Exhibition Dates: December 2 – 31, 2011
Opening Reception: First Friday Gallery Walk, December 2, 6 - 10pm

 Material Instinct features recent works by Aditya Shringarpure. He notes, “I find myself synthesizing images from memories into themes of urban decay, renewal, and everyday life. I am always attempting to find a pathway to incorporate these ideas into my work, bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary art.”

Growing up in the city of Bombay, urban landscapes remain an inspiration and a fascination for Shringarpure. A focus on more minimal and sparse compositions represents a departure from the nature of the city, but the city remains integral to his theme. Material Instinct attempts to reflect these nuances. Creating his own visual language, combining his interests in photography, printmaking, and drawing, Shringarpure creates paintings that reflect both abstraction and realism. His final works develop around photographic images he takes himself. The images are incorporated directly into the paintings through drawing or transfer processes. Shringarpure then applies layers of paint, ink, oil pastel, and graphite until the work reaches a desired composition and texture.

Shringarpure was born in 1978 in Bombay, India. He is a mixed media artist and his focus is on urban decay, renewal, and architecture. He has a BS degree in Telecommunications from the University of Bombay and a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from NC State University. His works have appeared in various exhibits and galleries including the Giacobetti Paul Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Lee Hansley Gallery, Block Gallery, Gallery ‘A’, and Flanders Gallery in Raleigh, NC; the Durham Art Guild in Durham, NC; and FRANK Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC. A member of the Artspace Artists Association, Shringarpure currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and is an active member of Madarts.org, an arts collective. Cost: free