Parag Tandel (b. 1978), is a Mumbai-based artist with a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Sculpture from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda (2005) and a Diploma in sculpture and modeling from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai (2003).
Tandel’s solo exhibitions include Archipelagic Archivist, curated by Shaunak Mahbubani, TARQ, Mumbai (2023); Autopolisphilia, curated by Noopur Desai, Sudarshan art gallery, Pune (2018); Chronicle, TARQ, Mumbai (2016); and Pregnant Room 1 and Pregnant Room 2, both showcased at Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2008 and 2010 respectively.
Tandel’s work HOW TO COOK ‘BOMBAY’ DUCK IN VARIOUS WAYS? was exhibited as an outdoor installation at India Art Fair, Delhi, represented by TARQ, in 2023.
He has also been part of various group shows across India including the second edition of the Indian Ceramics Triennale, Arthshila (2024); Critical Zones: In Search of a Common Ground, Goethe Institut, Mumbai and Kolkata (2022); New Natures: A Terrible Beauty is Born, curated by Ravi Agarwal, Goethe Institut, Mumbai (2022); All Canaries Bear Watching, curated by Premjish Achari, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2022); Fragile Kinships, curated by Shaunak Mahbubani, the Swiss Embassy, New Delhi (2018); Baroda March, Mumbai (2015); Small is Beautiful, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai (2012); The Art of Drawing, The Guild, Mumbai (2011); and AvaGard, Threshold Art Gallery, Delhi (2009) among others.
Some of his public art projects include Vitamin-Sea, Mumbai Urban Art Festival, Mumbai (2022-2023); Tandel Fund of Archives, pop-up museum of fisherfolk, Mumbai (2020 and 2019); (En)counters- Daily Rations Public art project, curated by Artoxygen, Breathing art works, Mumbai (2017); Geographies of consumptions, Mumbai (2015); Big Catch, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai (2012); and Sandarbh, Rajasthan (2011). Tandel has been a recipient of the Jhunjhunwala Scholarship Award (2003); Maharashtra State Art Award (2003); and All India Art and Craft Society State Award (2003). Additionally, he has participated in residencies at The Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taiwan (2018), Piramal Art Residency (2017), Space 118 (2015), Mumbai and in Partapur, Rajasthan.
He currently lives and works in Thane, Mumbai.