In my work, feelings of alienation and marginality intersect with the positivity of the diasporan experience. I create alternative stories relating to objects I collect. These objects have a history, they are part of a culture that has discarded them. Their selection provides a key to exploring one's identity by mirroring and self evaluation, 'you are what you keep'.

Collecting introducing meaning, order, boundaries, coherence and reason into what is essentially disparate, confused and threatening. New possibilities are created through these collections reflecting on present surroundings with distant, yet significant childhood experiences in mind.

Qualifications and training

1999 Masters Degree, Fine Art, Cardiff Institute, University of Wales, Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales
Solo exhibitions
2008 Memories from Home, Citygate, St Clements, Oxford

Group exhibitions

2009 'Frontiere', Art-in-Situ, Atellier Bell, Drome, France
2008 Within Walls, Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
2007 Umfeld<->Inwelt, Fraunmuseum, Bonn, Germany
2006 'Flight', Sroud House Gallery, Stroud
2006 Quest:The Artist as Pilgrim, Ovada Gallery, Oxford

Curated projects

2009 Exhibition, Jam:Cultural Congestions in Contemporary Art, South Hill Park, Art Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire

Residencies

2009 Gosford Hill School, Commissioned by Kids@rt, educational charity, Oxford
2008 Eynsham Primary School, Commissioned by Kids@rt, educational charity, Oxford
2007 'Stories, Memories and Concepts', residency with Art-in-Situ, La Tour de Crest (prison tower), Crest, Southern France
Public commissions
2007 In-tent-city, commissioned to work with culturally diverse community groups to create a tent using discarded objects, South Parks, Oxford
2007 Public Art Mentoring Commission, East Oxford Health Centre, Oxford

Competitions, prizes and awards

2007 Grants for Arts Award, Arts Council England, For residency in France and Exhibition in UK, La Tour de Crest, France and Oxfordshire Museum, UK
2006 'Re-worked', Washington Gallery, Cardiff

View more at www.madiacharya-baskerville.org and  www.axisweb.org/artist/madiacharyabaskerville