The world we live in is full of incredible truths and myths. The themes and narratives of my creations come from the facts and philosophies of life. They have a relation with the spirits of Indian heritage, art, culture and socio-political issues . It is an anecdotic series each one epitomizing its own tale. All the compositions have an indeterminate and anonymous destination to conquer, every tale touches its goal but ends up with a question mark for you to ponder over the image it has placed before you. The contents are not stationary; not at rest, instead are suspended in a state of reallocation; trying to speak out something, prompting you to peep inside the windows kept deliberately open. It is an invitation to participate in the ongoing triumph and be a part of the happenings inside.
Truth is a mobile army of metaphors, metonyms and anthropomorphisms –-- a sum of human relations, which have been enhanced, transposed & embellished poetically & rhetorically, and which after long use seem firm, canonical & obligatory to us.
I present an art which has bred inside me for long but just given been birth to.
Tushar Waghela
Visual artist and filmmaker
Born : 1975, Durg (Chhattisgarh) India
Education : 2001 Master of Arts
About Tushar Waghela
When you first gaze at Tushar Waghela’s artworks, you can’t help being intrigued and perplexed at the same time; one side of his studio is full of bright coloured canvases with flat brush strokes, tribal motifs and revenue stamps and on the other side you have Xray artworks. As a curious soul I started progressing my interaction with Tushar and I realised that although every piece of art is complete in itself and concludes a story within yet all his works are an extension of each other. It’s a journey which he has lived for last decade ripping off the layers of truth under the burden of “Development” of his humble village Bastar (Part of Chattisgarh). A farmer sitting on a broken rupee, a family’s world being carried on a rickshaw, a despair farmer standing next to a “Proposed site” board giving a final adieu to the farmland which was once his most prized possession now being converted into a concrete structure oozing out ounces of black cloud. A former master of his life and livelihood is suddenly a slave left to the mercy of a few desperate businessman. The “Revenue Stamp Paper” in the background reminds us of an age-old tale of Faust selling his soul to the Devil for diabolical favours, the outcome in the end is wrath. The artist here silently mocks the term “Growth and Development” and also puts forth a question – Are we all relevant? “THE SOUL” juxtaposes works from his two series, “Land Sold” and” Binary: The Schizophrenia of Existence” also known as The X-Ray series of which the XRAY series is being exhibited for the first time for public viewing. The XRAY series is the deskinned version of the Land Sold series, layering off the truth that we see with our naked eyes. In the end it is for us to choose between the truth and the myth. However intense the characters and the message of Tushar’s artworks is, what also cannot be missed the culture of Bastar and the emotions that every character wear on its sleeve with an innocent satire and mockery.
Filmography/Video Arts/ Experimental Films
2020 The Grey, Hindi Fiction 90 Min. Feature film
2020 A painter’s scrapbook of color grading, Experimental, Hindi/English 3:00 Min.
2020 Sutak, Experimental , 2:24Min.
2017 Fight of Bulls, 4:20 Min. Animation
2017 See You In The Future 1 Min. Fiction
2016 Lament of Sammy’s forest, 7 Min. Experimental
2016 Eternal love in the Phantom ages , 2 Min.
2014 The Home, 5:45 min
2013 Prisoners of moon , Short film /Fiction , 14 Min
2012 Dandakaranya- The Jungle of punishment, Video art 2:26 Min.
2012 The Ghost Taxonomy – Video art, 5 min.
2012 Shadow of thoughts – Short film /Fiction , 29 Min.
2011 Sneh Sampada – Documentary / 44 Min.
2009 Phantom of a fertile land – Experimental 8min. Short film
Screenings / Exhibitions / Shows
Solo Shows
2020 – Project Cafe Ahmedabad, India Postponed due to Pandemic
2008 Gallery Archana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2005 Galerie Cupillard, Grenoble, France
2002 Jehangir Art Gallery , Mumbai
1999 Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai
Makaushal Art Gallery, Raipur
Shows and Film Screenings
2022
- ArtLoot, Charity Art Show by Khushi Foundation New Delhi, India
- The Wrong Biennale – Diaphragm Mixing culture
- 'Chitram', State Gallery of Art. Hyderabad, India
- “Locus of Control", House of creativity, Mumbai, India
2021
- Shrishti Art gallery, Hyderabad, India
- ArtLoot, Charity Art Show by Khushi Foundation New Delhi, India
- 'The Amalgamations' Art Show by Khushi Foundation New Delhi, India
- Transborda III, Multimedia Gallery, Alcobaca , Portugal
- VAICA festival , Mumbai , India
2020
Air Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Bologna in Lettere 2020 - Il Festival online ( Collective work )
Chant for a Pandemic( Collective work ) ,Undercurrent Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
(Collective work ) GROUNDED FILM FESTIVAL, London, United Kingdom
New Media Fest 2020
( Collective work ) Firehouse Cultural Center in Ruskin, Florida, USA
( Collective work ) South Bend Museum of Art - Making A Way
( Collective work ) Long Distance Film Festival
( Collective work ) CÁPSULA
Connect 2020, University of Tampa, Florida, USA
Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground, Buenos aires, Argentina
2019
La Nacional, New York, BRONX WORLD FILM CYCLE
Espacio Enter, Tererife Space of Arts, Spain
Firehouse Cultural Center, Florida, USA
Galeria FOCO/ Ethi Collective, Lisbon, Portugal
Union Gallery, Edinburgh , Scotland
Proyector 2019 , Madrid , Spain
New Mills Festival, England
CONNECT, Reeves Theatre, The University of Tampa, Florida, USA
Festival International de Cine del Amazonas ‘FICAMAZONIA’
The Wrong / New digital Art Biennale, Foggia, Italy
Addis Video Art Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2018
LILY AGIUS GALLERY, Malta
21st International Film Festival ZOOM Jelenia Gora, Poland
Centre for Contemporary Arts, GLASGOW – UK
BIOBIOCINE International Film Festival, Concepción, Chile
CASABLANCA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL Casablanca – Morocco
AniFestROZAFA, SHKODRA, Albania.
Cannes Film Festival,( Short film Corner ) France
KINE International Short Films Exhibition, Puebla, México
MISTER VORKY, 5th International Festival Ruma, Serbia
11th ISLANTILLA CINEFÓRUM, Spain
İzmir Architectural Center, Turky
Cartón International Animation Short Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bronx World Film Cycle, BRONX, NewYork,USA
My History Museum, Yakutsk, Russia
GALERIE TOOLBOX,BERLIN, German
Mulhouse Art Contemporary, MOTOCO, France
Uşak International Winged Seahorse Short Film Festival, Turkey
2017
Guayaquil International Film Festival, Ecuador 2017
Intermediaciones - videoartey video experimental, Colombia 2017
Maipu Shorts / Comedy Film Festival , Buenos Aires, Argentina 2017
Anima-São - Festival Internacional de Animação da cidade de São Gonçalo, Brazil 2017
Île Courts-International short film festival, Mauritius 2017
Internacional CINESPACIO, Colombia 2017
IX International Short Film Festival of Social Thematic 2017 , Spain
International Festival of Creativity, Innovation & Digital Culture,ESPACIO ENTER 2017
The OU Gallery Canada 2017
XII Sardinia Film Festival 2017, Italy
FICICA, Int. Short Film Festival Cine a la Calle. Barranquilla ,Colombia.2017
8th Salón Internacional de la Luz, Bogotá, Colombia.2017
Espacio Enter Festival, Canarias, The Tenerife Space of Arts, SPAIN 2017
International video art Festival, Camagüey, 2017
FILMIDEO, INDEX ART CENTER , Newark, NJ,USA, 2017
12MFF International Film Festival 2017, Romania
3rd International Video art and Video dance Festival Mexico,2017
Ultra Cinema , mexico 2017
International Environmental Film Festival (FICMA)2017
Festival CINE ANIMAL Bogotá Bogotá“s ANIMAL CINEMA Fest 2017
Magmart Festival, Scugnizzo Liberato, Naples 2017
Videoart.Ist , Izmir, Turkey 2017
Strangloscope festival, Florianopolis, Brazil 2017
International Video Art Festival «Now&After» 2017
Osmosis Audiovisual Media festival, Taipei, Taiwan 2017
3rd International Video art and Video dance Festival Mexico,2017
African Smartphone International Film Festival 2017
Festival Enmut, Barcelona, Spain 2017
2016
VI International Festival of Screen and Media Arts, Siberia
Khajuraho International film festival , India 2016
Filmingo Short Film Festival, Mumbai, India
Tahoe Underground Film Festival, United States
Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
Hors Pistes(Off Tracks)Tokyo, Japan 2016 organized by the Centre Pompidou, France
Festival International de Cine and Architecture Cinetekton!2016, Mexico
Night of Museums Galeria BWA Jelenia Góra, Poland
RIFF 2016, India
[.BOX] Videoart project space, Milan, Italy
v4 Experiment in cinema , New Mexico, USA
Japan Media Art Festival, 2016, Japan
19th International Film Festival Zoom – Zblizenia , Polend
MIFF 2016 Mumbai International Film Festival , India
Velcom Smartfilm film festival, Belarus 2016
Ghasidas Museum , Raipur, India 2016
Ghasidas Museum , Raipur, India 2016
Jaipur art summit, 2016 India
Ravindra Bhavan, Jaipur, India
CARDINAL POINTS,Gallery Space Segur, Art Mosaic Gallery, Paris, France
FusionV, Space Segur, Art Mosaic Gallery, Paris, France
2015
III Festival Internacional de cine de la Naturaleza y el Hombre de la Laguna, Spain 2015
Pulostav , Pune 2015
The Third Eye Mumbai Asian Film festival 2015
2ND LITTLE CINEMA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR EXPERIMENTAL FILMS AND MEDIA ARTS, 2015’
Festival of Creativity, ESPACIO ENTER CANARIAS,Spain
Mutoscopio Festival de videoarte, Puebla, México
FIVA 05 International Festival of Video Art Argentina 2015
The Arlington Film Festival 2015, USA
Collectif Jeune Cinema - 17th Paris Festival for Different Cinema, France 2015
Australian Video art Festival 2015, Australia
Museum of Moscow, Project - Moscow art community 2015
Sax International Film Festival, Spain 2015
The Quarantine film festival, Bulgaria 2015
Cannes film Festival ( Short film Corner 2015)
International Video Art Festival«Now&After» Moscow 2015
TENRI - Japanese Cultural Centre Cologne, Germany 2015
FILMIDEO,Index Art Center ', New Jersey 2015
Urban Trail, Space Segur, Art Mosaic Gallery, Paris, France
India Habitat Centre , New Delhi
2014
Cannes Short film corner 2014 ( Cannes film festival 2014)
British Film Institute (FUTURE FILMS RAW SHORTS)2014
London Asian Film Festival 2014
Govt.V.Y.T.PG. Autonomous College, Durg, India
Art And Dynamic Process, Nitanjali Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
2013
Cannes Short film corner 2013 ( Cannes film festival 2013)
Festival Miden, Greece, 2013
Channels Festival : the Australian video art festival 2013
5th International video art Festival, Camagüey, 2013
2nd Motion International Festival Cyprus , 2013
9th Berlin International Directors Lounge, 2013
2012
Cannes Short film corner 2012 ( Cannes film festival 2012 )
FIERI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, ALBANIA , 2012
Budapest Short film festival 2012, Hungry . section :The Best of CologneoFF VIII - Continental Drift
A Virtual Memorial 2012, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cologne Off VIII 2012 video art festival
2nd Guwahati international film festival 2012 India
Art Chennai , 2012 , India
Jaipur International Film Festival,Jaipur, India2012
Art Mosaic Gallery, Paris, France
2011
Ability Fest, Chennai, India 2011
Forum Images de l'Inde Centre Pompidou, Paris 2011
Gallerie Angel Arts , Mumbai, India
Looking Back to Look forward, Nitanjali Art Gallery , New Delhi
2010
Who Has seen Gandhi ? Tangerine Art Gallery , Banglore, India
Harvest , Arushi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Emami Cheasel art gallery Kolkata, India
3Emerging Artist, Coromondel Art gallery , Pondicherry , India
2009
Far and Wide , Chawala Art Gallery , New Delhi
The Opening Show ,Coromondel Art gallery , Pondicherry
Paris Town Hall / Hotel De Ville De , Paris , France
Cymroza Art Gallery , Mumbai , India
Variations The Epicentre, Gurgaon , India
2008
Intensity in Diversity , Travencore art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Rhapsody , The Epicentre, Gurgaon, India
Art Singapore 2008 , ( Arushi Art Gallery, Mumbai ) , India
Gen Next III, Akriti Art Gallery , Kolkata, India
Harvest 2008, Arushi Art gallery , New Delhi , India
Indian Escapades, Sunjin Galleries, Singapore
Mystique India habitat centre , New Delhi, India
Larasati Auctioneer:Pictures of Asia fine art auction“Modern & Contemporary art” Singapore
Fusion , Travancore Gallery , New Delhi , India
Indian Kaleidoscope, Ki Gallery (Gallery Archana), Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
Aspirations, The Epicentre, Gurgaon, India
Rainbow in the Sun , Lalit Kala Academy , New Delhi, India
Major shows Till 2006
2006 Shrishti Art gallery , Hyderabad, India
2005 Nehru Art Gallery , Bhilai, India
2003 Town Hall, Raipur , India
2003 12th INTERNATIONAL PRINT BIENNIAL VARNA 2003 , BULGARIA
2002 Organized by ' Reflection Of Another Day' Pegsas Art Gallery , Hyderabad
2002 Find Your Home Organized by Aorta Cultural Association, Germany
2002 Kala Academy , Panaji, Goa, India
2001 Sadhana - Shanti (India Festival, Germany ), Stiff Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
2001 'Artist from Chhattisgarh',Raipur, Organized by Fine Art Society
2000 Mahakaushal Art Gallery Raipur. , India
1999 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
1999 Artist from M.P at Moksh Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Mahakaushal Art Gallery, Raipur
1998 Mahakaushal Art Gallery, Raipur.
1997Mahakaushal Art Gallery, Raipur.
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Participation:
1997 Raza Award Exhibition Bhopal
1998 All India Art Exhibition Mahakausal Kala Parisad
1999 South Central Zone Art Exhibition, Nagpur
2000 South Central Zone Art Exhibition, Nagpur
2001 'Madhya Pradesh Kala Prdarshani' Devlalikar Kala Vithika,Indore, '
2001 State workshop ,Department of Culture , Chhattisgarh.
200312th INTERNATIONAL PRINT BIENNIAL VARNA , BULGARIA ,
