Tejal Shah | |
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तेजल शाह | |
Born | 1979 (age 44–45) |
Alma mater | RMIT University |
Occupation(s) | Visual artist, curator |
Tejal Shah ( Hindi: तेजल शाह; born 1979) is an Indian contemporary visual artist and curator. She works within the mediums of video art, photography, performance, drawing, sound work, and spatial installations. [1] Shah explores topics in her work including the LGBTQ+ community, sexuality, gender, disability, and the relationship between humans and nature. [2] She lives in Mumbai. [3] [4] [5]
Tejal Shah was born in 1979 in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. [6] Shah has identified as queer. [7] She has BA degree (2000) in photography from RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) in Melbourne, Australia; and worked towards a MFA degree from Bard College but did not graduate. [3] [8] [2] She was an exchange student and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, from 1999 to 2000. [3] [9]
Her 2006 Hijra Fantasy series of work highlighted the Hijra community (eunuchs, intersex people, and/or transgender people) of Bangalore and Mumbai. [2] In 2012, for Documenta (13) in Kassel, she created the five-channel video installation "Between the Waves" featuring two women wearing horns and exploring a surreal landscape. [10] [11] [12]
Shah's artwork has been shown widely including, " Global Feminisms" (2007) at Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York; [13] [14] "India: Public Places/Private Spaces" (2008) at Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey; [15] Documenta (13) (2012) in Kassel, Germany; [10] and "Everyone Is an Artist: Cosmopolitan Exercises With Joseph Beuys" (2021) at K20 in Düsseldorf, Germany. [16] Her work was also part of the group exhibition "Facing India" (2018) at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany; other artists included Vibha Galhotra, Bharti Kher, Prajakta Potnis, Reena Saini Kallat, and Mithu Sen. [17]
Shah's work is in public museum collections include at the Centre Pompidou. [18]
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Tejal Shah | |
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तेजल शाह | |
Born | 1979 (age 44–45) |
Alma mater | RMIT University |
Occupation(s) | Visual artist, curator |
Tejal Shah ( Hindi: तेजल शाह; born 1979) is an Indian contemporary visual artist and curator. She works within the mediums of video art, photography, performance, drawing, sound work, and spatial installations. [1] Shah explores topics in her work including the LGBTQ+ community, sexuality, gender, disability, and the relationship between humans and nature. [2] She lives in Mumbai. [3] [4] [5]
Tejal Shah was born in 1979 in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. [6] Shah has identified as queer. [7] She has BA degree (2000) in photography from RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) in Melbourne, Australia; and worked towards a MFA degree from Bard College but did not graduate. [3] [8] [2] She was an exchange student and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, from 1999 to 2000. [3] [9]
Her 2006 Hijra Fantasy series of work highlighted the Hijra community (eunuchs, intersex people, and/or transgender people) of Bangalore and Mumbai. [2] In 2012, for Documenta (13) in Kassel, she created the five-channel video installation "Between the Waves" featuring two women wearing horns and exploring a surreal landscape. [10] [11] [12]
Shah's artwork has been shown widely including, " Global Feminisms" (2007) at Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York; [13] [14] "India: Public Places/Private Spaces" (2008) at Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey; [15] Documenta (13) (2012) in Kassel, Germany; [10] and "Everyone Is an Artist: Cosmopolitan Exercises With Joseph Beuys" (2021) at K20 in Düsseldorf, Germany. [16] Her work was also part of the group exhibition "Facing India" (2018) at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany; other artists included Vibha Galhotra, Bharti Kher, Prajakta Potnis, Reena Saini Kallat, and Mithu Sen. [17]
Shah's work is in public museum collections include at the Centre Pompidou. [18]
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