Sudipta Das
(b. 1985)
Sudipta Das’ practice revolves around the tenacity, fragility and importance that paper has in the lives of people and how it shapes their identity. She transforms paper into doll-like sculptures and is inspired by the Dakjee doll-making technique which she had learnt during her residency in Korea in 2017. From migrations both forced and voluntary to climate change, from identity crisis to recording historic events and diaspora, the artist touches upon the calamities that befall those in transience as they seek refuge after having lost all they ever had and all they have ever known. The miniature size of the human figures in the sculptures emphasizes the magnitude of the issues faced by displaced people all over the world.
Sudipta completed her BFA and MFA in Painting from Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan in 2009 and 2011 respectively. She is a recipient of the Visual Artist Fellowship at Mittal Institute (Harvard University) (2021); the prestigious Visual Arts Award as part of Alpine Fellowship, Sweden (2019); Greenshield Fellowship, Canada (2019). Her solos include ‘The Exodus of Eternal Wanderers’ LATITUDE 28, New Delhi (2020); ‘Every Year the Flood Comes’, LATITUDE 28 in collaboration with Space Studio, Alembic City, Vadodara (2019); ‘Soaring to Nowhere’, LATITUDE 28 at The Art Projects, India Art Fair, New Delhi (2018) among others. Her recent group exhibitions include India Art Fair with LATITUDE 28, New Delhi (2024-19); Art Mumbai with LATITUDE 28, Mumbai (2023); Art Dubai with LATITUDE 28, Dubai (2023-22); Art SG with LATITUDE 28, Singapore (2023); ‘Paper: A Cross-Cultural Voice’, curated by Anne Vilsboll, Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad, Denmark (2022); Delhi Contemporary Art Week with LATITUDE 28, Bikaner House, New Delhi (2023-19); ‘Multitudes & Assemblages’, Accademia Albertina, ‘Residues & Resonance’, Museo d’arte Orientale; ‘Maximum Minimum’, Artissima, Oval Lingotto with LATITUDE 28, Hub India curated by Myna Mukherjee and Davide Quadrio, Italy (2021); International Paper Triennial 2020, Charmey Museum, Switzerland (2020); ‘Contested Terrain’, Kochi-Muziris Biennale collateral segment, Kochi (2013).
