Persi Darukhanawala Frsa

‘My pictures are songs: explosions of energy, meaning and communication. They are spurs for communication with the self and others.’ (Persi Darukhanawala)

Persi Darukhanawala’s minimal pictures explore the uncertainty (and so, de facto, excitement) of life (ars longa, vita brevis). With multivalent richness, Darukhanawala’s painting-songs somehow communicate endless, elusive psychologies rather than reproducing already-known visuals. Like the vibrant songs with which they have polylogues, the paintings are life-embracing, positive but equally critical and the product of a spirit in revolt (‘l’homme révolté’).

Darukhanawala has attracted sustained interest from academics, critics, individual collectors as well as design houses and hotels. He was shortlisted for the prestigious Art Olympia 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.

MA - University of Cambridge
DPhil - University of Oxford
MA - Courtauld Institute of Art

London, The Bargehouse (Oxo Tower Wharf), 'London Ultra 2018', 6 - 9 December 2018
London, Ra Hair, 'Something’s happening here today ...', 24 July – 8 October 2017
London, Lloyds Club [private show], '... and wishing you were far away', 3 March - 1 May 2016
Tokyo, Toshima City Government Office, 'Art Olympia 2017 [prize exhibition]', 17-25 June 2017 [shortlisted work: 'Zero Revolutions per Minute' (2016)]