Today on the podcast,
Seattle-based artist and art professor from the University of
Washington, Sangram Majumdar joins me to talk about his art
practice.
Born in Kolkata, India, Sangram
Majumdar has an MFA from Indiana University and a BFA from the
Rhode Island School of Design. His Recent solo exhibition venues
include Geary Contemporary, NY; Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY
and Asia Society Texas Center. Selected group exhibition venues
include Mamoth, London; Shoshana Wayne Gallery, LA; The Landing
Gallery, LA and James Cohan Gallery, NY. Selected awards include a
Mellon Faculty Fellow in Arts, NYFA Grant in Painting, Purchase
Award from American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY, a MacDowell
Fellowship, a residency at Yaddo, the 2009-10 Marie Walsh Sharpe
Studio Space Program Grant, and a MICA Trustees Award for
Excellence in Teaching. In 2019 he was inducted into the National
Academy of Design.
Sangram's work has been reviewed
in Artforum, The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, among others. He has
also lectured on his work at numerous institutions including
Columbia University, RISD, CCA, Cranbrook School of Art, Pratt,
PAFA, SUNY-Purchase, Princeton University, and the New York Studio
School. Majumdar lives and works in Seattle, Washington and is an
Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of
Washington.