Paul Purgas

Paul Purgas is a UK-based artist and musician working with sound, performance, and installation. His research explores the interwoven histories of design, music, and spiritual philosophy, with a focus on the cultural exchanges between Eastern and Western modernisms. Paul has developed several documentaries for BBC Radio including Electronic India (2020) and Krishnamurti in England (2023), and he is the editor of the essay collection Subcontinental Synthesis (Strange Attractor/MIT Press 2024). Recent multimedia exhibitions include In the Temple of the Earth (Southwark Park Galleries, 2024) and We Found Our Own Reality (CTM/Transmediale 2023). He is represented by Niru Ratnam Gallery in London.