● Art Centrix Space is delighted to announce BRINK, curated by gallerist Monica Jain. The curatorial premise of the exhibition looks at the idea of the artist being a harbinger of 

change and being on the edge of something powerful. 

● The artists in the show showcase their artistic practices through various mediums like photographs, sculptures, and paintings. ● BRINK will feature Art Centrix’s Space’s established gallery artists – Tom Vattakhuzhy, Ganesh Gohain, and K.P. Pradeepkumar as well as works by Bhargav Barla, Bholanath Rudra, Shalina Vichitra, and Neeraj Patel.

March 2022: Art Centrix Space is delighted to be launching BRINK curated by Monica Jain, their first exhibition of the season, on 10th March 2022. The exhibition features 24 works by 7 contemporary Indian artists including Bhargav Barla, Bholanath Rudra, Ganesh Gohain, KP Pradeepkumar, Neeraj Patel, Shalina Vichitra and Tom Vattakuzhy. 

Monica Jain, the curator-director of Art Centrix Space explains,”The curatorial premise -BRINK, primarily foregrounds the idea of the artist being a harbinger of change – one who is painfully aware that life has presented an unprecedented opportunity for the world to come together with urgency in order to achieve something that has been never possible singularly so far” 

The title, BRINK, generates a sense of being at the edge of something powerful where reimagining and revaluation of actions and practices are not only imperative but critical. Jain has always believed that the unconscious can bring out different states of mind through aesthetics and artistic practices. From both the curatorial and philosophical perspective, this exhibition talks about the meaning of events and a sense of something inevitable that is

about to happen. It poses questions like – can it be controlled and can such interventions generate a paradigm shift both historically and psychologically? With such questions, this philosophical proposition highlights the significance of getting a powerful grip on the present for the immediate future. 

In addition to exhibiting some of Art Centrix’s Space’s established gallery artists, Tom 

Vattakhuzhy, Ganesh Gohain and K.P. Pradeepkumar the exhibition also features works from Bhargav Barla, Bholanath Rudra, Shalina Vichitra and Neeraj Patel who showcase their artistic practises through photographs, paintings, and sculptures. BRINK hopes to create a sense of harmony within binaries despite the pauses, gaps, reversals and paradoxes between them. 

BRINK also offers viewers an opportunity to see the Art Centrix Space’s expanded space that displays site-specific installations – the beautifully landscaped two acres precinct in South Delhi houses the main gallery space and sculpture garden. 

The extended and renovated Art Centrix Space is intended to provide a stimulus to artistic and curatorial practices in Delhi. Developed as a hub for South Asian contemporary art, it will enable the gallery to build on its existing programming acting as both a gallery and a space for cultural exchange. Following BRINK, Art Centrix Space have an exciting calendar of upcoming exhibitions including international guest curators, upcoming programming includes: 

● Our Line in The Sand – April 2022 (Collateral to India Art Fair 2022) 

● BRINK, IAF 2022 – 28 April – 2 May 2022 

● Undaunted Witnesses to A Saga – May 2022 

About Art Centrix Space 

Established in 2014, Art Centrix Space is the voice of contemporary artistic thought, reflective of the vision, understanding and aesthetic sensibilities of the Indian subcontinent. It is a visual testimony to the timeless interplay of imagination, imagery and transformative visual 

experiences. The beautifully landscaped two acres precinct in South Delhi houses the main gallery space and sculpture garden. With over 30 curated exhibitions and India Art Fair representations since 2018, they have exhibited over 50 artists amongst many Art Centrix Space represented artists. 

A constantly growing space, they are planning their Calendar year of events through various curatorial interventions, exhibitions, art in public spaces and various mentorship programs till the end of year 2024. As patrons to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale since 2018, they provide stimulus to artists in finding their voice. They support and showcase art that is at once sensory, perceptive, contemporary and intellectual to propel localised artistic concerns towards a global platform. Their artists have been recognised at Indian and international platforms in Australia, Germany, Italy and the UK, their work has also been seen and supported by young and veteran art collectors in India, USA, Netherlands, UK and Singapore, among others.

About Monica Jain 

Monica Jain is the Curator-Director of Art Centrix Space. The essence of the gallery is reflected in the way she engages with art, with people and with the way she explores the world. Her seeking spirit explores ideas as diverse as mathematics, quantum physics, culture and mythology through the shows she curates to make every exhibition and experience at Art Centrix Space, extraordinary. 

She has always believed that work must be supported by specialised training in the field. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from College of Art, New Delhi and a Master of Arts in Art History from the National Museum Institute, New Delhi. As an artist, She has also trained under renowned sculptor KS Radhakrishnan to work in wax and bronze and loves the spontaneity of watercolours. Being always hands-on has helped her tremendously in understanding the nuances in her field of work. She is committed to upholding the family legacy of 60 years of supporting the arts. Monica is intuitively drawn to the power of organising art, to seeing spaces and knowing exactly how art would fit into it; thereby giving her a unique advantage in both residential and public art projects she undertakes.’ 

About the artists 

Bhargav Barla 

Bhargav Barla is a visual artist who completed his MFA from Shiv Nadar University (Performing Art and Design) in 2019, and a MFA from Santiniketan(Painting) in 2016 and a BFA in (Painting) from the Department of Fine Arts, Andhra University in 2014. He works primarily in the medium of painting and photography and is currently engaged with research on photobooks (The idea of single image narratives). His work has been displayed in multiple group exhibitions nationally and internationally, Building Bridges, a group exhibition at Old Tourist Burma Building, Yangon, Myanmar curated by Ushmita Sahu in 2019; a solo thesis exhibition at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida 2019 and Building Bridges, group exhibition at Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore and Art Konsult, New Delhi also curated by Ushmita Sahu, 2018 among others. He lives and works between Visakhapatnam and New Delhi. 

Bholanath Rudra 

Bholanath Rudra is a Kolkata based artist who completed BFA from Rabindra Bharati University, and his MFA in 2013. He has participated in several group shows and solo shows, such as, States of Mind, at Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata, 2018 and Mechanical Libido at Academy of Fine Art, Kolkata, 2013. His works have been featured in many group exhibitions, such as, Fluid Boundaries and Insights at Emami Art, Kolkata (2020); Annual Art Exhibition of Society of Contemporary Artists (2020, 2019, 2018); Annual Art Exhibition at Birla Academy of Art & Culture (2014, 2016, 2018); CIMA art gallery, Kolkata (2017); Rajya Charukala Parshad, Kolkata (2017-19); in the International exhibition of Manab Jamin (2012-15); AIFACS, New Delhi (2017); the State Art Gallery, Hyderabad (2019); Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi (2017); Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC) (2018); in the Annual Exhibition at Emami Art (2015, 2017); among others. Rudra has been felicitated with many awards, including the State Gallery of Art Award, Telangana Government (2019), Birla Academy Annual Exhibition Award (2018), Rajya Charukala Parshad Annual Award (2017), National Exhibition Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, Karnataka (2017) and All India Watercolour Exhibition Award, AIFACS (2017). The artist has presented his works through Emami Art in the India Art Fair, New Delhi (2020). 

Ganesh Gohain 

Ganesh Gohain is a freelance Artist living and working in Vadodara. The Artist was born on 26th July 1966 in Khonsa, Arunachal Pradesh. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Government College of Art & Crafts, Guwahati (Assam) and a Post Diploma, First Class with distinction in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University, Vadodara (Gujarat). He was also invited as a visiting faculty (2003-2005) and as an external jury member (2003 to 2016) at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University, Vadodara. Gohain has received several prestigious awards in India and Abroad from 1990 to 2003 including French Government Grant and an Invitation from Ecole Superieure Des Beaux Arts, Le Mans, France 1998- 1999, he received The Charles Wallace Trust Award 2002- 2003, an Artist residency in Berlandieri Sculpture Workshop, Raglan, South of Wales, UK. Gohain was invited to an Artist residency and as a visiting artist at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, UK 2003. He had several solo shows, group shows in India and Abroad till 2020. As an artist Gohain is interested in existence, time, space and his relations with existential surfaces and the Infinity. 

K P Pradeepkumar 

K P Pradeepkumar is an independent visual artist who has been working between Kochi and Delhi for the past several years. Born in Kozhikode, he completed his BFA in Sculpture from College of Fine Arts Thiruvananthapuram in 1993 and a MFA in Creative Practice at TransArt Institute New York in 2015. His works were exhibited at India Art Fair 2020 & 2019 by Art Centrix Space and received appreciation by the viewers. He has also been part of various group shows at Art Centrix Space namely “The Present & the Absentee Maker” in October 2020; “Con Tempus|With Time” in December 2019; “ARIKAMEDU” in November 2018 and “Nature|Deliberated” in April 2018. He has been working and exhibiting in and out of the country and has received many awards for his artistic pursuits. He has done several solo shows at various galleries like “Improbable Suburban” at Gallery OED, Kochi, Kerala in 2018; “Wood of Suicides” at BC Gallery, Kochi Kerala in 2016; “Transfiguration” at David Hall, Fort Kochi, Kerala in 2011. 

Neeraj Patel 

Neeraj Patel is a multidisciplinary art practitioner, who lives and works between Vadodara and Delhi. He completed his MFA from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Dadri, Uttar Pradesh (2016 – 2018). He has recently been a part of the Space Studio Art Residency Program, Vadodara (MAR 2020 – DEC 2020) and residency program at Utsha Foundation for Contemporary Art (2021). Neeraj has done two solo shows in his artistic career, ‘Recent Past and Its Present Future’, at Kala Chaupal Trust, Gurgoun (2020) and The Hunted Classroom, final thesis show, at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, Delhi NCR (2018) . Also he has participated in numerous group exhibitions nationally and internationally, which includes, ‘A Walk Across Grids’, an online group exhibition, Akara Art Gallery, Mumbai (2020); ‘Between the Lines’, Presented by Prameya Art foundations, Shrine Empire (2019); “Hello India” ART 507 Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (2015); Indian Ocean, And.N Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (2015); ASYAAF: Asian Student and Young Artist, Art Festival, Seoul, South korea (2015); 32 Korean Art Galleries Fair, Seoul, Korea (2014), “The Hangover Vintage in Mexico_Brazil, EBC Mexico (2013) and ASYAAF ART FAIR SOUTH KOREA, L.V.S Gallery, South Korea (2012), among others. Neeraj’s works are about the effects of industrial goods in architectural spaces in different times. He works with installation-based projects, while incorporating working with canvas, paper, sculpture and photography along with the understanding of ‘site-specificity’. 

Shalina Vichitra 

Shalina Vichitra completed her BFA and MFA from College of Art New Delhi. She was also a recipient of Human resource development scholarship (Govt. of India) and gold medallist, College of Art, Delhi MFA. Shalina has done exceptional both solo and group shows with galleries in India and Abroad which include,‘Topographies of the self’ – Anant Art, Art Motif, among others. Shalina also has been invited in several curated exhibitions in India and abroad such as, ‘Negotiating Matters’ curated by Roobina Karode, ‘Summer’ at Nature Morte curated by Peter Nagy, ‘Emerging India’ – Royal college London, ‘Who do you think I am’ The Gallery at Cork Street London, ‘Contemporary Indian Art’ Muller and Plate Munich, ‘Resonance’ – Lalit Kala Academy, ‘Prayers for the Earth’ onsite project in Ladakh supported by Intach, ‘Contemporary Indian Art’- Visual Arts Gallery, ‘Grain’- Espace Gallery, to name a few. Shalina also has participated in the Fusing Barn Biennale – Taiwan, and has been part of numerous art camps and workshops.Shalina is currently practising as a visual artist, working with Acrylics and Mixed Media and holding shows in India and abroad. 

Tom Vattakuzhy 

Tom Vattakuzhy completed his master’s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda in 1998, in lieu of keeping him and his art practice in line with the winds of the changing art scenario, he delved into an unlearning and relearning process reassessing art from mediaeval times to the present assimilating what his heart responded to. This became a crucial step in his artistic career and significantly influenced the formation of his visual language with a structural solidity and organisation. From 2010, he devoted himself solely to his art. With the intention of bringing art close to society, he engaged himself in illustrating periodicals with virtually stand alone paintings that he preferred to call ‘story-paintings’. A controversy over one of his works resulted in the retraction of the magazine itself, leaving him disillusioned and demoralised, and finally did away with it in 2016. One of his history paintings titled ‘Death of Gandhi’ received nationwide acclaim and found its way to the cover painting of Kerala budget in 2020. Tom has participated in various curatorial exhibitions in the past, ‘Interiorities of Individual Entities’, curated by Monica Jain at Art Centrix Space in 2019 is one of them. He has been the recipient of awards like AIFACS Award, New Delhi in 1997 and 1998, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy Award in 1997, National Scholarship, HRD New Delhi in 1996, Haren Das Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta in 1995. He lives and works in Muvattupuzha, his hometown in Kerala. 

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