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Recent Activities of and on nirmal singh dhunsi
About me
nirmal singh dhunsi (nirmal)
Nirmal Singh Dhunsi’s spicy paintings call forth both sweet tastes and an intensely burning sensation on the tongue. He makes them rapidly, mixing ingredients from East and West and from the entire art history. Spangles, glitter glue and painted strings of pearls decorate and cover the canvas surface.
Below this surface one finds content of private and religious character as well as content related to current affairs. Figurative and non-figurative layers overlap and make up an aesthetics that is deep and extravagant at the same time.
Lately Nirmal has worked with painting, sometimes exploring various detours from the road he has decided to travel: the one he defines as his masala way. His present images are even more luxuriant and exuberant than his previous works. At the same time they represent a true challenge to the spectator who finds himself in the double role of merrymaker and archaeologist: beneath the glitter and the strings of pearls there are yet more layers to discover. Excavations reveal findings related to the artist’s past as a professional painter of miniatures and posters, his present situation as a respected visual artist in Norway – as well as anything that may happen to exist between these co-ordinates. Which is certainly not negligible. The masala paintings are characterized by art historical and trans-cultural references and yet they have a unique, recognizable quality. This quality is a result of Nirmal’s numerous voyages between two very different parts of the world and a well-developed ability to soak up visual impressions. He is more than commonly concerned with what goes on at the international art scene at large. If you blend history and topicality, external influences and a personal sense of style, what you get is Nirmal’s art.
- Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
1991-92 Videreutdanning i India
1987-91 Kunstakademiet i Trondheim- Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Øst,vest og rest, Trondheim kunstmuseum
2005 Red-light, IKM, Oslo
2005 Drawing-tandoori, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo
2004 True story, Tempe, Trondheim
2004 Galleri Ask, Åsgårdstrand
2001 Trøndelag senter for samtidskunst, Trondheim
2001 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2000 Galleri Allmenningen, Bergen
1997 Galleri LNM, Oslo
1996 Galleri Allmenningen, Bergen
1994 Trondhjems Kunstforening, Trondheim
1990 Bispeboligen i Trondhjems KunstforeningGroup Exhibitions:
2005 Tegn, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim
2005 Far-east, Christiansand Kunstforening, Kristiansand
2004 Utstilling-Høst i Galleri Søberg, Melhus
2004 Tegnebiennalen 2004
- Stenersenmuseet, Oslo
- Trondhjems Kunstforening, Trondheim
- Alta Kunstforening, Alta
- Søgne gamle presegård, Søgne
- Sogndal Kunstlag, Sogndal
- Gol Kunstforening, Gol
- Stord Kunstlag, Stord
- Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal
- Rana Kunstforening, Mo i Rana
- Hå gamle prestegard, Hå
- Nord-Trøndelag fylkesgalleri, Namsos
- Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø
- Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø
2004/03/02/01/00/99/98/97/94/93/91 Trøndelagsutstillingen
2003/01 Vårutstilling i Tegnerforbundet, Oslo
2002 Et sommermøte, Trans Art, Trondeim
2002 Tegning som uttrykksmiddel, i regi av Pilot Galleriet, Oslo
2001 Ad-lib, Trans Art, Trondheim
2000 Du Verden, Grimstad Kunstforening
2000 TBK 50-Års Jubileumsutstilling, Trondheim
2000 Trøndelag 2000, Stjørdal Kunstforening
2000 Tegneutstilling 2000, Vestfold Kunstsenter
1999 Vårutstilling, Galleri Steen, Oslo
1999 Glokal Kunst i Norge (IKM), Oslo
1999/98/93/92 Desemberutstilling, Trondheim Kunstmuseum
1998 Hybrid, Trøndelag Kunstsenter, Trondheim
1998 World artists for Tibet, Trondhjems Kunstforening
1998/96/95/94/93 Statens Høstutstilling
1996 Voluptas, Slovakia
1995 Krysninger, Pilotgalleriets Vandreutstilling, Trondheim
1993 Memento Mori, Trondhjems Kunstforening
1991 KITs avgangsutstillingPurchased by:
Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
Trondheim Kunstmuseum
Helse midt Norge
Norwegian Culture Council 2003/96/94
Pilotgalleriet, Oslo
Trondheim Kommune
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