Manjot Kaur

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Manjot Kaur
Manjot Kaur.jpg
Born1989 (age 31–32)
Ludhiana
OccupationVisual artist
Websitewww.kaurmanjot.com

Manjot Kaur (born 1989) is a contemporary Indian artist, who lives and works in Chandigarh.[1] She is currently artist in residence at Jan van Eyck Academie,[2] Maastricht, Netherlands for the year 2020–2021.[3]

About[]

She completed her BFA and MFA (University Gold Medal)[4] in the field of Painting from Government College of Arts, Chandigarh, in 2010 and 2012 respectively. Her mediums range from drawing to video, interactive performance, land art and installation.[5]

Practice[]

Her practice builds between the socio-political realities[6] and the sovereignty of nature. Her work is an interface between science, nature, perception, abstraction, and scale inciting a discourse on the social, cultural and personal issues, through the careful representation of objects and narratives rooted in temporal, ephemeral, and entropy.[7] She is profoundly concerned with abstraction and how abstraction can be political in its edge.[8]

Biography[]

She is the recipient of scholarship by Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation, New Delhi for a stand-alone residency in Unidee, Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistolleto,[9] Italy.[7][10] She has received professional Category Annual Award, Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi (State Academy of Art), Chandigarh, India, 2018;[11] Sohan Qadri Fellowship, (State Academy of Art), Chandigarh, India 2017;[12] Professional and Student Category Annual Award, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi (State Academy of Art), Chandigarh, India, 2017[13] and 2012,[14] respectively and Scholarship to Young Artists, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi (State Academy of Art), Chandigarh, India in 2011.[1] She was chosen by Hindustan Times as one of the Top 30 under 30 young achievers in 2017.[4]

She has been an artist in residence at Unidee, Citadellarte – Fondazione Pistolleto,[15] Italy for the year 2018 on full scholarship by Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation, New Delhi;[16] Museo Casa Masaccio Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, San Giovanni Valdarno (Italy)[17] – a cross-institutional program with Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, India; Khoj International Artists’ Association – Peers18, New Delhi;[18] Mythos – Land Art Biel/Bienne, Switzerland 2017;[19]  Gram Art Project - funded by FICA, India 2016; Harmony Art Foundation, Mumbai, India 2015; Global Nomadic Art Project, India 2015.

Her works are in the collection of Museo Casa Masaccio Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea,[20] San Giovanni Valdarno (Italy), Govt. Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India, Personal collection Prof. B. N. Goswamy, India and Tellusart, Sweden.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Heart of the Matter". epaper.indianexpress.com.com/. 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Participants 2020-2021". www.janvaneyck.nl. Jan Van Eyck Academie.
  3. ^ Hoskote, Ranjit. "In 'Blurring Boundaries' virtual studio, traditional art practices reimagined for the Covid-19 era". scroll.in. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "HT Youth Forum 2017: Manjot Kaur among Top 30 Under 30". Hindustan Times. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. ^ "For art's sake". The Tribune. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  6. ^ Brökelmann, Nele. "How to become we-beings A long-term vision for art, cultural workers and the climate crisis at the JVE". www.metropolism.com. Metropolis M. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  7. ^ a b Singh, Nonika (30 October 2018). "What makes us what we are?". The Tribune.
  8. ^ Hoskote, Ranjit. "Art in the Covidocene Age". www.youtube.com. Avid Learning. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  9. ^ Fondazione Pistolleto
  10. ^ Punjab, Sukant Deepak (14 September 2018). "Footloose for art". India Today. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Lalit Kala Akademi announces eight winners for its annual art exhibition". Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Manjot Kaur wins Sohan Qadri fellowship". Hindustan Times. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Painting Dreams : Laurels for professional and budding tricity artists". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi rewards artistic talent at Annual Art Exhibition 2012". Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  15. ^ "UNIDEE - Università delle Idee | UNIDEE Residencies - Fall 2018". cittadellarte.it. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  16. ^ "UNIDEE – Inlaks". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  17. ^ Masaccio, Casa (3 December 2018). "Manjot Kaur / ɛnˈtrɒpɪk / 8 dicembre 2018 - 7 gennaio 2019". CASA MASACCIO ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (in Italian). Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  18. ^ "Khoj Peers 2018". Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation Blog. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  19. ^ Kosta, Kardo (12 September 2017). "KARDO KOSTA: LARTBB 17 -MYTHOS- MANJOT KAUR". KARDO KOSTA. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  20. ^ Museo Casa Masaccio Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea
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