Anup Mathew Thomas

Place: Bangalore

Born: 1977

Biography:

Anup Mathew Thomas is a visual artist who lives and works in Bangalore. He graduated from the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore in 2003 and has stayed largely with photography as his medium of choice. Predominantly producing work in series, Thomas's photographs conceal an innate critique of their subject matter, engaging often with narratives that are seemingly and instinctively local but reverberate within a more inclusive context. Thomas’s works are often presented as digital slideshows as well as prints. His recent solo exhibitions include Double Feature at Lothringer13, Munich, Hereinafter, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore, an exhibition at the Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo (2010), View from Conolly's Plot at GALLERYSKE, Bangalore (2010), Assembly, presented by GALLERYSKE at Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi (2008) and Metropolitan at Gasworks Gallery, London (2007). In 2006, Thomas received the Charles Wallace India Trust scholarship to be an artist-in-residence at Gasworks in London. He was also a resident artist at the Vasl International artist residency in Lahore the same year. Anup Mathew Thomas's work was also part of the inaugural edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale. 2012. He is a recipient of the 2014 The Abraaj Group Art Prize.