Mannat Gandotra
About
Mannat Gandotra’s (b. 2001, India) paintings exude an intense energy through her dynamic compositional structures of line, colour and form. Gandotra relates to Jazz and the idea of atonality, which describes music that does not conform to the system of tonal hierarchies, as well as by the occurrence of familiar pitch combinations in unfamiliar environments. In creating her paintings, Gandotra sees herself creating problems and trying to resolve those problems in an ever-expanding space. Lines are sometimes straight, curved or fractured, and colours go next to each other in unusual combinations; elements clash and bounce off one another, and yet sit together in a dissonant atmosphere, which the artist describes as “fighting like siblings or residing like neighbours or in some paintings seducing each other”. Gandotra forges a relationship with each of her paintings, developing a spiritual exchange of emotive thoughts.
-Exhibition Text from Ota Fine Arts.
Education
MA Painting, Royal College of Art 2024
BFA, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL 2023
Foundation in Art, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL 2019
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