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{{short description|Indian-American painter (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox artist
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| caption = Kuzana Ogg in a studio, <br>[[Bakersfield]], [[California]], 2015
| birth_name = Kuzana Pandole
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|8|31}}
| birth_place = Bombay, India
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| education = [[SUNY Purchase]]
| field = [[Painting]]
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| movement = [[Abstract art|Abstract]]
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| website = {{URL|kuzanaogg.com}}
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'''Kuzana Ogg''' (born August 31, 1971) is an [[Indian Americans|Indian-American]] painter who lives in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuzana Ogg |url=http://freshpaintmagazine.com/kuzana-ogg/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807041359/http://freshpaintmagazine.com/kuzana-ogg/ |archive-date=7 August 2016 |access-date=23 October 2014 |website=Fresh Paint Magazine}}</ref> Kuzana's first solo museum exhibition was Oil at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art in 2014. A second solo followed shortly thereafter, Rev Zero at the [[Bakersfield Museum of Art]] in 2015.

==Early life and education==
Kuzana was born in [[Bombay]] in 1971.<ref name="K Contemporary">{{cite web |title=Kuzana Ogg |url=https://kcontemporaryart.com/artist/kuzana-ogg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309101703/https://kcontemporaryart.com/artist/kuzana-ogg |archive-date=9 March 2023 |access-date=3 November 2021 |website=K Contemporary}}</ref> A short while later, Kuzana and her younger sister joined their newly immigrated parents in England. Kuzana's education was in a series of boarding schools; Cornwall and Surrey in England, after that- Kodaikanal in the south of India. At the age of 10, Kuzana and her family moved to New York.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Her secondary education was completed at Catholic and public schools. In 1995, she graduated from SUNY Purchase. She spent six years living in Kyung Ju, South Korea; teaching English and learning Korean.<ref name=":0" /> She has participated in several residencies, the most recent in Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuzana Ogg |url=https://art.state.gov/personnel/kuzana_ogg/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603144626/https://art.state.gov/personnel/kuzana_ogg/ |archive-date=3 June 2023 |access-date=27 July 2016 |website=[[Art in Embassies Program|Art in US Embassies]] |publisher=[[US Department of State]]}}</ref>

==Work==
Using a tempered and deliberate palette, the "Yasna" paintings point to notions of boundary and organization. In works like “Abanegan” and “Maidyoshahem”, the patterned orbs are easily anthropomorphic, becoming stand-ins for humans. They are each sectioned off, corralled, constricted within a designated area. In many cases, the swelling organic forms spill out beyond their bounds, as if they are outgrowing the space, becoming too large to be confined in such rigid domain. The bulk of Ogg's abstract aesthetic consists of botanical forms, biological entities, urban geometry and bold pattern. Inspired and informed by her early years in India, the controlled tones and forms within her work serve the same purpose as the gardens and trees surrounding her grandparents’ home: to mediate the noise and bustle just beyond them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Estes |first=Sara |date=20 March 2016 |title=Early years in India inspire colorful paintings |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/life/arts/2016/03/20/early-years-india-inspire-colorful-paintings/81763064/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231018232544/https://www.tennessean.com/story/life/arts/2016/03/20/early-years-india-inspire-colorful-paintings/81763064/ |archive-date=18 October 2023 |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=[[The Tennessean]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

Kuzana lives in New Mexico<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Abatemarco |first=Michael |date=30 September 2022 |title=Exhibitionism |pages=39 |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |quote=Ogg relocated from India to New York with her family at age 10 and now lives in Santa Fe.}}</ref> with her husband. Kuzana's work revolves around images both botanical and biological in origin. These forms and colors take on new meaning when juxtaposed as a metaphor for the human experience.<ref>{{Cite web |last=cents |first=My two |date=24 April 2009 |title=Kuzana Ogg |url=http://hyphenatedspirit.blogspot.com/search?q=kuzana+ogg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309101703/https://hyphenatedspirit.blogspot.com/search?q=kuzana+ogg&submit.x=17&submit.y=10 |archive-date=9 March 2023 |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=Hyphenated Spirit}}</ref>

In 2012 her work was featured at LaGrange Art Museum, Georgia, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida, GVG Contemporary,<ref>{{Cite news |date=June–July 2012 |title=GVG Contemporary |pages=98 |work=Santa Fean Magazine |publisher=Bella Media Group |url=https://issuu.com/santafean/docs/santa_fean_june-july_2012_digital_edition_part_2/34 |access-date=18 October 2023 |via=[[Issuu]]}}</ref> and New Mexico and Williamsburg Art.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gandhi |first=Parinaz M. |date=21 May 2012 |title=Kuzana’s kaleidoscope |url=https://www.parsiana.com/current-issue/articles.aspx?id=mw5ukt0ofUk=&issue=200 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818212154/https://www.parsiana.com/current-issue/articles.aspx?id=mw5ukt0ofUk=&issue=200 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=Parsiana}}</ref> Kuzana exhibited her work at the [[San Luis Obispo Museum of Art|San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA)]] in 2014 and the Bakersfield Museum of Art (BMOA) in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gandhi |first=Parinaz |date=7 July 2015 |title="Beauty in the oil rig" |url=https://www.parsiana.com/current-issue/articles.aspx?id=IKA5WJgNezw=&issue=276 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406033045/https://www.parsiana.com/current-issue/articles.aspx?id=IKA5WJgNezw=&issue=276 |archive-date=6 April 2017 |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=Parsiana}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Ardis |date=8 April 2015 |title=Cocktails + Art = Lots of money for BMoA |work=TCA Regional News |publisher=[[Tribune Content Agency]] |location=Chicago}}</ref> In 2019 and 2020 she has had solo exhibitions at the K Contemporary gallery in Denver, Colorado.<ref name="MutualArt">{{cite web |title=Kuzana Ogg |url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Kuzana-Ogg/49A1F33359778FEF/Biography |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103004230/https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Kuzana-Ogg/49A1F33359778FEF/Biography |archive-date=3 November 2021 |access-date=3 November 2021 |website=[[MutualArt.com]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Film credits==
2016 TV series ''Bloodline'', produced by Netflix<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=1 June 2016 |title=Carolyn Barritt's work on Netflix' Bloodline |url=https://www.annarborartcenter.org/carolyn-barritt-on-bloodline/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530003711/https://www.annarborartcenter.org/carolyn-barritt-on-bloodline/ |archive-date=30 May 2023 |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=Ann Arbor Art Center |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.artnet.com/artists/kuzana-ogg/ images of Kuzana's work] on ArtNet

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GuillermoFenster at 03:14, 13 March 2026