Ishita Charkraborty (born 1989 in West Bengal, India) uses art as a medium to aid individuals in practicing resistance against narratives told about them. Her focus lies on migration and the surrounding topics of displacement, trauma, colonialism, language, oral history and identity. In various media, such as drawings, installations, poetry, performance, Sound and sculpture, she gives a voice to those who are often never heard. "Mute Tongue" is an ongoing project which exemplifies Chakraborty's practice. The individual experiences of migration are cast into form and thereby the spoken word resonates eternally.
Visiting Artist Fellowship, SAI, Harvard University, USA
MFA in Art and Media from Zurich University for Art, CH
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts, Amity University, Kolkata, IN
MFA Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, IN
BFA Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, IN
The Songs of Resistance, Keinraum, Luzern, CH
Lyrics of Loss and Longing, Prameya Foundation, New Delhi, IN
What Leaf? What Mushrooms? Art container Zurich, CH
I Speak Your Language, Kunstraum, ZHdK, Zurich, CH
Zwischen, Museum Forum Schloss Platz, Aarau, CH
The Mouth is for Speaking, WE ARE AIA, Zurich, CH
5th INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF CASABLANCA, MA
Auswahl 21, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, CH
Die Diele, Zurich, CH
Atlantis im Sinn, 6 ½, Zurich, CH
Life Lines, Johann Jakob Museum, Zurich, CH
There’s Always Tomorrow, Degree Show, Löwenbräu Kunst, CH
Delhi Contemporary Art week, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, IN
Abstract Notations, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, IN
In Touch, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, IN
Immeasurable Distance, Beletage, Aarau, CH
Teatro de Barrio Santo Domingo, MX
Small Projects for coming Communities, DE and in
Oncurating Space Zurich, CH
Art for Peace, Kunsthaus Zofingen, CH
Birla Akademi Art and Culture 50th Annual Art Exhibition, Kolkata, IN
Outliers, studio 21, Kolkata, IN
CIMA Awards Show, Kolkata, IN
West Bengal State Akademi, Kolkata, IN
Art for CRY, ICCR gallery, Kolkata, IN
Gen Next, Akriti Art Gallery, New Delhi, IN
Credit Suisse advancement award 2021, CH
Jury Prize 2021, guest selection 2022, Aargauer Kunsthaus, CH
POP UP Project grant from Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Zurich, CH
Research Grant, Aargauer Kuratorium, CH
Visiting Artist Fellowship, SAI, Harvard University, USA
ZHdK Avina Foundation grant, CH
Arbeitsgruppe Gästeatelier Krone Art Residency, Aarau, CH
Sunayani Devi Smirti scholarship, Visual art West Bengal Bengal State Akademi
Piramal Art Residency, Mumbai, IN
Awarded Bronze Medal from Manab Jamin, Kolkata, IN
Awarded medal & merit certificate, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, IN
