Harsha Biswajit is a Berlin based multi-disciplinary artist whose work spans across digital art, installation, writing, photography and video. With a background in economics and digital fine art, his work primarily explores the emergent effects of new technologies on culture. His works have been exhibited in New York, Miami, India, France, Spain, Hong Kong, amongst others.
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Born and raised in a creative household, he began his journey as a self-taught artist in India and eventually moved to New York to pursue a MA in Digital Fine Art from SVA where he graduated with the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement in Computer Art in 2014. In 2017 an image from his ‘Face’less’ photo series was included in the permanent collection of 'Museum of Fine Arts', St. Petersburg, Florida. In 2019, he was invited to partner with ABSOLUT to create a site-specific art installation for Absolut Art Bar, India.
To further expand his creative vision, he co-founded SPACEBISKIT, a concept-driven fashion and art studio in 2017. His work has been recognized internationally and featured multiple times on publications such as Vogue, Highsnobiety, Platform Magazine, and Grazia.
Selected Group Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions and Art Fairs
‘Poblenou Open Day’, Windows Art Circuit, Barcelona, 2021
‘Unlock’, Espacio 88, Barcelona, 2020
Affordable Art Fair, Space 776, New York / Hong Kong, 2017
Aqua Art Miami, Space 776, Miami, 2016
BOS, Space 776, New York, 2016
Affordable Art Fair, CoCo Gallery, New York, 2016
Greenpoint Open Studios, Brooklyn, New York, 2016
‘AlterVision’, Chennai Photo Biennale, India, 2016
‘Color Show: Photography Now’, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2015
‘Double Decker Art Show’, The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2015
Governors Island Art Fair, New York, 2014
‘Zero:One’, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York City, 2014
‘South Indian Art Exhibition’, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India, 2013
Art Chennai, India, 2013, 2012
India Art Festival, Mumbai, India, 2013, 2012, 2011
‘RE’, Westside Gallery, New York City, 2012
‘4th Bhiku Ram Jain Art Awards Group Show’, Art Mall, New Delhi, India, 2012
‘ConCurrenCe’, Forum Art Gallery and Gallery Beyond, Kochi, India, 2012
‘A Working Title’, Art Chennai, India, 2012
‘Aloft @ Chandigarh’ (Solo Exhibition), Forum Art Gallery, Chennai, India, 2011
‘POPNI National Art Exhibition’, Pondicherry Art Society, Pondicherry, India, 2010
‘The Madras Canvas’, India Cultural Center and Sutra Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2010
Education
MFA Computer Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, 2012 - 2014
MA International Political Economy, University of Warwick, UK, 2009 - 2010
BSc (Honors) Economics, University of Nottingham, UK, 2006 - 2009
Museum Collections
'Museum of Fine Arts', St. Petersburg, Florida
Private Commissions
Aloft Hotels (W Hotels worldwide), Chandigarh, India
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India
Residency
CCR Les Dominicains de Haute-Alsace, France 2017
Publications
‘Collection Asie’, 2016
’Art Habens’, 2015
Awards and Merit
Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement in Computer Art, School of Visual Arts, 2014
Academic and Creative Excellence Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York, 2013
Winner of the Jury Award at Chandra Ilango Art Foundation, India, 2013
Winner of Bhiku Ram Jain Art Awards, India, 2012
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