Ranjit Kandalgaonkar’s artistic practice primarily comprises of a lens directed at the urban context of cities. Some of the works map vulnerability within redevelopment strategies of urbanisation or record timelines and ‘blind spots’ - alternate markers of a city that’s unravelling. Most of his long-term projects are research-intensive and attempt to unlock historical and contemporary data by placing the work in the context of an unseen social history. 

 

A study of combative histories of reclamation/ speculation and lost and endangered flora/fauna has led to projects such as '7 Isles unclaimed' and 'Isles Amidst Reclamation'. ‘Modelled Recycled Systems’ (a practice in parallel and ongoing) is a longue-durée project which records ship-breaking practices technologically and studies invisibility within global shipping infrastructures.                                

Awards & grants include Majlis Visual Arts Fellowship, U.D.R.I. Fellowship, The Leverhulme Trust Artist Residency, Harvard University SAI Artist Residency, The Wellcome Trust Seed Grant, BGSW Artist residency and a Wellcome Collections/Gasworks Artist Residency. His works have been showcased at Bergen Assembly ‘16, Colomboscope ’19, Savvy Contemporary, Art Jameel, 12 Gates  Arts, Gallery Ark, Bonniers Konsthall, Warehouse 421, S.a.L.E Docks, Hong-Gah Museum and B.G.S.W amongst others.