Gunjan Chawla Kumar (b.1980) is an American- Indian artist living and working in Chicago. Kumar is natively from Punjab, India and moved to the United States in 2011. Gunjan is a materialist and works with various pigments and textiles from around the world. She has spent many years traveling through India and other countries in South Asia observing age-old practices in textiles and indigenous arts. Her interest in archeology, particularly prehistoric cave paintings and related schools of art play an important role in carving her process and ideology. She is a textile graduate from National Institute of Design and Technology, New Delhi (2003) and holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from DAV College, Chandigarh, India (2001). Her works have been exhibited globally and are a part of noted private and public art collections worldwide.
Image: Gunjan Chawla Kumar, Sifr 9, 2024, Pigment on Hand Woven Cotton (Khadi) on Wood Panel, 36" x 36"
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