About Us
Dr Mandakini Devi is an artist based in New Delhi, India. Her practice is an engagement with aspects of portraiture, especially self-portraiture that is reflective of an expressive engagement with gender, identity and politics.
Educational qualifications:
2003-2007: College of Art, Tilak Marg, New Delhi, India, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
2007-2008: Post Graduate Diploma, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham.
2008-2009: Diploma in Photography, London College of Communication, London
2009-2010: MA in Fine Arts, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
2013-2018: Ph.D. in Media, Art and Technology, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham.
Exhibitions and Projects (India):
2010: Participated in Drifters 1 and 2, Curated by Rahul Bhattacharya and presented by Gallery Art Konsult
2012: Regional Art and Performance Events (RAPE), Guwahati, Assam
2012: Kolkata International Performance Art Festival (KIPAF)
2013: Participated in a residency at Barbil in Odisha
2013: Part of the Project Plastic Propaganda
In which Dr Mandakini Devi participated in exhibitions between Amsterdam, (2013), London Covent Gardens (2015) and APT Galleries London (2016)
2017: Part of travelling exhibition of ‘works on paper’ started in Goa (India) based on the ‘dreams’, consisting of over 200 hundred artists from around the world.
2018: Participated in a group show organised by Art Konsult, curated by Rahul Bhattacharya titled Extending the Contemporary.
2022: Participated in a group show Techne Disruptors curated by Myna Mukherjee, supported by American Center and Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, in New Delhi and New York City
2022-2023: Participated in a group show Love, Lights, Prufrock curated by Jyoti A Kathpalia presented by Art Konsult
2022-2023: Participated in a group shown One story is not enough curated by Myna Mukherjee
2024: Participated in the Centre of International and Modern Art’s 30th anniversary group show, Fantastic Realities and Beyond
2024: Participated in a group show The Art of India, an initiative of the Times of India
2024: 3 works from the series Dus Mahavidyas exhibited at the British Council, Delhi
Employment:
2018-2020: Artist/consultant employed by Abaxial Design Pvt Ltd. As an employee for the firm, Dr Mandakini Devi created works of art for the firm in print and digital media.
2020-2022: Guest Lecturer in Critical Theory at the Indian Institute of Photography, Noida
Editor of 108 Photographs of India (author – Dr Alka Pande)
2020-2022: Part of the visiting faculty at Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication
Works in Private Collections (India)
- Tapovan, Delhi
- iIITD, Delhi NCR
- AMD Pvt, Delhi
- Singinawa Museum, Madhya Pradesh (India)
Dr Mandakini Devi’s interests involve creative writing and developing more experimental skills that include working primarily with softwares such as Indesign, Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro and Adobe After Effects.