Talks & Seminars
In Conversation: Debjani Bannerjee with Dan Brown
Join us for an in conversation event with Debjani Bannerjee and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s Curator of Research, Dan Brown.
Join us for an in conversation event with Debjani Bannerjee and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s Curator of Research, Dan Brown.
Debjani Banerjee is an Edinburgh-based artist whose diverse body of work spans various mediums, including sculpture, textiles, performance, dance, film, and participatory collaborative making. Her artistic practice challenges reductive dualisms often found in post-colonial narratives, such as the dichotomies of Indian versus Western, White versus Brown, and Male versus Female. By doing so, Banerjee’s work aims to present more nuanced and playful representations of cultural plurality, contemporary South Asian womanhood, and the broader human experience.
Dan Brown is a curator and occasional artist whose career has been defined by the development of artists and the advancement and dissemination of contemporary art. He currently holds the position of Curator of Research at the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, a renowned centre for production, research, and learning. Brown’s previous roles include Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Galleries of Scotland and Visual Arts Advisor to both the Scottish Arts Council (2009–2011) and Creative Scotland. Additionally, he served as Co-Director of Embassy Gallery from 2006 to 2008, an influential artist-run gallery in Edinburgh, and is a co-founder of the Shift/Work programme, a participatory research initiative aimed at recalibrating artistic learning to foster new knowledge.
Debjani Banerjee is an Edinburgh-based artist whose diverse body of work spans various mediums, including sculpture, textiles, performance, dance, film, and participatory collaborative making. Her artistic practice challenges reductive dualisms often found in post-colonial narratives, such as the dichotomies of Indian versus Western, White versus Brown, and Male versus Female. By doing so, Banerjee’s work aims to present more nuanced and playful representations of cultural plurality, contemporary South Asian womanhood, and the broader human experience.
Dan Brown is a curator and occasional artist whose career has been defined by the development of artists and the advancement and dissemination of contemporary art. He currently holds the position of Curator of Research at the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, a renowned centre for production, research, and learning. Brown’s previous roles include Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Galleries of Scotland and Visual Arts Advisor to both the Scottish Arts Council (2009–2011) and Creative Scotland. Additionally, he served as Co-Director of Embassy Gallery from 2006 to 2008, an influential artist-run gallery in Edinburgh, and is a co-founder of the Shift/Work programme, a participatory research initiative aimed at recalibrating artistic learning to foster new knowledge.
