Rajinder Singh
Rajinder Singh is a London based Malaysian-Irish artist, poet and choreographer who explores the human body as an interface between space, object and movement, and prepares the ground to orientate the body towards politics, towards its capacity for resistance. Rajinder’s paintings and installations as well as photography, video and performance work explore ideas around the vulnerable body and its pain, interrogating the economies of power that deny it space and shape. Often focused on the power of ritual action in the construction of the social body, his practice explores the ways the human body unfolds around various topographic and symbolic borders.
Rajinder graduated with a PhD in Engineering (UK) in 1993 and a Master’s in Fine Arts (La Salle Singapore) in 2010. He is the artist in residence for Race, Migration and Decolonial Studies at UCD Dublin and a member of the migrant artist group Art Nomads. He is the recipient of several awards for his sculptures and movement-based work. He was recently shortlisted for both the prestigious Golden Fleece Award and EVA International Biennale. He was part of the year long exhibition ‘Narrow Gate’ at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and ‘Bodyworks’ at Crawford Art Gallery. Rajinder Is a recipient of substantial bursaries for his body-based movement oriented work from the Arts Council of ireland. He has been commissioned for new work by various museums and art festivals in Ireland, Singapore and Malaysia. Rajinder teaches as a guest artist/choreographer at the Irish World Academy, Maynooth University, University College Dublin. His work is part of the national arts collections in both IMMA The Glucksman Museum and the Arts Council of Ireland. Rajinder is the founder of the contemporary art review magazine Drenched Reviews ( www.soaked.space). He has written three books of poetry: Trapping Silence (2021), Pale in Saffron (2024) and The Turban Imaginary (2024).
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