{{Short description|British visual artist (born 1965)}}
{{Short description| visual artist (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox artist
{{Infobox artist
| name = Permindar Kaur
| name = Permindar Kaur
| image = Permindar Kaur – interview, The Art House, Wakefield, 2 September 2022.jpg
| image = Permindar Kaur – interview, The Art House, Wakefield, 2 September 2022.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Permindar Kaur at the Art House, Wakefield, September 2022
| caption = Kaur at the Art House, Wakefield, September 2022
| birth_date = 1965
| birth_date = 1965
| birth_place = Nottingham
| birth_place = Nottingham
| education = [[Sheffield City Polytechnic]], [[Glasgow School of Art]]
| education = [[Sheffield City Polytechnic]], [[Glasgow School of Art]]
| occupation = Visual artist
| website = https://www.permindarkaur.com/
| website = permindarkaur.com
}}
}}
”’Permindar Kaur”’ (born 1965, in [[Nottingham]]) is a [[Visual arts|visual artist]].<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite book |last=Chambers |first=Eddie |title=Black artists in British art : a history since the 1950s |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-85773-608-6 |location=London |pages=162 |oclc=894299609}}</ref> She was included in the [[British Art Show]] in 1996.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |title=Permindar Kaur : Cold Comfort – Exhibition |url=https://www.ikon-gallery.org/exhibition/cold-comfort/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Ikon |language=en}}</ref> She is shortlisted for the Freelands Award 2022 for her upcoming exhibition at [[John Hansard Gallery]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shortlist for Freelands Award 2022 announced with five organisations and artists shortlisted for £110,000 prize |url=https://artdaily.com/news/150182/Shortlist-for-Freelands-Award-2022-announced-with-five-organisations-and-artists-shortlisted-for–pound-110-000-prize#.Y0bMS-xKjBI |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=artdaily.com}}</ref>
”’Permindar Kaur”’ (born 1965 [[]] is [[Visual arts|visual artist]].<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite book |last=Chambers |first=Eddie |title=Black artists in British art : a history since the 1950s |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-85773-608-6 |location=London |pages=162 |oclc=894299609}}</ref> She was included in the [[British Art Show]] in 1996.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |title=Permindar Kaur : Cold Comfort – Exhibition |url=https://www.ikon-gallery.org/exhibition/cold-comfort/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Ikon |language=en}}</ref> She shortlisted for the Freelands Award 2022 for her exhibition at [[John Hansard Gallery]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shortlist for Freelands Award 2022 announced with five organisations and artists shortlisted for £110,000 prize |url=https://artdaily.com/news/150182/Shortlist-for-Freelands-Award-2022-announced-with-five-organisations-and-artists-shortlisted-for–pound-110-000-prize#.Y0bMS-xKjBI |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=artdaily.com}}</ref>
== Life and education ==
== Life and education ==
Kaur was born in Nottingham to Punjabi parents.<ref name=”:0″ /> She gained a BA degree from [[Sheffield City Polytechnic]] in 1989, an MA from [[Glasgow School of Art]] in 1992 and spent several years in Barcelona in the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chambers |first=Eddie |title=Black artists in British art : a history from 1950 to the present |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-85773-608-6 |location= |pages=163–4 |oclc=889882882}}</ref>
Kaur was born in Nottingham to Punjabi parents.<ref name=”:0″ /> She gained a BA degree from [[Sheffield City Polytechnic]] in 1989, an MA from [[Glasgow School of Art]] in 1992 and spent several years in Barcelona in the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chambers |first= |title=Black artists in British art : a history from 1950 to the present |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-85773-608-6 |location= |pages=163–4 |oclc=889882882}}</ref>
== Career and work ==
== Career and work ==
Kaur emerged to prominence during the 1990s.<ref name=”:0″ /> Her work is often concerned with themes surrounding the home, domestic life and childhood. The structure of the house itself frequently appears in her sculpture in works such as ”Overgrown House” (2020).<ref name=”:2″>{{Cite web |last=Judah |first=Hettie |title=Permindar Kaur – interview: ‘It’s hard to get a balance in the work: an equal amount of threat and an equal amount of softness’ |url=https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/permindar-kaur-video-interview-outgrown-the-art-house-wakefield |date=16 September 2022|access-date=2022-10-12 |website=www.studiointernational.com |language=en}}</ref> Items of domestic furniture such as beds and chairs also appear, often in outsized or distorted forms, resulting in an effect that is slightly “disconcerting” or “unnerving”, as art historian [[Eddie Chambers (artist)|Eddie Chambers]] has noted.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chambers |first=Eddie |title=Black artists in British art : a history from 1950 to the present |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-85773-608-6 |location= |pages=163 |oclc=889882882}}</ref>
Kaur emerged to prominence during the 1990s.<ref name=”:0″ /> Her work is often concerned with themes surrounding the home, domestic life and childhood. The structure of the house itself frequently appears in her sculpture in works such as ”Overgrown House” (2020).<ref name=”:2″>{{Cite web |last=Judah |first=Hettie |title=Permindar Kaur – interview: ‘It’s hard to get a balance in the work: an equal amount of threat and an equal amount of softness’ |url=https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/permindar-kaur-video-interview-outgrown-the-art-house-wakefield |date=16 September 2022|access-date=2022-10-12 |website=www.studiointernational.com |language=en}}</ref> Items of domestic furniture such as beds and chairs also appear, often in outsized or distorted forms, resulting in an effect that is slightly “disconcerting” or “unnerving”, as art historian [[Eddie Chambers (artist)|Eddie Chambers]] has noted.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chambers |first= |title=Black artists in British art : a history from 1950 to the present |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-85773-608-6 |location= |pages=163 |oclc=889882882}}</ref>
== Selected exhibitions ==
== Selected exhibitions ==
=== Solo exhibitions ===
=== Solo exhibitions ===
* ”Independent Thoughts: New work by Permindar Kaur”, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery (27 March – 24 May 1998)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diaspora-artists: View details |url=http://new.diaspora-artists.net/display_item.php?id=317&table=artefacts |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=new.diaspora-artists.net}}</ref>
* ”Independent Thoughts: New work by Permindar Kaur”, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery (27 March – 24 May 1998)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diaspora-artists: View details |url=http://new.diaspora-artists.net/display_item.php?id=317&table=artefacts |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=new.diaspora-artists.net}}</ref>
=== Group exhibitions ===
=== Group exhibitions ===
* ”Let the Canvas Come to Life With Dark Faces”, [[Herbert Art Gallery and Museum]], Coventry (14 April – 29 May 1990), and touring.<ref name=”:3″ /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eddie Chambers ‘Let The Canvas Come Alive With Dark Faces’ 1990 |url= https://www.roomandbook.co.uk/books/p/eddie-chambers-let-the-canvas-come-alive-with-dark-faces-1990 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Room & Book |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ”Invisible Cities”, [[Fruitmarket Gallery]], Edinburgh (8 – 22 February 1992)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Invisible Cities |url=https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/archive/invisible-cities/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Fruitmarket}}</ref>
* ”Four X 4”, [[Arnolfini, Bristol]] (12 October – 24 November 1991)<ref name=”:3″ /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Four x 4 |url=https://arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/four-x-4/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Arnolfini |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* ”Four X 4”, [[Arnolfini, Bristol]] (12 October – 24 November 1991)<ref name=”:3″ /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Four x 4 |url=https://arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/four-x-4/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Arnolfini |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* ”Let the Canvas Come to Life With Dark Faces”, [[Herbert Art Gallery and Museum]], Coventry (14 April – 29 May 1990) and touring.<ref name=”:3″ /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eddie Chambers ‘Let The Canvas Come Alive With Dark Faces’ 1990 |url= https://www.roomandbook.co.uk/books/p/eddie-chambers-let-the-canvas-come-alive-with-dark-faces-1990 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Room & Book |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ” ”, [[ Gallery]], ( – )<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www..co.uk/// |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=}}</ref>
== Collections ==
== Collections ==
== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
* Alice Correia, “Permindar Kaur: Locating a ‘Black’ Artist in Narratives of British Art in the 1990s”, Art History, June 2021. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352788474_Permindar_Kaur_Locating_a_’Black’_Artist_in_Narratives_of_British_Art_in_the_1990s]
* Alice Correia, “Permindar Kaur: Locating a ‘Black’ Artist in Narratives of British Art in the 1990s”, Art History, June 2021.
== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.permindarkaur.com/ Permindar Kaur website]
* [https://diaspora-artists.net/display_item.php?id=13&table=artists Permindar Kaur] at Diaspora Artists.
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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:20th-century English women artists]]
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English visual artist (born 1965)
Permindar Kaur (born 1965)[1] is an English visual artist.[2] She was included in the British Art Show in 1996.[3] She was shortlisted for the Freelands Award 2022 for her exhibition at the John Hansard Gallery.[4]
Kaur was born in Nottingham, England, to Punjabi parents.[2] She gained a BA degree from Sheffield City Polytechnic in 1989, an MA from Glasgow School of Art in 1992 and spent several years in Barcelona in the early 1990s.[5]
Kaur emerged to prominence during the 1990s.[2] Her work is often concerned with themes surrounding the home, domestic life and childhood. The structure of the house itself frequently appears in her sculpture in works such as Overgrown House (2020).[6] Items of domestic furniture such as beds and chairs also appear, often in outsized or distorted forms, resulting in an effect that is slightly “disconcerting” or “unnerving”, as art historian Eddie Chambers has noted.[7]
Selected exhibitions
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- Cold Comfort, shown in two parts at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, and Mead Gallery, Coventry (18 May 1996 – 22 June 1996).[3] Toured to the Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool (27 July – 31 August 1996)[8]
- Independent Thoughts: New work by Permindar Kaur, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery (27 March – 24 May 1998)[9]
- Permindar Kaur: Outgrown, The Art House, Wakefield (3 September – 13 November 2022)[6]
- Let the Canvas Come to Life With Dark Faces, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry (14 April – 29 May 1990), and touring.[8][10]
- Four X 4, Arnolfini, Bristol (12 October – 24 November 1991)[8][11]
- Invisible Cities, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (8 – 22 February 1992)[12]
- Tread Softly, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (27 May – 15 October 2017)[13]
- Animals & Us, Turner Contemporary, Margate (25 May – 30 September 2018)[14][15]
- What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles, New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge (17 February – 28 August 2022)[16]
- Permindar Kaur, Ranya Abdulateef and Ifa Mesfin Abebe: Dream Runner, Wakefield Cathedral (28 September – 13 November 2022)[6]
Permindar Kaur’s work is part of the following collections:
- ^ “The Women’s Art Collection | Permindar Kaur”. Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ a b c Chambers, Eddie (2014). Black artists in British art : a history since the 1950s. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-85773-608-6. OCLC 894299609.
- ^ a b “Permindar Kaur : Cold Comfort – Exhibition”. Ikon. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ “Shortlist for Freelands Award 2022 announced with five organisations and artists shortlisted for £110,000 prize”. artdaily.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ Chambers (2014). Black artists in British art : a history from 1950 to the present. pp. 163–4. ISBN 978-0-85773-608-6. OCLC 889882882.
- ^ a b c Judah, Hettie (16 September 2022). “Permindar Kaur – interview: ‘It’s hard to get a balance in the work: an equal amount of threat and an equal amount of softness’“. www.studiointernational.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ Chambers (2014). Black artists in British art : a history from 1950 to the present. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-85773-608-6. OCLC 889882882.
- ^ a b c Chambers (2014). Black artists in British art : a history from 1950 to the present. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-85773-608-6. OCLC 889882882.
- ^ “Diaspora-artists: View details”. new.diaspora-artists.net. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ “Eddie Chambers ‘Let The Canvas Come Alive With Dark Faces’ 1990”. Room & Book. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ “Four x 4”. Arnolfini. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ “Invisible Cities”. Fruitmarket. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ “Tread Softly: An Arts Council Collection National Partner exhibition”. Yorkshire Sculpture Park. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ “Animals & Us”. Turner Contemporary. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ Jones, Jonathan (2018-05-24). “Animals and Us review – four-legged insights give artists paws”. The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ a b “What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, TextilesNew Hall Art Collection, Cambridge, GB17.02. – 28.08.2022 – etn-net.org”. etn-net.org. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ “Kaur, Permindar | Arts Council Collection”. artscouncilcollection.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ “Permindar Kaur | Artists | Collection | British Council − Visual Arts”. visualarts.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ “Permindar Kaur CV | Permindar Kaur”. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ “Independence | Art UK”. artuk.org. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
