Biography
Nisha Duggal processes the everyday to explore expressions of freedom and creativity lived within it. Working across media she uncovers gestures of agitation towards structures of power and control, playing with ideas around singularity, mimetics and the poetry of crowds. Her work highlights an insecurity at the very concept of individuality whilst positing constructive frameworks for living within an increasingly overloaded world.
Nisha’s films and drawings have exhibited internationally including installations at Watermans (London), Arnolfini (Bristol), Ginza Art Lab (Tokyo), Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead) and Oriel Mostyn (Llandudno) and screenings at European Media Art Festival (Osnabrueck), Rekalde (Bilbao), Cornerhouse (Manchester) and Iniva (London). She has been awarded commissions by Site Gallery (Sheffield) and Contemporary Art Forum (Kitchener, Ontario). Nisha studied at Derby and The Slade and was shortlisted for the Jerwood Moving Image Awards in 2008 and the Umbrella/Jerwood Moving Image Awards in 2013. She completed the Florence Trust residency in 2010 and has work in the Saatchi Collection. She lives and works in London.
