Born
Bombay, India
Education
BA in Art and Art Education, St. Olaf College
MN, 2001
MFA in sculpture, The San Francisco Art Institute
CA, 2011
I am interested in the fragmentation of place within a psyche that’s increasingly global. My installation projects investigate the idea of being located and relocated. Feelings of displacement and the search for connections in each new context become challenges that drive the work. Architectural elements are referenced and displaced from their original contexts. Animal images embody the tension of the external or the other when brought into the gallery context. Materials like terracotta, which reference multiple places, are combined to demonstrate this tension. These elements activate the space with a minimalist approach.
Shows
Past
May 2011
Vernissage (San Francisco Art Institute MFA Graduate Exhibition)
The Winery SF, San Francisco, CA
July 2010
What She Made
Diego Rivera Gallery
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
June 2010
Louis and Clark Were Here, and we still don't know where Missouri is
Diego Rivera Gallery
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
October 2009
Immediate Future: The Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts
San Francisco Arts Commision Gallery
San Francisco, CA
September 2009
Without: Themed Bienniel
New Wight Gallery
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
June 2008
Chow Fun
Swell Gallery
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
November 2008
Bundt
MK Gallery
Portland State University, Portland, OR
June 2007
Chow Fun
Swell Gallery
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
October 2006
Group Show
Ameriprise Financial Offices
Santa Monica, CA
September 2006
House
The Artists’ Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
Email
kusum[at]harchandrai.net