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Kuzana Ogg

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Kuzana Ogg
Kuzana Ogg in a studio,
Bakersfield, California, 2015
Born
Kuzana Pandole

(1971-08-31)August 31, 1971
Bombay, India
NationalityIndian, American
Known forPainting
MovementAbstract
Websitekuzanaogg.com

Kuzana Ogg (born 1971) is an Indian-American painter who lives in the United States.[1] Kuzana's first solo museum exhibition was Oil at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art in 2014. A second solo followed shortly thereafter, Rev Zero at the Bakersfield Museum of Art in 2015.

Early life and education

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Kuzana was born in Bombay in 1971.[2] A short while later, Kuzana and her younger sister joined their newly immigrated parents in England. Kuzana's education was in a series of boarding schools; Cornwall and Surrey in England, after that- Kodaikanal in the south of India. At the age of 10, Kuzana and her family moved to New York.[3][4] Her secondary education was completed at Catholic and public schools. In 1995, she graduated from SUNY Purchase. She spent six years living in Kyung Ju, South Korea; teaching English and learning Korean.[3] She has participated in several residencies, the most recent in Sri Lanka.[5]

Work

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Using a tempered and deliberate palette, the "Yasna" paintings point to notions of boundary and organization. In works like “Abanegan” and “Maidyoshahem”, the patterned orbs are easily anthropomorphic, becoming stand-ins for humans. They are each sectioned off, corralled, constricted within a designated area. In many cases, the swelling organic forms spill out beyond their bounds, as if they are outgrowing the space, becoming too large to be confined in such rigid domain. The bulk of Ogg's abstract aesthetic consists of botanical forms, biological entities, urban geometry and bold pattern. Inspired and informed by her early years in India, the controlled tones and forms within her work serve the same purpose as the gardens and trees surrounding her grandparents’ home: to mediate the noise and bustle just beyond them.[3]

Kuzana lives in New Mexico[4] with her husband. Kuzana's work revolves around images both botanical and biological in origin. These forms and colors take on new meaning when juxtaposed as a metaphor for the human experience.[6]

In 2012 her work was featured at LaGrange Art Museum, Georgia, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida, GVG Contemporary,[7] and New Mexico and Williamsburg Art.[8] Kuzana exhibited her work at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) in 2014 and the Bakersfield Museum of Art (BMOA) in 2015.[9][10] In 2019 and 2020 she has had solo exhibitions at the K Contemporary gallery in Denver, Colorado.[11]

Film credits

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2016 TV series Bloodline, produced by Netflix[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Kuzana Ogg". Fresh Paint Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Kuzana Ogg". K Contemporary. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Estes, Sara (20 March 2016). "Early years in India inspire colorful paintings". The Tennessean. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b Abatemarco, Michael (30 September 2022). "Exhibitionism". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 39. Ogg relocated from India to New York with her family at age 10 and now lives in Santa Fe.
  5. ^ "Kuzana Ogg". Art in US Embassies. US Department of State. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ^ cents, My two (24 April 2009). "Kuzana Ogg". Hyphenated Spirit. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  7. ^ "GVG Contemporary". Santa Fean Magazine. Bella Media Group. June–July 2012. p. 98. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Issuu.
  8. ^ Gandhi, Parinaz M. (21 May 2012). "Kuzana's kaleidoscope". Parsiana. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  9. ^ Gandhi, Parinaz (7 July 2015). ""Beauty in the oil rig"". Parsiana. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  10. ^ Kelly, Ardis (8 April 2015). "Cocktails + Art = Lots of money for BMoA". TCA Regional News. Chicago: Tribune Content Agency.
  11. ^ "Kuzana Ogg". MutualArt.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Carolyn Barritt's work on Netflix' Bloodline". Ann Arbor Art Center. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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