Dec 02 2023 to Jan 06 2024 10:30 a.m.

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Where

Gallery Sumukha

24/10, BTS Depot Road, Wilson Garden 560027

Event Description

Born in 1968, Sagara, Karnataka.

Arunkumar completed his Bachelors in Fine Arts (Sculpture) between 1989-1993 & Masters in Fine Arts (Sculpture) between 1994-1995 both from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda.

His use of readymade objects such as toys, plastic, ceramics, cow dung, hay & TV monitors, paper pulp, white cement, repurposed wood give us a glimpse of his susceptibility towards the neo-pop movement. His toy-like, yet intricate sculptural works often convey a simple message.

Some of his recent solo exhibitions have been ‘Con-struction’, O P Jindal University, Sonepat, Haryana & Gallery Espace, New Delhi (2018); ‘In-site’, Aicon Gallery, New York (2018). He has also exhibited in ‘We are still Alive’, MASH Foundation, New Delhi (2020); ‘Art Now’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi (2019); ‘No Place Like The Present’, Akara Art, Mumbai (2019); ‘Possibilities for a no-alienated life’, Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi (2018); ‘Damned Art/Embrace Our Rivers’, Goethe-Institute, Chennai (2018).

He has been invited for several workshops/projects and has been Artist-in-Residence at Art Omi International Artist Residency, New York, USA (2011); International Sculpture Symposium, Harmony Art Foundation, Mumbai, INDIA (2008); University of South Australia, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA (2007); JNU Campus, New Delhi, INDIA (2005); International Artist Camp, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo, SRI LANKA (2005); CHROMA Public Art Project, NORWAY (2003); ARCUS, Moriya, Ibaraki Prefecture, JAPAN (1999); International Artists Workshop, IX Treinnale, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, INDIA (1997) & International Sculpture Symposium at Kannada University, Hampi, Karnataka, INDIA (1996).

Arunkumar is also the Founder of a social organization SARA (Sustainable Alternatives for Rural Accord), and is very actively involved in its social engagements and programs since 2014. He was also a visiting faculty at the Dept. of Sculpture at the College of Arts. New Delhi between 2018 to 2020.

Arun lives and works in New Delhi