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About the artist:
Born in 1968 in Uganda, Ketna Patel is a British-Indian contemporary pop artist based out of Singapore and has lived in three different continents- Africa, Asia and Europe. After graduating from The Architectural Association in London with a degree in architecture, the artist moved to Singapore to begin her career as an architect. The artworks she creates, reflect her own personal journey as an outsider and global citizen, observing, discovering and embracing one’s cultural identity and the desire to belong to a community. Reflections of socio-political and cultural identity exploration in everyday life of today and yesterday are common themes portrayed through her art. Ketna says “Using different cultures and historical events, I juxtapose mythological characters, Gods, political icons and the common man appear on the same canvas. This is a romance between the old and the new, once prohibited by stringent cultural, political, and class boundaries that have hemmed in most of us” Ketna’s work have been exhibited at Museums, Galleries and Art Fairs all over the world. She is the recipient of the prestigious ASEAN Art Award.
