IARTS 2019: Contemporary Artists in Conversation

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Saturday, October 5, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

In celebration of the 2019 IARTS Residency Programs at OCAD U and the ROM, join Bangalore-based artist Indu Antony and artist, curator, and writer Swapnaa Tamhane as they discuss their newest projects in Toronto with Deepali Dewan, ROM’s Dan Mishra Curator of South Asian Art & Culture.

Saturday, October 5, 2019, 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Royal Ontario Museum
Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre
Level 1B

Doors Open: 5:30 pm  Talk: 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Free. RSVP Required.
Link for RSVP: https://www.rom.on.ca/en/whats-on/iarts-2019-contemporary-artists-in-con...

Swapnaa Tamhane is an artist, curator, and writer. She has exhibited at FOCUS Photography Festival, Mumbai; Art Gallery of Mississauga; and A Space Gallery, Toronto. She curated In Order to Join – the Political in a Historical Moment, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (former Prince of Wales Museum), Mumbai (2014-2015), and HERE: Locating Contemporary Canadian Artists, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto (2017). Tamhane has been a Research Fellow with the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (2009), and an International Fellow with Kulturstiftung des Bundes (2013). She has been supported by Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and Kunststiftung NRW. Tamhane and designer Rashmi Varma curated and wrote SĀR: The Essence of Indian Design, published by Phaidon Press (2016). www.tamhane.net

Indu Antony is an artist based out of Bangalore and Kerala, India. Born and raised in a conventional Indian family, she overcame various social obligations to pursue her forms of expression. She has since been working with individuals from the fringes of the society. She is known to explore tonalities of inward discussion, which later, burst out into communal spaces. Her work revolves primarily around the notion of the intangible character of spaces, in relation to the gendered body as a site of representation, and through a feminist stance that gives way to performances and installations. Indu Antony has participated in several group exhibitions including the Serendipity Arts Festival, 2018; Kochi-Muziris Biennale (Collateral), 2018-19; Foto Fest Biennale, Houston, 2018; Queer Asia Photo Exhibition, London, 2017 and Photo Kathmandu, Nepal, 2015. She won the Toto Funds Award for photography for the year 2011. https://www.induantony.com/

Supported by the IARTS Textiles of India Grant (ROM), which celebrates the splendour and influence of Indian textile arts in perpetuity, and the IARTS Residency Program (OCAD U), which provides artists and designers from India scope to explore innovative approaches to their creative practice and to build international networks.

For more information on the IArts Residency Program, please visit: https://www.ocadu.ca/academics/faculty-of-art/iarts-residency-program.htm

 

Venue & Address: 
Royal Ontario Museum Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre Level 1B
Website: 
https://www.rom.on.ca/en/whats-on/iarts-2019-contemporary-artists-in-conversation
https://www.ocadu.ca/academics/faculty-of-art/iarts-residency-program.htm
https://www.tamhane.net/
https://www.induantony.com/
Cost: 
Free. RSVP Required. Doors Open: 5:30 pm
Photo of Indu Antony
photo of Swapnaa Tamhane
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Public Artist's Talk - Indu Antony

Indu Antony
Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 6:00pm

OCAD University’s Faculty of Art is pleased to host Bangalore-based artist Indu Antony as the inaugural artist-in-residence for the 2019 IArts Residency Program.

Through her photo-based, multi-disciplinary work, Indu Antony explores the intangible character of spaces in relation to the gendered body. Winner of the Toto Funds Award for photography in 2011, Antony continues to build an international reputation, appearing in Queer Asia Photo Exhibition, London, 2017, FotoFest Biennial, Houston, 2018, and Kochi-Muziris Biennale (Collateral), 2018-19. OCAD U is excited to introduce Antony’s work to Canadian audiences.

Generously supported by the IArts Project Fund, the IArts Residency program brings the richness of Indian visual and material arts to OCAD U.

Public Reception: 5:30 p.m.

Venue & Address: 
115 McCaul St., Level 3
Website: 
https://www2.ocadu.ca/news/ocad-u-welcomes-indian-artist-indu-antony-%CC%B6-inaugural-iarts-resident
Email: 
jrubino@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
416 977-6000
Cost: 
FREE
iArts Residency Program

OCAD U welcomes Indian artist Indu Antony ̶ inaugural IArts Resident

Indu Antony
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 2:00pm

OCAD University’s Faculty of Art is pleased to welcome Bangalore-based artist Indu Antony as the inaugural artist-in-residence for its 2019 IArts Residency Program, taking place September 9 to October 19.

Photo-based, multi-disciplinary artist, Indu Antony’s work explores the intangible character of spaces in relation to the gendered body as a site of representation. Through performance and installation, Antony deploys the body as a tool to express her feminist stance. “Indu Antony's works explore the performative aspects of lens-based practice as a means of engaging and speaking back to popular culture,” said Dr. Glen Lowry, Associate Dean, Outreach and Innovation at OCAD U. Antony continues to build an international reputation for her work, winning the Toto Funds Award for photography in 2011. Her group exhibitions include: Photo Kathmandu, Nepal, 2015; Queer Asia Photo Exhibition, London, 2017; the Serendipity Arts Festival, 2018; Foto Fest Biennale, Houston, 2018; and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (Collateral), 2018-19. OCAD U is excited to support Antony’s creative practice while introducing her work to Canadian audiences.

The IArts Residency Program was launched with the generous support of the IArts Project Fund. Inspired by the late Arti Chandaria, IArts envisions unique opportunities for cultural exchange that bring the richness of Indian visual and material arts to Canada. IArts provides artists and designers from India scope to explore innovative approaches to their creative practice and to build international networks. Through exposure to the Resident’s thought and practice, OCAD U students will be able to explore contemporary art and design processes in collaborative learning experiences that deepen their global perspectives.

IArts resident: Indu Antony

Residency: September 9 to October 19, 2019
 

 

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