Praneet Soi: Documenting Labor and Memory Praneet Soi (b. 1971) was born in Kolkata, India, amidst a burgeoning artistic landscape shaped by influences from both Western modernism and Indian traditions. He pursued his formal education diligently, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Painting at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1994 and subsequently completing his Master's degree in Fine Arts there in 1996. This grounding in academic rigor would prove invaluable as he embarked on a journey to Amsterdam in 2002, where he enrolled at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten—a pivotal step th…