ARKO DATTO

Arko Datto

Exhibitions
2017
PIK-NIK - Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany

2016
SNAKEFIRE - OBSCURA Festival of Photography, Malaysia
Gangetic Interludes, PONDY ART, Pondicherry, India

2015
Gangetic Interludes (projection) -  Voies Off Festival / Arles, France 
CROSSINGS - Ballarat Foto Biennale, Australia 

2014
CROSSINGS - Angkor Photo Festival. Cambodia
CROSSINGS  - Mindpirates Vereinsheim, Berlin. Germany
CROSSINGS - OBSCURA Festival of Photography, Malaysia

2013
Paris: La Vie des Autres - Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia
The River -  Delhi Photo Festival, India
CYBERSEX and The River - OBSCURA, Malaysia.

2012
Realms Nocturna (Solo exhibition) - Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata. India

Publications
Wired, NEWSWEEK, BBC, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, Vrij Nederland, Mailman Kuvalehti, Le Journal de la Photographie, Marie Claire, SLATE, MATTER, GUP, NEON, HOTSHOE, COLORS, Feature Shoot, Hunger TV, NATT og DAG.

Residencies
2021
Artist in Residency, Lightwork, Syracuse NJ

2016
Artist in Residence at Rimbun Dahan, Penang, Malaysia

Curatorial Initiatives
2015
TRUTH IMAGINARIUMS, print exhibition for OBSCURA Festival of Photography, Malaysia.

2014
Curator at the Students' Biennale, KOCHI BIENNALE, India
PHOTOGRAPHY is PERSONAL at the OBSCURA, Malaysia.

2013
TRANSCONTINENT for the OBSCURA, Mayalsia (projection).

2012
EKLEKTIKOS, an exhibition of contemporary Indian photography at Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata.

Education
2013
Photography at the Danish School of Journalism, Aarhus

2011
Masters in Pure Mathematics from Université de Paris VII, Denis Diderot.

2010
Masters in Theoretical Physics from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.

Scholarships / Awards
2014
POYI Award of Excellence for Of Colour, Sleep and Dreams
Shortlisted - Sony Photography Awards  / People for 'Cybersex' series

2013
Danish Government Scholarship to study at the Danish School of Journalism, Denmark

2007 - 2011
Eiffel Excellence Scholarship to study at Ecole Polytechnique, France

2004 - 2007
Indian Government KVPY scholarship to study at Presidency University.

Nominations
2016
Nominated for Prix Pictet
Nominated for Joop Swart Masterclass

2015
Nominated for Remote Prize Photography Festival Ireland

2014
Nominated for Joop Swart Masterclass

2013
Nominated for Joop Swart Masterclass

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