Artists > Hetain Patel
Born in Bolton, UK, Hetain Patel’s practice spans a number of different media and is often performative in nature. Identity formation has been central to his concerns since the beginning of his career, more recently this idea has been viewed through the lenses of imitation, language and physical movement. Increasingly Hetain’s work is populated by characters, both fictional and real, in relation to which the artist juxtaposes himself in moments of elision and dissonance. His work has recently extended from gallery settings to the theatre. Hetain’s practice, exploring the subtle and often humorous complexities of life, has won a number of awards. Since 2004, his video, photography and live works have been shown internationally to critical acclaim within institutions such as Royal Opera House, London; Frieze Art Fair, London; Tate Britain, London; Bodhi Art, New York; Sydney Festival, Australia; the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China; Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai. He has completed four substantial residencies including 501 Artspace, Chongqing, China and Southbank Centre, London.
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b. 1980
Education:
2003 BA Fine Art, The Nottingham Trent University, UK
2000 Diploma Foundation Studies in Art and Design, The University of Salford, UK
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Friends in Love and War, L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es, MacLYON, France
2024 Mathroo Basha, Barbican Centre, London, UK
2024 The Hobby Cave, Artangel, UK
2024 The Jump, Art Exchange, Colchester, UK
2023 Don’t Look at the Finger, Tate St Ives, UK
2023 Baa’s House, Humber Street Gallery, Hull, UK
2023 Cars & Carpets, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, India
2022 Landing, Mayflower400 Commission, Savoy Cinema, Bassetlaw, UK
2022 TRINITY, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
2022 TRINITY, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, IN
2021 Baa’s House 11, CIRCA, Piccadilly Lights screen London, Times Square New York, K-Pop Square Seoul, Unika Vision Tokyo
2021 Baa’s Gold, Copperfield, London, UK
2021 TRINITY: A Prologue, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, IN
2020 Heavy Metal & Plastic Dreams, Birmingham Library, UK
2018 Don’t Look at the Finger, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, IN
2017 The Fight, Manchester Art Gallery, UK
2017 The Fight, QUAD, Derby, UK
2015 The Jump, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburg, USA
2015 The Other Suit, The Agency Gallery, London, UK
2015 The Other Suit, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, India
2014 Fiesta Transformer, C-Mine, Genk, Belgium
2014 At Home, Pump House Gallery, London, UK
2013 At Home, mac, Birmingham, UK
2012 At Home, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
2012 Site Specific Commission, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
2012 At Home, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, IN
2010 To Dance Like Your Dad, Watermans Arts Centre, London, UK
2010 Sacred Bodies, National Office, Arts Council England, London, UK
2009 To Dance Like Your Dad, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
2008 Sixteen Classical Beats, Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham, UK
2008 Jhaptaal, Saltburn Artists’ Projects, Saltburn-by- the-sea, UK
2007 Coded Gestures, Usher Gallery, The Collection, Lincoln, UK
2007 Sine Language, City Gallery, Leicester, UK; Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK; London Printworks Trust, Brixton, UK; Gallery Oldham, UK
2006 Copy/Paste, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2005 Sacred Bodies, Derby Dance Centre, UK; Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, UK
2004 Lagan, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, UK; 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023 Finding Family, Foundling Museum, London, UK
2023 Milk, Wellcome Collection, London, UK
2022 Moving Bodies, Moving Images, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
2022 British Art Show 9, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Aberdeen, Plymouth, UK
2021 The Fire Within, Various locations, Wigan, UK
2020 Outside, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, IN
2020 Peer to Peer, Online, Hong Kong – UK exchange
2020 Visions in the Nunnery (Lead Artist), Nunnery Gallery, London, UK
2019 American Export, Grand Union Birmingham and Regent St Cinema, London, UK
2019 It Ain’t Half Racist Mum! (screening alongside Stuart Hall film), ICA, London, UK
2019 Kaleidoscope, Somerset House, London, UK
2019 Deeper Within Its Silence, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, India
2019 Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London, UK
2019 Shall We Dance, MUCEM, Marseille, France
2018 Speech Acts, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
2018 Common Third, Copperfield, London, UK
2018 Everything We Do Is Music, Drawing Room, London, UK
2017 The 10 Year Hustle, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, IN
2016 Now! Now!, Chelsea College of Arts, London UK. Curated by Sonia Boyce
2015-16 Asia Pacific Triennial, Brisbane, Australia
2015 Doug Fishbone’s Leisure Land Golf, 56th Venice Biennale, Italy
2015 SPHERES 7, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, France
2014 Heaven & Earth, Southbank Centre, London, UK. Part of Darbar Fesitval
2013 SPHERES 6, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, France
2013 Photoink, Delhi, India
2012 fiVe, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, IN
2012 Indian Highway, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2010 Frictive Familiarities, Art Kino, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Ignite, New Delhi, IN
2010 The Authentic Self (screening), Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham, UK
2010 Progress Report, InIVA, Rivington Place, London, UK
2010 No Heroes, Redcat Theatre, Walt Disney, Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
2010 Punctum 1, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai, IN
2009 Wonder What The Others Are Up To?, Gallery OED, Cochin, IN
2009 Pattern Recognition, City Gallery, Leicester, UK
2008 Next We Change Earth, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
2008 Emerging Discourse, Bodhi Art, New York, USA
2008 BJCEM Biennale, Bari, Italy
2008 Pavilion/Photofusion, Photofusion, London, UK
2006 All Our Tomorrows, Kunstraum der Universitaet Lueneburg, Germany
2006 Excess, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2005 Young British Art, The Castle, Cieszyn, Poland
2005 Ueber-Beauty, Web based project curated by Shaheen Merali, http://www.ueber beauty.com/
2004 Lagan (2 person show with Chila Kumari Burman), The Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
Selected Live Performances:
2023 Reflex, Antibodies Festival, HH Art Space, Tetely, British Council, Goa, India (Performance)
2022 Reflex, India Art Fair & British Council, Delhi, India (Performance)
2021 Baa’s Gold 10, National Gallery, London, UK (Performance Commission)
2021 Don’t Look, Asia Society Triennial, New York City, USA (Performance)
2019 YouTube Made Me, Laban and UK/International tour (Performance)
2018 Lets Talk About ‘Dis, Sadler’s Wells, London, Royal Opera House, London, UK (Performance)
2016 American Man, Sadler’s Wells, London, UK
2015 American Boy, CODA Festival, Oslo, Norway
2015 iMovie 2.0, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
2014 iMovie 2.0, Extinction Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
2014 Let’s Talk About Dis, for Candoco Dance Company, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK and national tour
2014 American Boy, Bush Theatre, London, UK
2014 American Boy, Sadler’s Wells, London and UK national tour
2014 Let’s Talk About Dis, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London and UK national tour
2013 TED Talk, TED Global, Edinburgh, UK
2013 I Wanna Be Like You, Sage Gateshead & Norwich Arts Centre, UK
2013 Be Like Water, National Tour (8 dates), UK
2013 TEN, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, France (French version)
2013 TEN, CCNC, Caen, France (French version)
2012 Me and Me Dad and Me Wife, The Tanks at Tate Modern, London, UK
2012 Be Like Water, Royal Opera House, London, UK
2012 Elephant, Southbank Centre, London, UK
2012 TEN, British Dance Edition, London, UK
2011 TEN, Minto:Live, Sydney Festival, Sydney, Australia
2011 TEN, Silesian Dance Theatre, Poland
2011 TEN, 2nd UK national tour, UK
2011 TEN, British Council’s Edinburgh Showcase 2011, Edinburgh, UK
2010 TEN, First UK national tour, UK
2008 Unpicked & Dismantled, Part of Textile ’07 Biennale, Kaunas, Lithuania
2007 Raga Erhu, LOUD TATE, Tate Britain, London,UK
2006 Migrate, Bristol, UK
2006 Phase, Wallner Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham, UK
2005 Reflected Identity, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK
Awards and Residencies:
2021 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Artist Award, London, UK
2021 Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award, UK
2020 Winner, Best International Film, Kino Der Kunst, Munich (Germany)
2019 12th Film London Jarman Award
2014 Arts Council England, Award to make and tour American Boy
2012 Arts Council England, National touring award for At Home exhibition, and Be Like Water live performance
2012 Artist in Residence as part of Alchemy festival, Southbank Centre, London, UK
2011 Sadlers Wells University, 4 year artist development programme by Sadlers Wells, London – for emerging artists
2010 Arts Council England, Touring award to take TEN on an 18 date national tour
2009 Artist in Residence, 501 Art Space, Chongqing, China
2009 Arts Council England, Research bursary
2009 Artists Taking the Lead, UK (Shortlisted)
2009 Satyajit Ray Short Film Award, UK (Shortlisted)
2008 Nottingham Creative Business of the Year, UK
2007 Pavillion, New commission for exhibition at Photofusion, Brixton, UK
2005-7 Artist in Residence, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham, UK
2004 Decibel Award, Arts Council England- to support 2 years research
2004 Artist in Residence, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK
Appointments:
2021 – Present Trustee, Liverpool Biennial, UK
2020 – Present Patron, Film London Jarman Award, UK
2019 – Present Artist Advisor, Jerwood Arts, UK
2019 – 2021 Artist Council, a-n, UK
2019 – 2021 Patron, QUAD, Derby, UK
2010- 13 Regional Council Member, Arts Council England, East Midlands, UK
2009 -13 Board Member of Deda, Derby’s Dance Centre, Derby, UK
2007 – Present Visiting Lecturer (Fine Art), The Nottingham Trent University, UK
2003 BA Hons Fine Art, The Nottingham Trent University, UK
2000 Diploma Foundation Studies in Art and Design, The University of Salford, UK
