PRASHANT PANDEY
Born in 1984, Prashant Pandey lives and works in Jaipur. He received his BFA in Sculpture from Rajasthan University, Jaipur, and MFA in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda.
Recipient of the Lalit Kala Academy Award in 2009 and 2010, Pandey had his first solo show, ‘Shelf-Life’ in 2010 at Gallery Maskara in Mumbai. He was an artist in residence at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, France for four months in 2011. Pandey’s work has been part of several national and international exhibitions, including ‘(M)other India’, Galerie du Jour – Agnès B, Paris, France (2011), Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2014), The Sculpture Park, Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur (2017, 2018, 2025), ‘Shadow Lines: Experiment with Light, Line and Liminality’, Shrine Empire, Delhi (2019). He was also part of a group show, ‘Inside India’ (2022), at Modesti Perdriolle Gallery in Belgium.
About The Work
Courtesy of Gallery Maskara, Mumbai
Pandey reawakens our perception of everyday life by defying conventional logic when it comes to ways of seeing discarded objects. Through his use of found, recycled, and reclaimed materials, Pandey uses by-products of human activity in innovative ways, interrupting the utilitarian cycle of everyday life. His untitled work for the Sculpture Park is made up of delicate, leaf-like forms that curl in the breeze, constructed from cigarette butts, taking unpleasant detritus and turning it into something both unrecognizable and elegant.