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Hetain Patel
Born1980
Bolton, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
EducationThe University of Salford UK, The Nottingham Trent University UK
Styleperformance, video, sculpture, photography
SpouseEva Patel
Websitehttp://www.hetainpatel.com/

Hetain Patel; (born 1980) is an English visual artist specializing in performance, sculpture, video, and photography. His work has been exhibited in Norway, India, Belgium, and throughout the UK.

Early life

Patel was born and raised in a working-class British Gujarati Asian household in Bolton, England. He was subjected to racial abuse from his wider community, and found “just walking from the house to the car was difficult.”[1]

As a child Patel developed a keen interest in superhero movies, playing as Spider-man in his grandmother's house. Patel was eager to conceal his ethnic identity using the Spider-man mask stating: “...what I wanted to be most when I grew up was white.”[1][2]

Work

In addition to sci-fi and mainstream influenced works, (including work associated with pop-culture superheroes such as Spider-man[3]), Patel experiments with addressing problems of multiculturalism and self-acceptance.[4]

The alienation and racial abuse Patel suffered growing up motivates him to produce art that is inclusive, uplifts and appreciates marginalised groups.[citation needed] As Patel became older a major inspiration was his father, who worked at a day job converting cars, inspiring him to create his first sculpture.Patel converted his first car, gifted by his father in 1997, into his first sculpture Fiesta Transformer.[5] The converted Ford Fiesta sculpture has become a symbol of the working-class.[citation needed] Patel's attraction to fantasticism along with movies such as Transformers influenced his sculpture, hence the title Fiesta Transformer.[6]

Patel's exploration of identity and culture is a key feature and common theme throughout his work.[7] Sacred Bodies(2004/5)[8] is a collection of self-portraits in which Patel tries to better understand his Indian cultural heritage. To create each piece, he covered his upper body in patterns using henna (a pigment used for mehndi) and a red pigment, Kanku,[9] used for markings of cultural importance in Hindu communities.[10]

Patel also uses his art to explore the concepts behind masculinity. Oh Man (2018) was a collaborative project between Contact Youth Company and Hetain Patel which explored both the positive qualities of masculinity and the problems caused by toxic masculinity, as well as trying to understand how perceptions of masculinity can affect people of all genders.[11]

In 2013 he made his debut at TED Global conference in Edinburgh. Patel spoke about assumptions and expectations made on how people look like, sound, their heritage, gender or race, and class. Hetain puts emphasis on a fact that even if we fail while imitating our role models, we still might learn and discover ourselves by imitating them.[12]

In 2014, a UK based dance company Candoco known for their disabled and non-disabled performers, has assigned Hetain Patel to create a choreographical art piece. In his first ever commissioned dance choreography Patel brings to the surface social concerns such as representation exploration and identity perception of Candoco's dancers.[13] Lets Talk About Dis challenges viewers in its own playful tone to think beyond boundaries and offers them a courage to be much more honest and transparent about their personalities and communication. However, during 30 minutes, there is not much typically expected dance showing involved. Patel and dancers focuses on delivering a message on diversity, inclusion and improper public correctness. Hetain smartly navigate audience with a minimal spoken word parts of performance, through the fluid usage of three languages: English, French and BSL.[14]

Selected exhibitions

Performance

  • Reflected Identity, Wolverhamptoon Art Gallery, UK, 2005 [15]
  • TEN, British Council's Edinburgh Showcase in Edinburgh, UK, 2011 [4]
  • Be Like Water, Royal Opera House in London, UK, 2013 [16]
  • Let’s Talk About Dis, commission for dance company Condoco in London, UK and national tour, 2014 [17]
  • American Boy, Coda Festival in Oslo, Norway, 2015 [18][19]

Films and video

  • Musselm (2006)
  • Kankin Raga (2007)
  • Its Growing on Me (2008)
  • To Dance like your Dad (2009)
  • The First Dance (2012)
  • Mama (2012)
  • Being Chongquing (2012)
  • Maestro (2014)
  • Heaven & Earth (2014)
  • God is a DJ (2014)
  • The Jump (2015)[20]
  • The Other Suit (2015)
  • Don’t look at the Finger (2017)

Sculpture

  • Fiesta Transformer, C-Mine, Genk, Belgium, 2014[5][21]

Photography

  • Lagan, Bolten Museum and Art Gallery, UK, 2004[10]
  • At Home, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, India, and New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK, 2012 and MAC Birmingham, UK, 2013/14[22]

Other exhibitions

  • Baa's Gold, Copperfield, London, UK, 2021[23]

Education

Selected awards

  • Decibel Award awarded by Arts Council England, 2004 [24]
  • Nottingham Creative Business of the Year, 2008[25]
  • Satyajit Ray Short Film Award, 2009
  • Jerwood Choreographic Research Project, 2017
  • Film London Jarman Award, 2019 [26]
  • Best International Film awarded by Kino Der Kunst in Munich, Germany, 2020 [27]

References

  1. ^ a b Jonze, Tim (26 November 2019). "How artist Hetain Patel went from Spider-Man fan to Spandex-clad star". the Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Patel, Hetain. "Letter to Peter Parker 2015". Hetain Patel. Retrieved 13 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ www.horlix.com, James Hall @ HeX Productions |. "The Other Suit 2, 2015". Hetain Patel. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Hetain Patel - Edinburgh Showcase". edinburghshowcase.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b Patel, Hetain. "Fiesta Transformer 2013". Hetain Patel. Retrieved 12 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ www.horlix.com, James Hall @ HeX Productions |. "Fiesta Transformer 2013". Hetain Patel. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  7. ^ Patel, Hetain. "My Work". Hetain Patel. Retrieved 13 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ www.horlix.com, James Hall @ HeX Productions |. "Sacred Bodies 2004/5". Hetain Patel. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  9. ^ Patel, Hetain. "Sacred Bodies 2004/5". Hetain Patel. Retrieved 12 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b "BBC Manchester - The Arts - Lagan - a new body of work by Hetain Patel". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Contact Young Company and Hetain Patel: Oh Man review – masculinity bites". the Guardian. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  12. ^ Patel, Hetain (18 October 2013), Who am I? Think again, retrieved 9 September 2021
  13. ^ "Let's Talk About Dis". Candoco. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  14. ^ Bennett, Jayne. "Candoco explores identity and perception at Bristol Old Vic with and a cast of disabled and non-disabled dancers." Gazette Series [Dursley, England], 23 Jan. 2016. Gale OneFile: News, https;//link.gale.com/apps/doc/A522497588/STND?u=inde80299&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=c67dcdb0. Accessed 26 Oct. 2021.
  15. ^ "Mehndi - Reflected Identity - Wolverhampton Arts & Culture". www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Hetain Patel: Be Like Water –". www.lancasterarts.org. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Let's Talk About Dis". Candoco. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  18. ^ "American Boy". Dansens Hus (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Aesthetica Magazine - Hetain Patel: American Boy, Sadler's Wells Theatre". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Cross-culture project brings leading South Asian artists to Manchester". www.theartnewspaper.com. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  21. ^ "Hetain Patel | Chatterjee & Lal". Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  22. ^ "HETAIN PATEL: AT HOME (PAST TOURING)". www.nae.org.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  23. ^ "HetainPatelBaasGold". C Ø P P E R F I E L D. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  24. ^ Arts Council England; Annual review 2005; p.8
  25. ^ "Hetain Patel wins Nottingham Creative Business Award | IBEF". www.ibef.org. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  26. ^ "The Jarman Award 2019". Film London. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  27. ^ "Patel, Hetain". Kino der Kunst. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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