Sahil Naik

Sahil Naik’s (b. 1991) practice examines the modalities of evidence and truth through architecture, minor and casual histories, mythology, forensics, and the internet. His current project, Monuments, Mausoleums, Memorials, Modernism, studies the violence of the nation-building project, focusing on South Asia and the Non-aligned world. Naik completed his post-graduate studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda (Distinction), and holds an undergraduate degree from Goa College of Art. He is also the inaugural recipient of the Prameya Art Foundation Publishing Grant for South Asia. He has been part of How to Reappear III, curated by Ala Younis and Maha Mammoun, and the 5th edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, curated by Shubigi Rao. The artist lives and works in Goa, India.

Sahil Naik, The Pink Headed Duck, 2020, computer Generated Imagery on Blender, courtesy of the artist;