Kiron Khosla’s inaugural Canadian exhibtion opens at the Gibsone Jessop Gallery in October, 2006.
Kiron Khosla is one of the most exciting young artists working in Europe today. Recently profiled in New German Painting by Prestel, Khosla posses a colorful, authentic voice.
Born in Calcutta, trained in London and based in Cologne, Kiron Khosla’s work is as eclectic and unique as his upbringing. Playing with iconographies from both Western and Eastern art, Khosla’s paintings are profoundly evocative.
His irrational perspectives and crowded compositions create a unique atmosphere that highlights a variety of mysterious themes. Bewildering ambiguity of meaning is often understood as a Mannerist device, and one that Khosla uses to enormous effect. Far more than simply obscure, he marries past and present, mythology and reality, and even the opposed sensibilities of East and West. His is an ambiguity with great purpose.
Kiron Khosla says his paintings are not about depth, but surface; “There are only surfaces. I have many [surfaces] and so do my paintings.” This tendency toward both introspection and innovation defines Khosla’s work.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006
Touched By India - Begegnung mit Indien, Künstlerforum Bonn, Bonn.
2005
Die Jagd – Self – Portraits and other wild flowers, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin.
Tricky Trixi’s Memory Book, Galerie Otto Schweins, Köln.
I Asked For, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin.
2004
Zeitzonen. 3. Triennale zeitgenössischer Kunst Oberschwaben, Tagungshaus Weingarten der Akademie der Diözese Rottenberg-Stuttgart und der Pädagogischen Hochschule, Weingarten.
2003
deutschemalereizweitausenddrei, Frankfurter Kunstverein.
2002
Peter Mertens Stipendium 2002 (with Viola Klein), Bonner Kunstverein Förderkoje, Art Cologne, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne.
Landscapes and Sea Songs, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne.
Hossa. Arte Alemán del 2000, Centro Cultural Andraxt, Majorca.
2001
Poetry after Auschwitz – a eunuch’s way, Lab of Graviton, Hamburg.
Horror Vacui, INIT Athen, Athens.
2000
Deutsche Kunst in Moskau/ German Art in Moscow, Central House of Artist, Moscow.
1999
Rediscovering elegance and dignity, Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Hamburg.
1998
After all, what is a fine lie? (parts 2,3 & 4> 3+1 <), Galerie Annette Gmeiner, Stuttgart.
1997
After all, what is a fine lie? (part 1), Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne.
Von Airò bis Zimmermann, artists of the gallery, Galerie Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert, Cologne.
1995
Risimden und Nebefkdls lesen Sie Bituz die Packlin Gisega, with Silke Bauer, Trixi Groiss, Nils Norman, Barbara Schüttpelz, Erhard Schüttpelz, Vincent Tavenne and Peter Zimmermann, GalerieTanja Grunert and Michael Janssen, Cologne.
Allcomers Show, with Axel J. Wieder, Jesko Fetzer, Silke Bauer and Pietro Sanguineti, Galerie Annette Gmeiner, Stuttgart.
EDUCATION
1986-89 B.A. in painting, Central St. Martin´s School of Art and Design, London
1985-86 Foundation Harrow College of Higher Education
