MANMEET DEVGUN
Manmeet (born 1974) is a Delhi based performance and interdisciplinary artist and art educator. She completed her BFA (Painting) from GCA,Chandigarh and masters (Painting) from Jamia Milia Islamia University,New Delhi,2000.
She was kidnapped once for falling off track. Off the conventional track of norms of society,the patriarchal structures,staining the honour of the family. For trying to live a life on her own terms,for trying to break the traditions. She has been exploring these off tracks since then through her art,in between dealing with death,grief and life. And living life on her own terms.
Artist Statement
Working at the intersectionality of performance art, photography, video, and other material forms (fabric, embroidery, posters, etc) I create artworks on the lines of quotidian experiences(both lived and gathered). Though my work is personal at one level, I feel it connects/relates to/speaks about the position of women in society -women in my life, women I meet, I work with and women who work for me (help at home). Interactions and conversations are a driving force for my creation. It is the idea or a provocative thought that leads to an artwork and the medium follows later.