Sharmila Samant graduated in Sculpture from Sir J. J. School of Arts, which was followed by a diploma in Interior Design, a Fellowship at the Kanoria Center for Arts, Ahmedabad, and artist-residencies at Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and at Gasworks in London. Samant was one of the founders of the Mumbai-based collective, Open Circle that sought to engage with contemporary socio-political issues via an integration of theory and practice. Negotiating in both private and public spheres, Samant has engaged in collaborative and participatory art projects with various communities while exploring ideas of exchange, accessibility and authorship. Her installations and video works have been part of many prominent exhibitions in biennales, museums, artist-led spaces and alternative venues in India and abroad.

Samant has curated international events, screenings and exhibitions individually and in collaboration.

She has currently joined as an Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Design and Performance at the Shiv Nadar University.

WORK

A Handmade Saree
by Sharmila Samant
Coca-Cola bottle caps linked together with metal shackles
1999

3/11
by Sharmila Samant
Photographic prints
2006

Contamination 1
by Sharmila Samant
Digital photo collage
2008

ESSAYS

Judicial Chicanery

by Sumesh Sharma

Architecture is symbolic of how communities see themselves and record their histories. Monuments reference national triumph, glorious pasts, political ideology, military and economic power. Just after independence India inherited majestic buildings that befitted a nation that was considered the jewel

Sharmila Samant

Judicial Chicanery

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