London, United Kingdom
Artist statement My work finds its verse in memories. Memories of my days at my grandmothers tea...
About the artist
Joined In 2000
(57 Followers)
About the artist
Joined In 2000
(57 Followers)
Artist statement
My work finds its verse in memories. Memories of my days at my grandmothers tea estate, nestled between the mountains in a tiny village called Darang, in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, a state in Northern India.
It is my spiritual home today that renders my aesthetic.
Life has taken me to many countries where I have lived and worked but I’ve always felt like something was amiss, I have always longed for the hills and it’s taken me a lifetime to realise that my childhood home never left me. The feeling of being there are my deepest roots that I call home. It is a land that I have loved completely and thoroughly. Although some of the people who brought me into that love are no longer present, the feeling of love remains, their energy remains and their teachings remain. In a sense I want to capture that giving, that love, that feeling of contentment, of plenty, of peace and harmony. The sunshine and the rain, the winds and the storms, the peace but above all the solitude. Once you understand that, you understand everything. It is where I go in moments of incredible joy and extreme sadness. I’ve carried it with me all over the world, it is what defines me. No matter what successes or failures that is something I ...
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EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
56th International Venice Biennale
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Bangalore, India
Taj Hotel, Buckinghamgate, London
Conrad Hotel, Pune, India
IPL Office, London
India Today Head Office, New Delhi, India
Amitabh Bachchan 70th
Jahangir Nicholson 60th anniversary exhibition
Mumbai Airport, India
New Delhi international Airport, India
Abu Dhabi Art Fair
REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR
Lapada Art Fair, London, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Start Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, Tanya Baxter Contemporary, London, 2014, 2016
India Art Fair, New Delhi, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
Art Monaco, Monte Carlo, Tanya Baxter Contemporary, 2014, 2012
Affordable Art Fair, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2013 (Singapore), 2014
Olympia Art Fair, Tanya Baxter Contemporary, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
Magic Bus Art Auctions, London/ Mumbai/ New York/ Singapore, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
Kala Ghoda Art Festival, Mumbai, 2010, 2009
GROUPS SHOWS (SELECTED)
Masterpieces Art Fair, Tanya Baxter Contemporary, London, 2013, 2012
Oxford International Art Fair, 2016
Catto Gallery, Hampstead, London, 2016
Cambridge Art Fair, 2016
The Ideal Home Show 2016
Khushi Art Auction, India on Canvas, 2015
Chinese New Year Exhbi...
Showed at the The Other Art Fair
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