Hardeep Pandhal
b. 1985, United Kingdom
Born in Birmingham (1985) to Indian migrants and now living and working in Glasgow, Hardeep Pandhal uses wall drawings, small and large-scale drawings on paper and animations to create mythical narratives that explore the complexities of contemporary culture, class, racial violence and power.
Hardeep Pandhal received his BA from Leeds Beckett University, Leeds in 2007 and an MFA from Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow in 2013. He had a solo show at Tramway, Glasgow (2020) and at New Art Exchange, Nottingham (2019). Pandhal was the recipient of a Drawing Room Bursary Award in 2015; these Awards were designed to provide opportunities for artists based outside London to spend time in the capital, to use the gallery as a studio to take risks with their work, to carry out research and to network. His work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions, including, most recently: New Art Gallery, Walsall (2023); British Art Show (2022-21), Goldsmiths Centre of Contemporary Art (2020). He was shortlisted for the Jarman Award (2018) and was the recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists (2021).