biography
Ina Kaur is a full time Printmaking faculty member
at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. She received her MFA in Studio Arts
(Printmaking) from Purdue University, Indiana in 2007 and BFA from Chandigarh
College of Art, Punjab, INDIA in 2003. Kaur’s current research deals with
investigating how her work is affected by personal hybrid identity. The theoretical
basis for the discussion includes theories and readings involving post-colonialism
by Homi K. Bhabha; deconstruction by Jacques Derrida and Carl Jung’s notion
of universal symbols.
Kaur’s investigation includes how east - west, local - global, ancient - modern,
oriental - occidental together encode her work, which exists in an in-between
third space. Her interest is in the synthesis between these binary oppositions
and how they coexist.
Kaur’s research has been included in a number of portfolios
and collections, and showcased in numerous national and international exhibitions
including most recently: Naestved International Exhibition of Contemporary
Mini print, Ronnebaeksholm Arts & Culture Centre, Naestved, Denmark in 2008;
INKLANDIA INVITATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION and Sixty Square Inches, 16th Biennial
North American Small Print Competition at Purdue University, IN; Speaking
Volumes, Holter Museum of Art & Helena and Lewis and Clark Library, MT; International
Art Exhibition, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore, India; Solo show:
reclaiming the circle, Patti and Rusty Rueff West Galleries, West Lafayette,
IN; Lagniappe 5: Pixels and Prints at Louisiana State University, LA and Bharat
Bhavan International Biennial for Prints, Bhopal, INDIA.