Sahil Naik

Sahil Naik’s (b. 1991, lives and works in Goa, India) practice examines the modalities of evidence and truth through, architecture, minor and casual histories, mythology, forensics and the internet. His ongoing project  Monuments, Mausoleums, Memorials, Modernism studies the violence of the nation-building project with a focus on South Asia and the non-aligned world. Education: M.V.A (Sculpture), Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda; B.F.A (Sculpture), Goa College of Art. Solo Exhibitions: 2021, All is water, and to water we must return, Experimenter, Kolkata; 2020, Monuments, Mausoleums, Memorials, Modernism, Experimenter, Kolkata; 2017, Ground Zero, Experimenter, Kolkata. Group Exhibitions:2023, Art Encounters Biennale, Timișoara; 2022, HAZE, Fondazione Elpis, Milan; 2022, Kochi-Muziris Biennale; 2022, Monuments on Paper, VITRINE, Basel; 2019, Urban Reimagined 2.0, Curated By Ravi Agarwal, Serendipity Arts Festival 2019, Goa; 37 Sinkings, Five Million Incidents Organised by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi & Kolkata; Searching for the Stars Amongst the Crescents, Experimenter, Kolkata; This must be True, curated by Mario D’Souza, Mila Samdub and Radha Mahendru, Khoj international Artists Association; 2018, Within/ Without, Asia House, London; Dynamic Garden in Full Motion, Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori, Japan; Drawn from Practice, Experimenter, Kolkata; Condo, New York at Bridget Donahue Gallery; Turn of the Tide, Curated by Khoj International Artists’ Association, Khoj Studios, New Delhi; The Arte Prize Exhibition, Delfina Foundation, London;  2017 Kolkata Arts Festival, Center of International Modern Art, Kolkata Art Festival, Kolkata, India; 2016-17, Kochi Muziris Biennale in the Students Biennale, Kochi, India. Awards: Warehouse 421 Artistic Research Grant; Prameya Art Foundation Publishing Grant for South Asia with VASL in Pakistan, Britto Arts Trust in Bangladesh and Theertha in Sri Lanka; Arts (Productions) Grant instituted by the India Foundation for the Arts, Bangalore; National Students Biennale Award instituted by the Kochi Muziris Biennale; The Jury Prize, Centre of International Modern Art, CIMA Awards 2017, Kolkata Arts Festival, Kolkata,2016; Uttam Pancharane Sculpture Award at the 123rd All India Annual Art Exhibition (Bombay Art Society). Workshops and residencies: 2017, Khoj International Workshop, Goa; Peers Emerging Artist Residency; 2016, Peers Share