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Hetain Patel

b.1980, Bolton, UK.

 
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​Hetain Patel has a diverse multi media and performative practice. Identity formation has been central to his concerns since the beginning of his career, more recently this idea has been viewed through the lenses of imitation, language and physical movement. Increasingly Hetain’s work is populated by characters, both fictional and real, in relation to which the artist juxtaposes himself in moments of elision and dissonance. Since 2010, his work has extended from gallery settings to the theatre. Hetain’s practice, exploring the subtle and often humorous complexities of life, has won a number of awards, including the Jarman Award for the film Don’t Look at the Finger (2019) and the Best International Film, Kino Der Kunst, Munich (2020). 
 
Recent and upcoming projects include Don’t Look at the Finger, Tate St Ives (UK), Finding Family, Foundling Museum, London (UK), and Milk, Wellcome Collection, London (UK).

For his most recent solo exhibition with the gallery please click here.

For his most recent group exhibition with the gallery please click here. 

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The Other Suit 2, 2015. Fibreglass, Lycra, Cotton, Fabric Paint, life size
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Trinity, 2021 (2k Film), installed at John Hansard Gallery, Southampton. Photo by Theirry Bal
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Baa's Gold (Performance), The National Gallery, London. Photographer: Anna Arca
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Hetain Patel, Baa’s Gold (Family portrait), Acrylic and lacquer on board, 89 x 125cm. Photo: Eva Herzog
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Hetain Patel, To Dance Like Your Dad, 2009, 2 channel video, 6'16''
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Baa’s House, video (installation view) CIRCA, Piccadilly Circus, London 2021

Solo Exhibitions
2023
Don't Look at the Finger, Tate St Ives, UK
Cars & Carpets, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, India
Baa’s House 11, CIRCA, Piccadilly Lights screen, London, UK
Baa’s House, Humber Street Gallery, Hull, UK
 
2022
Trinity, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
 
2021
Trinity, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
Baa’s Gold, Copperfield, London, UK
 
2020           
Heavy Metal & Plastic Dreams, Birmingham Library, UK
 
2017
Don’t Look at the Finger, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, Tanzhaus Düsseldorf, John Hansard Gallery, UK, New Art Gallery Walsall, UK, and Manchester Art Gallery, QUAD, Derby, UK (2017-2018)
 
2015
The Jump, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburg, USA
The Other Suit, The Agency Gallery, London, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, India 
 
2014
Fiesta Transformer, C-Mine, Genk, Belgium
 
2012
At Home, Pump House Gallery, London, mac, Birmingham, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, India
New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK (2012-2014)
Love and Marriage, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
 
2010
To Dance Like Your Dad, Watermans Arts Centre, London, UK
Sacred Bodies, National Office, Arts Council England, London, UK
 
2009
To Dance Like Your Dad, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
 


Group Exhibitions
2023
Finding Family, Foundling Museum, London, UK
Milk, Wellcome Collection, London, UK
 
2022
Moving Bodies, Moving Images, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
British Art Show 9, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Aberdeen, Plymouth, UK
 
2021
The Fire Within, Various locations, Wigan, UK
 
2020
Peer to Peer, Online, Hong Kong - UK exchange
Visions in the Nunnery (Lead Artist), Nunnery Gallery, London, UK
 
2019
American Export, Grand Union Birmingham and Regent St Cinema, London, UK
It Ain’t Half Racist Mum! (screening alongside Stuart Hall film), ICA, London, UK
Kaleidoscope, Somerset House, London, UK
Deeper Within Its Silence, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, India 
Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London, UK 
Shall We Dance, MUCEM, Marseille, France
 
2018
Speech Acts, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK Curated by Hammad Nasar
Common Third, Copperfield, London, UK
Everything We Do Is Music, Drawing Room, London, UK
 
2016
Now! Now!, Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK, curated by Sonia Boyce
Asia Pacific Triennial, Brisbane, Australia
 
2015
Doug Fishbone’s Leisure Land Golf, 56th Venice Biennale
SPHERES 7, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, France
 
2014
Heaven & Earth, Southbank Centre, London, UK. Part of Darbar Fesitval
 
2013
SPHERES 6, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, France
Photoink, Delhi, India
 
2012
Indian Highway, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China 
 
2010
Frictive Familiarities, Art Kino, Stockholm, Sweden
Ignite, New Delhi, India
The Authentic Self (screening), Broadway, Nottingham, UK
Progress Report, InIVA, Rivington Place, London
No Heroes, Redcat Theatre, Walt Disney, Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
Punctum 1, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Wonder What The Others Are Up To?, Gallery OED, Cochin, India 
 
2009
Pattern Recognition, City Gallery, Leicester, UK
 
2008
Emerging Discourse, Bodhi Art, New York, USA
 


Collections
Tate, British Council
Fondazione In Between Art Film, Rome, Italy
Kiran Nada Museum of Art, New Delhi, India
M+ Museum, University of Salford Art Collection, UK
Lakeside Arts Centre, University of Nottingham, UK
 


Screenings and Performances
2021
National Gallery London, UK
 
2018
Royal Opera House, London, UK
Sadler’s Wells, London, UK
 
2016
Sadler’s Wells, London, UK
 
2015
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
 
2014
Sadler’s Wells, London, UK
Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
 
2012
Royal Opera House, London, UK
Tate Modern, London, UK
 
2011
Sydney Festival, Australia
 
2007
Tate Britain, London, UK
 


Awards
2020
Best International Film, Kino Der Kunst, Munich, Germany
 
2019
Jarman Award for the film Don’t Look at the Finger



Residencies
501 Artspace, Chongqing, China and Southbank Centre, London, UK