JK Paper Award for the Arts:
Propositions in Paper (2024)
Anant Foundation for the Arts in partnership with JK Paper launched its first edition of JK Paper Award for the Arts: Propositions in Paper (2024) in August 2023.
The open call was targeted at emerging and mid-career artists in India engaged with the medium of paper across drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, mixed media, as well as interdisciplinary artistic explorations.
The award has been created with the intention of appreciating paper as an enduring technology and medium of expression within the arts. Through this programme, we hope to support and promote a wide range of practices that are interested in process-oriented, independent, and unpredictable explorations that push the limits of paper as a material.
The winner will receive a monetary award of INR 1,00,000/- and will get to present their work in a solo exhibition at Anant Art Gallery, Noida.
The legacy of JK Paper goes back to 1938 with the setting up of Straw Products Ltd. From being the pioneer of branded paper in India, the company today is a leading sustainable paper product solutions provider. We thank JK Paper for their generous support.
Winner of the Award
Sandeep Suneriya is the winner of JK Paper Award for the Arts: Propositions in Paper (2024). He is a visual artist from Surat, currently based out of Vadodara, Gujarat. He has completed a Masters in Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, and a Diploma in Drawing and Painting from Priyadarshini Fine Art College, Surat, Gujarat. His works currently involve a material engagement with train tickets, apart from graphite drawings on paper.
Honorable Mentions
A group of four artists have been awarded a Certificate of Recognition from Anant Foundation for the Arts for outstanding practice, and will take part in a group exhibition to be held at Anant Art Gallery in the coming months.
Anshu Singh
has completed a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Weaving and Textile Design from Banaras Hindu University. Singh is known for her innovative approach that merges artistic practice with artisanal embroidery and weaving techniques.
Debojit Roy
has obtained a BFA and MFA from Rabindra Bharati University. Roy’s practice reflects a sustained engagement with structural design to explore the relationship between linear grid designs and abstraction.
Rutvi Vakharia
graduated with a BVA in Painting minoring in Graphics, and an MVA in Painting from The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. Vakharia is interested in the slow transformation of spaces under rapid urbanisation.
Sriparna Dutta
has a BFA in Painting from the Govt. College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, and an MFA in Painting from the Department of Fine Arts, S. N. School of Arts, University of Hyderabad. Her current artistic engagements include a community-oriented project documenting women’s histories of the everyday.
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