Akshata Prabhu

Born on March 12, 1998.
I am a Visual Artist-researcher based in Mumbai, India.
I create art as a lifelong exploration of visual perception, cognition, experience and existence. I strive to understand it through experimental surreal dialogue, anthropomorphism and Pareidolia. I like to experiment with the visual significance and appearance of every form of matter in existence:
What makes it appear in a certain way?
What if it is alive?
Is there an underlying (perhaps a higher state of) order/pattern beneath the physical manifestation of the world?

In recent years, I have been intrigued by the concept of superconsciousness and how the collective unconscious permeates our waking life.
Alongside traditional and digital media, I also work in fibre recycled paper pulp as the work oozes an earthy feel, thereby reminiscing the primordial aura of ancient art/folk art.

2021 - MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)
'Words Spun out of Images - Visual and Literary Culture in the Nineteenth Century Japan' by University of Tokyo at Coursera

2020 - MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)
'What is Contemporary Art?' by MoMA at Coursera

2020 - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai

2015-16 - Foundation Diploma Course from Mumbai Kala Mahavidyalaya, (Indian Art Institute) Charni road, Mumbai

2021
Featured under the pseudonym 'Kshatakshataksh' on a digital platform Homeostasis Lab, among many other artists around the world.

"KSHATAKSHATAKSH"

2020
A group show titled 'Habitat', in Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, 2020, curated by the Indian curator Sonal Motla, Hirji Jehangir Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

2020
One of the initial works got featured in an online activity feature, ‘Mirror Image’ by the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Mumbai for 'Akbar Padamsee: A Tribute' exhibition, 18 May 2020 on the account of International Museum Day on their website.