Baptist Coelho´s projects frequently merge personal research with collaborations from various cultures,
geographies and histories. These works begin to take on the form of human-shaped media-landscapes
and often contend with conflict, emotion, culture, gender, history and the environment. The artist
incorporates various media into his practice such as installation, video, sound, photography,
performance and found objects, which may develop into site-specific work or public-art projects. While
exploring these stories and ideas from various geographical backgrounds, Coelho has discovered that
the values and ideas which are expressed through these collaborations can often describe a much
larger, global, perspective.
In 2006, Baptist received his Masters of Arts from the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design (BIAD), UK.
He was awarded the "Facade Video Award" ((2011) by Art Today Association, Bulgaria ;"Promising
Artist Award" ((2007) by Art India and India Habitat Centre, India and "Johnson Prize Fund "(2006) by
BIAD, UK. Solo Exhibitions have included Grand Palais, Bern (2009); Project 88, Mumbai (2009);
Visual Arts Gallery, Delhi (2009) and BIAD, Birmingham (2006). His work has been exhibited at
galleries and institutions, including Contemporary Art Centre, Lithuania (2011-12); Zacheta National Art
Gallery, Poland (2011); Essl Museum, Austria (2010); Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea (2010)
and Devi Art Foundation, India (2008). Coelho's videos have been screened at institutions, including
MAXXI, Rome (2011); Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel (2011) MAC, Lyon (2011); Reykjavik Art
Museum, Iceland (2010); HEART - Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark (2010); MuVIM,
Valencia (2009); National Art Gallery, Islamabad (2008), amongst others. Coelho was Artist-in-Residence
at Delfina Foundation, London (2011-12); Ladakh Arts and Media Organization, Leh (2011-12);
1.Shanthiroad, Bengaluru (2010) and PROGR, Bern (2009). Since 2008, the Paper Airplane
Project has been realized by participating schools in India, South Korea, Thailand, UK, Switzerland and
Poland. The artist´s works have been reviewed and published in Artforum, New York; Brut, South
Korea; Art India; Times of India and other publications. He has also participated in various workshops,
panel discussions and artist talks in India, South Korea, Switzerland, Czech Republic and UK.
In 2012, Baptist will exhibit new works at the Pump House Gallery, London and will participate in
48Sheet, a Billboard Project in Birmingham. In the same year he will be Artist-in-Residence at
Récollets, Paris and Art Today Association, Plovdiv. The artist lives and works in Mumbai, India.
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