Swati Khurana

Swati Khurana is a writer and contemporary artist of Indian-American origin.[1] She was born in New Delhi, India in 1975. She emigrated to New York in 1977, where she lives and works.[2] She graduated from Poughkeepsie Day School in 1993.[3] She holds a B.A. in history from Columbia University, M.A. in Studio Art and Art Criticism from New York University, and an MFA in creative writing at Hunter College.[4]

Writing

Her fiction and essays have been published in The New York Times,[5] Guernica,[6] Chicago Quarterly Review,[7] Asian American Literary Review, The Offing,[8] The Rumpus,[9] The Massachusetts Review,[10] the Good Girls Marry Doctors anthology,[11] and cited as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2019.[12] She has received support from New York Foundation for the Arts,[13] Vermont Studio Center,[14] and Center for Fiction[15] for her creative writing.

Visual Art

Khurana works in embroidery, collage, drawing, and installation, exploring gender and rituals that are particular to Indian immigrant culture.[16] Her videos have been described "delightful, wry" in The New York Times [17] and "dreamy" in Time Out New York.[18]

In the "Texting Scrolls" project, Khurana transcribes viewers' text messages into handmade scrolls.[19] "Texting Scrolls" has been part of the Art in Odd Places festival,[20] Kriti Festival at University of Illinois-Chicago,[21] "A Bomb, With Ribbon Around It" exhibition at the Queens Museum,[22] DUMBO Arts Festival,[23] and Brooklyn Museum.[24] For Parijat Desai Dance Company, Khurana co-designed projections for 'Songs to Live For' with Neeraj Churi, staged at Tribeca Performing Arts Center, where "eternally calm and august figures—exalted Mughal royalty—watch in painted silence as the dancers bring to life scenes of the age-old story of love and devotion."[25]

In the essay "Seducing Structures and Stitches: Reappropriating Love, Desire and the Image," Uzma Rizvi wrote that "the stitched canvases of the 'Bridal Trousseau' series are both retro-feminist and very contemporary. Needlework, in itself, is a heavy referent within a postcolonial feminist context. These canvases are literally stitched images of the self."[26]

Exhibitions

Khurana has exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution,[27] Exit Art,[28] Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Warsaw),[29] and with the South Asian Women's Creative Collective.[30] About her solo exhibition at Chatterjee & Lal in Mumbai, she was "touted as one of the most promising young Indian artists in the international contemporary art scene."[31]

References

  1. ^ Vanita Reddy (2017). "Diasporic Visual Cultures of Indian Fashion and Beauty". In Hegde, Radha Sarma; Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar (eds.). Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora. Routledge.
  2. ^ "A Digital Archive Of Asian/Asian American Contemporary Art History". Asian American Arts Centre.
  3. ^ "Compass" (PDF). Poughkeepsie Day School Alumni. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015.
  4. ^ "40 Years of Women Artists at Douglass Library". Institute for Women and Art. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015.
  5. ^ Khurana, Swati (22 October 2014). "Diwali, Once Hidden, Now Lit Large". Motherlode Blog. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  6. ^ Khurana, Swati (15 March 2016). "Wife!". Guernica. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  7. ^ The South Asian American issue. Sheikh, Moazzam. Evanston, IL. 17 February 2017. ISBN 978-1-5429-2559-4. OCLC 1012490117.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ "Swati Khurana". The Offing. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Swati Khurana". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Volume 59, Issue 4 | Mass Review". www.massreview.org. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  11. ^ Good Girls Marry Doctors : South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion. Bhattacharya, Piyali. San Francisco, CA. 2016. ISBN 978-1-879960-92-3. OCLC 952139129.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. ^ The best American essays. 2019. Solnit, Rebecca, Atwan, Robert. Boston. October 2019. ISBN 978-1-328-46711-9. OCLC 1119643662.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ^ NYFA.org. "Introducing | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program Recipients and Finalists". NYFA.org - NYFA Current. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Vermont Studio Center - Fellowships". Vermont Studio Center. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  15. ^ "NYC Emerging Writer Fellowship: Past Fellows". The Center for Fiction. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  16. ^ McGlown, Misha (30 April 2014). "Rituals, Resistance, and Assimilation". Of Note Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  17. ^ Holland, Cotter (6 September 2002). "ART IN REVIEW; 'Artist in the Marketplace'". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  18. ^ Banai, Nuit. "Neo, Neo-Dada". Time Out New York. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  19. ^ Lee, A.C. (29 November 2012). "Literary Festival Examines Digital Age". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  20. ^ "Presenting visual and performance art in unexpected public spaces". Art in Odd Place.
  21. ^ Merchant, Preston. "Kriti Festival Rocks South Asian Arts in Chicago". The Aerogram.
  22. ^ Toukhy, Katherine. "A Bomb, With Ribbon Around It". Jadaliyya.
  23. ^ "Photos and Video from SUBLIME at DUMBO Arts Festival". SAWCC. 31 October 2013.
  24. ^ "The Brooklyn Museum Honors Women's History Month" (PDF). Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  25. ^ "Reviews: Parijat Desai Dance Company (PDDC)". Dance Enthusiast.
  26. ^ Rizvi, Uzma (January 2010). "Seducing Structures and Stitches: Reappropriating Love, Desire and the Image". Catalog Essay for Swati Khurana's Solo Show, Love Letters and Other Necessary Fictions, at Chatterjee and Lal (Mumbai), January 2010. Catalogue Essay.
  27. ^ "Beyond Bollywood". Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  28. ^ Heller, Maxwell (4 September 2007). "TRACKS: Sultana's Dream and the SAWCC". Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  29. ^ "Generation in Transition". Zachęta – Narodowa Galeria Sztuki. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  30. ^ "Coded Bodies – South Asian Women's Creative Collective". 19 October 2000. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  31. ^ Doshi, Riddhi. "Matrimonial Art: A Unique Form". DNA.