Kurchi Dasgupta

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'''Kurchi Dasgupta''' (born 1974 in Kolkata, West Bengal) is an Indian painter, art critic, actor and translator. She currently lives between Kathmandu, Nepal and Kolkata, India.

==Background== Dasgupta gained a diploma in commercial art in 1994 and earned a Master of Arts degree in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1998. She was the chief executive officer of the Society for the Preservation of Satyajit Ray Films (The Ray Society) for two years until 2006.<ref name="saatchi25041"> {{cite web | title = Kurchi Dasgupta – About the artist | publisher = Saatchi Gallery | url = http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile//25041.html | accessdate = 12 June 2008}}</ref> She was also the head of Lotus Print publishing house for three years. She shares her time between Kathmandu and Kolkata at the moment, with her son and husband.

==Selected group exhibitions== ''Upcoming:'' 2019 ''Bunte Nachbarinnen'' Berlin (to be curated by Karla Woisnitza)

2019 ''Solidarity – Jetzt erst recht''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://acc-weimar.de/ausstellungen/solidaritaet/|title=Solidarität – jetzt erst recht {{!}} Solidarity – now more than ever :: ACC-Weimar|website=acc-weimar.de|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kulturcarre.de/veranstaltung/12975|title=Memory as Solidarity {{!}} Kurchi Dasgupta, Kathmandu / Weimar – ACC Galerie|website=Kulturcarré|language=de|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> ACC Gallery Weimar, Weimar (March – May)

2018 ''She in South Asia'' Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata (which she co-curated) (February)

2017 ''Things Lost/Remembering the Future''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thefloatingmagazine.com/journal/things-lost/|title=Exhibition: Things Lost/Remembering the Future|website=The Floating Magazine|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artradarjournal.com/2017/04/02/things-lostremembering-the-future-south-asian-artists-at-ganges-art-gallery/|title="Things Lost/Remembering the Future": South Asian artists at Ganges Art Gallery {{!}} Art Radar|last=Radar|first=Art|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata (which she co-curated) (March)

2016 ''Ardor'' Indian Cultural Centre, Kolkata (March)

2015 ''Suladharini''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/suladharini-87756.html|title=Suladharini|date=2015-09-05|website=The Statesman|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Indian Cultural Centre, Kolkata (August)

2014 ''Understanding Gender''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com.np/printedition/news/2014-02-18/opening-up-on-gender-259464.html|title=Opening up on gender|website=kathmandupost.ekantipur.com.np|language=English|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Artist Proof Gallery, Kathmandu (March)

2013 United Art Fair in Delhi, India (September)

2013 ''Kalajatra'' Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal (August)

2013 ''Random Reveries''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bikalpaartcenter.org/random-reveries/|title=Random Reveries|date=2013-07-29|website=Bikalpa Art Center|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/archive/84118/Random-reveries:-Thoughts-on-the-everyday|title=Random reveries: Thoughts on the everyday}}</ref> Bikalpa Art Center, Kathmandu, Nepal (August)

2013 ''Objects as Locus of Hybridity and Hybrid Making: Transhistorical, Transcultural, and Global Explorations''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tasmeemarchive.com/2013/images/tasmeem2013-TEP-program.pdf|title=TASMEEM EXPLORATION PLATFORM|website=www.tasmeemarchive.com|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Tasmeem Doha Design Biennale at Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar (March)

2012 ''Evolving Within''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2012-09-10/four-elements.html|title=Four elements – et cetera – The Kathmandu Post|website=kathmandupost.ekantipur.com|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, Nepal (September)

2012 ''From Portrait to Self-Portrait'' Kathmandu Center for Contemporary Art, Kathmandu, Nepal (November) (curated by Antonio Nodar)

2012 ''Rejoicing Spring''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fridayweekly.com.np/hall-of-frame/rejoicing-spring-an-artistic-display|title=Rejoicing Spring an Artistic Display – Hall of frame – Friday Weekly|website=www.fridayweekly.com.np|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Manny's Exhibition Space, Kathmandu, Nepal (March)

2011 ''Ganesha'' Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, Nepal (September)

2007 ''Art in Mind'' Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK (July)

==Selected solo exhibitions==

2010 ''Bishoy Mahabharata''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/mahabharat-gets-a-new-look-from-nepal-news-international-kjbnucabcajsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718113344/https://www.sify.com/news/mahabharat-gets-a-new-look-from-nepal-news-international-kjbnucabcajsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-07-18|title=Mahabharat gets a new look from Nepal|website=Sify|language=en|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> The Nehru Centre, Mayfair, London (September).

2010 ''Bishoy Mahabharata''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=17403#.XTA4I5MzaRY|title=About town- Nepali Times|website=archive.nepalitimes.com|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2010sep01/mahabharat_gets_new_look_nepal.html|title=Mahabharat gets a new look from Nepal – TwoCircles.net|last=TwoCircles.net|date=September 2010 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Imago Dei Gallery, Kathmandu (August).

2010 ''The Mahabharata: An Impression''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/news-archives/latest/epic-impressions/|title=Epic impressions|date=2010-01-23|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu (January).

2008 ''World Cinema: A Dialogue'' Millennium Gallery, London (September).

==Selected curation ==

2019 ''Over a Glass of Wine'' (co-curated with Matthew McCarthy) (ACC Gallerie, Weimar, Germany)

2018 ''She in South Asia'' (co-curated with Amritah Sen) (Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata)

2018 ''Small Histories: Memory as Practice, Memory as Ethics''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/the-cryptic-mind-of-the-artist/cid/1467557|title=The cryptic mind of the artist|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> (co-curated with Amritah Sen) (Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata)

==Writings== She is a regular contributor to magazines and prestigious e-zines, including:

''Frieze''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frieze.com/tags/kurchi-dasgupta|title=Kurchi Dasgupta {{!}} Frieze|website=frieze.com|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> (London)

''Asian Art News'' (Hong Kong)

''Art Asia Pacific''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artasiapacific.com/Blog/MakingHistoryColomboArtBIennale|title=ArtAsiaPacific: Making History Colombo Art B Iennale|website=artasiapacific.com|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> (Hong Kong)

''Art India'' (New Delhi)

''Art and Deal'' (New Delhi)

''Depart''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.departmag.com/index.php/en/page/contributors#|title=Depart Magazine{{!}}contributors|website=www.departmag.com|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> (Dhaka)

''Hyperallergic''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/author/kurchi-dasgupta/|title=Kurchi Dasgupta|website=Hyperallergic|date=11 March 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> (New York)

''Ibraaz''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibraaz.org/platforms/8/responses/178|title=Response to Platform 8 by Kurchi Dasgupta|website=Ibraaz|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> (Dubai)

''Nukta Art Magazine'' (Karachi)

''The Himalayan Times'' (Kathmandu)

''The Kathmandu Post''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/author/kurchi+dasgupta|title=Kurchi dasgupta – The Kathmandu Post|website=kathmandupost.ekantipur.com|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> (Kathmandu)

==Selected residencies== 2018 ACC Weimar International Studio Program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-weimar.de/de/universitaet/aktuell/pinnwaende/archivsuche/beitrag/titel/heute-19-uhr-memory-as-solidarity-kurchi-dasgupta/|title=Heute 19 Uhr: Memory as Solidarity {{!}} Kurchi Dasgupta|website=www.uni-weimar.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wieland-weimar.de/veranstaltungen/vortrag/radikale_kuenstlerinnen_in_suedostasien___acc_stipendiatin_kurchi_dasgupta__weimar_kathmandu-1528.html|title=Vortrag :: ACC-Weimar|website=wieland-weimar.de|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Weimar (October 2018 – February 2019)

2012 ''Redefining Kathmandu Valley''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lasanaa.org.np/residency-2/redefining-kathmandu-valley/|title=Redefining Kathmandu Valley – LASANAA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Lasanaa Art Hub, Kathmandu (April)

==Selected workshops== 2019 'Unlearning Places'. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (January)

2013 'End Violence against Women'. National Academy of Fine Art (October)

2013 'Free Impression: Freedom of Expression'. Workshop with Thomas Kilpper, Lasanaa Live Art Hub, Kathmandu (October).

==Selected talks== 2019 'Radical Women Artists of South Asia', Albertinum, Dresden, Germany (February)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/albertinum/medea-muckt-auf-radical-women-artists-of-south-asia/295242537791165/|title=Medea muckt auf // Radical Women Artists of South Asia|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref>

2019 'Memory as Solidarity', ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany (February)

2019 Radical Women Artists of South Asia', ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany (March)

2018 Panelist, 'Writing Recent Exhibition Histories of Large-Scale Recurring Exhibitions in South Asia',<ref>{{Citation|author=Dhaka Art Summit|author-link=Dhaka Art Summit|title=DAS 2018 Talks: Writing Recent Histories of Large Scale Recurring Exhibitions in South Asia|date=2018-04-08|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6WGa-QLoDU|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> Dhaka Art Summit

2014 Panelist, Colombo Art Biennale: "The 'C' Word, Defining Curating Practice" (January 31), "Regional Histories, Regional Art Perspectives" (February 1)

2013 Panelist, AICA (International Art Critics Association) Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Art in Nepal at AWON (November); Femininity and Sexuality in the works of Women Artists of Nepal at Martin Chautari, Kathmandu

2013 Brief Overview of her works at Tasmeem Doha at Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar (March)

2012 Importance of Theory in Art Practice, Martin Chautari, Kathmandu (May).

== Published translations == 2009 ''A Torn Quilt Tale'' (translated into English),<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 8123762003}}</ref> pub. by National Book Trust, India

2008 ''Possessions'' (translated into English),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/Details/5023249773511981445|title=Possessions by Shyamal Gangopadhyay – Sahitya Akademi – BookGanga.com|website=www.bookganga.com|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> pub. by Sahitya Akademi, India

2004 ''The Death Trap'' (translated into English),<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 8129100894|title = The Death Trap|last1 = Gangopadhyay|first1 = Sunil|date = August 2005}}</ref> pub. by Rupa & Co.

==Acting profile== One World Theatre productions:

Upcoming: ''True West'' (2019)

''Three Sisters''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/lifestyle/art-culture/drama/russian-classic-play-three-sisters-set-raise-curtains-nepali-touch/|title=Russian classic play Three Sisters set to raise curtains with Nepali touch|date=2018-03-06|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> (2018)

''The Laramie Project Ten Years Later''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2017/05/11/hate-is-not-a-nepali-value/|title=Nepali Times {{!}} The Brief » Blog Archive » Hate is not a Nepali value|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref>(2017)

''The Laramie Project''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatrevillage.org/the-laramie-project/|title=The Laramie Project|website=Theatre Village Nepal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/laramie-project-one-world-theatre-kathmandu,2050|title=Intolerance for hate {{!}} Nepali Times Buzz {{!}} Nepali Times|last=Huët|first=Stéphane|website=archive.nepalitimes.com|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref>(2015)

''Telling a Tale''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatrevillage.org/telling-tale-kitchen-dramas/|title=Telling a Tale : Kitchen Dramas|website=Theatre Village Nepal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> (2013)

==See also== *Indian art

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *http://wieland-weimar.de/veranstaltungen/vortrag/radikale_kuenstlerinnen_in_suedostasien___acc_stipendiatin_kurchi_dasgupta__weimar_kathmandu-1528.html *https://acc-weimar.de/atelier/prog2018/?id=1009 *https://www.uni-weimar.de/de/universitaet/aktuell/pinnwaende/archivsuche/beitrag/titel/heute-19-uhr-memory-as-solidarity-kurchi-dasgupta/ *https://www.kulturcarre.de/veranstaltung/12975 *https://hyperallergic.com/488985/radical-women-artists-prove-medea-never-dies/ *https://kathmandupost.com/printedition/author/kurchi+dasgupta *https://www.saatchiart.com/kurchi *http://artradarjournal.com/2014/12/12/tumbling-towards-the-mainstream-in-kathmandu-interview-with-artist-kurchi-dasgupta/ *http://thefloatingmagazine.com/places-kurchi-dasgupta-kolkata-kathmandu/ *http://artradarjournal.com/2014/12/12/tumbling-towards-the-mainstream-in-kathmandu-interview-with-artist-kurchi-dasgupta/

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