Harisha Chennangod
1984
Hailing from Kasargod, Kerala, Harisha Chennangod did his graduation in Painting from CAVA College, Mysore and moved to Baroda for pursuing Masters from Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda. He did his Masters in Museum Studies, where he gota chance to meet and work on projects by eminent artists of India.
His minimal abstract paintings have been a part of many shows across India and his works have found homes in Paris and London. Some of his recent exhibitions include, ‘Home an Irrevocable Condition’, a group exhibition at Pepper House by Kochi Biennale Foundation and Baroda Annuelle 2021 group exhibition at Gallery White Baroda, among several others. In 2017 & 2016 he had two artist exhibitions titled ‘Indian Encounters’ at Lapp centre, Stuttgart, Germany. He has also been a part of many prestigious residencies in the past like the Post Graduate Residency at Vagamon organised by Kochi – Muziris Biennale, Visual Art Collective Art Residency in Bangalore and “Niracharthu” Artist Camp at Enkakad, Thrissur, Kerala.
Exploring the netted fabric of cityscapes, childhood memories and woven handloom patterns, Harisha Chennangod’s visual language is filled with criss-crossing lines, gaps, and primary colours. The artist’s works titled Portrait of Present are a vibrant attempt at cartography, revealing the subtle nuances of life. As lines create the illusion of overlapping threads on a loom, advancing towards the margins they recede as frayed edges—unstitched and open, revealing the quiet of the periphery. Describing the meditative quality of Harisha’s works, the artist Vasudevan Akkitham notes, “The weaving and layering in Harisha’s works have a number of meanings like in Kabir’s poems. The unusual works are marked by repetition which is spiritual and therapeutic.”
