Artist Statement

"...we have forgotten how to dream..."

Kuch's work is about thoughts and feelings that are usually kept hidden. His artistic practice grew from a habit of documenting conversations and situations in sketchbook journals. Over time, he has extended this practice into painting, music-making, and creative technologies. He makes work as a form of personal healing and reconciliation.

His aesthetic draws inspiration from Symbolism, liminality, and hauntology, informed by his deep knowledge of psychotherapy and mental illness. He holds a first-class BA in Creative Arts and an MSc in Creative Technologies (Distinction), and is comfortable working across digital and non-digital media.

Kuch is a qualified psychiatrist who has a variety of clinical, managerial and educational roles. He is not currently practising as a doctor.

He was the founding director and lead workshop facilitator of the Open Minds Project, which is now The Suryan Collective. A not for profit organisation supporting LGBTQIA+ people with South Asian heritage in the UK.

Kuch is also known as Kuljit.

"...close your eyes - listen to the sound of your heart..."

Creative Experience

2025
Aspire Artist Development Program
Aspex Gallery Portsmouth

Featured Artist
Virtual Queer South Asian Art Showcase
QSA Space CIC

The Shape of Forgotten Things: A 4 Month Virtual Lab
Led by Chandan Gomes
Commissioned by Photo SouthAsia

Playing at Dying (poster: game design) &
Give Him a Hand (poster: interactive installation)
London Design Festival (Group Exhibition)
With Winchester School of Art

When I am Laid (film)
Axis Artists Film Festival - Queer Perspectives Category

Simulacrum (painting)
Summer Camp (Group Exhibition)
East Side Gallery, Birmingham

Fragile (printmaking) - Queer Joyz (film) - Our Hands (photography)
Curating Others (Group Exhibition)
Winchester School of Art Gallery

Breathe In (interactive installation)
MSc Creative Technologies Summer Showcase (Group Exhibition)
Winchester School of Art

2024
Psychedelic Mushrooms (sound)
'Mini-art commission' as part of Dan Auluk's Artist in Residence role with the University of Birmingham.

Proud (illustration)
LGBTQ+ Positive Voices (Group Exhibition)
Goldsmith Library, London

Art Exhibition: Critical Exchange Night
A Space Arts, Southampton.

2020
Pioneers (painting) & Palisade (digital illustration)
In Search Of A New World (Group Exhibition)
Southampton City Art Gallery

Workshops, Teaching and Public Speaking

2026
Visiting Tutor - Design for 3D Printing. Arts University Bournemouth.

2025
May - Panel Member for Taraki Conversation: Masculinity, Creativity and Mental Health. Live event in Southall, London.

2024
Jan - Workshop Series: Art as Self-Care – A 6 Week Online Course for LGBTQIA+ POC. The Open Minds Project.

Feb - Panel Guest: LGBTQ+ Pride. Pride Month, University of East London.

2023
Feb - Lecture: Dementia in Learning Disabilities. Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Feb - Art Lecturer: Medical Humanities Course. University of Southampton Medical School.

Mar - Panel Conversation: Sexual Wellbeing in Our Communities. LGBT Hero.

May - Lecture: Language, Identity and Belonging. JAAG Festival Birmingham.

May - Lecture: My experiences of doing an OCA degree – for foundation art students. Open College of the Arts.

Jun - Workshop: Solidarity, belonging and making space for contradiction – considering the successes and challenges of our community-based space. Outside/rs Conference, University of Sussex.

Aug - Lecture: Punjabi and Gay. YBS South Asian Heritage Month.

Sept - Guest Facilitator: Being LGBTQ+ and Punjabi. Taraki Mens Group.

2022
Feb - Art Lecturer: Medical Humanities Course. University of Southampton Medical School.

Mar - Lecture: Intersectionality and Psychiatry. Basingstoke Psychiatry Academic Meeting.

Apr - Lecture: My experiences of doing an OCA degree – for foundation art students. Open College of the Arts.

May - Panel Guest: Mental Health in Our Communities. LGBT Consortium Racial Justice Network.

Jul - Lecture: What is Well-Being Anyway? Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Wellfest Event.

Jul - Panel Guest: Finding Queer South Asian Voices in the Archive. The British Library.

Oct - Workshop: Intersectionality and the Value of Difference. Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.