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Harendra Kushwaha
Harendra Kushwaha’s art is constructed from paper which he cuts painstakingly into wafer-thin strips, colours with graphite or pigment, and sometimes weaves or stitches with cotton thread. This process of immersive making is intrinsic to Kushwaha’s practice, which is rooted in the local – the remote village in Nepal where he grew up before moving to Kolkata to study and make art, and where his family still lives. Often, his paper relief sculptures evoke the textures or contours of the Nepal countryside – the terrace farms which form ridges along the Terai hills, the straggly hay laid out to dry under the roof, the matted walls of humble village homes, etc. Even the paper Kushwaha uses is a handmade variety made in Nepal.
Kushwaha was the recipient of the prestigious CIMA award in 2017.
HARENDRA KUMAR KUSHWAHA
BORN in 1980 in Sarlahi district, Nepal
Lives and works in Kolkata
Education:
2015
Master of Fine Arts (painting) – Rabindra Bharati University (RBU), Kolkata
2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting) – RBU, Kolkata
Solo exhibition:
2019
A Piece of Nothing – Works by Harendra Kumar Kushwaha, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
Group exhibitions :
2017
RESPONSE – 25th Anniversary Exhibition of CIMA, GEM Cinema, Kolkata
The Kolkata Arts Festival
2016
‘Chai Chronicles’ humble clay cup – The bhaar, Range Art Gallery, Kolkata
Exposition of objects D’ Art, Harrington Art Center, Kolkata
Momentum : Experimental art festival at Range art gallery, Kolkata
2015
Annual Exhibition of RBU at ICCR Nandalal Bose Gallery, Kolkata
2014
Annual Exhibition of RBU at Emami Chisel Art Gallery, Kolkata
2013
Group Exhibition of ICCR Scholar at ICCR Rabindranath Gallery, Kolkata
2013
Annual Exhibition of RUB at Nandalal Bose Gallery, Kolkata
2012
Annual Exhibition of RBU at Town hall, Kolkata
2011
Annual Exhibition of RBU at Town Hall, Kolkata
2010
Annual Exhibition of RUB at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Residencies
2018
The Lunapoets Express – Expression Expedition : A Cross-Disciplinary project Kathmandu-Dhankuta
2017
Indo-European Residency Project, Kolkata, organised by Alliance Française du Bengale, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata, CIMA Gallery and Visva Bharati, Kala Bhavana
Workshops :
2015
International painting workshop organised by RBU
Award:
2017
The CIMA AWARD
2015
Best Painting award in Annual Exhibition of RBU.
2013
Best Painting award in Annual Exhibition of RBU.
Scholarship:
2009
General Scholarship Scheme, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi
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