Profile: Shashank Satish

Educational Qualification:

PG Diploma in Indian Aesthetics from Jnanapravaha, Mumbai. 2024

Master in Creative Arts (M.Cr.A):  Experimental Media Art Practices from Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru. 2018

Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) from Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur. 2015

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Certificate Courses

Online Course in Curating the Digital from Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin. 2024

PG Certificate in A Spiralling Revolution: Technology, Culture and Crisis. Aesthetics, Criticism and Theory (ACT) course from Jnanapravaha, Mumbai. 2024

PG Certificate in The Indian Temple course from Jnanapravaha, Mumbai. 2023

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Work experience
Current Roles:

- Founder / Artist / Curator at Holy Cow! Studio, Bangalore. Since 2014

- Principal Investigator at the Experiential Cognition Laboratory, Bengaluru. Since 2017

- Faculty Member at Wadiyar Centre for Architecture, Mysuru. Since 2021

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Previous Work Experiences:

- Faculty Member at Srishti School of Media, Arts and Sciences. Aug 2018 to Jan 2021

- Intern at Khoj International Artists' Association, New Delhi. MAY - JUL 2017

- Associate Partner and Junior organizer/curator for ‘Designuru’, the Bengaluru Festival of Art, Architecture, and Design. April 2016

- Intern at Workbench Projects (Makerspace), Bengaluru. FEB - MAR 2015

- Architecture/design intern at Ini Chatterji and Associates, Goa. AUG - DEC 2014

- Intern at PAN Architecture, Gangtok, Sikkim. JUL - DEC 2013

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Practice:

- Digital (Dis)embodiments. Curatorial Project. Oct 2024 to Apr 2025

- Gods Generated. AI Art show and Online exhibition, Mysuru. Jul 2023

- Anubhava Podcast series: Curating conversations around Experience and Consciousness for XPC LAB. 2020 - 2024

- Straight Waves: Digital Architecture Workshop at WCFA, Mysuru. Dec 2021

- Installation artist at Lab Cultures II exhibition at NCBS, InSTEM Gallery, Bengaluru. SEP 2019 to Jan 2020

- Panel member on experimental art and DIY ecosystem discussions, Art Illume, Bengaluru. Nov 2019

- Moderator for Creative Conversations with Scientists panel discussion, NCBS, Bengaluru. JUL 2019

- Exist Group show at Walk-in studios, Bengaluru. APR 2019

-  Artists United group show, Visthar, Bengaluru. MAR 2019

- Curated ‘Portrait of Erosion’ exhibition at Rangoli Metro Art Centre, Bangalore, DEC 2018, and Chennai Photo Biennale, FEB 2019 for Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology.

- Founding artist-curator of Experiential Cognition Laboratory. 2017

- Independent Artist as Curator of Insecure Science, an Art-Science group show of the Experiential Cognition Lab, Bengaluru. NOV 2017

- Artist at Set. Reset, a group show by Srishti postgraduate students, revisiting film residues at Aradhana Seth's 'House of Inquiry ', Goa. SEP 2017

- Artist at Augmented Reality workshop group exhibition at EyeMyth Media Arts Festival, Mumbai. AUG 2017

- Artist at 'Science Gallery Bengaluru' events held at:

> Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa. DEC 2016

> BengaluruITE.Biz Expo, Bengaluru Palace. 2016

- Curated 'Science Gallery International' Artists' work at Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum and Cubbon Park Underground Metro Station for Festival of Stories as a part of the postgraduate course at Srishti Institute, Bengaluru. 22-23rd OCT 2016

- Curated events, workshops, talks, and exhibitions for 'Designuru 2016', a festival of Design, Art, and Architecture in Bengaluru. APR 2016

- Group Exhibition on Travel Photography Changing Lens show at Galerie Crescent, Bengaluru. NOV 2015

- Poster design selected for permanent online collection at the Mexican Museum of Design for To Death with a Smile show. 2015-16

- Invited Mural Artist at 'Hopevilla' Open House Art Residency, Kodaikanal. DEC 2015

- Part of ‘Klatsch’ collective's winning Public art grant Myself Mohan - Project 560 by the India Foundation for the Arts, Bengaluru. DEC 2015

- Volunteered in hosting the ‘Sonder Rus’ Music and Arts Festival at Mysuru. MAY 2015

- Fundraising for victims of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake by selling Holy Cow! Studio merchandise in Bengaluru & Mysuru. MAY 2015

- Certificate of Citation for winning 361-degree Postcard Project at 361-degree Architecture Conference, Mumbai. 2014

- Winning entry for Roerich museum design at Intercollege Architecture Fest - Inspirit’12, MSRIT, Bengaluru. (Group of 3)