Hormazd Narielwalla (born India, 1979) lives and works in London. Since attaining a PhD in Fine Art from the University of the Arts, London (2014), he has gained increasing recognition for a practice that combines collage and drawing with an on-going exploration of the artist’s book form.
His solo exhibitions include A Study on Anansi, Paul Smith, London (2009); Lost Gardens, South Bank Centre, London (2016) and Rock, Paper, Scissors, Eagle Gallery / EMH Arts, London (2020). He has participated in group exhibitions including Block Party – a Crafts Council national touring exhibition (2011); No Turning Back, Migrations Museum, London (2017); Midnight’s Family, 70 Years of Indian Artists in Britain, Ben Uri Museum, London (2019).
In 2018 he was commissioned by the Victoria and Albert Museum to make a series of prints to accompany the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up and in 2020 his collage Bands of Pride was the first work of an Indian émigré artist to be acquired by the Ben Uri Collection. He won the Paupers Press Print Prize at the UK International Print Biennale in 2016 and his artist’s book Rock, Paper, Scissors (published by EMH Arts) was shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Prize in 2020. Narielwalla’s work is held in collections including the British Library, National Art Library and TATE.
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