Nandita Kumar

Place: Pamplemousses

Born: 1981

Biography:

Nandita Kumar is a New Zealand new media artist. She was born in Pamplemousses, Mauritius in 1981. Her artwork often explores climate change, contradictions between natural and industrial landscapes, and personal identities and makes use of technological and interactive elements. She holds Bachelors of Fine Arts from both the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in India and the Elam School of Fine Arts of the University of Auckland in New Zealand. From 2006 to 2009 she studied at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in the United States, from which she holds a Master of Fine Arts in Experimental Animation and Filmmaking. Kumar alternates between being based in Auckland, New Zealand and in Mumbai or Goa, India.