| |  | Photography by Rahul Gajjar | Leila Heller is pleased to announce an exhibition of work by artist Tarik Currimbhoy on view in New York from June 8th to July 16th, 2022. | | | | | | MORE | |
 | Tarik Currimbhoy, Twist, Stainless Steel, 6 feet, Edition 2 of 4 | | | | | | |
| |  | Tarik Currimbhoy, Large Eye, Stainless Steel, 2 feet, Edition of 7 | | | | | | |
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Classically trained in the arts, industrial design, and architecture, Tarik Currimbhoy is a trifecta of artistic prowess. Having earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Architecture from the Pratt Institute, as well as a Master of Arts from Cornell University, Tarik later went on to teach at both institutions (Drawing at Cornell and Design at Pratt). In both architecture and sculpture, Tarik searches for tranquility, simplicity, and tactility, expressed in purity of both form and material. Inspired by ancient architecture of building blocks resting on each other in tension and compression, Tarik uses handcrafting and ancient casting techniques to create distilled forms driven by these forces of nature. His sculptures are “stories of structure and gravity,” held together under compression in stone and metal.
Tarik has mastered the juxtaposition of the old and the new creating sculptures that are modern and minimal in form. His design work has been published internationally and his sculptures may be found across the world in public spaces, and corporate and private collections.
The essential issues that are explored in Tarik’s sculptures are those of gravity, balance, movement, stasis and all addressed with formal beauty and fineness that belays the underlying exactitude of the mathematical calculations.
The scientific is presented with the magical imagination that compels us to probe into the world of rules laws not always associated with the subjective expressiveness of art. We partake in this feast of unexpected connections to learn about the endless possibilities of artists vision to shatter the accustomed understanding of creativity and perception of beauty.
-Written by Charlotte Kotik Curator Emerita, Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum | |
 | Tarik Currimbhoy, Eclipse, Stainless Steel, 5 ft, Edition 1 of 8 | | | | | | |
| |  | Tarik Currimbhoy, Assortment of kinetic sculptures, Burnt wood and zebra oak | | | | | | |
| |  | Tarik Currimbhoy, Reflections, Stainless Steel, 9 in. and 12 in., Edition of 30 (left) and 11 (right) | | | | | | |
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ABOUT THE ARTIST Tarik Currimbhoy was born in Mumbai, India and currently lives and works in New York City. Tarik’s father was a playwright who would visit America where his plays were staged on Broadway and bring back toys for Tarik that had to be constructed. This is when Currimbhoy learned to love to build and design things. Currimbhoy came to New York to attend the Pratt Institute to be a painter but he found that sculpture appealed to him more. He studied and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt with a major in Industrial Design. He then attended Cornell and received a degree in Architecture where one of his inspirations was Luis Barragán, the Mexican Architect/Sculptor. He later went on to teach at both of his alma maters (Drawing at Cornell and Design at Pratt). Classically trained in the arts, industrial design, and architecture, Currimbhoy is a trifecta of artistic prowess.
In both architecture and sculpture, Currimbhoy searches for tranquility, simplicity and tactility, expressed in purity of both form and material. Inspired by ancient architecture of building blocks resting on each other in tension and compression, Tarik's sculptures began as "stories of structure and gravity", held together under compression in stone. These became the genesis for studies in metal, which could express these concepts in dynamic fashion and sensual form.
Currmbhoy is an architect by profession with offices in New York and Mumbai. His design work has been published internationally and his sculptures may be found across the world in public spaces as well as corporate and private collections. Currimbhoy has created and co-designed some monumental sculptures and buildings – including the headquarters for McKinsey & Co. in Gurgaon, India; The Ellipse at the Omi Sculpture Park in upstate New York; The Raincatcher, an observatory installed in a private estate in New York; a 30,000 square foot Italian Renaissance style Mansion in Jaipur, India; and the Aura Skyscraper in New York.
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 | Tarik Currimbhoy, Swirl, Bronze, 12 inches, Edition of 11 | | | | | | |
| |  | Tarik Currimbhoy, Pendulum, Stainless Steel and Bronze, 3 feet and 18 in. | | | | | | |
| |  | Tarik Currimbhoy, Diya, Stainless Steel, 18’’, Edition of 7 | | | | | | |
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