Kuldeep Singh

Kuldeep Singh is a Full-Time Lecturer in Painting + Drawing at the School of Art + Art History + Design, part of the University of Washington's College of Arts and Sciences. His work bridges interdisciplinary art practices, focusing on queer male bodies within ecofeminist and decolonial frameworks, informed by his training in Odissi classical dance.

• Education:
• MFA in Painting and Intermedia, University of Iowa (full scholarship), 2015
• Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine (full scholarship), 2014
• Indian Classical dance of Odissi, under Madhavi Mudgal, New Delhi (2012)
• BFA in Applied Arts, College of Art, Delhi University (2007)

Research interests include hybrid narratives in painting and performance art, ecofeminism, and decolonization. His work interrogates intersections of identity, environment, and postcolonial discourse through reinterpreted elements of Odissi dance aesthetics.

Recipient of prestigious awards:

• New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship
• Robert Rauschenberg Foundation grant

Teaching experience includes Delhi University, University of Iowa, and guest critiques at NYU and Rhode Island School of Design. Exhibitions include Galerie Perrotin (NY) and Chemould Prescott Road (Mumbai), with works in the Brooklyn Museum and National Museum of Norway.