Charan Singh's (MFA, UCA) (PhD, RCA) research-based practice is informed by his close involvement with HIV/AIDS work and ‘queer’ community activism in India. He uses the mediums of photography, video and text to explore his 'pre-English language' gay life to understand how language shapes queer landscapes, politics of representation and legitimacies of a queer history in India. He has exhibited at New Art Gallery, Walsall; The Art House, Wakefield; New Art Exchange, Nottingham. Recently he curated a retrospective of Sunil Gupta’s work in Love and Light: A Site of Infinite Possibilities, Chennai Photo Biennale, 2025.

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