Permindar Kaur

Permindar Kaur (born 1965) is an English visual artist. She was included in the British Art Show in 1996. She was shortlisted for the Freelands Award 2022 for her exhibition at the John Hansard Gallery.

Life and education Kaur was born in Nottingham, England, to Punjabi parents.

Career and work Kaur emerged to prominence during the 1990s. Items of domestic furniture such as beds and chairs also appear, often in outsized or distorted forms, resulting in an effect that is slightly "disconcerting" or "unnerving", as art historian Eddie Chambers has noted.

Selected exhibitions

Solo

Cold Comfort, shown in two parts at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, and Mead Gallery, Coventry (18 May 1996 – 22 June 1996). Independent Thoughts: New work by Permindar Kaur, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery (27 March - 24 May 1998) Permindar Kaur: Outgrown, The Art House, Wakefield (3 September – 13 November 2022) Four X 4, Arnolfini, Bristol (12 October – 24 November 1991) Invisible Cities, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (8 – 22 February 1992) Tread Softly, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (27 May – 15 October 2017) Animals & Us, Turner Contemporary, Margate (25 May – 30 September 2018) What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles, New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge (17 February – 28 August 2022) Permindar Kaur, Ranya Abdulateef and Ifa Mesfin Abebe: Dream Runner, Wakefield Cathedral (28 September – 13 November 2022) British Council, UK New Art Hall Collection, Cambridge Nottingham Castle Museum, Nottingham