Illustration - Bhoan by Marina Berio, 2016. Photograph by Isabella Friis, 2019.
About The Artist
My name is Akshay Bhoan and I am an Indian artist based between London & New Delhi. My work is focused on the intimate study of violence and memory.
Exhibitions
Colour/Pigment/Poetry UCL Museum London - 2022
Unsigned Artists List @BBH London - 2021
ReconnectUK - Fitzrovia Gallery London - 2021
Reclaim Cultural Surplus - Pop Up / On Curating Project Space Zurich - 2021
Poplar Union Digital Arts Festival / Community Commission London - 2020
Seeking.Moving.Belonging - Online / Cologne - 2020
En Foco Fellowship Exhibition - Online / BronxArtCenter - 2020 Field Of Souls - Chapter 1 - International Center Of Photography Library - 2019
Field Of Souls - Chapter 1 - Welcome House, Copenhagen, 2018
Notes To The Future – Space the Passenger, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017 Notes To The Future – Short Gallery & Olga Piedrahita, Bogata, Colombia, 2017 Pop Up Archive - MANA, New Jersey, Curated by Claudia Sohrens, 2017
Perpetual Revolution – ICP Museum, New York, 2017
#HelloICP – ICP Museum, New York, 2016
Photoville – Brooklyn, New York, 2015
Tipping Point – ICP School, New York, 2015
Punto De Inflexión, GuatePhoto Festival - Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2015 Delhi Photo Festival – Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi, India, 2013
Publications Last Seen, 2015 (Self Published) Kali, 2017 (Published in collaboration with Gundi Studios)
Interviews / Features
ToR Shades Of Noir
Museum Of Americana - Issue 26
Arts Illustrated India
Nueva Luz
ISO Magazine
Pool Magazine
Tasveer Journal
Lomography Online Magazine
TheArt Series feature Interview
Grants / Residency / Awards
Slade Print Fair Scholarship Award -London - 2022 Selected Participant - Blue Room with Aveek Sen / Calcutta - 2021
En Foco Photography Fellowship, New York - 2020
Selected Participant - Magnum X Brown Media Innovation Workshop, New York - 2017
American Sufi Project Grant, New York - 2016 Toto Awards For Photography Finalist, Bangalore - 2016
Lisette Model Grant, New York - 2015
Ballarat Photo Festival Book Award Finalist, Sydney - 2015
Selected Participant Delhi Photo Festival - 2013
Education MFA Candidate - Slade School Of Art, UCL London - 2021 - 2023
International Center Of Photography, New York - 2015 Punjabi University, Patiala, India - 2007
