Categories: General

GOING MAD OVER NUFINK! – KROMESTAR X PINS @ PNGA, ARTUM BIRMINGHAM

GOiNG MAD OVER NUFiNK!

Acrylic on Shirt Jacket

Size: S

I remember back in secondary school in Art class, this guy was drawing Gucci perfume bottles whilst spitting bars & I would be doing the same (minus spitting bars) just more Ford RS Cosworth’s, proper coloured pencil renderings. We both clearly had some talent for Art, him more music, but back then it wasn’t something I could envisage as a proper career so to speak.…

View post →

PATCHY RANGOLI – PINSTALLATION @ MUSEUM OF THE HOME

Based on last year’s successful interactive installation I & the public created for Diwali celebrations at Museum Of The Home, they asked me back again this year for their Winter Festival event this coming weekend, which is nice 🙂

Myself & the team will help people create Rangoli inspired designs, which will go on to form a larger co-created artwork through textile installation, which will remain in the space for an extended period after the day is done.…

View post →

WOMEN IN REVOLT! @ TATE BRITAIN – BHAJAN HUNJAN

It’s Diwali season, and thought i’d shine some light on fellow South Asian artist Bhajan Hunjan.

I met Bhajan a couple years ago randomly at the Tate Members Cafe. I was perched with a coffee & sketchbook, wearing a bright blue turban, thinking I really wanted that Lemon Drizzle slice but didn’t want to spend £5.95! The turban clearly prompted the connection to our South Asian roots & we started chatting.…

View post →

‘ROAD TO GROWTH’ ARTWORK- TURNAROUND CENTRE

My youth work period kicked off back in 2006-ish when I got employed to run art based workshops in schools, then youth clubs, then community centres etc. I remember my first ever school gig & thought how easy it was to connect with the students through my art, they just got it, in a non-text book way. Since then, I’ve constantly used my art to connect the often most challenged / the most hard to reach individuals, resulting in some super rewarding moments over the years…

Recently I worked in partnership with Croydon Youth Service (YJS) with some young people to help realise an artwork  as part of a Reparation Project during the summer. 

Through a series of art based sessions at the Turnaround Centre, these sessions explored observation, design & various application techniques, from concept to final artwork.…

View post →