“A sense of eloquence, mobility, liveliness, sprightliness and energy are what I would like to convey in my works.

She first studied sculpture with the renowned M.S. University of Baroda professor Sankho Chaudhuri, then ceramics at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in the United States. For Jyotsna Bhatt, pottery was a direct, playful representation of the maker's and the viewer's physical bodies—a relationship made possible by its form, design, and function. Stoneware, her trademark matte glazes, and minerals that are normally inert appear to rouse, smoke, stretch, and settle into a poised, reflected position in her deft hands. She has always preferred glazes with uneven color tones that are matte or satin. Jyotsna Bhatt’s own work was all about nature's beauty and poetics. Her work almost always focused on her interpretations of nature, from flora and fauna to clouds and landscapes.

When she eventually returned to India, she chaired the department of Ceramics at her alma university and taught there until she retired in 2002. Jyotsna Bhatt has participated in several group exhibitions, workshops, art camps, and solo exhibitions during the course of her more than five-decade career.

She was married to renowned Padma Shri artist, Jyoti Bhatt.

The artist passed away in 2020 at Vadodara.