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.…
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.…
I worked with Rav Singh recently, the man behind A Little History Of The Sikhs, during a Sikh History project with Croydon Gurdwara. The way Rav diligently dissects & presents archival research is exceptional, to the point he’s got me excited about finding out more about my own roots & the prominent Sikh contribution to British society which often gets overlooked. …
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 withCroydon 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.…
