Moksha Kumar

Vadodara, Gujarat, Tandalja, India

About Moksha Kumar

Hello all, I am Moksha Kumar - I am current student at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, studying a Masters degree in Art History and working on my future projects. I have been painting and working for the past seven years and am confident in my creative prowess as an abstract geometric artist. I have previously studied my Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. The core content of my work focuses on creating a space that uses various shapes to push and pull the composition in order to create a myriad of perspectives. Sometimes I choose to use architectural elements to create a space that is surreal, making the staircases an excellent facilitator for both movement and ideas. Older forms and styles of architecture appeal more, as they show that those structures have existed through many centuries, indicating a solid, almost permanent attribute of the same. While using these forms, I include the staircase as it creates an illusion of levels or floors, and also give the viewer a sense of direction. They often do not give a definite answer to the same, but the idea is to show that we are in a state of flux. My travels leave me without roots or a place that I could indefinitely call home so I make my own space and create my own home wherever I travel to. The destination is never as important as the journey that occurs after I have reached it. Therefore I search for solidity in structure and fluidity in metaphor. Presently, I use a stronger abstraction of the places that I have travelled many times over, making them coalesce into a fused geometric form. The shapes are sharp and complemented by the curves as a way to ease the eye of the viewer. Dynamic and changing, the notion is to create patterns through perception and allow the eye to create its own connections. I always seek new challenges and horizons to cross - I have worked with a variety of organizations and companies in order to increase my own base knowledge of many artistic processes. This therefore, allows me to cross my limits and push my boundaries further each time. Check me out at www.mokshakumar.com

Education:

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda - Masters in Art History (M.V.A) - July 2017

Pratt Institute, B.F.A Department of Painting - May 2015 Dean’s List, Graduated with honors

Scuola di Grafica Internatzionale, Venice , Italy - June 2014 - July 2014

IB Diploma: course in Art Higher Level - May 2011

Exhibitions:

Current participant at The Other Art Fair - organized by Saatchi Art in Chicago 2018

Volunteer artist at Rider Mania, Vagator, Goa : Artist painting murals at the site for the event. (2016)

Volunteer at St+Art India Hyderabad - working with various international artists on buildings painted for the festival. (2016)

Sanskruti Bhavan Art Gallery, Panaji, Goa (group show)- Honouring Mr. Deenanath Dalal :Centenarary Rememberance Exhibition. (2016)

Kalakriti Art Gallery, The Gallery Cafe, Hyderabad, India (solo show) - July 6 -16 2015, Curated by Supriya Lahoti.
Commission: Kalakriti Art Gallery chair designed for showcase and sale.

Sing for Hope Piano Project - Piano located at Roosevelt Island, NY (public installation)- March 15 - May 15 2015.

Center for the Holographic Arts - Queens, NY (group show) - February 10th - 16th 2014, curated by Lydia Davis.

Pratt Painting Club Show - Pratt Institute, NY - March 2013, curated by Pratt Painting Club.

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