Artist Statement

My practice emerges from lived experiences shaped by spiritual cities like Varanasi and Sarnath, where the pulse of history, ritual, and everyday life deeply influenced my sense of place and perception. I am interested in both visible and invisible forces—spiritual, ecological, and technological—that shape our environment and consciousness.

In my recent solo show Tandra, I explored shifting cityscapes, imagined futures, and personal geographies. The term Tandra—a Sanskrit word for the meditative state between sleep and wakefulness—echoes the threshold space my work often occupies. Using repetition and pattern, I create drawings, paintings, and sculptures that evoke the cyclical nature of time and consciousness. Concentric forms, hand-drawn lines, and abstracted landscapes become visual meditations—each line an attempt to hold presence, memory, and uncertainty.

My work operates as a kind of psychogeography, mapping not just the external world but my emotional and energetic responses to it. The environments I depict are often in transition: between sacred and urban, natural and altered, remembered and imagined. I am especially concerned with how modern intrusions—like electromagnetic fields, mobile signals, and rapid development—disturb once-harmonious spaces.

Beyond solo practice, I run Kalaprabha Studio and actively engage in community-based initiatives, including retreats and teaching modules focused on process, ecology, and collective dialogue. These experiences feed back into my work and keep it grounded in lived, shared experiences.

Whether through pen, clay, wire, or thread, I attempt to make the intangible tangible. My practice is a sustained inquiry into memory, energy, and transformation—constantly circling back to the central question: how do we shape the spaces around us, and how do they shape us in return?

Bio

Abhishek Pandey is a contemporary artist based in Pune, India, originally from Varanasi. With a background in sculpture from Banaras Hindu University, his practice spans drawing, painting, and large-scale sculptural installations. Deeply influenced by the spiritual and historical context of his hometown, as well as his early experiences visiting sacred sites like Sarnath, Abhishek explores the intersection of form, energy, and memory.

Over the past decade, Abhishek has cultivated a process-based practice rooted in material experimentation—working with clay, wood, iron, and mixed media. His visual language often draws from sacred geometry, architecture, and psychogeography, manifesting in meditative structures that resonate with unseen energy. He has participated in several group exhibitions and artist-led residencies, and in 2025, he presented his debut solo show Tandra, which explored spatial consciousness and energetic flows.

Alongside his individual practice, Abhishek has facilitated collaborative art programs and workshops focused on material awareness and sustainable making. His studio, Kalaprabha, also functions as a community-oriented space for experimentation and dialogue.

Abhishek’s current work delves into energy-responsive sculptures—forms that interact subtly with the presence of viewers or environmental vibrations. He is particularly interested in mapping invisible forces through physical structures, and in how ancestral and contemporary modes of perception can co-exist in one space.

ABHISHEK PANDEY

Art Practitioner

DOB: 01/12/1992

Contact: +919452287589

Email Id: abhishek94522@gmail.com

Permanent Address: A 36/54 K – 1, Kazzakpura, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221001.

Current Address: 148/181, Colony 9, Ganesh Nagar, Bopkhel, Pune, Maharashtra 411031.

Qualification:

•   2015 – Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, from Banaras Hindu University.

•   2010 – Passed Sr. Secondary School, from N. I. O. S.

•   2008 – Passed Higher Secondary School, from N. I. O. S.

Exhibitions:

Solo Shows

•   2025–Tandra–Solo Show at Monalisa Kalagram Pune, Curated by Sheena Maria Piedade.

•   2014–Me & My Shadow, Gallery of Faculty of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Group Shows

•   2025–Yellow Brick Road – Group show at Eikowa Gurgaon, Curated by Lina Vincent, Gurgaon.

•   2024–Licking/Tricking not allowed, MonalisaKalagram,Pune. Curated by Nilesh Kinkale, Host by IGA team.

•   2022–Art 35 5th Edition by Dot Line Space, at Nine Fish Gallery, Mumbai.

•   2021–30th Ravi Jain Memorial Exhibition 2021, at Dhoomimal Gallery, Delhi.

•   2021–129th All India Annual Art Exhibition 2021 Online, at The Bombay Art Society, Online.

•   2020–#Fresher – Group show at IGA Galleria, Pune.

•   2020–Pratyakṣakaraṇa – Group Show at Gallery 78, Hyderabad.

•   2019–Pratyakṣakaraṇa – Group Show at Alliance Française, Bhopal.

•   2018–Sandarbh path of thoughts – Art2day Gallery, Pune.

Experience

•   2023–Mentorship with Lina Vincent Online.

•   2021-22–Assisted Artist Prabhakar Patchpute, Pune.

•   2020–Khoj Support network and mentorship from Jiten Thukral and sumir Tagra.

•   2017–Concept Developer and Coordinator of Molela Workshop 2017 (Reflection of Traditional Art through Contemporary art) Molela, Rajasthan.

·   2015-2016–Worked in Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, India.

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 Residency

•      2024–Resident artist at MAIR 5th edition by Apre Art house Mumbai.

•      2018–Resident Artist in KYTA, at Kalga Himachal Pradesh.

•      2017–Resident Artist in Kalakriti Residency Program, at Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad.

•      2016–Lalit kala Akademi regional center Kolkata, North East sculpture camp in woodcarving

•      2015–6th international wood fire workshop, at ‘Studio 25 Terracotta’, Molela Rajasthan.

•      2015–Master practice studio workshop (Kochi Biennale foundation)

Scholarship

•      2020–The Art Society of India, Artist Relief Fund.

•      2014-16 – Ministry of Culture, Government of India (Award of Scholarship in the field of sculpture, Visual Art)

Published Work

• 2020–Varanasi Street 3 Published in Arts Illustrated magazine. Volume 08, Issue 01. (EPIPHANY)

Other Achievements:

• Resource Person for the State-level pottery workshop "Creative Hands into the Art of Pottery" at SNDT College of Arts and SCB College of Commerce, Churchgate, Mumbai.

• Conducted creative clay sessions at Podar International School, Sara City, Pune.

• Pottery demonstration and interaction at Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts (SSLA), Pune, as part of Gendered Blueprints: Mapping Gender, Technology, and their Intersections.

• Regular clay modeling sessions at Art Village, Karjat, collaborating with artist studios and institutions to create immersive, community-driven experiences.

• Led art engagement workshops with Rainbow Homes Program, Pune, supporting vulnerable and street children through art-based education.

Contact

For inquiries, collaborations, or exhibition opportunities, please reach out:

📧 Email:  abhishek94522@gmail.com
📍 Location:  Kalaprabha  Studio 

148/181 Colony no. 9 Ganesh Nagar Bopkhel, Pune, (411031) Maharashtra India.

Feel free to connect for studio visits, project discussions, or commissioned works.