Prem Krishnamurthy
German-American designer
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Prem Krishnamurthy (born 1977) is a designer, curator, teacher, and writer based in Berlin and New York City.[1] He is a partner in the multidisciplinary design studio Wkshps.[2] In 2015, Krishnamurthy was awarded Cooper Hewitt’s National Design Award for Communication Design.[3]
Career
Krishnamurthy has participated in a number of curatorial projects. He is co-artistic director of FRONT International 2021, the Cleveland triennial of contemporary art.[4] From 2015–2018, he was a member of the creative team for the 57th Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.[5] He served as co-artistic director of the inaugural Fikra Graphic Design Biennial, Ministry of Graphic Design (2018, Sharjah, UAE), and co-curator of the 13th A.I.R. Biennial, Let’s try listening again (2018).[6][7] He has also organized exhibitions at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, The Jewish Museum (New York), Para Site (Hong Kong), the Canadian Centre for Architecture,[8] and Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University London.[9][10][11][12][13] In 2012, he established P!, a critically acclaimed “Mom-and-Pop-Kunsthalle” originally located in New York's Chinatown.[14]
Previously, Krishnamurthy was co-founder of the design studio Project Projects.[15] He has received grants and fellowships from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and KW Institute for Contemporary Art.[16][17][18] He has taught at a number of art, design, and curatorial programs worldwide, including Barnard College, Rhode Island School of Design, and Parsons School of Design.[19][20][21] In 2019, Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies acquired his archives from 1997 to 2017.[22]
Krishnamurthy has published widely, including his experimental book entitled P!DF.[23] He is associate editor of Paper Monument, a non-profit art press, and co-editor of the book Speculation, Now.[24][25] Krishnamurthy is also a former board member of the non-profit magazine Triple Canopy and Vera List Center for Art and Politics.[26][27]