Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 12.25 x 14.125 inches
Year: 2021
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About the artist
Vikrant Bhise (b.1984) is a visual artist who lives and works in Mumbai, India. At the forefront of struggle against caste-based domination and its vertiginous implications on land, liberty and labour, Vikrant’s artistic practice iterates his commitment to the revolutionary spirit inherent in the Ambedkarite consciousness. Vikrant is committed to the expression of social justice, realisation of enduring reform through activism, and remembrance of struggles against caste, class and gender-based oppression.
An alumnus of L.S. Raheja School of Art (Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts, 2010) and J.J. School of Art (D.P.EAD, 2011), Mumbai, Vikrant has exhibited in group and solo projects. His solo exhibition includes, Human curated by Katharina Domscheit-D'Souza was on view at Jehangir Art Gallery (2019), Sense and Sensibilities: A Reflective Realisation curated by Dr. Y. S. Alone on view at Ananat Art Gallery, Noida (Jan 2024)
Selected group exhibitions include Bare Acts, Prameya Art Foundation, New Delhi (2023), Something Else – “Riunione:Precursors of a Modern World” Cario Citadel, Egypt (2023) Keep it real, Dhi contemporary, Hyderabad (2023), Art Mumbai, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi (2023) Fault Lines, Conflictorium, Museum of Conflict, Ahmedabad (2023) India Art Fair, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi (2023, 2024); Dismantling the Aesthetics of Inhibition: Representing Difference, curated by Y. S. Alone, Gallery OED, Cochin (2022); Naya Anjor, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi (2022); Revolution and Counter Revolution for Secular Art Movement, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (2022); All That is Life at Space 118, Mumbai (2021) among others. He is the recipient of a National Award by Lalit Kala Akademi for the series Impressions, in 2018.
