Shankar Saanthakumar (b. 1993, London) is an Edinburgh based sculptor and sound artist. 

His creations explore themes of perception, embodiment, and digital–analogue hybridity, asking what non-human systems might reveal about the human condition.

With a background in architecture, Shankar approaches storytelling in his work with an inherently spatial sensibility. Blurring the line between the visual and the sonic, his works emerge as sculptural installations and live performances. He is fascinated by how sound can shape the experience of physical form, and how form, in turn, can shape sound. Each project begins with intuitive sketching and deep listening as his primary form-finding mechanisms, later hybridised with structured computational logic and digital–analogue fabrication techniques. The resulting interplay between human intuition and computational control - the dance between the organic and the machinic - dictates his final forms.

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e-mail: shankar [at] saanthakumar [dot] com
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Selected works:
2025 - Sail // Cryptic Nights, The Art School, Glasgow
2025 - N1 // neurons, Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
2024 - Once I Had A Soul // Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2023 - Ximulacra // Inspace Gallery, Edinburgh
2022 - Robots of Ex-Y // Hive Studio, Cambridge