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The question of Identity runs deep in my work.
Who Am I ? series of works stem from a personal quest of finding the essence of my Identity. Being born in one continent, raised in another, born to one set of parents, raised by others caused much confusion along with a questioning of identity.
Where are my roots? And Who Am I?
My parents’ roots had too been lost due to Partition – And so this internal emotional unrest, quest to find a satisfying answer to the existential question began and I have explored it through my art and continue to do so.
Here in these works I am portraying the different masks we wear to fit into the different roles we undertake as parents, spouses, preachers, teachers, friends, lovers etc. Each role has a different mask, each role is a valid part of us, part of our greater whole, as all the parts or facets of ourself create our whole being. Fragmented, tormented, bandaged, broken, somehow whole.
I soon came to realise it is a question which we all ask, at some point in our lives.
So Who Are We Really??
Selected for the Royal Academy of Arts RA Summer Exhibition 2017 in the print section. Curated by Cornelia Parker and Rebecca Salter. Hung adjacent to Anthony Gormley
Selected for the Royal Academy of Arts RA Summer Exhibition 2017 in the print section. Curated by Cornelia Parker and Rebecca Salter. Hung adjacent to Anthony Gormley
Here I show you the process in creating my final image, which I have printed on paper, acetate, calico, silk, tissue paper, and on a map.
Here is a series of waterless lithographs hand printed from a zinc plate, onto white paper editions 2/3 and 3/3 available.
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December 2015
Ed: 1/3 Exhibited & sold at Royal Academy of Art RA Summer Show in 2017
A variation printed on clear acetate with a blue mount board backing. Ed of 4. 1/4 shown here. available. Others are unmounted, therefore transparent with no colour backing, just black printing on clear acetate.
Waterless lithograph
2015
Exhibited at Candid Arts Gallery, Islington, London June 2018
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This a variation of the the waterless lithograph printed on 3 pieces of tissue paper.
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2015
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Printed on 3 sheets of tissue paper.
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Printed on tissue paper.
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Printed on clear acetate. Superimposing 2 images
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Printed on clear acetate. Single print.
Book art variation of Who Am I? Lithograph, printed on the reverse of a world map, made up into a folded book format.
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2015
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I find myself affected by the devastation occurring in the world around us. This is on many levels - wars, religious wars, power wars, for control.
Devastation of our planet, pollution of our water ways, our land, our animals. Every negative action we take effects another part of our planet. Unseen, unnoticed, not my problem - until it is. It is, Now.
I feel very affected by how we are destroying our planet and all life on it. Taking without consideration of the consequences.
Listening to the tribal medicine of our ancestors from all continents would be the key to our survival and respect of our Home.
Screen print with red overlay
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2018
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Exhibited and shortlisted for Art Gemini Prize 2018 at Menier Gallery, Southwark, London
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Collograph
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2018
3 others with slight colour variations also available
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Mixed Media - acrylic, collage.
2017
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We pollute our oceans, we take from the land with no consideration of the consequences to our planet. Overuse of our resources. Land reclamation. Sand. water.
We cannot continue like this. Who will pay the price?
Mixed media, oil on paper
2017
Mixed media on paper
The aftermath of forest fires.
Mixed media on paper.
Tree of Life - we have all heard, here I show a Tree of Death, where 2 victims of gang rape in India were subsequently hung on a mango tree, with the villagers taking it in like nothing out of the ordinary, a day in India…
I look to trees for their roots, as I search my own. I look at their majesty, their towering strength, their far-reaching branches - like our families, the fruits they bear, like our children. We are nourished, fed, clothed by these wondrous trees, they are our medicine, our shelter.
Here are my Conversations with Trees.
Mixed Media on paper
2016
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The basis for my series ‘India Weeps ‘ ‘Shakti Rising’ on violation, rape in India.
Mixed media
A study for a series of Monoprints. Tree of Life.
The structure of the earth resembles the structure of our body, roots, arteries, capillaries, lungs. We are the earth, the earth is us. By polluting, damaging and destroying the earth we are destroying ourselves.
Graphite on paper.
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Series of works on the subject of Rape in India
Lino print Mixed media on paper
2016
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The series of 6 and the process leading to the Pink Bamboo
Mixed media
Mixed Media on paper
Mixed media on vintage sheet music
2016
Featured on the back cover of Asia Literary Review Magazine ALR35 Autumn 2018
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2 of my art works selected for the cover of the Asia Literary Review 2018
2017
Monoprint mixed media, on paper
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Screen print on calico
Screen print on calico
Portraits
We can tell so much from a face, the eyes, the smile. I’ve been fascinated by faces for a long time. Picasso’s cubist versions, Francis Bacon’s tortured faces, Frida Kahlo’s repeated self portraits. Edvard Munch the Scream. What appeals to me is not the portrayal of a perfect Rembrandt, but rather the portrayal of the inner angst and how this is shown revealing the artists inner world.
Inspired by Lucien Freud’s work, I have created a few works after his frenetic intense energy.
Monotype on paper
2017
Lucien Freud
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Monotype
2017
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Waterless lithograph
Coloured filters hide what i’m truly feeling inside. I’m feeling fractured in a million pieces, not knowing how i’m holding myself together, but I am.
Selfie
Monotype on paper
Initially from a study of Balthazar’s feast by Rembrandt.
Mixed media on paper
Assemblage, collage, mixed media on paper
Details of faces, masks in Who Am I?
Detail
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Shocked by the levels of plastic, chemical pollution in our waters, poisoning our sea life, our oceans and ultimately also killing us.
Series of 8 different screen prints of the series My Toxic Environment - Moray Eel 1-8
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Series of 8 different screen prints of the series My Toxic Environment - Moray Eel 1-8
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Series of 8 different screen prints of the series My Toxic Environment - Moray Eel 1-8
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Series of 8 different screen prints of the series My Toxic Environment - Moray Eel 1-8
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Series of 8 different screen prints of the series My Toxic Environment - Moray Eel 1-8
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Series of 8 different screen prints of the series My Toxic Environment - Moray Eel 1-8
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Series of 8 different screen prints of the series My Toxic Environment - Moray Eel 1-8
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Series of 8 different screen prints of the series My Toxic Environment - Moray Eel 1-8
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The plight of the polar bears in the antarctic with ever decreasing masses of ice land mass for their habitat.
Mixed Media chine colle
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Concealed - Revealed
Unlike a 2D art work which is visible in its entirety my book art in concealed until you chose to reveal it and how much you reveal depends on you. Keep it private, intimate, concealed, or partially revealed offering a glimpse into its world.
It is tactile, playful, like a game. Or it is a memento, the only remains of a family escaping persecution.
Like a diary, private or a miniature work of art. A travelling companion.
Your choice.
A collaborative double sided lithograph made into a meander book. Seen here with my masks on the covers.
Printed on the reverse of a world map explores the question of not only Who Am I? which is central to my quest of self identity, but goes further into Where do I come From? and Where do I Belong? Where is my home?
Born in one country, brought up in another, lived in 3 different countries making each one a home for long periods of time. The question remains.
Should I stay? or Should I go?
A question asked over and over by migrants wanting to flee yet wanting to stay in their homeland. A tortuous dilemma with unknown perils along the way.
This work came about in light of the refugee crisis of 2015 and stories of war and terror.
A poignant double sided book on the subject of Rape in India.
A gut wrenching project and process, produced violent response to the continued heinous acts of rape and violence committed daily across India.
Exploring the theme of Identity and the Masks we wear, here I have pared down the ‘Mask’ to its singular outline and joined them up to create a string of masks. I then created 2 screens for a layered look. I have explored other colour variations and backgrounds to interesting results.
This series is well adapted for use in Illustration and Surface Design.
Double layered screen print
