Kurchi Dasgupta
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 Berlin2019 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 Mahabharata Imago 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 Wine2018 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. Weimar2012 Redefining Kathmandu Valley Lasanaa Art Hub, Kathmandu
Selected workshops
2019 'Unlearning Places'. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin2013 '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, Germany2019 '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.
Published translations
2009 A Torn Quilt Tale, pub. by National Book Trust, India2008 Possessions, pub. by Sahitya Akademi, India
2004 The Death Trap, pub. by Rupa & Co.
Acting profile
One World Theatre productions:Upcoming: True West
Three Sisters
The Laramie Project Ten Years Later
The Laramie Project
''Telling a Tale''