Matthew Krishanu, born in Bradford, UK in 1980, is now based in London, UK.
Memories are at the center of Krishanu’s paintings, whose mother is of Indian descent and who spent his childhood in Bangladesh with his parents and brother. Drawing from family photo albums, Krishanu presents his childhood experiences into paintings in a direct and simple figurative manner, exploring the impact of race, religion, culture, art history, and other objective historical and social circumstances on the destiny of the individual and the family, as well as on the shaping of identity.