Artist Kiran Kumar
Kiran Kumar
(b.1983, Bangalore) is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and writer. His
work focuses on unpacking understandings of the human body-mind through a
trifold practice of dance as art, science and ritual, and on the proposals for
change that these understandings may hold for our contemporary world.His works
have ranged from performance, video, installation and exhibition, to writing
and archiving. His artistic research projects have been supported by the
National Arts Council Singapore, the Volkswagen Foundation (Germany), the
Einstein Foundation (Germany), the University of Arts Berlin, Robert Bosch
Foundation and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin.
Following
initial study in mechanical engineering at the National University of
Singapore, Kiran holds an MFA in new media art from the City University of Hong
Kong and an MA in dance from the University of Arts Berlin. Recent research
fellowships include the Berlin Centre for Advanced Studies in Arts and Sciences
(2016-18), Academy for Theatre and Digitality - Dortmund (2020), and Akademie
Schloss Solitude - Stuttgart (2021).
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