Hetain Patel Explained

Hetain Patel
Website:http://www.hetainpatel.com/

Hetain Patel (born 1980) is an English visual artist specializing in performance, sculpture, video, and photography. His work has been exhibited in Norway, India, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.

Early life and education

Patel was born and raised in a working class British Gujarati Asian household in Bolton, England. He was subjected to racial abuse, stating, "just walking from the house to the car was difficult."[1] As a child, Patel developed an interest in superhero movies, playing as Spider-Man in his grandmother's house.[2]

In addition to sci-fi and mainstream-influenced works (including work associated with pop-culture superheroes such as Spider-Man[3]), Patel experiments with addressing problems of multiculturalism and self-acceptance.[4] As Patel became older, his father, who worked at a day job converting cars, inspired him to create his first sculpture. Patel converted his first car, which was gifted by his father in 1997, into his first sculpture, Fiesta Transformer.[5] Patel's interest in movies such as Transformers led to its title, the Fiesta Transformer.[6]

He received a Diploma Foundation Studies in Art and Design from the University of Salford in 2000 and a BA Hons Fine Art in 2003 from Nottingham Trent University.

Work

Sacred Bodies (2004/5)[7] is a collection of self-portraits. To create each piece, he covered his upper body in patterns using henna (a pigment used for mehndi) and a red pigment, Kanku,[8] used for markings of cultural importance in Hindu communities.[9]

In 2013, he made his debut at the TED Global conference in Edinburgh. In 2014, a UK-based dance company, Candoco, assigned Hetain Patel to create a choreographic art piece. Hetain uses minimal spoken word as parts of the performance through the usage of three languages: English, French, and British Sign Language.[10]

Oh Man (2018) was a collaborative project between Contact Youth Company and Hetain Patel that is about the positive qualities of masculinity and the problems caused by toxic masculinity.[11]

Selected exhibitions

Performance

Films and video

Sculpture

Photography

Other exhibitions

Selected awards

References

  1. Web site: Jonze. Tim. 2019-11-26. How artist Hetain Patel went from Spider-Man fan to Spandex-clad star. 2021-09-13. the Guardian. en.
  2. Web site: Patel. Hetain. Letter to Peter Parker 2015. 2021-09-13. Hetain Patel. en-US.
  3. Web site: www.horlix.com. James Hall @ HeX Productions . The Other Suit 2, 2015. 2021-09-19. Hetain Patel. en-US.
  4. Web site: Hetain Patel - Edinburgh Showcase. 2021-09-09. edinburghshowcase.britishcouncil.org.
  5. Web site: Patel. Hetain. Fiesta Transformer 2013. 2021-09-12. Hetain Patel. en-US.
  6. Web site: www.horlix.com. James Hall @ HeX Productions . Fiesta Transformer 2013. 2021-09-13. Hetain Patel. en-US.
  7. Web site: www.horlix.com. James Hall @ HeX Productions . Sacred Bodies 2004/5. 2021-09-19. Hetain Patel. en-US.
  8. Web site: Patel. Hetain. Sacred Bodies 2004/5. 2021-09-12. Hetain Patel. en-US.
  9. Web site: BBC Manchester - The Arts - Lagan - a new body of work by Hetain Patel. 2021-09-12. www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. Bennett, Jayne. "Candoco explores identity and perception at Bristol Old Vic with and a cast of disabled and non-disabled dancers." Gazette Series [Dursley, England], 23 Jan. 2016. Gale OneFile: News, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A522497588/STND?u=inde80299&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=c67dcdb0. Accessed 26 Oct. 2021.
  11. Web site: 2018-09-02 . Contact Young Company and Hetain Patel: Oh Man review – masculinity bites . 2021-10-15 . the Guardian . en.
  12. Web site: Mehndi - Reflected Identity - Wolverhampton Arts & Culture. 2021-09-09. www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk.
  13. Web site: Hetain Patel: Be Like Water –. 2021-09-09. www.lancasterarts.org. en.
  14. Web site: Let's Talk About Dis. 2021-09-09. Candoco. en-GB.
  15. Web site: American Boy. 2021-09-09. Dansens Hus. nb.
  16. Web site: Aesthetica Magazine - Hetain Patel: American Boy, Sadler's Wells Theatre. 2021-09-16. Aesthetica Magazine. en-GB.
  17. Web site: Cross-culture project brings leading South Asian artists to Manchester. 2021-09-16. www.theartnewspaper.com. 3 October 2017 . en.
  18. Web site: Hetain Patel Chatterjee & Lal. 2021-09-14.
  19. Web site: HETAIN PATEL: AT HOME (PAST TOURING). 2021-09-13. www.nae.org.uk. en.
  20. Web site: HetainPatelBaasGold. 2021-10-14. C Ø P P E R F I E L D. en.
  21. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/235128/0555.pdf Arts Council England; Annual review 2005; p.8
  22. Web site: Hetain Patel wins Nottingham Creative Business Award IBEF. 2021-09-13. www.ibef.org.
  23. Web site: The Jarman Award 2019. 2021-09-10. Film London. en.
  24. Web site: Patel, Hetain. 2021-09-10. Kino der Kunst. en-US.

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