Yogesh Barve (b. 1989) is a conceptual artist from Mumbai, India. His artistic practice spans various mediums, including drawing, painting, sculpture, video and other digital technologies alongside the repurposing of found objects. Barve’s work challenges established norms and binary structures, utilising the slash as a symbol of un/learning, de/constructing, and non/conformism. Barve uses various media to challenge norms and binaries, creating immersive environments that blend personal and public realms. His work aims to democratise and decolonise technology through art. Since 2017, Barve has run a YouTube channel called Dalit Poetry and Literature to bring attention to literature outside the Brahmanical canon. Barve was part of the 2nd Transnational Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. He has previously exhibited at Para Site in Hong Kong, and at the Kadist Art Foundation and the Fondation Lucien Paye in Paris. He was part of the 89 plus program at the Google Cultural Institute, Paris, and has presented works at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul. In 2023, he was invited to be the resident artist at Nordiska Konstförbundet in 2023. Barve was a participating artist (2012-21) and later the Artistic Director (2016-18) at Clark House Initiative, Mumbai.
