Thukral & Tagra
Biography
Jiten Thukral (b. 1976, Jalandhar, Punjab, India) and Sumir Tagra (b. 1979, New Delhi, India) are based in Gurgaon, Haryana, a suburb of New Delhi. They work collaboratively in a wide variety of media including painting, sculpture, installation, film, and design. The artists currently live in Gurgaon, India.
Thukral & Tagra blur the lines between fine art and popular culture, product placement and exhibition design, as well as artistic inspiration and media hype. With playfulness and humour, their works comment on the globalisation of consumer culture and its repercussions, which are being experienced in India today. They pose thoughtful questions about the nature of Indian identity as articulated by Indians themselves and projected onto India by the rest of the world.
Thukral & Tagra have worked together since 2003 and have held solo exhibitions all over the world, including in Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, and more. Their works have been included in group exhibitions on multiple international platforms such as the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing, Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art in France, Pompidou Centre Paris, Arken Museum in Copenhagen, Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace in Finland, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in the USA, Nature Morte in Berlin, among many others. Their numerous awards include Creative Minds of the Year (2014) by India Hello! Hall of Fame and 101 Emerging Designers of the World (2006) by Global Edit of Wallpaper Magazine.
