Dimple B Shah

Breathing Life- Print from Light
This performance is a close interaction with plant life and myself in an indoor space and attempts to capture the impression of life through light imprint on the transparent surface of the cloth. This performance is building intimate interaction with Life in nature which means life as a plant and as a body of performer in action through light impressions.

Breathing Life- Print from Light / Dimple B Shah / 2020 / Bangalore Home / 12’ : 57’’

Dimple B Shah is practicing multidisciplinary artist from Bangalore, studied in MS University, Baroda; her art practice has developed in Painting, Printmaking, Installation and Performance Art. She has worked in various residencies like The Art house UK, Villa Welbreta, Germany, Space Studio, Baroda, Glasgow Print Studio UK, Printmakers Studio Mumbai & Baroda and Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy. She has been honored with National & International Awards among them ROSL International Residency UK 2019, Villa Welbreta Residency by Municipal corporation of Munich 2017, India Foundation for the Arts grant for project 560, 2014, Afiriperforma International Residency, Lagos,Nigeria 2013, First Gold Prix in 7th Engraving Biennale, Versailles 2009, National Award, LKA, Government of India 2008, Commonwealth Arts & Crafts Award, UK 2005, Arunawaz Award 2004, Junior Fellowship, HRD, Govt.2000/2. She is practicing Live Performance art since last 19 years and widely performed in International performance Festivals and Biennales in the Zurich, Paris, Munich, Gothenburg, and Lagos, Colombo and Dhaka and many places in India.

Catharsis, Purification, Healing, Filtration, and Condensation & Extraction of Pure Self are key elements in my works, through various approaches which is Ephemeral, Spontaneous & Interactive in Nature. Key areas of my concerns have been Humanitarian, related to War, Crimes, Migration, Women’s issues, and Socio-political, Psychological and Philosophical aspects. All this thoughts goes in the process of Distillation (psychologically/ physical) relating to concerned issues. Collecting the sources to finally extracting purified element out of it, this helps in process of healing. My work can be summoned up with Process of Distillation metaphorically can be applied to all areas of concerns/ issues addressed in works like socio-political, Ecological, Environmental, Psychological, Philosophical and Existential questions of Life and Humanity. As an individual who is part of a social structure, a self who has to navigate through repercussions of socio-political upheavals, develop perspicacity on related human issues, and on a personal level of existence coping with an emotive response of alienation, insecurity, fear, the by-product of our "Post Modern" era. The duality of exploration is reflected in the concepts underlying in works.

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