Kiran Subbaiah

Kiran Subbaiah was born in 1971 in Sidapur, Karnataka. He studied at Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan and the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. In 1997 he received a scholarship from the INLAKS Foundation to study at the Royal College of Art, London. Trained as a sculptor, over the years he has worked with several other mediums. He is firm in the belief that art does not have to serve any purpose. His irreverence is apparent in the objects, sculptural assemblages and installations he creates, loaded with humour, irony or enigma or rejoicing in their obvious and self-contained contradictions. It is also evident in his experimental videos and recent internet projects, some of which are collected under the name of Pseudo Virus Archive. He is presently a participant at the Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Kiran Subbaiah lives and works in Bangalore and Amsterdam.  


VIDEOGRAPHY
 
Currently distributed as an anthology called Concealments. DVD. 45 minutes
 
1999 Blind Eye Single Channel Video. 1 Minute 10 Seconds
1999 Striptease Single Channel Video. 3 Minutes 40 Seconds
1998 Hello I Am Single Channel Video. 7 Minutes 20 Seconds
1998 Now I See It, Now I Don’t Single Channel Video. 1 Minute 10 Seconds
1998 Droppings: Exercise In Gravity Single Channel Video. 6 Minutes 40 Seconds
1998 Sacraments For Toilet Paper Single Channel Video. 7 Minutes 20 Seconds
1998 Salt Water Single Channel Video. 1 Minute 20 Seconds
1998 While The Mouth Is Full Single Channel Video. 3 Minutes 20 Seconds
1998 Pinnacle   Single Channel Video. 1 Minute 50 Seconds
1998 Reality And The Mirror Single Channel Video. 4 Minutes 40 Seconds
1997 Beginnings Single Channel Video. 8 Minutes