Nandita Mukand is a Singapore-based artist whose practice encompasses sculpture, installation and painting. Her practice explores the boundaries between the artificial and the natural. She fashions materials from the urban realm into organic forms reminiscent of the natural world. This juxtaposition of material and form questions the perpetually growing encroachment of humans onto the natural world. Her investigation is concerned not only with the impact on the environment but also with how the human psyche is implicated in this pursuit. Drawing upon her interest in ontology, neuroplasticity, quantum physics and buddhist texts, her work often explores observations of growth and decay in the wilderness in conjunction with the workings of the urban mind. In other installations she works with natural materials like dead plants, dried flowers and seeds. The interwoven aspects of contemporary life, vulnerability and chaos, resilience and graceful adaptation in the face of adversity, entropy and how we experience the passage of time -these are some of the themes that form the backdrop of her artistic practice.
Nandita’s work was included in the Gallery Children's Biennale National Gallery Singapore, 2022, Sovereign Asian Art Prize Exhibition 2021, Hong Kong, OpenART Biennale 2017, Sweden and Imaginarium: To the Ends of the Earth, Singapore Art Museum. Other notable exhibitions include solo shows : Vessels of Change (2020), Mind(less) Wilderness (2019), Forest Weft, City Warp (2017-2018),The Materiality of Time (2015) and group shows : Yours in Truth, Space 118 Mumbai, India (2022), From Lost Roots to Urban Meadows, The Private Museum, Singapore (2019), Exploring BigCI, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Australia (2015), Untapped,Chan Hampe Gallery, Singapore (2016), Fundacio L'Olivar Summer Exhibition,Spain (2016). She has been awarded artist residencies by the Fundacio L’Olivar in Spain, the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Australia and the Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives, Australia, all of which have enabled her to deepen her research into the natural world. She is also a two-time TEDx Speaker. Nandita graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class) from Goldsmiths, College of London via LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. She received the LASALLE Award for Excellence for outstanding student of the year. Nandita is also an alumna of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and has a degree in Electronics Engineering. In 2008 she left a successful corporate career to pursue full-time her passion for art making. |