Arko Datto
Exhibitions
2021 Rail Diwali - San Francisco Airport Museum, San Francisco, California USA (upcoming)
2019Pik Nik - Galleri Image, Arhus, DK2018"Will My Mannequin Be Home When I Return" - Unseen Amsterdam, Presented by East Wing - Amsterdam, NL
"Shunyo Raja" - Photo London, Presented by East Wing - London, England, UK
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Pik Nik" - Nuit De'Lannée Rencontres Arles, France (Projection)
2017PIK-NIK - Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
2016
SNAKEFIRE - OBSCURA Festival of Photography, Malaysia
Gangetic Interludes, PONDY ART, Pondicherry, India
2015Gangetic Interludes (projection) - Voies Off Festival / Arles, France
CROSSINGS - Ballarat Foto Biennale, Australia
2014CROSSINGS - Angkor Photo Festival. Cambodia
CROSSINGS - Mindpirates Vereinsheim, Berlin. Germany
CROSSINGS - OBSCURA Festival of Photography, Malaysia
2013Paris: La Vie des Autres - Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia
The River - Delhi Photo Festival, India
CYBERSEX and The River - OBSCURA, Malaysia.
2012Realms Nocturna (Solo exhibition) - Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata. India
Monographs"Pik Nik" Published by Le Bec en l'air
"Will My Mannequin be Home When I Return" Published by L’Artiere Edizioni.
PublicationsWired, NEWSWEEK, BBC, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, Vrij Nederland, Mailman Kuvalehti, Le Journal de la Photographie, Marie Claire, SLATE, MATTER, GUP, NEON, HOTSHOE, COLORS, Lens Culture, Feature Shoot, Hunger TV, NATT og DAG, National Geographic, Financial Times Weekend Magazine, The Guardian UK, Foam Magazine, American SuburbX,
Residencies
2021
Artist in Residency, Lightwork, Syracuse NJ (Remote)
2020Artist in Residency, Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France2018Artist in Residency, Docking Station, Amsterdam, NL2016Artist in Residence at Rimbun Dahan, Penang, Malaysia
Curatorial Initiatives2021Curatorial Team for the Chennai Photo Biennale, 3rd Edition
2015TRUTH IMAGINARIUMS, print exhibition for OBSCURA Festival of Photography, Malaysia.
2014Curator at the Students' Biennale, KOCHI BIENNALE, India
PHOTOGRAPHY is PERSONAL at the OBSCURA, Malaysia.
2013TRANSCONTINENT for the OBSCURA, Mayalsia (projection).
2012EKLEKTIKOS, an exhibition of contemporary Indian photography at Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata.
Education
2013Photography at the Danish School of Journalism, Aarhus
2011Masters in Pure Mathematics from Université de Paris VII, Denis Diderot.
2010Masters in Theoretical Physics from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
Scholarships / Awards2014POYI Award of Excellence for Of Colour, Sleep and Dreams
Shortlisted - Sony Photography Awards / People for 'Cybersex' series
2013Danish Government Scholarship to study at the Danish School of Journalism, Denmark
2007 - 2011Eiffel Excellence Scholarship to study at Ecole Polytechnique, France
2004 - 2007Indian Government KVPY scholarship to study at Presidency University.
Nominations2016Nominated for Prix Pictet
Nominated for Joop Swart Masterclass
2015Nominated for Remote Prize Photography Festival Ireland
2014
Nominated for Joop Swart Masterclass
2013
Nominated for Joop Swart Masterclass
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