works exist in Cinnamon Art House's permanent collection.