SHASHANK PESHAWARIA India, b. 1993

Shashank Peshawaria (b. 1993, Amritsar, Punjab, India)  holds an MA in Contemporary Art Practice, Moving Image, from the Royal College of Art, London, 2017. His latest solo exhibition took place at Blueprint12, New Delhi, 2023. His work has also been presented in group shows across India, North America, and Europe. It has also been published by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and The Guardian. He has worked in film productions, including Camera Threat, Bernd Lützeler, 2017. He is a recipient of the Creative Interruptions AHRC U.K. artist residency at Preet Nagar, Punjab, 2018, the Space118 Fine Art Grant, 2021-22, and the Spacehouse Himalayas artist residency at Satoli, Uttarakhand, 2024.

Shashank lives and works in Punjab, India.

Mentor:

Bharat Sikka 

 Proposed Project:

Fields Aflutter

 Project Overview:

Fields Aflutter forms part of the artist's observations of the landscape of his home state, Punjab. The series foregrounds the flux in Punjab’s farmlands, which are witnessing sweeping economic change and migration as people leave in ever larger numbers for places in North America, Britain, Australia, and beyond in search of more productive livelihoods. The photographs typify the transitions of agrarian lives, as mirrored in the regional landscape. Shot in analogue with a medium format camera, they exude a deep quietude that obscures this irrevocable transformation of a land and its people.