3 December 2023 /

OVERSHOOT – SOLO SHOW BY RENOWNED SCULPTOR ARUNKUMAR H G

Gallery Sumukha presents OVERSHOOT – solo show by renowned sculptor Arunkumar H G at 24/10, BTS Depot Road, Wilson Garden, Bengaluru. The show will continue till 6 January 2024 from Monday to Saturday.

Eminent Sculptor Arunkumar H G exhibits his recent artworks that reflect his thoughtful insights that mark the conflict and the mutual dependency of man with nature, sometimes reminding the huge ecological, social crisis to be faced in the future.

ArunKumar H G studied BA and MA in Sculpture from M.S. University, Baroda, Gujarat. He worked as visiting faculty at the Department of Sculpture at the College of Arts, New Delhi during 2018 – 2020.

He has founded SARA, a Community-driven farmer’s and artists’ initiative in his native village, Dombekoppa of the Shimoga district in Karnataka, as a platform for dialogue with artists, environmentalists, intellectuals, farmers, students and teachers to share and raise public awareness about sustainable living practices that specifically address the ecological concerns of the region.

Arunkumar has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in India and abroad including CON-struction, Gallery Espace, New Delhi 2018; Kochi Muziris Biennale 2018, Inflatable works, In-site, Aicon Gallery, New York 2018; Seed of Reckoning, Mumbai Art Room 2012; Tract, Nature Morte, New Delhi 2010; Feed, Nature Morte in New Delhi and Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai 2006; Embrace Our Rivers, Goethe-Institute, Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai 2018; Sculpture by the Sea, Sculpture Biennale Aarhus Denmark 2015; The Eye and The Mind: New Interventions in Contemporary Indian Art, China 2015; Beyond Limits at San Diego Art Institute 2014; Aesthetic Bind Citizen Artist: Forms of Address, Chemould, Mumbai 2013; Crossing Space, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover 2013.

Arunkumar has also participated several national and international artist’s residencies including Art Omi International Artist Residency, New York 2011; Artist-in-Residence, University of South Australia, Adelaide 2007 & 2002; Public Art Residency at JNU Campus, New Delhi 2005; International Artists Camp, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo 2005; CHROMA, Public Art Project, Bergen, Norway 2003; KHOJ International Artist-in-Residence, New Delhi and Modinagar 2000.

Arunkumar lives and works in New Delhi.