Kallol datta biography of alberta

Kallol Datta describes himself as a “Clothes maker with an emphasis on creative research of clothing practices native to the South West Asia and North Africa region, the Indian subcontinent and the Korean Peninsula.” Kallol lives and works in Kolkata, India.

He spent his childhood in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Manama.

Kallol datta biography of alberta

He graduated in Womenswear from Central St. Martins, London in 2006. He had solos in 2017 and 2022 at Experimenter, Kolkata, was awarded the Arts Network Asia Grant in 2019 and was a finalist of the Jameel Prize in 2021. Kallol has exhibited widely including at the Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori; Centro Cultural de La Moneda, Santiago; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Nomad Monaco and Beirut Design Fair, and is the curator for the inaugural edition of the Kolkata Queer Arts Month, 2023.

Shikha Aleya (SA): Kallol, hi, and a warm thank you for this interview.

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