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Jasleen Kaur (born 1986) is a Scottish artist, and the winner of the 2024 Turner Prize.[1] She works with mixed-media including installations, sculpture, sound art, and writing, and has a socially-engaged arts practice.[2] Kaur was awarded the prize for her exhibition "Alter Altar", which was on display at Tramway, Glasgow, March - October 2023.[1][3] Kaur was the youngest nominee on the list.[4] In her acceptance speech for the prize, Kaur wore a Palestinian flag, and urged the Tate and other arts organisations to join artists "calling for a Gaza ceasefire and institutional divestment from ties to Israel".[5][6][7]

Kaur is Somerset House Studios resident,[8] and was a recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation award in 2021.[9]

Early life and education

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Kaur was born in Glasgow in 1986,[10][11] and grew up there in the Pollokshields area.[12]

Kaur graduated from the Silversmithing and Jewellery department of the Glasgow School of Art in 2008, and studied Applied Art at the Royal College of Art, London from 2009 to 2010.[11]

Works

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"Be Like Teflon" (2021)

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"Be Like Teflon" was installed at Copperfield Gallery, London, and was Kaur's first London solo show. The exhibition included a film Ethnoresidue, and a book Be Like Teflon.[13] The book was first published in 2019, and expands the form of a recipe book and "uncovers the untold, hidden herstories of Indian women living in Britain commissioned by Panel and Glasgow Women’s Library".[14][15][16]

"Gut Feelings Meri Jaan" (2022)

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Kaur was commissioned by Touchstone, Rochdale, to create work inspired by their archives.[17] Kaur collaborated with local South Asian women and gender non conforming people to create Gut Feelings Meri Jaan, a series of films which explored "the voices of migrant communities within the social history of Rochdale which have historically been marginalised and misrepresented".[2][18] The art historian Alice Correia collaborated with Kaur to publish a book of the same name, reflecting on some of the themes of the exhibition.[19]

"Alter Altar" (2023, 2024)

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"Alter Altar" is a multi-media installation work, with "sculpture, photography, sound and writing", first shown at the Tramway in Glasgow in 2023.[20] The assemblage includes "family photos in Irn-Bru resin, tracksuits", and a Ford Escort covered with an "enormous hand-crocheted doily".[21] Kaur has said that the car is a "representation of my dad’s migrant desires".[20] The sound element of the piece was created with the Welsh singer and teacher Marged Siôn.[21]

The work was redisplayed at the Tate Britain Turner Prize exhibition in 2024.[22] The Turner Prize judges commented on the "considered way in which [Kaur] weaves together the personal, political and spiritual in her exhibition".[1]

Personal life

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Kaur lives and works in London.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Turner Prize 2024: Jasleen Kaur wins with artwork showcasing Scottish Sikh community". BBC News. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "UP Projects". UP Projects. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Jasleen Kaur - Alter Altar". www.tramway.org. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. ^ Chow, Vivienne (3 December 2024). "Jasleen Kaur Clinches Turner Prize, the U.K.'s Top Art Honor". Artnet News. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  5. ^ Khomami, Nadia (3 December 2024). "Jasleen Kaur wins the Turner prize 2024". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  6. ^ Lawson-Tancred, Jo (4 December 2024). "Jasleen Kaur on Speaking Out Against War: 'This Should Not Risk an Artist's Career or Safety'". Artnet News. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Glasgow artist Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Jasleen Kaur". Somerset House. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  9. ^ "£1 million awarded to 40 visual artists and composers in one of the…". Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Scottish artist Jasleen Kaur who put doily on a car wins Turner Prize 2024". The Herald. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Jasleen Kaur". Government Art Collection. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  12. ^ Searle, Adrian (3 December 2024). "Turner Prize: Jasleen Kaur's winning, welcoming ode to Glasgow". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Jasleen Kaur: Be Like Teflon - Exhibition at Copperfield in London". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Jasleen Kaur: Be Like Teflon". C Ø P P E R F I E L D. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Be Like Teflon: A recipe book that defies and celebrates tradition | News & Features - The List". list.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  16. ^ "Teflon and Resistance: disordered eating, indigestible truth and healing – Raju Rage". www.rajurage.com. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Jasleen Kaur – Hollybush Gardens". hollybushgardens.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Jasleen Kaur, Gut Feelings Meri Jaan". The White Pube. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  19. ^ "Gut Feelings Meri Jaan / Letters on Remembering, held at Glasgow Women's Library". Glasgow Women's Library catalogue.
  20. ^ a b "Jasleen Kaur's Polyvocal Symphony of the Senses". artreview.com. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  21. ^ a b Monroe, Lisette May (13 April 2023). "Jasleen Kaur review – Ford Escort revs up rich tangle of resonant memory". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  22. ^ "Turner Prize '24: Jasleen Kaur, Alter Altar". The White Pube. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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