Sonny Sanjay Vadgama

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Sonny Sanjay Vadgama (born London) is a British artist and filmmaker who has been exhibiting globally since 2009. He specialises in video sculpture and holograms and print work. He previously worked in research and production for BBC Choice/BBC 3.

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Education

Having completed his Foundation at the Byam Shaw in 2004 (Distinction) he graduated from Central St Martins (2006–2009) with a First and had the rare honour of seeing his entire degree show purchased within the first few hours. Sonny also studied at Kungl, Konsthögskolan, Stockholm in 2008 as part of an Erasmus exchange.

Work

Since graduation his work has been exhibited in Stockholm, Barcelona, New York, Delhi, Galway, Sharjah, Paris and London. [1]

An Eye For An Eye was nominated for a Digital Innovation award by Apple Mac and Sonny featured in the Catlin Art Guide as one of the 50 most promising B.A Art Graduates of 2009. Later that year his work was selected to be a part of FutureMap, an annual survey show exhibiting the best cutting edge talent from the graduating year at University of the Arts London. [2]

In 2009 he also won "Exposure", a prestigious award which saw his work feature at The Parasol Unit during the Frieze Art Festival. This later led to his work being acquired and exhibited at the Devi Art Foundation in New Delhi [3]

His 2009 work The Second Law is in the Zabludowicz Collection. [4]

During 2010 he was named by Glass Magazine as one of its most exciting new artists [5] and he was commissioned by the London Science Museum to create a new video sculpture work on Psychoanalysis that was displayed alongside artists such as Mona Hatoum and Grayson Perry. [6] He was a 2010 finalist for the Catlin Art Prize. [7]

In 2011 Vadgama was offered a platform to exhibit a large scale solo show at the Arts Gallery hosted by University of the Arts London. [8] The show was sponsored by Impossible Project and composed of work ranging across video, photography and holography. In addition to this, 2011 also saw his work exhibited at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, [9] the Mensart Fair in Beirut [10] and Stux Gallery, New York. [11]

At the start of 2012 he was part of the Drop Everything Festival [12] [13] on the islands of Inis Oírr which resulted in his work being projected large scale on O'Brien's Castle.

As of 2012, Vadgama has been represented by Galerie Kornfeld in Berlin, Germany. [14] This commenced with project that saw his work projected on some of Berlin's most prominent political and cultural monuments [15] and later led to a multimedia solo show in September 2012. [16]

In 2012 Berlin based art publication Monopol  [ de ] featured Vadgama in their "Watchlist" article and praised his first Berlin solo show. [17]

Vadgama was the 2014-2015 Artist-in-residence at Girton College, University of Cambridge. [18]

In 2016 he conducted an International Residency Programme in Moscow, supported by Arts Council England and The British Council in Russia. This resulted in him directing several short films with local dancers and production teams and he has since expanded his work in the city by directing TV commercials and co-producing documentaries.

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References

  1. ↑ "Exhibition: Sonny Sanjay Vadgama - That Space Between - University of the Arts". Artlyst. London. 5 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sonny Vadgama | Futuremap | Showtime". Showtime.arts.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Home Spun" (PDF). Deviartfoundation.org. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Artists:Sonny Sanjay Vadgama". Zabludowicz Collection . Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Papko, Darya Antonovna (9 November 2011). "The Space Between". Dazed Digital . Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "In pictures: Psychoanalysis: The Unconscious in Everyday Life at the Science Museum, London | Science". The Guardian. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Artists selected for the Catlin Art Prize". Artcatlin.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Exploring extreme global and personal flux, Sonny Sanjay Vadgama's first solo show in the UK explores That Space Between". Newsevents.arts.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Mystère - mai et juin 2011 - Soirées Nomades de la Fondation Cartier | Art | actualites | Artistik Rezo, agitateur de vie culturelle". Artistikrezo.com. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Kunst Magazin online - artnet Magazin". Artnet.de. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Past Exhibitions | Stux Gallery". Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "May 23–25, 2014 Inis Oírr, Co. Galway". Drop Everything. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  13. ↑ "Drop Everything". Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Sonny Sanjay Vadgama". Galerie Kornfeld. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "Sonny Sanjay Vadgama - Wenn Gebäude zur Leinwand werden: Berlin Video Walk | i-ref.de". Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Sonny Sanjay Vadgama". Galerie Kornfeld. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  17. ↑ "Watchlist" (PDF). Galeriekornfeld.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "Girton College - Artist in Residence". Girton.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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