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Hanz Koontz Art and Social Systems

Ranjit Singh was born in Birmingham in 1967 - Studied BA in Fine Art at Birmingham City University (Bournville School of art) from 1994 to 1998.

Singh incorporates pseudonyms to ensure economic, racial and formal/artistic autonomy, his subject matter explores socio-economic/political influences on the human condition, with an interest in dysfunctional systems and conflict. Singh's work investigates and challenges normality, unravelling the conditioned perception we have of our structured environment.

Stating: “My art is about the human condition and everything it encapsulates and at the same time maintaining normality and what the public perceives as traditional in fine art".

The artists experiences have in part influenced the direction of his practice - social patterns that maintain inequalities, recognising at an early age that education is a forme of contained de education Singh spent time in various state instructions, in what he explains as a “Controlled set experiences recorded at the time in the form of text and other material” he goes on to explain “Being an Asian Indian, Mohican - punk in the late 70s created a social-cultural conflict, These experiences in part function to inform the artist within his practice.

Soon after graduating in 1998 Singh started exploring alternative venues for public engagement, with social consciousness at the core of his objectives, Singh identified a space within a council tower block for a series of exhibitions. (Ingoldsby Estate Northfield Birmingham). Singh believes art has to be socially inclusive and must challenge to progress.

Ranjit's work has progressed to incorporate the use of technology developing an easily distributable format stating: “My aim is to develop an art format that can engage a wide audience”. The works have developed to have a dual function one of engagement via the Internet and derivative prints that can function in an alternative environment.

Exhibitions

Testing theories and stereotypes Barcelona

Exploration of racial stereotypes

Performance

Testing theories and stereotypes New York

Exploration of socioeconomic stereotypes

Testing theories and stereotypes Paris

Exploration of socioeconomic/racial stereotypes

1996

1998

1997

Invited artists

Stealing by Finding by Frank MacAleese 1/3/99 - 8/3/99

Article 69 (1) by Frank MacAleese 8/3/99 - 15/3/99

Article 69 (2) by Frank MacAleese 24/1/00-29/1/00

Article 69 (3) by Frank MacAleese 31/1/00-11/2/00

Untitled Painting by Barbara Walker 11/7/00-15/7/00

Ingoldsby Estate Community arts Project Birmingham ( Solo exhibitions )

Cleansing to a Brilliant White

Desmond Tate

Surplus Workers. (From Conflict and Consciousness)

Working Class Crime / Corporate Crime.

Untitled (beans) (From Conflict and Consciousness)

Desmond Tate (Painting)

Maintaining Underdevelopment

Designed in Germany Made in China

Working Class Crime/Corporate Crime. Northfield Library Birmingham

1999

641 Youth House Birmingham ( Solo exhibitions )

Working Class Crime / Corporate Crime.

Designed in Germany Made in China

Untitled (beans) (From Conflict and Consciousness)

Charles Archie (video)

1999

(Big Peg) Birmingham Solo

Untitled (Big Peg) Birmingham 1996

Central Collective

(Group exhibition and lecture program) Roundhouse Gallery

Birmingham

Ranjid Sohota Desmond Tate Charles Archie

1999

641 Youth House Birmingham ( Solo exhibitions )

Cleansing to a Brilliant white

Maintaining Underdevelopment

2000

Masefield Square Community Centre Birmingham

Designed in Germany Made in China

Working Class Crime / Corporate Crime.

1999

Pulverised by Propaganda Series No 004

Let Me Liberate You Series No 001

2012

Hanz Koontz / R Sahota – Drawing / Architectonics

Architectonics Interactive

Re-distribution of knowledge concept

Reconditioned concept

Architectonics

Missing in Action (Birmingham)

2009

2011

2008

2004

2003

Online accessible art [ongoing]

American Intelligence fail 01

2013

Angry Jesus

2013

Out Of Sync. ( Through the eyes of R. Sohota ) Performance

Public house (The Old Angel) Nottingham

Night club (Last Weekend) Nottingham

Surplus Workers. Northfield Job Centre Birmingham UK

1999

Designed in Germany Made in China

(S) Bahn (U) Bahn Berlin

Out Of Sync. sculpture/performance Public house Pustublume

Martin Luther Str/Meininger Str) Berlin

Beyond the Point of Restriction (Tegel airport) Berlin 24/3/99

1999

BitTorrent art distribution

Damien Hirst visual critique BY HANZ KOONTZ exe Torrent

Birmingham Queer Open, title: Pulverized by Propaganda

Hanz Koontz: Birmingham

Big Peg: Vyse Street, Jewellery Quarter

Curzon Street Station: Eastside, Digberth

Wynner House: Bromsgrove Street

2009

Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver

Ikon Gallery Birmingham

Spike Island Bristol

The New Art Gallery Walsall

Modern Art Oxford

Nottingham Contemporary

blocked

2014 Ongoing

Social Manipulation 2016 - 17

A Case for Nonsense 2016