Gigi Scaria

Gigi Scaria’s works reflect on the continuous tussle between nature and humans to create a modern urban landscape. There has always been a debate on human comfort and the price we pay for that comfort. Cities have been built and sustained by the logic of prosperity and an easy lifestyle. The depletion of natural resources and the environmental disasters force us to look at modern life and cities through a new prism. A prism, which will straighten many of our distorted views. Through his painting Scaria creates absurdist environments of the future, challenging the human psyche and its relationship with modern progress. He explores the issue of non-belonging and unsettlement in his works.

Gigi Scaria completed a BFA in painting from the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram in 1995 and an MFA in painting in 1998 from the Jamia Millia University, New Delhi. Solo exhibitions of his work include ‘Absence of an Architect’ in Delhi in 2007, ‘Where are the Amerindians’ in Trinidad in 2005, and a show at Art Inc. in 2001. His work has been included in group exhibitions around the world and he has participated in artist’s residencies at CCA7 (Caribbean Contemporary Arts), Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies; Khoj International Artists Association and Unidee, at Citadellarte, Foundation Pistoletto, Biella, Italy. Gigi was given the Sanskriti Award in Visual Art in 2005 and an Inlaks Scholarship in 2002.

Gigi lives and works in New Delhi, India.