Paras Vijan’s work begins as a reflection on contemporary society and personal experience, and evolves through deep research. Working mostly in photography and sculpture, Vijan’s installations focus on postcolonial South Asia, particularly, orchestrated historical events and their lasting effects. He is drawn to exploring extreme postcolonial subcultures of the 21st century, their neoliberal foundations, and their impact on contemporary life. His work probes conflicts emerging out of shifts in technology, time, and political ideology.
Paras Vijan (born in 1994 in New Delhi, India, and currently based in Montréal, Canada) is an artist working primarily with research-based methods in photography and sculpture. He holds an MFA (2025) and BFA (2020) from Concordia University, and has recently exhibited work in solo and group shows at Galerie Eli Kerr and the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery. He is the recipient of the Photography Program Special Research Award (2025), the Concordia Merit Scholarship (2022), the Concordia International Tuition Award of Excellence (2022), and the Concordia Fine Arts Scholarship (2022). In 2023 he was an artist-in-residence at Celine Bureau artist-run centre.
