Biography

B MANJUNATH KAMATH (born 1972) took a BFA from the Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore (1989-1994) and was artist in residence at the School of Art & Design, University of Wales, Cardiff (2002). Kamath has held three solo exhibitions: ‘About Something’ (Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi, 1996), ‘Something Happened’ (Gallery Espace, New Delhi, 2006), and ‘108 Small Stories’ (Gallery Espace, New Delhi, 2007). Kamath has presented his work in numerous group shows and been invited to participate in a number of curated exhibitions, both in India and overseas. These include ‘Hybrid Trends’ (Hangaram Museum, Seoul, 2006), ‘Telling It Like It Is: The Indian Story’ (Cork Street Gallery, London), ‘Emblems and Urban Regeneration’ (Garnier Contemporary Arts, Air Gallery, London, 2007), ‘Fact and Fiction’ (SW1 Gallery, London, 2007), ‘Reading Paint’ (Gallery SoulFlower, Bangkok, 2007), ‘Chaos in Order’ (29 Hang Bai, Hanoi, 2008), ‘The Ethics of Encounter’ (Gallery SoulFlower, Bangkok, 2008), and ‘Reclaim/ Recite/ Recycle’ (Travancore House, New Delhi). Kamath was invited to participate in the major global exhibition, ‘Thermocline of Art – New Asian Waves’, curated by Wonil Rhee (ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2007). He has also shown his work at ARCO Madrid (2009). Kamath also works on new-media installations, combining animation, video and sculpture.