Hardeep Pandhal Elf Portrait (Paid The Cost To Be My Boss) Year 2023 Medium Ink and acrylic on paper Dimensions 42 x 29.7 cm Top pick Selected by Roger Malbert, curator & writer About the work My artwork comes from a parallel fantasy world I am building that explores social issues in reality, such as historical violence, as well as art history. This study depicts me as a spectral elven head with a castle sprouting at the top that is encountered by a small figure with a horse at the site of a broken bridge. Date and country of birth 1985, GB Career Highlights Hardeep Pandhal has shown work in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including Midlands Art Centre (MAC), Birmingham (2025, forthcoming) and British Art Show 9 (2021 – 2022). Pandhal was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2013, shortlisted for the Jarman Award in 2018 and received the Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists in 2021. His work is in numerous collections, including those of the Arts Council, the British Council and the Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow.