Shailesh BR
Solo Exhibitions :
Shooting Stars, a solo exhibition at In Touch, Virtual Show at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2022
Displacement, a solo exhibition at Delhi Art Weekend, Bikaner House, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2021
The Last Brahmin a solo exhibition at Villa Arson Centre d'art Contemporain, Nice, France, 2020
Notes to Self at VAG Fresh, an online solo exhibition by Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2020
TARKA at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2017
Born in 1986 in Karnataka, Shailesh B.R. received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, specialising in painting, from the Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore and has a post-graduate diploma from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, Baroda. In 2023, Shailesh was a resident at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. In 2021, he was a finalist for the Sovereign Art Prize and exhibited his work at the finalists’ exhibition in Hong Kong. He was awarded the FICA Emerging Artist Award in 2016 and the Inlaks Fine Arts Award in 2014.
His practice revolves around the nature of processes – of philosophical thought, art and rituals, expressed through a visual vocabulary that makes the viewer reimagine the purpose and function of routine objects. His works are playful reconfigurations of philosophical thought through mechanical means. His drawings (which unapologetically reject any grammatical precision) question the staunch formalism associated with art and use the premise of honest artistic wonder instead to explore how errors can be made in how he sees, perceives and defends his ideas.
Born in 1986 in Karnataka, Shailesh B.R. received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, specialising in painting, from the Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore and has a post-graduate diploma from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, Baroda. In 2023, Shailesh was a resident at the Institute of
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Untitled
Gift Wrapper, Poster color, Watercolor, Color pencil on old paper,
30 x 20 inches
Untitled
Gift Wrapper, Poster color, Watercolor, Color pencil on old paper,
30 x 20 inches
Chamara
Gift Wrapper, Poster color, Watercolor, Color pencil on old paper,
30 x 20 inches
Twins
Arduino, 12V power supply, Solenoid , Aluminium, nuts and bolts,
11H x 12W x 6D inches
Twins
Arduino, 12V power supply, Solenoid , Aluminium, nuts and bolts,
18H x 10W x 10D inches
