Back in the day, dad & mum used to regularly visit Kew Gardens. I’ve only ever been twice before, but always remember how vast the place was full of the most random plants & flowers. Safe to say I’ve got the nature bug from them early Scouts years in the great outdoors exploring stuff, which over the years seems to have bloomed into a proper appreciation of green space & the importance of it for our well-being.…
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GOiNG MAD OVER NUFiNK!
Acrylic on Shirt Jacket
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I remember back in secondary school in Art class, this guy was drawing Gucci perfume bottles whilst spitting bars & I would be doing the same (minus spitting bars) just more Ford RS Cosworth’s, proper coloured pencil renderings. We both clearly had some talent for Art, him more music, but back then it wasn’t something I could envisage as a proper career so to speak.…
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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.…
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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.…
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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. …
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