Kallol Datta (b. 1982) is a clothing designer and visual artist from Kolkata with a background in Womenswear from Central Saint Martins, London (2006). Datta’s works have been a part of several exhibitions including De Poéticas a Políticas: Premio Jameel, Museo Franklin Rawson, San Juan (2022), Art Athina, Zappeion Mansion, Athens (2022), De Poéticas a Políticas: Premio Jameel, Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago (2022), Volume 3 Issue 2, Experimenter Gallery, Kolkata (2022), Jameel Prize: Poetry to Politics, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2021), and Distortions in Translation, Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori (2021) to name a few. His writings have appeared in several publications such as Verve, Vogue and Elle among others.

Datta is interested in clothing practices from North Africa, West Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Korean peninsula. His design process involves rigorous creative research and experimental pattern-cutting. In his bold contemporary clothing, Datta mines and combines the shapes of the abaya, manteau, hanbok, hijab and caftan, with gestures of enveloping, layering and veiling.

Works available through  Experimenter

Represented by Experimenter Art Gallery

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