Ian Pius Pereira
About The Artist
b. 2001, in Goa, India
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Ian Pius Pereira, an experimental interdisciplinary artist, delves deeply into the body and the metaphysical nature of its encounters. In 2024, Pereira completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Art Practice at the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design, and Technology. His oeuvre spans multiple artistic disciplines, each consolidating to form new dimensions that provoke contemplation and engage the psyche. Pereira's practice encompasses painting, sculpture, textile, performance, as well as dyeing and pigment making.
Pereira's work seeks to channel and engage, sparking curiosity and inviting his audience to discover or rediscover something familiar yet not fully understood. His creations often explore themes of body, gender, and contemporary culture, acknowledging the impact of unperceived conformity. At the core of Pereira's practice is his ability to use matter as a direct representation of its context, seamlessly integrating it with other contextually selected materials.
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In 2023, Pereira collaborated with the Cascoland Collective and exhibited his work during the 2023 Kochi Biennale Collateral Event ‘Soil Assembly,’ where he showcased the relevance of traditional Indian dye practices to sustainable creative endeavors.
Studio
It's always context first, form second, and reconstruction of form third
I love to make things from scratch, whether it's growing material, weaving a textile, or making my own pigments from scratch.
I love to explore working with natural dyes and pigments. I've worked with common pigments like Indigo, Lac, and Marigold, and some more uncommon ones like Red Cabbage, Coconut Husk, and Rendodandrums. This is definitely one of the most exciting parts of my creative process, playing with the chemistry of plants and experience pigments in such a raw way.
