In today’s episode, I talk with artist and teacher Munish Wadhia about life after art school, learning as a grown up, and listening to your body’s limits, plus some cool sci fi/fantasy reading recommendations!
Munish Wadhia is an artist and teacher based in Mölnbo, Sweden since 2006. His work deals with painting through an experimental and interdisciplinary approach, where he explores collective memories, inheritance, and the absence of other knowledges in westernized discourses. At the moment, his artistic practice involves painting, installation, and video, but also playing and experimenting with object collecting.
Born in Mombasa, Kenya, Munish grew up in Leicester (UK) before moving to London as a teenager. He has an MFA in painting from the Royal College of Art, London, and a BFA in painting from Wimbledon School of Art (University of the Arts London).
He also serves on a panel at Grafikens Hus, where they are working on the "Collecting Thoughts" Project, investigating and discussing what it means to collect and archive today.
His next exhibition will open at Södertälje Konsthall on May 26, 2023 and will be on show until July 1st. The official title has since been changed to "från från / from from" and was inspired by listening to Monica Youn talking about her book of poetry of the same title, "from from".
You can see more of his work on his website www.munishwadhia.com. I’ve also put the link in the show notes, so you can find it there too.
And here are some links to the other things Munish mentions in this episode:
Pandava series by Roshani Chokshi
Transforming Collections, Rewinding Internationalism Conference at Van Abbemuseum
Invisible Seams exhibition at Konstakademien (2022)
The Helsinki Biennial in Finland (June 2023)