Ranjit Balmuchu | Artist at Mondoir

Ranjit Balmuchu is a painter, illustrator, and designer whose practice is situated within contemporary abstract landscape painting. He brings a strong architectural foundation from CEPT, Ahmedabad (India), which enhances his structural approach to design. With over eighteen years of professional experience, his work examines the shifting relationships between space, form, and perception through a synthesis of design precision and painterly abstraction. His paintings construct imagined terrains composed of folded planes, drifting grounds, and layered perspectives that destabilise conventional notions of landscape. In recent works, geometric cubes function as recurring structural elements, introducing points of tension and containment within otherwise fluid, gravity-defying spatial fields. Through sustained experimentation with spatial ambiguity, material interaction, and visual rhythm, Balmuchu’s practice resists fixed narratives, instead proposing landscapes as conceptual sites of transition. His work invites slow viewing, where meaning emerges through the interplay of presence, absence, and spatial uncertainty. Awards: Biafarin Award – 2025 Recognised for artistic excellence on the international Biafarin contemporary art platform. Selected Exhibitions: Kaarigari Foundation – Byte Meets Brush 5.0 (2025) Online Group Painting Exhibition; selected among participating artists.