George Chakravarthi
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| Born |
26 November 1969 New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | British (formerly Indian) |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Years active | 1998 to present |
| Website | www.georgechakravarthi.com |
George Chakravarthi is a multi-disciplinary artist working with photography, video, painting and performance. His work addresses the politics of identity including race, sexuality and gender, and also religious iconography among other subjects. He was born in India and moved to London, England in 1980.
He has exhibited and performed all over the UK and internationally at venues including Site Gallery, Sheffield, England; Tate Modern, London, England; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; , Frankfurt, Germany; Dance Academy (Tilburg), Tilburg, Netherlands; Queens Gallery, British Council, New Delhi, India;La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain;Brut Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria and Abrons Arts Center, New York City, USA.
Chakravarthi has been commissioned by the BBC, Artangel, InIVA, the Arts Council of England, the British Council, the SPILL Festival of Performance, the Live Art Development Agency, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Chakravarthi studied at the University of Brighton, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal College of Art.
Chakravarthi was born in New Delhi, India on 26 November 1969 to parents with origins in Tamil Nadu, India and British Burma. His parents considered the education of their children a priority, so the family lived very modestly in order for him and his siblings to be privately educated while in India. Chakravarthi attended St. Columba's School, Delhi, an English-medium school run by a Roman Catholic brotherhood (Congregation of Christian Brothers). Although nominally brought up as a Catholic, Chakravarthi's family encouraged him to absorb and be influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism.
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