Vishal Kumaraswamy

Vishal Kumaraswamy is an artist and lmmaker based in Bangalore, India. He has an MA in Photography from Central Saint Martins, London & is currently part of Ashkal Alwan’s Home Workspace Independent Study Program. Vishal’s works have been shown at several international exhibitions including The Venice Biennale’s Research Pavilion, Athens Digital Arts Festival, Center for Curatorial Studies Bard College, The Royal College of Art & Furthereld. Vishal has previously been an in-person artist in residence with the US Consulate General Mumbai & remotely with Contemporary Calgary in Alberta, SAVAC Toronto & Vital Capacities, videoclub UK. Vishal is a recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts Transmitter Delhi X Darwin Grant & the inaugural Artists for Artists Microgrant.
Vishal is a member of multiple collaborative & collective practices; Artists for Artists Masterclass, DeptfordX Supported and the founder of the international artist collective Now You Have Authority (www.nyhacollective.com), through which he has curated exhibitions, residencies and delivered workshops at the Tate Modern’s Tate Exchange Programme, Tanzfest Aarau and The Sluice Biennial. He also develops independent curatorial projects with a focus on contemporary South-Asian artistic practices and his most recent project www.the-lack-of.com was shown as part of The Wrong Biennale.

WEBSITE: www.vishalkswamy.com