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Pankaj Tiwari is a contemporary artist, performance-maker and curator from Balrampur, India, based since 2019 in Amsterdam.
His work always brings with humor and poetry Eastern perspectives into the Western discourse on sociopolitical issues. Sustainability and connection to the East have always been central to his work. Pankaj is also a recipient of the prize 3Package Deal (2021-22), from the Amsterdam Funds for the Arts.
In the past and present, his works have been invited and supported by multiple festivals and production houses, including the Holland Festival (2023), Belluard Bullwerk, Fribourg (2023), DeSingel, Antwerp (2023), wpZimmers, Antwerp (2023), Zürcher Theatre Spektakel, Zürich (2020 & 23), radialsystem Berlin (2022), Overheat IJ Festival, Amsterdam (2022), Santarcangelo Festival, Italy (2020-21)...
Project: While deciding global ethicalities, the West conveniently forgets individual realities existing in the same world at the same time. Converting Shame into Dream is an attempt to tell other stories...