Ketna Patel
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Ketna Patel is a British-Indian pop art
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...

ist based in Singapore
Singapore
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In addition to having won awards such as the ASEAN Art Award in 2002, Ketna's art has captured attention outside the arts circles. Most recently, her Asia Pop collection was used as inspiration for fashion label AllDressedUp's Spring/Summer 2010 collection.

Ketna Patel has recently been featured in Bridget Tracy Tan's 'Women Artists of Singapore' published by Select Books, Singapore

Biography

After graduating from The Architectural Association in London
London
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 with a degree in architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

 (B.A. Hons), Ketna moved to Singapore to begin her career as an architect
Architect
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. Afterwards, a disillusionment with the corporate world led her on a journey of metaphysical exploration, when she started questioning her existence, her place in the world, and society in general.

Having given up a corporate career, Ketna embarked on a career as an artist
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External links

  • http://www.ketnapatel.com
  • http://moonshine.homedns.org:2655/pano/collections/collections-ketna-patels-con-fusion/
  • http://www.artmajeur.com/?go=artworks/display_mini_gallery&login=artmanagement&mini_gallery_id=1266793&artist_id=142192
  • http://www.lonelyplanet.com/singapore/singapore-city/sights/art-gallery-culture/ketna-patel-studio
  • http://blog.carazoo.com/tag/ketna-patel
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