Nathaniel Gaskell

Background

About Nathaniel Gaskell

After studying fine art at the Arts University Bournemouth, I took a masters degree in Cultural Studies at the London Consortium (a collaborative programme of the Architectural Association, Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Science Museum and the Tate Gallery). I began my professional career with Eric Franck Fine Art in London, before working as a photo archivist for Source Photographica in Melbourne, Australia. Moving to India in 2010, I worked for the Tasveer Art Gallery, where I established its international programme and led the gallery for five years as a Partner and Director. With Abhishek Poddar I am a co-founder of the Museum of Art & Photography in Bengaluru, one of the first private major art museums in the country, and subsequently set up its online educational arm, the MAP Academy. I remain closely involved with both projects. As an editor and author, I have worked on research and publication projects on the subject of South Asian and South East Asian art and culture, including Photography in India: A Visual History From the 1850s to the Present (Prestel), which I co-authored with Dr Diva Gujral; Hikari: Contemporary Photography from Japan (Japan Foundation); Derry Moore: In the Shadow of the Raj (Prestel/ Random House); William Dalrymple: The Historian’s Eye (HarperCollins); Maharanis: Women from Royal India (MAPIN); and Goh Beng Kwan: Nervous City (authored by Joleen Loh),(National Gallery Singapore). My edited monograph on the Indian artist, Jyoti Bhatt, Time, and Time again, is being published by the Museum of Art & Photography in 2022. I served on the board of the Museum of Art & Photography (2018–2021), as a jury member for the TFA photography prize (2015–18) and the Sienna Awards (2021), a nominator for the Kyoto Art Prize (2019), the Pix Pictet Award (2017–21) and the Sundaram-Shergill grant for photography (2021). Born in London, I am now based in Singapore.