Hardeep Pandhal (born 1985) is a visual artist based in

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, Scotland. His art, film, animation and sculptural works have been exhibited in the UK and internationally. He was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2013 and

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’s Satellites Programme in 2015.

Exhibitions, awards and projects

Pandhal has exhibited in the UK and internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include ''Ensorcelled English'', Goldsmiths CCA, 2020; ''Confessions of a Thug: Pakiveli'', Tramway, Glasgow, 2018; ''Paranoid Picnic: The Phantom BAME'', New Art Exchange and Primary, Nottingham, 2018; ''Liar Hydrant'' at Cubitt, London in 2018; ''Konfessions of a Klabautermann'' at Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick, commissioned by Berwick Film & Media Art Festival and Berwick Visual Arts in 2017 and ''Hobson-Jobsonat''

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, Edinburgh in 2015. He has been selected and nominated for several award programmes including the Film London Jarman Award, 2018; Drawing Room Bursary Award, 2015; the Catlin Art Guide, 2014; Bloomberg New Contemporaries, 2013; and the

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Open Bursary, where he presented a solo exhibition, ''Self-Loathing Flashmob'' at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, 2018. Recent groups shows include ''Is This Tomorrow?'',

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, London, 2019; ''Transparency'',

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, 2019; Jarman Award Show, UK Tour, 2018; ''Songs for Sabotage'', New Museum Triennial, New York, 2018; ''Nothing Happens, Twice: Artists Explore Absurdity'',

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, Preston, 2016; and ''The Vanished Reality'', Modern Art Oxford, 2016.

Early life and education

Hardeep Pandhal was born in 1985 in

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. Pandhal's first language is English while his mother speaks Punjabi, preventing them from being able to communicate verbally with each other. Despite this his parents have supported his work and he has worked with his mother on several projects. From 2004–07 he studied BA Fine Art at Leeds Metropolitan University (now Leeds Beckett University), Leeds. He graduated with an MFA from The Glasgow School of Art in 2013, supported by a Leverhulme scholarship.

References

External links

Official website
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