b 1980, lives and practices in Bengaluru

Malcolm Fernandes, born in 1980, moves across drawing, painting, sculpture, sound, video, animation and both electronic and analog media with an easy confidence. His grounding in drawing gives the work a steady anchor while he roams between the familiar and the futuristic. He works with everyday architectures, archaeological fragments and personal objects as if they are living records. They shift from things we look at to places we move through. He builds forms that behave like terrains shaped by memory, observation and speculation. The pieces often sit between what is intimate and what belongs to a wider world. They carry clarity at first glance then slip into something less stable through repetition, distortion and a touch of the surreal. Geometric structures, sonic cues and altered time frames flow from the urban and rural spaces he knows. He unsettles them with deliberate friction to create a sense of disturbance. The result is an art practice that embraces precision without letting it harden. Atmosphere matters. Mood matters. His works invite viewers to stay with uncertainty and to notice how disruption can reveal new meaning. Fernandes brings a rare mix of discipline and instinct, which gives his practice its edge and its quiet charge.

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