Viraj Khanna
The Muse, 2023
Embroidery on Cotton
2.5 x 2.5 feet
VK830
Viraj Khanna's unique embroidery-on-cotton characters bring life India's encounter with globalized aspiration. Referencing consumer culture alongside wider contemporary art, Viraj's figures are hybrids of desires and feelings, composite beings that...
Viraj Khanna's unique embroidery-on-cotton characters bring life India's
encounter with globalized aspiration. Referencing consumer culture
alongside wider contemporary art, Viraj's figures are hybrids of desires
and feelings, composite beings that are a blur of sensations, wants,
and cultural referents. His distinct, imaginative figurative style
employs Indian techniques of embroidery, finding a youthful voice to
speak to a moment of global encounter.
encounter with globalized aspiration. Referencing consumer culture
alongside wider contemporary art, Viraj's figures are hybrids of desires
and feelings, composite beings that are a blur of sensations, wants,
and cultural referents. His distinct, imaginative figurative style
employs Indian techniques of embroidery, finding a youthful voice to
speak to a moment of global encounter.
Viraj Khanna (b. 1995, Kolkata, West Bengal, India) is a
visual artist from India who primarily works with the medium of textile.
He studied Business Administration at the University of Southern
California, Los Angeles in 2018. Khanna's works have been exhibited in
solo shows at the LOFT, Gallery Art Exposure, Kolkata (2021); Tao Art
Gallery, Mumbai (2022) ; the India Art Fair (2023) and recently at the
National Gallery of Modern Art Mumbai (2023). He is currently pursuing
his MFA at the Art Institute of Chicago.
visual artist from India who primarily works with the medium of textile.
He studied Business Administration at the University of Southern
California, Los Angeles in 2018. Khanna's works have been exhibited in
solo shows at the LOFT, Gallery Art Exposure, Kolkata (2021); Tao Art
Gallery, Mumbai (2022) ; the India Art Fair (2023) and recently at the
National Gallery of Modern Art Mumbai (2023). He is currently pursuing
his MFA at the Art Institute of Chicago.
