Hi I’m Shankar, b.1993 London, now based in Edinburgh.

I’m a sculptor exploring themes of perception, embodiment, and digital-analogue hybridity …along the way discovering what non-human systems can reveal about the human condition.

I came to my art practice from a background in architecture. I find that this experience results in me thinking about my work in an inherently spatial and site-specific way, and I begin most projects with a period of intuitive sketching as the primary form finding mechanism. Further along in my process I combine these intuitive sketches with structured computational design logic and digital-analogue hybrid fabrication techniques. The resulting interplay between human intuition and computational control dictates my final outcomes, whether visual, sonic, or something combining the two.

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Contact:
shankar [at] saanthakumar [dot] com

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Selected installations/exhibitions:
2025 - N1 // neurons, Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
2024 - Once I Had A Soul // Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2023 - Ximulacra // Inspace Gallery, Edinburgh

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Selected performances:
2025 - Sail // Cryptic Nights, The Art School, Glasgow [upcoming]
2024 - [BA][SS] // Wavetable, Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh

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Talks/Conversations:
2023 - Ximulacra Artist talk // Inspace Gallery
2021 - Architectural Dreaming & Digital Memory // Ecotone with Refik Anadol

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Residencies:
2025 - Produced Moon // Edinburgh
2025 - Cryptic Nights // Glasgow
2024 - Tinderbox Lab // Edinburgh
2023 - Low Tech Art Lab // Wuhan

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Awards/Grants:
2024 - VACMA Edinburgh bursary
2022 - British Council UK-China Connections through Culture (CtC) Grant

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Education:
2020 - MSc Bio-Integrated Design, University College London
2017 - BArch Architecture, University of Liverpool