Hardeep Pandhal is a British visual artist. His drawings, videos and installations have been exhibited in the UK and internationally.
Exhibitions, awards and projects
Recent solo exhibitions include ''Ensorcelled English'', Goldsmiths CCA, 2020; ''Confessions of a Thug: Pakiveli'', Tramway, Glasgow, 2018; ''Paranoid Picnic: The Phantom BAME'', New Art Exchange and Primary, Nottingham, 2018; ''Liar Hydrant'' at Cubitt, London in 2018; ''Konfessions of a Klabautermann'' at Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick, commissioned by Berwick Film & Media Art Festival and Berwick Visual Arts in 2017 and ''Hobson-Jobsonat''
Collective
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, Edinburgh in 2015.
He has been selected and nominated for several award programmes including the Film London Jarman Award, 2018; Drawing Room Bursary Award, 2015; the Catlin Art Guide, 2014; Bloomberg New Contemporaries, 2013; and the
Glasgow International Open Bursary, where he presented a solo exhibition, ''Self-Loathing Flashmob'' at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, 2018.
Recent groups shows include ''Is This Tomorrow?'',
Whitechapel Gallery
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, London, 2019; ''Transparency'',
Edinburgh Printmakers
Edinburgh Printmakers is a printmaking studio and gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has played a key role in the careers of Alan Davie, John Bellany, Carol Rhodes and Kate Downie.
History
Edinburgh Printmakers was established in 1967, Britai ...
, 2019; Jarman Award Show, UK Tour, 2018; ''Songs for Sabotage'', New Museum Triennial, New York, 2018; ''Nothing Happens, Twice: Artists Explore Absurdity'',
Harris Museum
The Harris Museum is a Grade I-listed building in Preston, Lancashire, England. Founded by Edmund Harris in 1877, it is a local history and fine art museum.
History
In the 19th century, it became legal to raise money for libraries by local ...
, Preston, 2016; and ''The Vanished Reality'',
Modern Art Oxford
Modern Art Oxford is an art gallery established in 1965 in Oxford, England. From 1965 to 2002, it was called The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
The gallery presents exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. It has a national and international ...
, 2016.
Early life and education
Hardeep Pandhal was born in an
Indian family in 1985 in
Birmingham
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. Pandhal's first language is English while his mother speaks Punjabi, preventing them from being able to communicate verbally with each other. Despite this his parents have supported his work and he has worked with his mother on several projects.
From 2004–07 he studied BA Fine Art at Leeds Metropolitan University (now
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the Leeds city centre, city centre and Hea ...
), Leeds.
He graduated with an MFA from
The Glasgow School of Art in 2013, supported by a Leverhulme scholarship.
References
External links
Official website
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1985 births
Artists from Glasgow
Living people
Scottish people of Indian descent