Manchester based
Visual artist
Artist’s statement
I am a Manchester based visual artist, working in various mediums, from paint on canvas to digital paintings, sculpture and aerosol art. My work is split between my personal KrikSix work, which has the Transformers, music, pain and abstract imagination as its inspiration, and Ananta, which has Hindu theology as its source.
With my Hindu work, I am trying to convey the ideas of infinite power, time and space from ancient Hindu texts, in a modern / futuristic setting. I am currently working to develop a definitive exhibition of Ananta, which I will represent as a 31st Century Hindu Temple, with metal and plastic sculptures and digital paintings of the gods and their icons. I also wish to translate my understanding of the Hindu pantheon as an animated epic.
Ananta, solo exhibition, Cornerhouse, Manchester. Painted the walls of the bar and café and exhibited new work, August 2006
Joint Exhibition at One Piccadilly for New Balance, December 2005
Joint exhibitions for the Ink Tank magazine at Urbis and The Triangle, Manchester, February to April 2004
Avatar, solo exhibition, Arch Bar, Manchester, December 2002 to January 2003
Disappear Completely, solo exhibition, Contact Theatre, Manchester, December 2002 to January 2003
Still Blue, solo exhibition, Creative Consultants Gallery, Manchester, May 2002
Fresh Art Show, joint graduate exhibition, Business Design Centre, London, July 2001
Contact Details
Sumit Sarkar
Phone: +44 (0) 07813 052 336
Email: sumitsarkark6@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.kriksix.com
