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{{Short description|Indian photographer and documentary maker (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Randeep Maddoke
| image = File:Randeep_Maddoke.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Randeep Singh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1977|01|10}}
| birth_place = Maddoke, Punjab, India
| native_name_lang = Punjabi
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse =
| mother =
| father = Bagh Singh
| relations =
| known_for = [[Photography]], [[Photojournalism]]
| alma_mater = [[Government College of Arts, Chandigarh]]
| movement =
| notable_works = [[Landless]] (Documentary Film)<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: 'Landless' Disrupts the Popular Understanding of Caste and Land Relations |url=https://thewire.in/film/review-landless-disrupts-the-popular-understanding-of-caste-and-land-relations |website=The Wire}}</ref>
| awards =
| patrons = Zindabad Trust, Punjab Lalit Kala Academy
| module =
}}

'''Randeep Maddoke''' is a [[Punjab]]-based concept photographer and [[Documentary film|documentary]] [[filmmaker]], born and raised in the village [[Maddoke]], [[Moga, Punjab|Moga (Punjab)]]. Randeep, an activist turned photographer, is known for his focus on the pains of the marginalised sections of society which are constantly subject to a systematic social exclusion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://cafedissensus.com/2017/04/15/a-photographers-world-the-art-of-randeep-maddoke/|title=A Photographer's World: The Art of Randeep Maddoke|date=2017-04-15|website=Café Dissensus|language=en|access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref>

He completed his studies from [[Government College of Arts, Chandigarh]] with specialization in [[Printmaking|Graphics (Printmaking)]]. He documented the class struggle of [[Dalit]]s in [[Punjab]], [[Haryana]], and [[Tamil Nadu]] to study the practice and effects of caste.<ref name=":3" /> In 2008 he went to Nepal to document the making of the democratic Republic out of the [[Monarchy of Nepal|monarchical Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://countercurrents.org/2017/09/09/the-dera-sacha-sauda-followers-and-the-civil-society/|title=The Dera Sacha Sauda Followers And The Civil Society|first=K. Sheshu|last=Babu|date=2017-09-09|website=Countercurrents|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> There too he located the threads of [[casteism]] and the resistance thereof.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20150302-lifes-full-circle-on-35mm-817610-2015-02-20|title=Life's full circle on 35mm|author=Sukant Deepak |date=February 20, 2015 |magazine=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> He made a documentary film ''[[Landless]]'' about caste based discrimination, communal violence in Punjab.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/return-of-the-native-5618821/|title=Return of the Native|date=2019-03-10|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.justicenews.co.in/landless-a-film-on-punjabs-dalit-farmers-gives-the-community-a-voice-that-statisticians-often-fail-to/|title=Landless: A film on Punjab's Dalit farmers gives the community a voice that statisticians often fail to|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>

==Life==

===Early life ===
Randeep has grown up in a [[Dalit]] Landless family of village [[Maddoke]], in [[Moga, Punjab|Moga]] district of Punjab, where he started drawing and sending these artworks to the literary and art festivals organized by radical left groups. Here he got appreciation and encouragement that drove him to work more in the art field. As an activist Randeep traveled by bicycle from village to village to organize meetings on agricultural labor and farmers’ rights. He also joined a theatre group. He could only study up to class 12 due to poor financial conditions of his family. Having quit the further studies in 2004,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/landless-a-film-on-punjabs-dalit-farmers-gives-the-community-a-voice-that-statisticians-often-fail-to-6395421.html|title=Landless: A film on Punjab's Dalit farmers gives the community a voice that statisticians often fail to|date=2019-04-08|website=Firstpost|language=en|access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> he did what most of the boys with similar family backgrounds did -working as an agriculture laborer, daily wager in town or as a wall-painter in house construction.<ref name=":0" />

===Education and work ===
Despite the struggle to earn a living he kept on looking for avenues to express through art. Over a period of time, Randeep found an advertisement in a newspaper about admission into the Government College of Arts, Chandigarh.<ref name=":2" /> At the age of thirty and an eight years into union activism, he decided to appear in the entrance examination and eventually he got admission in this institution. To continue his studies in this college he sold a part of the land from his family property. Thus he began his study in BFA with Graphic Print course from the given options and he chose photography as an additional subject. To practice photography he borrowed a camera from an activist friend.<ref name=":0" /> Spent four years in this institute finally, he graduated from the college. During this, he realised that his main interest was in photography. So he decided to go ahead with photography as a profession as well as a way to express his ideas. He got a job as Photojournalist in ''Haryana Review''<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Singh|first=Randeep|date=March 2012|title=Haryana Review|url=http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/HR_Review_March_2012.pdf|journal=Haryana Review|volume=26|pages=60|access-date=30 March 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330172532/http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/HR_Review_March_2012.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> (under Public Relations & Information Department, State Government of Haryana), Chandigarh (April 2008 to April 2014). In 2010, Randeep made a short documentary film ‘Meri Pehchan’ produced by Directorate of Census Operations, Government of Haryana, (18 minutes).<ref name=":1" />

== Filmography ==
*''Meri Pehchan'' (2010) (documentary)
*''Landless'' (documentary)

== Awards ==

*2007 First prize in Photography Exhibition ‘Chandigarh in April’ Organized by Chandigarh Tourism.<ref>{{cite journal |title=PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION ON THE THEME "CHANDIGARH IN APRIL" |url=http://admser.chd.nic.in/uploadfiles/press/pressnote/pr1619.pdf}}</ref>
*2011 Group show on ‘World Photography Day’ at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh.
*2012 Annual Art Exhibition Award, Chandigarh [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] (State Fine Art Academy), Chandigarh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/chandigarh/Chandigarh-Lalit-Kala-Akademi-rewards-artistic-talent-at-Annual-Art-Exhibition-2012/articleshow/17965169.cms|title=Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi rewards artistic talent at Annual Art Exhibition 2012 - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref>

== Exhibitions ==
*2009 Group show ‘Jugnu Mela’ organized by People for Animals(PFA) at Taj Chandigarh.
*2014 A solo exhibition ‘Sculpted Moments’ at [[Alliance Française de Chandigarh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chandigarh.afindia.org/events/instants-sculptes-sculptured-moments-photo-exhibition-by-randeep-singh/|title=Instants sculptés / Sculpted moments – Photo Exhibition by Randeep Singh {{!}} Alliance Francaise de Chandigarh|last1=Ch|first1=Alliance Française|last2=igarh|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141114/ttlife.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - The Tribune Lifestyle|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref>
*2015 Digital Display in International Exposure Awards held in Paris, France.
*2014 A solo exhibition ‘Chandigarh Through my Heart’ at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh.
*2012 Group show ‘Untitled’ at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh.
*2011 Group show on ‘World Photography Day’ at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh.
*2009 A solo exhibition ‘Chandigarh Through My Heart’ at Alliance Française de Chandigarh.
*2006 Exhibition as a member of International Artist's Group ‘Flux Asia’ held at Fine Art Museum, Punjab University, Chandigarh.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061206/cth2.htm#2 |work=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref>

== Fellowships ==
*2011 Awarded Junior Fellowship to Outstanding Person in the Field of Culture for the project titled "Known and Unknown Landmarks of Punjab" by Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi.<ref>{{cite journal |title= List of Selected Candidates for the Award of Junior and Senior Fellowships for 2011-12 |url=https://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/Schemes/fellowship%202011-12.pdf}}</ref>
*2013 Awarded Sohan Qadri Fellowship for the photography project titled "Paradox of Prosperity" by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi (State fine art academy), Chandigarh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-chandigarh-city/20130117/281758446648644|title=City's artists win Lalit Kala Akademi fellowship|via=PressReader|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref>
*2019 Awarded grant by Zindabad Trust for Documentary film titled "Landless", New Delhi.

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