SOURAV SIL India, b. 1994
"I would like to say that the Space118 Grant provides a rare platform to help an artist experiment and try out new ideas, forms or material.
Sourav Sil (b.1994, Kolkata, West Bengal, India) studied BE, Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2016; and has pursued M.Des , Photography Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, 2021.
His works have been exhibited in group shows at Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai, 2020 and Museo Cabanas, Guadalajara, 2019. He is a recipient of the Young Writers Award, 2022 in Lens-Based Practices supported by Critical Collective and Murthy NAYAK Foundation. He has been managing visual design, media and archives at the Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation since 2021.
Through his practice, he tries to explore the interstices between reality and representation, document and fiction, and history and memory. He primarily works with the still and the moving image.
Sourav Sil lives and works in New Delhi, India.