Artist Talk: Practice, Process, and Personal Myth with Manjari Sharma + Discussion with Katherine Anne Paul
Manjari Sharma, the visionary artist behind the Darshan photo series, will present a talk, followed by a discussion with Katherine Anne Paul, curator of Envisioning the Hindu Divine, about Sharma’s interdisciplinary practice and process of creating her works.
Manjari Sharma is an internationally recognized, Los Angeles-based visual artist exploring ritual, identity, memory, and mythology. Manjari was born and raised in Mumbai, India, and she uses photography, sound, motion, projection, and collage in her storytelling. Manjari's project Darshan (Published by Nazraeli Press) is a photographic re-imagining of Hindu deities that has garnered her wide critical acclaim. Her works can be found in the New York Times, Vice Magazine, CNN, LA Times, the Huffington Post, and NPR, to name a few, and her projects have been published and exhibited in galleries, museums, and festivals worldwide. Manjari is a proud recipient of the prestigious Pollock Krasner Foundation grant (2024), and her works are in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Carlos Museum, and the Birmingham Museum of Art, amongvarious private collections.
Katherine Anne Paul is the Lead Curator and Virginia and William M. Spencer III Curator of Asian Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art. A Fulbright scholar she lectures and publishes widely and has curated numerous exhibitions showcasing both classic and contemporary art originating from Asia. Recent exhibitions and publications include Silver & Ceremony from Southern Asia, 1830-1930 (anticipated 2025), Handheld Landscapes: The Four Seasons in Chinese Painting (2023), and Expanding Darshan: Manjari Sharma, To See and Be Seen (2022). She holds a B.A. from Reed College and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Manjari Sharma, the visionary artist behind the Darshan photo series, will present a talk, followed by a discussion with Katherine Anne Paul, curator of Envisioning the Hindu Divine, about Sharma’s interdisciplinary practice and process of creating her works.
Manjari Sharma is an internationally recognized, Los Angeles-based visual artist exploring ritual, identity, memory, and mythology. Manjari was born and raised in Mumbai, India, and she uses photography, sound, motion, projection, and collage in her storytelling. Manjari's project Darshan (Published by Nazraeli Press) is a photographic re-imagining of Hindu deities that has garnered her wide critical acclaim. Her works can be found in the New York Times, Vice Magazine, CNN, LA Times, the Huffington Post, and NPR, to name a few, and her projects have been published and exhibited in galleries, museums, and festivals worldwide. Manjari is a proud recipient of the prestigious Pollock Krasner Foundation grant (2024), and her works are in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Carlos Museum, and the Birmingham Museum of Art, amongvarious private collections.
Katherine Anne Paul is the Lead Curator and Virginia and William M. Spencer III Curator of Asian Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art. A Fulbright scholar she lectures and publishes widely and has curated numerous exhibitions showcasing both classic and contemporary art originating from Asia. Recent exhibitions and publications include Silver & Ceremony from Southern Asia, 1830-1930 (anticipated 2025), Handheld Landscapes: The Four Seasons in Chinese Painting (2023), and Expanding Darshan: Manjari Sharma, To See and Be Seen (2022). She holds a B.A. from Reed College and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Lectures and Artist Conversations are made possible by generous support from the Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner lecture fund.
