Manish Pushkale
Visual artist
CIRVA is a globally known outstanding centre in France to conduct research on glass. As being a multidisciplinary contemporary artist, I am finding it very interesting to challenge myself with this ancient medium which is still a new and unexplored medium to me. During my residency, I am keen to understand and explore the possibilities of the ignition between the old and new aspects of glass making, my research will revolve around its exploration as either its "newness of the old" or the "oldness of new"
Manish Pushkale is a leading contemporary Indian abstract artist known for his contemplative, layered canvases. A self-taught painter from Bhopal, he represented India at the Festival of India in France (2016) and exhibited alongside his mentor S.H. Raza at the Venice Biennale (2010). In 2023, the Musée Guimet in Paris invited him to create To Whom the Bird Should Speak?, a powerful installation that explores memory, writing, and the fragility of intangible heritage. A former fellow at the Nantes Institute of Advanced Study, he is also a trustee of the Raza and Krishna Sobti Foundations.
