Jagdeep Raina

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Jagdeep Raina (b. 1991, Guelph, Ontario, Canada) has an interdisciplinary practice that spans textile, drawing, writing, ceramics, 35mm film and video animation, Jagdeep Raina utilizes the archive in order to explore historical memory. His multi-media practice seeks to identify the residue left behind by the human touch, and its restorative potential.

Raina 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 the Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris; Todd Madigan Art Gallery at California State University, Bakersfield; Libby Leshgold Gallery, Emily Carr University, Vancouver; Blaffer Art Museum, Houston; Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai; Museum of Contemporary Art; Textile Museum, Toronto; Soft Opening, London; (Midway Contemporary, Minneapolis; Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph; Cooper Cole, Toronto; Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton; Rubin Museum of Art, New York; RISD Museum of Art, Providence; Humber Galleries, Toronto; Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown; Camden Arts Centre, London (2016); and Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, amongst others.  His works can be found in the permanent collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Yale Center for British Art, Carleton University Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Guelph. Raina lives and works in Houston, Texas, USA.

Jagdeep Raina

Floral Coat

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Floral Coat, 2022

Mixed media on paper

J.R0279

50" X 63"
127cm X 160.02cm

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Quiet Kinships

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Quiet Kinships, 2022

Mixed media on paper

J.R0278

22" X 30"
55.88cm X 76.2cm

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The Garment of Shapes and Angles

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The Garment of Shapes and Angles, 2022

Mixed media on paper

J.R0233

31" X 23.5"
78.74cm X 59.69cm

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Silk Diamonds

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Silk Diamonds, 2022

Mixed media on paper

J.R0230

31" X 23.5"
78.74cm X 59.69cm

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We deserve to live

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We deserve to live, 2022

Embroidered tapestry

J.R0285

18" X 9"
45.72cm X 22.86cm

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Mrs Malhotra

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Mrs Malhotra, 2022

Embroidered tapestry

J.R0261

30" X 9"
76.2cm X 22.86cm

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Two Rivers

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Two Rivers, 2022

Embroidered tapestry

J.R0284

20" X 18"
50.8cm X 45.72cm

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The lost meadow

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The lost meadow, 2023

Embroidered tapestry

J.R0305

11.5" X 3"
29.21cm X 7.62cm

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Window by the sea

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Window by the sea, 2023

Embroidered tapestry

J.R0304

7" X 5"
17.78cm X 12.7cm

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She travels softly through the seven gates as her garden croons for her

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She travels softly through the seven gates as her garden croons for her, 2022

Silk and cotton embroidered tapestry

J.R0271

26" X 17"
66.04cm X 43.18cm

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Nargis

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Nargis, 2022

Embroidered tapestry, kashmiri embroidered sozni on natural dye muslin

J.R0258

7" X 6"
17.78cm X 15.24cm

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I Will Dream of Peace

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I Will Dream of Peace, 2022

Embroidered tapestry, kashmiri embroidered ambi on natural dye Muslin

J.R0259

14" X 11"
35.56cm X 27.94cm

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Lady of the Lake

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Lady of the Lake, 2022

J.R0260

17" X 9"
43.18cm X 22.86cm

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In This Lake of Bones

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In this lake of bones, 2022

Embroidered tapestry

J.R0257

26.5" X 10"
67.31cm X 25.4cm

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Protector

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Protector, 2022

Mixed media on paper

J.R0282

72" X 50.25"
182.88cm X 127.63cm

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Inheritance

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Inheritance, 2022

Mixed media on paper

J.R0281

50" X 58"
127cm X 147.32cm

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What She Told Me

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What She Told Me, 2022

Mixed media on paper

J.R0252

38.25" X 40"
97.15cm X 101.6cm

Everything Left Unsaid at the Libby Leshgold Gallery

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Everything Left Unsaid at the Libby Leshgold Gallery, 2023

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The Great Divide

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The Great Divide, 2022

Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border

J.R0149

76" X 27"
193.04cm X 68.58cm

Jagdeep Raina

Moon Garden Punjabi Birds

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Moon Garden Punjabi Birds, 2020

Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin

J.Raina0082

27" X 10"
68.58cm X 25.4cm

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Gorgeous Farmer

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Gorgeous Farmer, 2020

Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin

J.Raina0081

19" X 16"
48.26cm X 40.64cm

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Punjabi Pesticide Suicides

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Punjabi Pesticide Suicides, 2022

Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin

J.R0255

15" X 19"
38.1cm X 48.26cm

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These are corpses in the rivers of Punjab

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These are corpses in the rivers of Punjab, 2021

Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin

J.R0254

13" X 24"
33.02cm X 60.96cm

Jagdeep Raina

Let me taste purple silk monsoons in these Bathinda fields

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Let me taste purple silk monsoons in these Bathinda fields, 2020

Embroidered tapestry, sainchi phulkari border on muslin

J.Raina0083

18" X 20"
45.72cm X 50.8cm

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Chemical cotton hands

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Chemical cotton hands, 2020

Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin

J.Raina0079

16" X 7"
40.64cm X 17.78cm

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Blood Money

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Blood Money, 2020

Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin

J.Raina0078

18" X 20"
45.72cm X 50.8cm

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Delicate Grief

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Delicate Grief, 2020

Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin

J.Raina0080

14.5" X 5"
36.83cm X 12.7cm

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Remember how my grandmother spun her wooden charkha? Remember how she spun your soft, supple cotton into luxurious thread?

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Remember how my grandmother spun her wooden charkha? Remember how she spun your soft, supple cotton into luxurious thread?, 2020

Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border on muslin

J.Raina0084

22" X 24"
55.88cm X 60.96cm

Jagdeep Raina

Spirit in The Village Fields

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Spirit in The Village Fields, 2022

Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt

J.R0243

32.4" X 39"
82.3cm X 99.06cm

Jagdeep Raina

Those old roads

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Those old roads, 2022

Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt

J.R0246

31.4" X 39.4"
79.76cm X 100.08cm

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When i became immortal by the clay stove

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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

31" X 39.1"
78.74cm X 99.31cm

Jagdeep Raina

Say hello when you see me

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Say hello when you see me, 2022

Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt

J.R0245

31" X 39.1"
78.74cm X 99.31cm

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The only sound left

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The only sound left, 2022

Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt

J.R0247

32" X 39"
81.28cm X 99.06cm

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River Lovers

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River Lovers, 2022

Mixed media on paper, sewn with bordered fabric, batted, basted, binded into a quilt

J.R2042

31.6" X 40"
80.26cm X 101.6cm

Jagdeep Raina

I Will Love You Forever

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I Will Love You Forever, 2022

Graphite on paper

J.R0229

73" X 50"
185.42cm X 127cm

Jagdeep Raina

Villages Lives

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Village Lives, 2022

Graphite on paper

J.R0240

31" X 23.5"
78.74cm X 59.69cm

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Sickening Winged Eyeliner

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Sickening Winged Eyeliner, 2020

Mixed media on paper

J.R0052

26" X 40"
66.04cm X 101.6cm

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Shakila on the broadway

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Shakila on the broadway, 2020

Mixed media on paper and embroidery on silk

J.R0053

38" X 40"
96.52cm X 101.6cm

Jagdeep Raina

Shushmaji’s record collection at spice radio

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Shushmaji's record collection at spice radio, 2015

Mixed media on paper

J.R0047

50" X 60"
127cm X 152.4cm

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Soft Opening, Piccadilly Circus Station

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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

44" X 60"
111.76cm X 152.4cm

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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

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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

26" X 40"
66.04cm X 101.6cm

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Standing in front of you now, one wonders the sheer magnificance and grace in which you pioneered our history

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Standing in front of you now, one wonders the sheer magnificance and grace in which you pioneered our history, 2017

Mixed media on paper

30" X 22"
76.2cm X 55.88cm

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Factory Grind

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Factory grind, 2016

Mixed media

26" X 40"
66.04cm X 101.6cm

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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

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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

22" X 30"
55.88cm X 76.2cm

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Attentions mates! Why is our paki nationality not an outdated concept?

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Attentions mates! Why is our paki nationality not an outdated concept?, 2017

Mixed media on paper

22" X 30"
55.88cm X 76.2cm

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To stand there and smile

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To stand there and smile, 2016

Mixed media on paper

22" X 30"
55.88cm X 76.2cm

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Phiran

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Phiran, 2019

Embroidered tapestry and Punjabi phulkari border on muslin

20" X 18"
50.8cm X 45.72cm

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Paradise Lost

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Paradise Lost, 2019

Embroidered tapestry and Punjabi phulkari border on muslin

18" X 30"
45.72cm X 76.2cm