A Reading Path Down a Rabbit Hole: Arun Kumar HG
Selected conversations, interviews and profiles with sculpture and installation artist Arun Kumar HG, from the Western Ghats of Karnataka.
Profiles and interviews
- Every material has a history: Arunkumar HG (Shireen Quadri, The Punch Magazine, July 31, 2018)
- This Artist Turns Waste into Powerful Climate Messages | Arunkumar HG on Art & India’s Future (Celebrating Arts with Shailaja, May 22, 2025 (45 min))
- One on One — Art as Matter | Arunkumar H G & Sumedh Rajendran in conversation with Ina Puri (Gallery Ragini, December 9, 2025 (38 min))
- The Art of Imagination and Innovation | TEDxCambridgeSchoolSrinivaspuri (TEDx Talks, December 13, 2024 (20 min))
Quotes & images
Kumar HG’s work was featured on Kuch Hai. These curated interviews and talks trace his artistic process — his choice of materials, and the ecology that drives the work.
At the Punch Magazine he discusses Sustainable Alternative for Rural Accord (SARA), the ecology residency he founded, and how he chooses a form or medium for new work. In his TEDx talk he lays out the approach to reusing discarded waste materials that sits at the base of his practice.