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Jagjit Chuhan
Professor

Research and scholarly activity is of fundamental importance in teaching, from tutorials, seminars and lectures to student feedback about research publications, and is the most important component in teaching and learning methodology. I teach on the BA Hons Fine Art and the History of Art and Museum Studies programmes, and am a member of committees including the Faculty Graduate Research Committee and the UoA 63 Research Committee.

My over-arching research aim is the creation of metaphors, revealing fresh intercultural links in the expression of ideas connected to the human form and architectural spaces. The research is centred on my painting practice, influenced by references to interactions between local and global contemporary cultures. Themes focus on the idea of ‘voyeurism’ and encompass aspects such as the urban or natural landscapes and sexual mores.

I am engaged in critical dialogues with artists, writers and curators. This informs my activities as an artist who regularly publishes work produced in public exhibitions, and as an exhibitions curator and contributor to book publications as a writer and editor.

Exhibitions of my work have been staged in Italy, Sweden, Belgium, China, Singapore and UK venues including Tate Liverpool; Barbican Centre, London; Arnolfini, Bristol and Ikon, Birmingham. Recent solo exhibitions comprise: ‘The Body Inside’, New Hall, University of Cambridge (2007); ‘Journeys’, Cartwright Hall, Bradford (2004-05); ‘A long way from home – a painter’s journey’, The Lowry, Salford (2002-03); ‘Parampara Portraits’ (2004-5) initiated by Shisha - the international agency for South Asian Crafts and Visual Arts which toured to venues including Watermans Arts Centre, London.