Yogesh Ramkrishna

Yogesh Ramkrishna, a young visual art practitioner from Pune, Maharashtra works in multiple mediums and often includes different levels of interactivity within his work. Yogesh’s current practice revolves around the feeling that “we are no more the protagonists of our own stories”. It underlines the observations of post-truth behaviours of society, manipulated information and evolved meanings of the spaces and relations from our surrounding world. In his ongoing series of works, the artist attempts to draft the evolution of human personalities with respect to the socio-political conditions that transform us into a completely new species. Often, these species live within us and hold the power to convert a mass of the population. These evolved and semi-evolving human characters appear with a pinch of satire and humour. While the visuals are laden with references from Hindu mythology along with traditional theatrical characters, various acts of work are forced to be carried out in certain restricted conditions, all for the sake of survival. Yet, reaching beyond mere survival, the artist gives us hope for change in a better future for our world. As everyday people morph into evolutionary beings, their reality leaps into Fantasmic futures where the mundane meets the extraordinary as they merge to create a path for themselves.

Yogesh received his B.F.A in Painting from Sir J.J. School of Arts and M.V.A from the Graphic Department of M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat. He has participated in many residencies and workshops such as, Black Church Print Studio in association with Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland (2019); The Storytellers workshop organised by FICA and Serendipity Arts Festival, New Delhi (2018); ‘Kooshk’, India-Iran Cultural exchange residency, Tehran, Iran (2017); Khoj Peers Share Programme, New Delhi (2016); Lalit Kala National Lithograph Camp, Vadodara (2014). His participations include Delhi Contemporary Art Week with LATITUDE 28, Bikaner House, New Delhi (2023-22-21); India Art Fair with LATITUDE 28, New Delhi (2023); ‘Mobocracy x Democracy’ curated by Priyanshi Saxena, presented by LATITUDE 28 in collaboration with TheUpsideSpace, New Delhi (2023); ‘Yuva Sumbhava’ by Raza Foundation at Bikaner House, New Delhi (2022); India Art Fair with LATITUDE 28, New Delhi (2022); ‘Anthology on the Annexe’, Gallery Amdavad ni Gufa, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (2021); ‘Reflective Reveries’, Archer Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (2020); ‘When is Empathy Too Much’ curated by Indira Prasad and Shubhani Sharma, LATITUDE 28, New Delhi (2020); ‘Intaglio’ Online Printmaking Exhibition organised by Megalo Printmaking Studio, Australia (2020); ‘The Print: Matter in Matrix’ curated by Bhavna Kakar and Satyajit Dave,  Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi (2020); ‘Call to Disorder’ curated by Vidya Shivadas, Serendipity Arts Festival, Panjim, Goa (2019); ‘Cartography of Narratives’, LATITUDE 28, Bikaner House, New Delhi (2019); ‘Babur Ki Gai’, curated by Adwait Singh and Bhavna Kakar, LATITUDE 28, New Delhi (2018); India Art Fair with Kanoria Art Centre Gallery, New Delhi (2017); ‘A Confluence of Reformations’, Sir J.J. School of Art Gallery, Mumbai, (2016) and ‘Don’t Believe Me! I am Telling the Truth!’, Solo Show, Gallery of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat (2017).