Suresh Jayaram shares from the book, 1 Shanthi Road, to follow the journey of Bangalore's artist-led gallery and studio space!
ABOUT 1 SHANTHI ROAD
1 Shanthi Road studio/gallery is a unique space that has been engaging with contemporary art, in Bangalore, since 2002. The gallery also organises residencies, and collaborations with local, and visiting artists from all parts of the world. Through its work that socially engages with art and the city, 1 Shanthi Road has cultivated a community for contemporary arts.
This book is a chronicle of the space and its art practice and includes essays by Pushpamala N, Ayisha Abraham and others.
For more on 1 Shanthi Road: www.1shanthiroad.com
ABOUT SURESH
Suresh Jayaram is an artist, art historian, arts administrator, and curator from Bangalore. He is the Founder, Director of Visual Art Collective/1 Shanthi Road Studio an international artist's residency, and alternative art space in Bangalore, India. He is currently involved in art practise, urban mapping, archiving, curation, and arts education. His keen interest in environmental and urban developmental issues influences his work. He taught Art History at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, the College of Fine Arts in Bangalore, and later went on to become the Dean from 2005-2007.
As a curator Suresh curated the Colombo Art Biennale 2012, and the Sethusamudram Project, a collaborative art project by Theertha International Artists Collective, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and 1 Shanthi Road Studio/Gallery, in 2010. In the field of arts management, he was an Art Think South Asia Fellow at Sculpturen Park, Berlin 2010-07; he coordinated the South Asian residency for KHOJ, in 2008; and was a member of the working committee of KHOJ International Artists Association, to organise an international artists' Residency in Mysore and Bangalore, in 2002. He received the British Council Charles Wallace India Trust award in 2004, to work as an artist at the Gasworks Studios, London.
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