Schandra Singh (born 1977) is an American artist.
Biography
Schandra Singh is a first generation American, born in
Suffern, New York, to immigrant parents. She is the daughter of Anand Singh, an Indian
Maharaja and Gisa Singh (née Voigt) an Austrian model. She is the sister of actress
Sabine Singh
Sabine Erika Singh (born August 4, 1974) is an American actress.
Early life
Sabine Singh was born in New York. Her father, Anand Singh, and mother, Gisa né Voigt, immigrated to the United States from India and Austria, respectively. Before gra ...
. She graduated from
Saddle River Day School
Saddle River Day School is a coeducational, college-preparatory independent day school, located in Saddle River, in Bergen County, New Jersey, serving students in Pre-K3 through twelfth grade. Its student body is drawn from communities in Be ...
in 1985, received a
MFA from
Yale School of Art in 2006 and her BFA from
Rhode Island School of Design in 1999.
Singh's large-scale paintings show people in relaxing situations as a form of escape from distress. Stylized and satirical, Singh’s oil works appear to be preoccupied by the absurdity of social notions of rest at a time of incredible unrest. She has been featured in numerous exhibitions in America, Europe and Asia, including: The Saatchi Gallery, London; Sébastien Bertrand, Switzerland; Nature Morte, NY and Berlin; Thomas Erben, NY; MOCA, Shanghai.
In April 2013, Singh was the focus of a story on the public radio program ''
This American Life'', where she recounted a tale of her correspondence with a mysterious man in London whose autistic son was a fan of her work. She was also featured in the podcast entitled ‘What Are The Economics of Art’ for ''
The Economist'', which won the Gold Lovie award for top podcast in Europe in 2017. Singh’s painting and voice were used to advertise the win.
Her painting about her personal experience of 9/11 in this interview has also been featured in
New York Magazine. The 9/11 painting and other of her works were also featured in
Elle Magazine, Vogue India, The Wall St. Journal India, and The Wall St. Journal (United States).
Selected exhibitions
*2010: ''If I'm Immune To It, I Don't Deserve To Be Here'', Bose Pacia, New York, NY, USA
*2009: ''The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today'', The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
*2008: ''The Sun is not Ridiculous'', Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland
*2007: ''Around and Around 1000 Times'', RARE, New York; SCOPE New York, Lincoln Center
*2006: ''Holiday Show'', Baumgartner Gallery, New York
*2003:
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York; Broom Street Studio Inc., Woodstock
*2002: ''Cycle de Vie'', Black Box Studio, Los Angeles
*1999: ''Invitational Show'', Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence
References
External links
*Artist'
official site*Galerie Bertrand & Grune
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ArtFacts.net
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1977 births
Living people
21st-century American women painters
21st-century American painters
People from Suffern, New York
Rhode Island School of Design alumni
Saddle River Day School alumni
Yale School of Art alumni
Date of birth missing (living people)
American artists of Indian descent