As part of Birmingham City Council’s Arts Champion Scheme, Ikon Gallery worked with Erdington Town Centre Partnership to present the work of Indian artist Sundaribai.  Shown in the UK for the first time at Ikon Gallery in summer 2003, the exhibition in unit 18, Central Square included of a series of wall mounted clay panels.

Sundaribai lives and works in Sirkotanga, a village in the Bihar region, west of Calcutta. With no formal training she learnt her practice from her mother – a symbolic style which conveys the nature of everyday life in South Asia.  The works take inspiration from Indian folklore, religious festivals and everyday village life.