Manjot Kaur bio.

Manjot Kaur

www.behance.net/Manjotkaur

 

I like to go in nature and discover the hidden facts of the very raw sorrundings and understand the way the nature projects things to us, the ultimate universal expression of presenting life and the invisible bonds that connects us all. We are all one. Through my work practice my aim is to connect people. So I look for objects and concepts which bind us and bring us together.

I believe time is myth, fiction and not singular. It has an interconnected structure very similar to the biology of the human being as an existential being. In my work I try to overlap time like the wrapping structure of dream. I seek inspiration from dreams.

What is a dream – reality seen by closed eyes or the open eyes?

Day-dream or Night–Dream?

We are all the reflection of our own self. Our own self means the culture, the society, the history and all the values that shape us and our mind-set at large.

We are all visitors here, impermanent. The deeper we look inside ourselves, the more universal we become. I am fascinated by the concept of human as a temporal being and try to bring the same in my work.

My artwork takes a critical view of social, cultural and personal issues. In my work, I ponder over how life evolves from the deeper areas of the mind by constructing and deconstructing the dreams, fantasies and reality that are part of our childhood and adult culture. Having engaged subjects as diverse as making constellations on earth, childlike animated drawings and using my body as a tool, my work reproduces familiar visual signs, arranging them into new conceptually layered pieces.

Often times these themes are combined into painting, installation, land art, performance and video that feature mundane domestic objects juxtaposed with whimsical objects, and sometimes embellished with gold.

While I use a variety of materials and processes in each project my methodology is consistent. Although there may not always be material similarities between the different projects they are linked by recurring formal concerns and through the subject matter. The subject matter of each body of work determines the materials and the forms of the work.

The elements of reality and abstraction go hand in hand, the way the abstract nature of our thought process is based on the reality of the situation around us. So, I try to merge realism and abstraction on the same plane. The bulk of my work relies on the energy of the process.

Each project often consists of multiple works, often in a range of different media, grouped around specific themes and meanings. During research and production new areas of interest arise and lead to the next body of work.

Manjot Kaur

 

 

Education

-MFA (2010-12 (UNIVERSITY GOLD MEDAL)

-BFA (2006-10

 

Exhibitions

--Annual art exhibition, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, 2017, Chandigarh ,India – (Group Participation)

-Annual art exhibition, Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, 2017, Chandigarh ,India – (Group Participation)

-Water – A video exhibition, Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2016, South Korea, Aug, 2016

- Cairotronica, an International Symposium of Electronic and New Media arts in Cairo, Egypt, May2016

-28th National Exhibition of Contemporary Art, South central Zone Cultural Centre,  Nagpur, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, 2015

--United art Fair, 2012 New Delhi , India

-Annual art exhibition, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, 2012, Chandigarh ,India – (Group Participation)

-Fusion10-An international exhibition on Nature and environment -Tellusart, Govt. Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India, Feb, 2010,

-Nature and environment , An international exhibition – Tellusart, Stockholm -  Sweden, 2009

 

Group Show

-Untitled– group Show, Punjab Arts Council, Sec 16,Chandigarh, India, Sept 2016

-Two man show – “Locating the Mind” at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Chandigarh 2013 – (Curation, Participation)

-75th All India Art Exhibition, Amritsar,India 2008-2009 – (Group Participation)

-Shimla All India Art Exhibition 2008-09, Shimla, India – (Group Participation)

-Annual Art Exhibition, Government College of Art, Chandigarh, India (2007, 2008, 2009,2010) – (Group Participation)

 

Scholarships/Awards

- -Award at Annual art exhibition, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh, India 2017

 

-Travel Grant to UK by The Sixth River Trust, UK, 2016

-University Gold Medal in MFA 2012, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

-Scholarship for Young Artist between 20-35 years of age”, by the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, 2010-2011.

-Award at Annual art exhibition, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh, India 2012

-Award of honour for standing 1st in painting department during BFA, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2010)

- Annual Art Exhibition, Government College of Art, Chandigarh, India (2007) (2010)

 

Workshops/ Residencies

-Light+Mirror+Shadow – An International Land Art Residency organised by Narrative Movements, Village Komdhara, Hooghly, Westbengal, India

-Kolkata International Performance Art Festival, Kolkata, 2017

- Land Art Residency with Gram Art Project supported by FICA at village Paradsingha, Nagpur, India, 2016

-Installation workshop organised by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi (State Art Akademy), 6th – 9th Oct, 2016 at Capitol Complex, World UNESCO Heritage Site, Chandigarh, India.

- International Performance Art Biennale, Healing Hill Art Collective, Morni Hills, Haryana, India, Feb 2016

- Art Residency at Art Junction, Udaipur, India, Jan 2016

- Art Residency with Harmony Art Foundation, Mumbai, India Jan 2016

- Sowing Seeds International Art Residency at Sarecha, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Dec2015- Jan2016

- Global Nomadic Art Project, Travelling 3000kms throughout the Gujarat, India Nov-Dec 2015

- Healing Hill Art Residency at Morni Hills (site specific and performance art), Haryana, India May-2015.

-Multimedia workshop organized by Delhi Lalit Kala Akademy , Chandigarh, India– March 2013

-Workshop organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, 2011 with eminent artist Atul Dodiya, Chandigarh, India.

-Workshop organized by “TellusArt” at Govt. Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India from Jan28-2nd Feb, 2010. (Fusion10) 

-Workshop organized by Tellusart on global warming nature environment in Sweden, 2009

-Workshop organized by Baba Farid Society at Faridkot , Punjab, India 2009

 

Works in collection

-Govt. Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India

-Personal collection Prof. B N Goswamy , India (eminent art historian)

-Delhi Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India

-Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh, India

-Tellusart, Sweden

-Private collection, Sweden

 

Work Experience

- Working as TGT Fine Art at Govt. Model High School, Sec 38 West, Chandigarh, UT Education Department, since Feb 2016.

-Associate Member, Punjab Lalit Kala Akademy, Punjab Arts Council, Kala Bhawan, Sec 16, Chandigarh, since Dec 2016.

- Worked as TGT Fine Art at Jawarhar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Moga, Punjab from Jan 2014- Jan 2016.

- Worked as Assistant Professor in Animation Department, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Punjab from Jan 2013- Jan 2014.

 

 

Languages Spoken

- English

- Hindi

- Punjabi

 

Media Coverage

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/mind-and-matter-2/

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/wine-glasses-aand-rolling-pins/

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/colouring-a-life-less-ordinary/1/433205.html

https://uddari.wordpress.com/tag/chandigarh-lalit-kala-akademi/

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sunday-special/kaleidoscope/art-residency-finds-a-home-in-morni/81341.html

http://epaper.tribuneindia.com/682177/SP_29_April_2012/SP_03_January_2016#dual/1/1

http://epaper.indianexpress.com/496111/Chandigarh/09-May-2015#page/28/2

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/arts/for-the-canvas-called-mind/230064.html

http://www.artnewsnviews.com/view-article.php?article=in-the-news&iid=23&articleid=616

 

  

11. Link to my artworks-

https://www.behance.net/gallery/37407991/The-Untalkable-Drawings-and-Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjfvOQSSuFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3UMPfLAhmk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJkdTB_1cAQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn-9eyCy01Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECSLth3HjIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzEmm7c5Fc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uccojPPZ70M