Join Tasveer and Bellevue Arts Museum for a conversation exploring the work of Satpreet Kahlon, BAM Biennial 2021 Architecture and Urban Design artist and winner of the John & Joyce Price Award of Excellence. Through her work, Kahlon interrogates the dichotomy of public and private space, exploring themes of institutional critique, colonization, and the lived experiences of marginalized artists. Kahlon will be joined by Savita Krishnamoorthy for a discussion of her creative practice and the artworks featured in the Biennial.
Bellevue Arts Museum
$15 (includes gallery access to the exhibition)
About the speakers
Satpreet Kahlon is a Panjabi-born artist, organizer, and educator based in Seattle, WA. She earned her MFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019 on a full fellowship.
In addition to her studio practice, which has been featured in Hyperallergic and Artforum, she is co-Founder (w/ Asia Tail and Tracy Rector) and Vice President of yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives. For this work, she was named one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine in 2019 and is a 2022 Roddenberry Fellow for “new and innovative strategies to safeguard human rights and ensure an equal and just society for all.”
Satpreet is a current resident at Recology Seattle, has been funded by Critical Minded for an ongoing publication highlighting Indigenous writers in the PNW region, and is a 2022 finalist for the Neddy award in Painting.
Savita Krishnamoorthy is an art historian, educator, organizer, and writer from India, based in Redmond, WA. She earned an MA in Art History (University of Bangalore, India), her MA in Cultural Studies (University of Washington) and received the 2019 Merit Award from the Alpha Kappa Alpha Foundation.
Krishnamoorthy is a founding member/co-organizer for Black Cinema Collective (BCC), organizing screenings and moderated discussions on African + Afro-Diasporic films. She completed her six-year term as Vice-Chair of the Redmond Arts and Culture Commission in March 2022. She has also taught courses on the Arts Traditions of India at Bellevue College.
Her writing publications include The Times of India, Feminist Media Histories (University of California Press), Courageous Creativity, Black Embodiment Studio Journal, and The International Examiner, where she is a regular contributor writing on arts and culture.
