Born in Ludhiana, artist Manjot Kaur currently lives and works between Vancouver and Chandigarh.
In The Convocation of Eagles, the artist imagines a world where humans, animals, and nature exist in a relationship of mutual care and understanding. Kaur says "at its centre is a Chthonic Being shown in close connection with the Steppe Eagle, an endangered migratory bird whose flight paths stretch across vast and increasingly threatened landscapes. Resting on a floating mass of leaves and plant life, she appears suspended between earth and sky, inhabiting a space that feels both real and mythical".
Manjot Kaur was born in Ludhiana in 1989 and holds an MFA and BFA in Painting from Panjab University, Chandigarh, where she was awarded the University Gold Medal.
Her work ranges from drawings, paintings, and time-based media. She combines ancient mythologies and histories to reflect on the relationship between humans and more than humans. Her works delve deep into intimate worlds encompassing the anthropology of wonder and awe, proposing narratives that imagine a multi-species future, by responding to ecological grief and loneliness through acts of care and kinship.
A former fellow at the South Asia Institute at Harvard University (2023) and the Sustaina India Fellowship at CEEW (2022), Kaur's residencies include: International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York (2025), supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council, Jan van Eyck Academie, Netherlands (2020-21), Museo Casa Masaccio, Italy (2018), Khoj International Artists’ Association, India (2018), and Unidee–Cittadellarte, Italy (2018).
Kaur’s work has been presented in many exhibitions internationally including the Drawing Room, London (2025); Radius CCA, Delft (2025); Rijswijk Museum, Netherlands (2024); Fowler Museum, Los Angeles (2024); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2023); AAIE Center for Contemporary Art, Rome (2022); Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2022); Garage Rotterdam (2021); Jan Van Eycke Academie, Maastricht (2021); Punjab State Academy of Art, Chandigarh (2018, 2019); and Museo Casa Masaccio, Italy (2018).
