Prateek Vijan (*1991) lives and works in Berlin. The starting point of his artistic practice is his personal history, which he understands and reflects upon as a web of political, bureaucratic, and societal influences. At the center of his work are the arbitrary claims to ownership made by colonial powers, their entrenchment in society, and their ongoing presence within institutions and their colonial historical structures. Vijan studied in New Delhi and Hamburg. He has received several scholarships, including the working grant for visual arts from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. His works have been exhibited primarily in Germany, most recently at the Kunstverein in Hamburg, at Neue Kunst in Hamburg and in the fellows’ exhibition at the Falckenberg Collection in 2024 and in Proof of Stake at the Kunstverein in Hamburg in 2021.