TAPAN MOHARANA India, b. 1989

Tapan Moharana (b.1989, Odisha, India) received his MFA in Sculpture from Rabindra Bharati University, 2013. He a multimedia artist who's artistic practice engages and questions the notion of land, displacement, and the politics of ecology. Moharana’s current practice influenced and developed through amalgamations of various local and indigenous art forms like shadow play and shadow theater in his neighborhood.

Tapan lives and works in Odisha, Inida.

Mentor: 

Anurupa Roy

Proposed Project: 

Lighted Cave

Project Overview: 

Lighted Cave is an immersive installation inspired by Rabanachhaya shadow puppetry, combining sculpture, light, and performance to create a shifting cave-like environment of shadows and forms.
Exploring Shunya (void), memory, and the shadow self, the work invites audiences to become part of an evolving narrative about identity, ecology, and the fragile nature of existence.