Shailesh BR

8 Works

Exhibitions

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

About Shailesh BR

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.

Academics

B.F.A in painting from the Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore

Post-graduation diploma from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, Baroda.

Awards

Seed Funding provided by Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, 2021

FICA Emerging Artist Award, awarded by Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, 2015

Nasreen Mohamedi Award - Best Annual Display Award at MS University, Baroda, India, 2015

Inlaks Fine Arts Award, 2014

Gold Medal awarded at Mysore University, 2013

Javugal Trust scholarship, 2012

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions :

Group Exhibitions:

India Art Fair, New Delhi, India, 2020-23

“Posthumanism” at ACT Studio. Asian Cultural Centre, Gwangju, South Korea, 2023

Art SG, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 2023

“Magical Hackerism” at SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany, 2022

“The Light Side of The Moon”, The Armory Show, Javits Center, New York, 2022

“A Handful of Dust”, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi India, 2022

Display at India Art Fair , Vadehra Art Gallery, and FICA, 2022

Language is Migrant, Abu Dhabi Edition, Dubai, 2022

Language is Migrant, at Colomboscope, Sri Lanka, 2022

Represented at Hub India, Turin, Italy by Vadehra Art Gallery, 2021

(Pro)Found Object, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2021

Notes from the Lockdown at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, 2021

Sovereign Asian Art Prize, The Finalists Exhibition, Hong Kong, China, 2021

Indian Art Fair, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2020

Big Biennale, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019

Delhi Contemporary Art Weekend, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2019

Caressing History, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2018

Remembering the Present, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2018

Babur ki Gai, Latitude 28 Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2018

Residencies:

Artist in Residence at Asian Cultural Centre, Gwangju, South Korea, 2022

Villa Arson Artist Residence, Nice, France, 2020

Embassy of Foreign Artists Residency, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019

Sara Art Residency, Shimoga, Karnataka, New Delhi, 2018

Khoj International Workshop, Goa, India, 2017

Atelier Mondial / Pro Helvetia – Swiss Art Council, Basel, Switzerland, 2016

Peers Emerging Artists’ Residency, Khoj International Artists’ Association,
New Delhi, India, 2015

Sandarbh Art Residency, Paratapur, Rajasthan, India, 2014

BAR-1 at Bangalore Artist Residency, Bengaluru, India, 2012

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Works by Shailesh BR

Untitled

Gift Wrapper, Poster color, Watercolor, Color pencil on old paper,
30 x 20 inches

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Untitled

Gift Wrapper, Poster color, Watercolor, Color pencil on old paper,
30 x 20 inches

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Chamara

Gift Wrapper, Poster color, Watercolor, Color pencil on old paper,
30 x 20 inches

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00 : 00 pm

Neon Light & Timer,
9.5 x 25 inches

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Twins

Arduino, 12V power supply, Solenoid , Aluminium, nuts and bolts,
11H x 12W x 6D inches

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Twins

Arduino, 12V power supply, Solenoid , Aluminium, nuts and bolts,
18H x 10W x 10D inches

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Anti-Clock

Anti- moving old clock, Brass metal sheet, Wood,
36H x 36W x 3D inches

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Chamara 2

Zinc Coated MS sheet, Wiper motor, Arduino, 12V power Supply, 8 Channel Relay, Fibre Optics, Synthetic Chamara, Peacock Feather, Cloth strips, Dry Mustard, Corn Tassel, Broom, Stick,
36H x 72W x 132D inches

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