honorable mention
renluka maharaj united states
title
Blood and Flowers
Artist Bio
work investigates this bisecting of place through the usage of photography, installations and personal narratives. References to Hindu iconography, displacement and colonialism are themes that run throughout her work.
Ms. Maharaj completed her BFA at the University of Colorado Boulder and her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received the Barbara De Genevieve Scholarship. Her works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Joan Flasch artist book collection, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art and special collections at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Ms. Maharaj lives and works between New York and Boulder, Colorado.
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entry description
In 1912 my maternal grandparents headed to the island of Trinidad from India to work as indentured servants on the sugar "estates". Recently I have begun researching this history and in the process discovered other histories. The people I have been photographing are family members for now but whats most interesting are all the versions of how our ancestors ended up in Trinidad. I shoot them while we have these conversations.about the photographer
Renluka MaharajArtist Bio
work investigates this bisecting of place through the usage of photography, installations and personal narratives. References to Hindu iconography, displacement and colonialism are themes that run throughout her work.
Ms. Maharaj completed her BFA at the University of Colorado Boulder and her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received the Barbara De Genevieve Scholarship. Her works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Joan Flasch artist book collection, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art and special collections at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Ms. Maharaj lives and works between New York and Boulder, Colorado.
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