Vivan Sundaram, born 1943. Studied painting Baroda and London in the 1960’s. Since 1990 he has turned to making artworks as sculpture, installation, photography and video.
He has exhibited in the Biennale’s of Sydney ( 2008 ), Seville ( 2006 ), Taipei ( 2006 ), Sharjah ( 2005 ), Shanghai ( 2004 ), Havana ( 1997 ), Johannesburg, ( 1997 ), Kwangju ( 1997 ) Has participated in many group shows, such as in London (Tate Modern, 2001 ), New York (International Centre for Photography, 2008), Tokyo (Mori Museum, 2008 ), Munich ( Haus der Kunst, 2006 ).
In 2012 he made sculptural garments, performed as a ramp show, called Gagawaka: Making Strange.
History Project on the making of the modern in Bengal is based on his 1998 site-specific installation at the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta, will be released as a book in March 2015.
