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Manjunath Kamath tells stories with his images. His narratives, however, are altered and adjusted constantly, adapting fluidly according to the environment they are narrated in, and resulting in a different meaning each time a story is told. As a visual artist, Kamath feels impelled to regularly reinvent his method of storytelling. By relentlessly working on his articulation and modernizing his techniques, the artist continuously updates...
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Manjunath Kamath tells stories with his images. His narratives, however, are altered and adjusted constantly, adapting fluidly according to the environment they are narrated in, and resulting in a different meaning each time a story is told. As a visual artist, Kamath feels impelled to regularly reinvent his method of storytelling. By relentlessly working on his articulation and modernizing his techniques, the artist continuously updates his visual vocabulary.
The artist’s need to draw and hold his viewers’ attention is palpable in his varied use of painting, drawing, sculpture and video. With the help of these disparate genres he creates narratives that are gripping in content, even though they are composed of simple, commonplace elements. Thus Kamath’s forte ultimately lies in creating fantasies out of the ordinary.
Kamath usually begins a painting with just one element; this could be drawn from memories of past experiences or the reality of present contexts. He then keeps adding and taking away from the imagery, paying particular attention to structuring throughout this process, and ultimately arrives at a composition that he deems suitable to be the vehicle of his narrative. To Kamath, then, the process of construction is more important than his completed work.
Born in 1972 in Mangalore, Manjunath Kamath obtained his Bachelor’s degree in sculpture from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore, in 1994. He was also an artist-in-residence at the School of Art and Design of the University of Wales, Cardiff, in 2002. Kamath’s works have been featured in a number of solo exhibitions, the most recent ones including ‘108 Small Sories’ and ‘Something Happened’ at Gallery Espace, New Delhi, in 2007 and 2006 respectively; and ‘About Something’ at Sridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 1996.
Kamath lives and works in Delhi.
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Born
1972
Mangalore Karnataka
Education
1989-94 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture), Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore, Karnataka
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 'Postponed Poems', Gallery Espace,...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 'Postponed Poems', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2011 'Collective Nouns', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2007 ’108 Small Stories’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2006 ‘Something Happened’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1996 ‘About Something’, Sridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 'Edge of Reason- and beyond, into pure creativity', presented by Indian Art Circle at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2013 'Spell of Spill', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 'On A Journey', Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
2012 '2 + 2 = 5', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 'Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art', prsented by Sakshi Gallery at The Park, Chennai
2012 'Cynical Love: Life in the Everyday', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi
2012 'Sightings', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'The Lost Sparrow', presented by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2011 'Skin Deep: The Art of Fibreglass', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2011 'Window in the Wall: India and China – Imaginary Conversations', Pearl Lam Fine Arts, Shanghai
2011 'Love is a 4 Letter Word', Latitude 28, New Delhi
2011 'Melange', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata
2011 'Anecdotes', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Mixed Bag 2', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2011 'Pause: A Collection', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'High-Light', presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at The Oberoi, Gurgaon
2011 'Tolstoy Farm: Archive of Utopia', presented by Seven Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2011 'Of Humour, Wit & Satire', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2010 'Freedom to March: Rediscovering Gandhi through Dandi', presented by Ojas Art at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2010 '10 x 10', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2010 'Indian (Sub)Way', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2009 'If I Were A Saint', presented by The Shrine Empire Gallery at Travancore Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Retrieval Systems', Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre; Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Lost In An Urban Maze', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Recycled', Bose Pacia, Kolkata
2009 'Towards a New Viewership/ Audience', presented by Art and Deal, New Delhi and Bakul Art Foundation, Bhubaneshwar at Art Konsult, New Delhi
2009 'Re-Claim/ Re-Cite/ Re-Cycle', presented by Latitude 28 at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi; Bose Pacia, Kolkata
2009 'The Human Animal', jointly presented by Gallery Threshold and Arts I (Religare Arts Initiative) at Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2008 'Shifting Terrains Altered Realities', presented by The Shrine Gallery and Empire Art at The Arts House of The Old Parliament, Singapore
2008 'Ltd. Edition', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi and Mumbai
2008 'Keep Drawing', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2008 'The Ethics of Encounter', Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok
2007 'Keep Drawing', Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 'Telling It Like It Is, The Indian Story', Gallery Cork Street, London
2007 'Embelems and Urban Regeneration', Garnier Contemporary Arts, Air Gallery, London
2007 'Fact and Fiction', SW1 Gallery, London
2007 ‘Meandering Membranes’, presented by Empire Art & The Shrine Gallery, New Delhi at The Taj Bengal, New Delhi
2007 ‘Does Size Matter II ?’, Jehangir K S Nicholsan Gallery of Modern Art at National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
2007 'Pulsating Rhythms On Paper', Alliance Francaise de Bangalore
2007 'I Fear I Believe I Desire', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2007 ‘Reading Paint’, Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok
2007 'Aqua Aubergine Slate', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2006 ‘Paper Flute’ Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2006 ‘Back to the Future 1989-2005’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2006 'Hybrid Trends', Hangaram Museum, Korea
2004 'Dot and pixel' Gallery Espace New Delhi and Gallery Sumukha Bangalore, Karnataka
2003 'Sheesha- Indo-French Show', Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi
2003 ‘Photo Print’, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2003 ‘Screened Animated Video, UGC Hall, Cardiff, UK
2002 ‘Four Cities', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 Digital Art Exhibition, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2001 Art on Move Project organized by Sahmat, New Delhi
2000 New Media Projects, ‘Let Me Fool You’
2000 Print etc.com, Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi
2000 ‘Buddha Laugh Again’, Academy of Fine Arts, New Delhi
1999 ‘Young Contemporaries’, French Embassy, New Delhi
1999 'Edge of The Century', New Delhi
1997 ‘Four Young Artists’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Participations
2014 'Beneath the Black: Part 2', Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata
2011-12 'India: Lado a Lado / Arte Contemporânea Indiana (India: Side by Side / Indian Contemporary Art)', part of the Exhibition ÍNDIA! presented by Brazilian Ministry of Culture and Banco do Brasil at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro; Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo; SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo and Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília
2011 'Red', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Fabular Bodies: New Narratives in the Art of the Miniature',
presented by Harmony Art Foundation at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharah Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2011 'Time Unfolded', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2010 'Size Matters or Does it?', Part 1 at Latitude 28, New Delhi
2010 'Finding India: Art for the New century', presented by Sakshi Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Taipei
2010 'Art Celebrates 2010', represented by Gallery Espace at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games
2010 'Go See India', part of India-Sweden Cultural Exchange Program presented by Emami Chisel, Kolkata at Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata; Vasa Konsthal and Gallery-Scandinavia, Gothenburg
2010 'Art Hong Kong 2010', Hong Kong presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Roots', 25th Anniversary Exhibition of Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai at The Park, Chennai
2009 'Failed Plot', part of KIAF 09 at COEX, Seoul
2009 'Lo Real Maravilloso: Marvelous Reality', 20 Years Celebration of Gallery Espace at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2009 Grand Finale of Video Wednesday, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2009 'ARCOmadrid', Spain represented by Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2008 'Chaos in Order', mounted by Lalit Kala Akademi in association with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Social Republic of Vietnam and the Embassy of India in Vietnam
2008 'Harvest 2008', organized by Arushi Arts at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2007 'Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves', ZKM, Museum of Contemporary Art, Germany
2003 ‘Chroma’, Indo-Norwegian Show, Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
2002 Artist in Residence at School of Art & Design, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK
Charles Wallace Scholarship, UK
2002 Artist in Residence at School of Art & Design, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK
Charles Wallace Scholarship, UK
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