Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Meet the Artist
Veerta
Kumar
Oil painting, Light-based work, Photo-paintings
“I paint and embellish childhood photographs through layered glazes and interlaced mark-making, producing an illuminated aesthetic of dislocation and protection. Relating Nazar (evil eye/envious gaze) to an omnipresent colonial gaze, I seek to veil vulnerability from exposition in a world saturated by misrecognition.Visit my photo-painting installation in 441!”
Veerta Kumar is a visual artist based in Toronto. She considers the flux, chaos, and fragments of our perceptions to decolonize modes of re-presentation and re-creation as a Desi-woman navigating her neurodivergence. She is presently immersed in patterns, ornamentation, textiles, found materials, family album archives, personal photography and digital manipulation and using oil and acrylic to make marks. Kumar is graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting in 2023 from OCAD University.
Oil Paint Photo Transfer Installation
2022, Metamorphosis
OCAD University Great Hall
Celebrate the work of OCAD U’s class of 2022/2023!