Lochan Upadhyay is a young
contemporary artist from India. His major interest lies in making objects out
of objects (mostly waste from consumer products). He performs sometimes
like mannequin wearing these objects and sometimes straight objects in his performative
photographs.
Lochan has been working in
different mediums to explore his fascination for the waste produced by
consumers and the consumer culture. His sculpture cum objects deal with a raw
and unpolished medium. He creates question between art object and non-art
object, how value is added to an object the moment it is placed in the
institutional context.
Lochan has been an
integral part of Non-Profit artists initiative SANDARBH which provides context
for artists to explore new and untouched rural context. Lochan’s
sculptures/objects are a byproduct of his rural and urban experience. His
studio at Partapur (a small village in south of Rajasthan) is a main lab
for his ideas crossing the urban-rural boundaries. His nomadic home shelters or
what he calls Ghumakkad Ghar are the kind of design of temporary shelter or
mobile house for nomads. He himself is a nomad and his nomadic life is
reflected in these Mobile homes.
One of his projects has been awarded FICA Public art Grant and was shortlisted
for the International Award for Public Art. His works got major attention in
Paris, France and Wiesbaden, Frankfurt Germany in Europe. His works have
been showcased in the Tel Aviv museum, theArt Plural Gallery in Singapore, USA
and Korea.
Lochan presently works
in Partapur and lives in Vadodara.