BIO
Shan Bhattacharya is a self-taught artist working with photographs, text and video. His works often refer to photographs and videos as cultural artefacts and attempt to reimagine modes of their dissemination. He received the inaugural Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography in 2016 and his first text-and-images narrative book "Portal: The Curious Account of Achintya Bose" was published by Tulika Books in 2020. His works were previously screened in Chennai Photo Biennale (2016), Egaro Photo Festival (2021) and were exhibited in the group exhibition 'Zeitgeist' (2013). Excerpts from his works were previously published in aCurator, Fluster Magazine, AArchitecture, Mint Lounge, Kindle Magazine etc. Bhattacharya has produced promotional images, album artworks and music videos for various bands from Kolkata's independent music scene, most notably The Bodhisattwa Trio.
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