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Sajan Mani
Born
Sajan Mani

1982
CitizenshipIndian
Occupation(s)Artist, Contemporary Artist, Performance Artist
Known forContemporary Art, Performance Art

Sajan Mani (born 1982 in Kunnoth, India) is a Berlin-based contemporary artist[1][2] and Berlin Art Prize 2021[3] winner. He has exhibited at various international venues, including the Vancouver Biennale,[4] the Kampala Art Biennale[5] the Dhaka Art Summit and the Kolkata International Art Festival,[6] on issues of various lives of marginalized people of India[7] and post-colonial Dalit lives.[8][9] He is working with drawing, performance art[10] and video installations.

Education

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Sajan graduated in English Literature from Kannur University in 2004. Later, he graduated in fine arts from Karnataka State Open University in 2011. He later earned a master's degree in Spatial Strategies[11] in 2019 from Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin.

Biography

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He was an editorial board member for the first edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale.[12][13][14] He Performed at the Vancouver Biennale, Kampala Art Biennale, Dhaka Art Summit, Kolkata International Performance Art Festival, Sensorium-Sunaparanta Art Festival, Goa and Musrara Mix Festival.[15] Sajan got critically acclaimed[16] for the solo exhibition 'Alphabet of Touch> <Overseas Stretched Bodies and Muted Howls for Songs' exhibited at the Nome Gallery in Berlin.[17]

Important works

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  • Citizen Ship Burn It Down![18][19]
  • Liquidity Ar[20]
  • Secular Meat[21]
  • Caste-pital
  • Politically Incorrect Bodies[22]
  • Specters of Communism[23]
  • Art will Never Die, but COW?
  • Alphabet of Touch> <Over Stretched Bodies and Muted Houses for Songs[24]
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References

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  1. ^ "Art for the public - The Hindu". The Hindu. 2020-12-12. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  2. ^ "Through his performance pieces, Sajan Mani pushes his body to its limits to relive the pain of the Dalit life - The Hindu". The Hindu. 2020-12-12. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. ^ "Annett Gröschner erhält den Großen Kunstpreis Berlin 2021". www.adk.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  4. ^ "Residency Sajan Mani in the studio - Vancouver Biennale". Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  5. ^ "Sajan Mani". Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  6. ^ "Rabbit to chicken, earthen glasses to mirrors: all for art". Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  7. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche, The hard life of India's Dalits on display in Berlin art gallery | DW | 12.10.2020, retrieved 2020-12-13
  8. ^ "Dalit bodies, by Manu's law, didn't have the right to hear a text: Artist Sajan Mani". 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  9. ^ Now, Right. "Sajan Mani – Tyger von otherspur – tanzschreiber". Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  10. ^ "Avant-Garde Aesthetes: Jagdip Jagpal's Artists To Watch Out For". 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  11. ^ "People | Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin". Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  12. ^ Follow, Sajan Mani. "അമൂർത്തതയുടെ അപനിർമ്മാണം അഥവാ ആരിയൽ ഹസ്സൻ" (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  13. ^ Follow, Sajan Mani. "ഇത് ജനങ്ങളുടെ ബിനാലെ" (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  14. ^ "മലയാളി / മനുഷ്യൻ/ രഘുനാഥ്". 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  15. ^ "Creature discomfort". Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  16. ^ Bhuyan, Avantika (2020-09-18). "Sajan Mani's Dalit protest art". mint. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  17. ^ "Nome | Alphabet of Touch >< Overstretched Bodies and Muted Howls for Songs". nomegallery.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  18. ^ "Citizen Ship Burn It Down! - Vancouver Biennale". Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  19. ^ "Citizen Ship Burn It Down!". 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  20. ^ "Creative energies". The Week. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  21. ^ Fernando, Radhika Iyengar,Benita (2019-01-26). "India Art Fair: Shouts and murmurs". Retrieved 2020-12-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ "India Art Fair: In capital form? - The Hindu". The Hindu. 2020-12-12. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  23. ^ ""Specters of Communism. A Festival on the Revolutionary Century" - Announcements - e-flux". Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  24. ^ "Nome | Alphabet of Touch >< Overstretched Bodies and Muted Howls for Songs". Retrieved 2020-12-12.