Kurchi Dasgupta 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 for two years until 2006. 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 2019 Solidarity – Jetzt erst recht ACC Gallery Weimar, Weimar 2018 She in South Asia Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata 2017 Things Lost/Remembering the Future Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata 2016 Ardor Indian Cultural Centre, Kolkata 2015 Suladharini Indian Cultural Centre, Kolkata 2014 Understanding Gender Artist Proof Gallery, Kathmandu 2013 United Art Fair in Delhi, India 2013 Kalajatra Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal 2013 Random Reveries Bikalpa Art Center, Kathmandu, Nepal 2013 Objects as Locus of Hybridity and Hybrid Making: Transhistorical, Transcultural, and Global Explorations Tasmeem Doha Design Biennale at Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar 2012 Evolving Within Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, Nepal 2012 From Portrait to Self-Portrait Kathmandu Center for Contemporary Art, Kathmandu, Nepal 2012 Rejoicing Spring Manny's Exhibition Space, Kathmandu, Nepal 2011 Ganesha Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, Nepal 2007 Art in Mind Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
Selected solo exhibitions
2010 Bishoy Mahabharata The Nehru Centre, Mayfair, London. 2010 Bishoy MahabharataImago Dei Gallery, Kathmandu. 2010 The Mahabharata: An Impression Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu. 2008 World Cinema: A Dialogue Millennium Gallery, London.
Selected curation
2019 Over a Glass of Wine 2018 She in South Asia 2018 Small Histories: Memory as Practice, Memory as Ethics 2017 Things Lost/Remembering the Future
Writings
She is a regular contributor to magazines and prestigious e-zines, including: Frieze Asian Art News Art Asia Pacific Art India Art and Deal Depart Hyperallergic Ibraaz Nukta Art Magazine The Himalayan Times The Kathmandu Post
Selected residencies
2018 ACC Weimar International Studio Program. Weimar 2012 Redefining Kathmandu Valley Lasanaa Art Hub, Kathmandu
Selected workshops
2019 'Unlearning Places'. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin 2013 'End Violence against Women'. National Academy of Fine Art 2013 'Free Impression: Freedom of Expression'. Workshop with Thomas Kilpper, Lasanaa Live Art Hub, Kathmandu.
Selected talks
2019 'Radical Women Artists of South Asia', Albertinum, Dresden, Germany 2019 'Memory as Solidarity', ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany 2019 Radical Women Artists of South Asia', ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany 2018 Panelist, 'Writing Recent Exhibition Histories of Large Scale Recurring Exhibitions in South Asia', Dhaka Art Summit 2014 Panelist, Colombo Art Biennale: "The 'C' Word, Defining Curating Practice", "Regional Histories, Regional Art Perspectives" 2013 Panelist, AICA Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Art in Nepal at AWON ; 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 2012 Importance of Theory in Art Practice, Martin Chautari, Kathmandu.
