Hi!
My name is Nishant.
I’ve lived and worked between the UK & India.
l live in London now.
I make photographs, work with responsive spatial sound and dream of making more films. I like to imagine my personal work in the context of installation and experience.
My current work addresses notions of surveillance both imagined and literal: how we often find security in being "watched" - either via a faith-interred "all-seeing eye" or “consent-based” data collection - and how we negotiate the anxiety that emerges from that awareness.
I direct Lake in Deptford, London, a gallery I’ve established for the creation of multi-sensory works that explores the connections between sound, image and space.
I’m not always this serious and fairly approachable by email.
If you would like to work together, feel free to reach out to me >>
hello (at) nishantshukla (dot) com
My name is Nishant.
I’ve lived and worked between the UK & India.
l live in London now.
I make photographs, work with responsive spatial sound and dream of making more films. I like to imagine my personal work in the context of installation and experience.
My current work addresses notions of surveillance both imagined and literal: how we often find security in being "watched" - either via a faith-interred "all-seeing eye" or “consent-based” data collection - and how we negotiate the anxiety that emerges from that awareness.
I direct Lake in Deptford, London, a gallery I’ve established for the creation of multi-sensory works that explores the connections between sound, image and space.
I’m not always this serious and fairly approachable by email.
If you would like to work together, feel free to reach out to me >>
hello (at) nishantshukla (dot) com
Education2008-2010 PG Dip in Photography, University of West London, London, UK
2005-2008 BA (Hons) Photography & Digital Imaging , Thames Valley University, London, UK
Grants / Awards / Nominations
2023 Nominated: Asian Pioneer Photographer, Yunnan, China
2021 Develop Your Creative Practice, Arts Council England
2016 Winner: Alkazi Photobook Grant
2016 Shortlisted: Fotobookfestival Kassel Dummy Award / Steidl Asia Open Call / Unseen Dummy Award
2008 Vice Chancellors Award for MA Photography, Thames Valley University, London
Photobook
2017 Seeking Moksha, published and enabled by the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts: Photography Grant 2016
88 Pages, 3 inserts, offset Printing, section sewn binding with screen printed hardcover
Curatorial Projects2022-Ongoing Lake, a centre for the creation of multi-sensory works, London, UK
2015-2020 Co-Founded BIND, a platform for photography and a library, examining the photobook as an art object, Mumbai, India
Art Fairs2017 India Art Fair, Seeking Moksha, Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi, India
2013 United Art Fair, Brief Encounters, New Delhi, India
Selected Exhibitions2023 Up Gallery, Seeking Moksha, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
2022 Lake, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, London, UK
2018 Tissuer D’Image, Seeking Moksha, Beaucouze, France
2017 Centro Fotografico Cagliari, Seeking Moksha, Cagliari, Italy
2017 DocFiled Barca, Brief Encounters, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Format International Festival, Seeking Moksha, Derby, UK
2016 TIFA, Ravers & the Aftermath, Pune, India
2016 Alkazi Grants Preview, Seeking Moksha, Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi, India
2016 Fotobookfestival, Seeking Moksha, Kassel, Germany
2016 Steild Bookshow, Seeking Moksha, The Deck, Singapore
2016 Zones of Privacy, Seeking Moksha, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, India
2016 Travel Photo Jaipur, Brief Encounters Installation, Jaipur Railway Station, India
2016 Tasveer Journal, Seeking Moksha, Tasveer Gallery, Bangalore, India
2015 GoaPhoto 2015, Ravers & the Aftermath, Blindboys Collateral Exhibition at Casa Xetio, Panjim, Goa, India
2009 Freshfacedandwildeyed09, Brief Encounters, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Film Screenings2023 Rio Cinema, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, London, UK
2023 Schweizer 5, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, Frankfurt, Germany
Selected Publications2018 Photography in India : A Visual History from the 1850’s to the Present / Nathanial Gaskell, Diva Gujral, Published by Prestel
2018 Foam Magazine #50, Water Issue, Interview by Aveek Sen
2017 Vice Annual Photo Issue, US & UK
2017 British Journal of Photography #7857, Habitat
Art Residency2018 Open 19, Live Art & Performance Residency, HH Art Spaces, Goa, India
Selected Talks2023 Impressions Gallery, Sustainability & The Photobook, Bradford, UK
2018 BIND & the photobook in India, Fotobookfestival, Kassel, Germany
2017 Platform, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2015 The journey of the photobook, in conversation with Dragana Jurisic & Sohrab Hura, Photokathmandu, Nepal
2014 New Ethnographies: Contemporary Conventions of the Image, PIX, Max Muellar Bhavan, Mumbai, India
Teaching2023 Visiting Lecturer, BA Photography, Camberwell College of Art, UAL, London
2017-18 Visiting Lecturer on History of Imaging, MA Photography Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
2015-16 Lecturer, Photography Diploma, Shri Aurobindo College of Arts & Communication, New Delhi, India
2013-14 Lecturer, Photography and Print Production, Sophia’s College, Mumbai, India
Participatory Projects2011 Head Facilitator, Akanksha Foundation, 6 week workshop, Mumbai, India
2010 Project Lead, Facilitator & Curator, Cassel Hospital, 6 week workshop & exhibition, Richmond, UK
2008-2009 Project Leader, Widening Participation Programme, Thames Valley University, London, UK
Selected PressArt Tribune
Art Zealous
Foam
Fotoroom
Ignant
Itsnicethat
Pagina99
Photocaptionist
Vice
2005-2008 BA (Hons) Photography & Digital Imaging , Thames Valley University, London, UK
Grants / Awards / Nominations
2023 Nominated: Asian Pioneer Photographer, Yunnan, China
2021 Develop Your Creative Practice, Arts Council England
2016 Winner: Alkazi Photobook Grant
2016 Shortlisted: Fotobookfestival Kassel Dummy Award / Steidl Asia Open Call / Unseen Dummy Award
2008 Vice Chancellors Award for MA Photography, Thames Valley University, London
Photobook
2017 Seeking Moksha, published and enabled by the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts: Photography Grant 2016
88 Pages, 3 inserts, offset Printing, section sewn binding with screen printed hardcover
Curatorial Projects2022-Ongoing Lake, a centre for the creation of multi-sensory works, London, UK
2015-2020 Co-Founded BIND, a platform for photography and a library, examining the photobook as an art object, Mumbai, India
Art Fairs2017 India Art Fair, Seeking Moksha, Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi, India
2013 United Art Fair, Brief Encounters, New Delhi, India
Selected Exhibitions2023 Up Gallery, Seeking Moksha, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
2022 Lake, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, London, UK
2018 Tissuer D’Image, Seeking Moksha, Beaucouze, France
2017 Centro Fotografico Cagliari, Seeking Moksha, Cagliari, Italy
2017 DocFiled Barca, Brief Encounters, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Format International Festival, Seeking Moksha, Derby, UK
2016 TIFA, Ravers & the Aftermath, Pune, India
2016 Alkazi Grants Preview, Seeking Moksha, Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi, India
2016 Fotobookfestival, Seeking Moksha, Kassel, Germany
2016 Steild Bookshow, Seeking Moksha, The Deck, Singapore
2016 Zones of Privacy, Seeking Moksha, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, India
2016 Travel Photo Jaipur, Brief Encounters Installation, Jaipur Railway Station, India
2016 Tasveer Journal, Seeking Moksha, Tasveer Gallery, Bangalore, India
2015 GoaPhoto 2015, Ravers & the Aftermath, Blindboys Collateral Exhibition at Casa Xetio, Panjim, Goa, India
2009 Freshfacedandwildeyed09, Brief Encounters, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Film Screenings2023 Rio Cinema, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, London, UK
2023 Schweizer 5, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, Frankfurt, Germany
Selected Publications2018 Photography in India : A Visual History from the 1850’s to the Present / Nathanial Gaskell, Diva Gujral, Published by Prestel
2018 Foam Magazine #50, Water Issue, Interview by Aveek Sen
2017 Vice Annual Photo Issue, US & UK
2017 British Journal of Photography #7857, Habitat
Art Residency2018 Open 19, Live Art & Performance Residency, HH Art Spaces, Goa, India
Selected Talks2023 Impressions Gallery, Sustainability & The Photobook, Bradford, UK
2018 BIND & the photobook in India, Fotobookfestival, Kassel, Germany
2017 Platform, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2015 The journey of the photobook, in conversation with Dragana Jurisic & Sohrab Hura, Photokathmandu, Nepal
2014 New Ethnographies: Contemporary Conventions of the Image, PIX, Max Muellar Bhavan, Mumbai, India
Teaching2023 Visiting Lecturer, BA Photography, Camberwell College of Art, UAL, London
2017-18 Visiting Lecturer on History of Imaging, MA Photography Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
2015-16 Lecturer, Photography Diploma, Shri Aurobindo College of Arts & Communication, New Delhi, India
2013-14 Lecturer, Photography and Print Production, Sophia’s College, Mumbai, India
Participatory Projects2011 Head Facilitator, Akanksha Foundation, 6 week workshop, Mumbai, India
2010 Project Lead, Facilitator & Curator, Cassel Hospital, 6 week workshop & exhibition, Richmond, UK
2008-2009 Project Leader, Widening Participation Programme, Thames Valley University, London, UK
Selected PressArt Tribune
Art Zealous
Foam
Fotoroom
Ignant
Itsnicethat
Pagina99
Photocaptionist
Vice