2005 MFA (International Practice) Kent Institute of Art & Design (KIAD) Canterbury, Kent.UK 1969 Diploma in Fine Art. East Africa. 1962 BA in Fine Art, Madras, India.
Exhibitions.
28th - 3rd November 2005. ‘Art Exhibition Untitled’ The Coningsby Gallery. 30 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RJ
9th - 16th September 2005 ‘Final MFA Show’ Kent Institute of Art and Design. New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent. CT1 3AN.
6th - 23rd July 2005. ‘Angels and Winged Messengers’ Kings School, Canterbury, Kent.
11th June - 24th July 2005. ‘Picture This 2 Exhibition’ The Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone Library. 2 Grace Hill, Folkestone, Kent. CT21 1LH
10th - 26th June 2005 ‘South East Open Studios’ The Portico Gallery. 25 London Road, Riverhead, Sevenoaks Kent. TN13 2BU
10th - 17th June 2005 ‘Memoirs from India’ Randolph Gallery. 39 Dundas Street, Edinburgh. Artists: Anthony Eyton RA. Craig Griffin. James Horton RBA. Ravinder Kalsi. Nick Tidnam RBA.
8th June - 2nd July 2005. ’21 Artists Open Studios 2005’ The Portico Gallery, 25 London Road, Riverhead, Kent. TN132BU. Ravinder Kalsi in the Top 21 artists showing.
3rd - 10th June 2005. ‘Xross-PolyNation’ Randolph Gallery. 39 Dundas Street, Edinburgh. A group show along with six other international research MFA students from KIAD.
25th - 29th April 2005 ‘Art Power for Future Hope’ HSBC Head Office, 8, Canada Square, London E14 5HQ. Ravinder Kalsi was the voluntary Art Director for this exhibition to raise funds for Future Hope Charity and raised £24,500.
27th - 29th May 2005. ‘Art 05’ Aglios Pavlos, Crete. An art project for two weeks materialised into an exhibition for tourists.
6th December 2004 - 8th January 2005. ‘Outside-In’ Bay Art Gallery, 47a William Street, Herne Bay, Kent. Artists: Craig Griffin, Mike Hutchins and Ravinder Kalsi, supporting a breakthrough in Breast Cancer research.
Awards:
December 2004. Millennium Award winner for Art Project for Carers in Maidstone, Kent.
2004 - Nominee for the Rouse Kent Public Art Award. Kingshill, Kent.
Membership.
Member of The Scottish Art Club. Member of the Maidstone Art Society.
Statement.
My work explores the semiotics, multi-culturalism, internationalism and decolonisation of the Anglo-Indian’s in today’s context. Through my images I introduce an element of paradox and uncertainty. For me utopia is a combination of art, philosophy and poetry. My images depict my past means of living and my utopian hopes for the future. I reinvented traditional picture frames in a sculptured way to display digital artwork incorporating light and sound to enhance my images. The movement it provides has a kinetic feel to the piece and the light projected illusions help to de-materialise the spaces they are in. The light and sound, which includes noises, complete the sensory experience.
For me, I think Utopia is inside Art philosophy and poetry. Through my work I wish to break away from my past and make a new start, which is my Utopian mission. My past life in the world of industry, where even in the machinery and the network of wiring, I saw exciting shapes and colour and is photographically represented and integrated with the Anglo-Indian traditional and old fashioned wisdom, sometimes wise, witty and inspirational to enlighten myself and the onlooker in a fine art way, which motivates me to an artistic paradise. My images depict respect for my past means of living and my Utopian hopes which I wish to transform for myself tomorrow. I wish to communicate through my art to inspire the onlooker to think.
