
Jagdeep Raina (b. 1991, Guelph, Ontario, Canada) is currently a Fellow at the Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and was previously a Paul Mellon Fellow at Yale University, a recipient of the 2020 Sobey Art Award, and a resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He received his BFA from Western University in 2013, his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016. He has exhibited internationally at Blaffer Art Museum, Houston (2021); Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai (2021); Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto (2021); Textile Museum, Toronto (2021); Soft Opening, London (2020); (Midway Contemporary, Minneapolis (2019); Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph (2019); Cooper Cole, Toronto (2019); Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton (2018); Rubin Museum of Art, New York (2018); RISD Museum of Art, Providence (2017); Humber Galleries, Toronto (2017); Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown (2017); Camden Arts Centre, London (2016); and Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston (2016). Raina lives and works in Houston, Texas, USA.
Jagdeep Raina
The Great Divide
The Great Divide, 2022
Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border
J.R0149
Jagdeep Raina
Moon garden punjabi birds
Moon garden punjabi birds, 2020
Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin
J.Raina0082
Jagdeep Raina
Gorgeous Farmer
Gorgeous Farmer, 2020
Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin
J.Raina0081
Jagdeep Raina
Punjabi pesticide suicides
Punjabi pesticide suicides, 2022
Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin
J.R0255
Jagdeep Raina
These are corpses in the rivers of Punjab
These are corpses in the rivers of Punjab, 2021
Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin
J.R0254
Jagdeep Raina
Let me taste purple silk monsoons in these Bathinda fields
Let me taste purple silk monsoons in these Bathinda fields, 2020
Embroidered tapestry, sainchi phulkari border on muslin
J.Raina0083
Jagdeep Raina
Chemical cotton hands
Chemical cotton hands, 2020
Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin
J.Raina0079
Jagdeep Raina
Blood Money
Blood Money, 2020
Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin
J.Raina0078
Jagdeep Raina
Delicate Grief
Delicate Grief, 2020
Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin
J.Raina0080
Jagdeep Raina
Remember how my grandmother spun her wooden charkha? Remember how she spun your soft, supple cotton into luxurious thread?
Remember how my grandmother spun her wooden charkha? Remember how she spun your soft, supple cotton into luxurious thread?, 2022
Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin
J.Raina0084
Jagdeep Raina
Spirit in The Village Fields
Spirit in The Village Fields, 2022
Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt
J.R0243
Jagdeep Raina
Those old roads
Those old roads, 2022
Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt
J.R0246
Jagdeep Raina
When i became immortal by the clay stove
When i became immortal by the clay stove, 2022
Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt
J.R0244
Jagdeep Raina
Say hello when you see me
Say hello when you see me, 2022
Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt
J.R0245
Jagdeep Raina
The only sound left
The only sound left, 2022
Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt
J.R0247
Jagdeep Raina
River Lovers
River Lovers, 2022
Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt
J.R2042
Jagdeep Raina
I Will Love You Forever
I Will Love You Forever, 2022
Graphite on paper
J.R0229
Jagdeep Raina
Villages Lives
Village Lives, 2022
Graphite on paper
J.R0240
Jagdeep Raina
Kashmiri Birds
Kashmiri Birds, 2020
Cotton and silk thread, muslin, natural hand dyed cotton fabric
J.R0060
Jagdeep Raina
Inderjeet, stay with her
Inderjeet, stay with her, 2020
Cotton and silk thread, muslin, natural hand dyed cotton fabric
J.R0058
Jagdeep Raina
Sickening Winged Eyeliner
Sickening Winged Eyeliner, 2020
Mixed media on paper
J.R0052
Jagdeep Raina
Khalsa queers
Khalsa queers, 2021
Mixed media on paper, sewn fabric quilt
J.R0069
Jagdeep Raina
Shakila on the broadway
Shakila on the broadway, 2020
Mixed media on paper and embroidery on silk
J.R0053
Jagdeep Raina
Shushmaji’s record collection at spice radio
Shushmaji's record collection at spice radio, 2015
Mixed media on paper
J.R0047
Jagdeep Raina
Arora archive
Arora archive, 2015
Mixed media on paper
J.Raina0030
Jagdeep Raina
Teamwork
Teamwork, 2015
Mixed media on paper
J.Raina0046
Jagdeep Raina
Desi Punjabi Songs for Lovers
Desi Punjabi Songs for Lovers, 2015
Mixed media on paper
J.Raina0044
Jagdeep Raina
You reappear again
You reappear again, 2015
Mixed media on paper
J.Raina0048
Jagdeep Raina
Soft Opening, Piccadilly Circus Station
Jabeen's face darkened, as whispers of imperialism slipped from her mouth, and then the screen faded to black...where are we going?, 2017
Mixed Media on Paper
Jagdeep Raina
Filthy Imperial Glory
Filthy Imperial Glory, 2021
Andan embroidered tapestry
J.R0066
Jagdeep Raina
And I’m standing here in awe, tasting the labour, this hardfelt labour to allow us to see the beauty of your ecological Mississauga-Punjabi baghs humbly grow Part II
And I’m standing here in awe, tasting the labour, this hardfelt labour to allow us to see the beauty of your ecological Mississauga-Punjabi baghs humbly grow Part II, 2019
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
Standing in front of you now, one wonders the sheer magnificance and grace in which you pioneered our history
Standing in front of you now, one wonders the sheer magnificance and grace in which you pioneered our history, 2017
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
My love letter to the four of you. From slade to southall pulling back the majestic illusion of central London to uncover a corporate spread of oligarchy and loss, and the journey of truth and unconditional love the outskirts can provide
My love letter to the four of you. From slade to southall pulling back the majestic illusion of central London to uncover a corporate spread of oligarchy and loss, and the journey of truth and unconditional love the outskirts can provide, 2017
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
Dancing to make room for the truth
Dancing to make room for the truth, 2017
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
The terraced streets of Glasgow: driving past
The terraced streets of Glasgow: driving past, 2016
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
The terraced streets of Glasgow: driving past (2)
The terraced streets of Glasgow: driving past (2), 2016
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
The terraced streets of Glasgow: Jabeen’s home in this moment
The terraced streets of Glasgow: Jabeen's home in this moment, 2016
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
Factory Grind
Factory grind, 2016
Mixed media
Jagdeep Raina
Dear Kala Preet, you heart-wrenchingly poured your heart out for us. From girls on their bikes in 1988 to young youth in 2016, you are still here
Dear Kala Preet, you heart-wrenchingly poured your heart out for us. From girls on their bikes in 1988 to young youth in 2016, you are still here, 2016
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
Attentions mates! Why is our paki nationality not an outdated concept?
Attentions mates! Why is our paki nationality not an outdated concept?, 2017
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
To stand there and smile
To stand there and smile, 2016
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
The guitar solemnly strung, and life on the Broadway went on
The guitar solemnly strung, and life on the Broadway went on, 2016
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
A tangible expression (Part 2)
A tangible expression (Part 2), 2017
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
A tangible expression (Part 1)
A tangible expression (Part 1), 2017
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
My mother and my chachis beautiful solidarity
My mother and my chachis beautiful solidarity, 2019
Embroidered tapestry and Punjabi phulkari border on muslin
Jagdeep Raina
I promise
I promise, 2019
Embroidered tapestry and Punjabi phulkari border on muslin
Jagdeep Raina
Everything I wish you had told me
Everything I wish you had told me, 2019
Mixed media on paper
Jagdeep Raina
You migrate, we migrate, you displace, we displace
You migrate, we migrate, you displace, we displace, 2019
Mixed media on paper