Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts will be hosting an open studio and conversation with artists-in-residence Annabel Schenck and Sourav Chatterjee.
Schenck (France) and Chatterjee (India) participated in a 45-day Artist-in-Residency-Lab (AIR-L) programme at Sunaparanta, exploring the impact of coastal development on the environment and local communities by drawing parallels between Panjim’s coast and the Mediterranean.
The open studio will be from March 26 to April 5, 2025, from 10 am to 6 pm and the conversation with the artists will take place on March 26 at 6 pm, offering insights into their work, creative process, and experiences during their residency.
Annabel Schenck, a printmaker, collaborated with local artists to expand the possibilities of traditional engraving. She developed new tools, experimented with different materials, and explored spatial print arrangements.
As part of a week-long exchange at The Directorate of Art and Culture, Panjim, she engaged with Goan printmakers, exchanging techniques and processes.
Sourav Chatterjee immersed himself in Panjim’s daily life, translating societal attitudes and emotions into paintings that address pollution, over-exploitation, and climate change.
Having spent seven years in Europe, he brings a perspective that blends familiarity and distance. His work reinterprets Indian miniature painting with contemporary global influences.
Schenck and Chatterjee will be in conversation with Goan printmakers Swapnesh Vaigankar, Viraj Naik, Asavri Gurav, Leticia Alvares, Sachin Naik and Shripad Gurav.
The Artist-In-Residence Lab (AIR-L) is an immersive residency programme that offers interdisciplinary research and exchange opportunities. It encourages projects that address contemporary themes, providing new perspectives on society through artistic exploration.
ABOUT ANNABEL SCHENCK
Annabel Schenck presents the atypical career of a French artist and engraver. She studied at Ecole Estienne and the École des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg, now known as HEAR, where she focused her research on engraving and installations.
During her stay in India, she deepened her exploration of printmaking at Viswa-Bharati University, Santiniketan, before moving to New Delhi.
She was selected for the Route 6 Project, organised and co-financed by PAC - Provence-Art-Contemporain, and participated in the Art-O-Rama Hors les murs exhibition, based on the Double Séjour project, curated by Thomas Havet.
Schenck also participated in the Drawing Now Art Fair, where she created an in-situ installation at Fort-Saint-André, Villeneuve lez Avignon, organised by Printemps du dessin in partnership with the Centre des Monuments Historiques.
Her works have been widely exhibited in France and abroad, including at Aakriti Gallery, Studio 21, CIMA (Kolkata). She also exhibited at the René D'Anjou Art Center in Tarascon following a residency at the Vincent van Gogh Foundation in Arles.
Her most recent solo exhibition was at Zemma Gallery in Marseille, curated by Marc Ragouilliaux. Since returning to France in 2017, she has worked at the Cité d'artistes du Couvent in Marseille.
ABOUT SOURAV CHATTERJEE
Sourav Chatterjee is an Indian painter from Kolkata, currently based in Marseille since 2017. After studying at the Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata, Chatterjee has continued his exploration of painting through figurative and expressive works based on spontaneity and improvisation.
His art remains resolutely outside of trends, focusing on introspective themes that question the condition of humanity in today's world.
He has exhibited in several galleries in New Delhi and Kolkata. In France, his solo exhibitions include A travers le miroir (2023), Genèse (2022), and Elégie (2019) at Galerie Le Cabinet d'Ulysse. He recently joined the Cité d'artistes at Le Couvent in Marseille, alongside Annabel.