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Born 1977, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Education
2004 Master of Fine Arts, (Painting), College of Art, New Delhi.
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts, (Painting), College of Art, New Delhi.
Awards and Achievements
2004-5 National Award for Painting, Lalit Kala Akademi
(National Academy of Art, India) Ministry of Culture. Government of India.
2004 Gold Medalist Delhi University for MFA, College of Art,
New Delhi.
2004 National Scholarship, Ministry of Culture, India.
2003 Ravi Jain Memorial Fellowship Award, Dhoomimal Gallery,
New Delhi.
2000 Scholarship Award, College of Art, New Delhi.
2000 National Finalist, Nokia Asia-Pacific Arts Award.
1999 Principal’s Award for outstanding academic achievement, College of Art, New Delhi.
Artist Residencies/Studio based Programs
2006-7 Tate Modern, London.
2006 Khoj International Artists Organization,
New Delhi.
2001-2 Atelier 2221, Printmaking and Edition Studio.
Solo exhibitions
2008: ‘Urban Biomorphic’, curated by Dr Alka Pande, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Selected Participations
2008: ‘The Second Sex: India’, (UPCOMING), Three-person exhibition, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hongkong.
2008: ‘SH Contemporary 08’, International Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai 2008.
2008: ‘Emerging Directions’ by Apparao Galleries in France.
2008: ‘Beyond Boundaries’, The gallery in Cork Street, Mayfair, London.
2008: ‘Live Wire’, Visual Arts Centre, Hongkong.
2008: ‘World One Minutes’, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China. In collaboration with The One Minute Foundation, The Netherlands.
2008: ‘Millennium Turks: Envisaging Contemporary India’, curated by Bhavna Kakar, Trident Hilton, New Delhi.
2008: ‘Trends and Trivia: An Indian Story’, by Art Konsult, Visual Arts Centre, Hongkong.
2008: ‘Art Dubai’, International Contemporary Art Fair, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE.
2008: ‘Contemporary Indian Art’, curated by Sushma and Archana Bahl Royal Emanate Palace Abu Dhabi & Emanate Towers, Dubai, UAE.
2007 ‘Sat-Rang’, curated by Sushma Bahl, Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi.
2007 ‘Art Internationalism: Blurring Boundaries in Art and Design’, curated by Dr Alka Pande, Hilton Towers, Mumbai.
2007 ‘Creuset/Melting Pot’, Art Room, India.
2006-7 ‘Identity and Masquerade’, The Photographers Gallery, London.
2006 ‘Multiplicity and the Self’, curated by Dr Alka Pande, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Presented by Galleria.
2006 ‘17/03 Delhi-Vadodara’, Lanxess ABS Gallery, Baroda.
2006 ‘Identity and Masquerade: Staging the Self’, multimedia project, curated by Anne Braybone, Tate Modern Museum, London.
2005-6 ‘Khirkee ki Khoj’, Khoj International Artists Organization, New Delhi. (Part of the Triangle Arts Network Worldwide)
2005 ‘India-Asia: Changing Paradigms’, curated by Wolfgang Hörig, Köln (Cologne), Germany.
2005 ‘Imaging Materiality-Gesture of the City’, curated by Dr Alka Pande, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2005 ‘Path/Progression/Digressions’, Air Gallery, London.
2004 ‘Moving Image’, curated by Persijn Broersen and Margit Lukacs, in collaboration with Royal Netherlands Embassy.
2004 ‘CC: Crossing Currents: Video Art & Cultural Identities’,
curated by Yohan Pinajjpel, Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi. Presented by Royal Netherlands Embassy, Lalit Kala Akademi
& India Habitat Centre.
2002-4 ‘Carry on Drawing: A Growing Exhibit of Marks’, curated by Avantika Bawa at Serpentine Gallery, London, Saltworks Gallery, Studio Art Gallery, San Diego, Rapid Transit Gallery, Savannah, Royal College of Art, London, MSU Baroda, Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, Mumbai.
2004 ‘Open Windows: Women on Women’, curated by Deeksha Nath. Three person exhibition (based on ‘Adulto Orgasmo Escapes from the Zoo’, play by Dario Fo and Franca Rame), Sri Ram Centre for Performing Arts, New Delhi.
2004 ‘Emerging Directions 2004’, curated by Sharan Apparao, Sridharani Gallery, Triveni, New Delhi and Apparao Galleries, Chennai.
2004 47th National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akadem, Lalit Kala Galleries, Lucknow. (Awardees section).
2004 ‘Interpolating and Converging Realities’, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Presented by India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2003 ‘Acquirables and Collectibles of Contemporary Indian Art’, Apparao Galleries, Triveni, New Delhi & Apparao Galleries, Chennai.
2003 AIFACS Platinum Jubilee National Exhibition of Art, the AIFACS Galleries, New Delhi.
2003 ‘Continuity and Change’, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2002 ‘Samhita-Confluence and Connectivity’, AIFACS Galleries,
New Delhi.
2002 74th All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi.
2002 ‘Beyond Memory’, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2002 ‘Hastakshar: Drawing and Printmaking’, IGNCA (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts), New Delhi.
2001 44th National Exhibition of Art (Graphic Section), Lalit Kala Akademi, at the State Art Galleries, Ahmedabad, Gujrat.
2001 Millenium All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS Galleries, New Delhi.
2001 ‘The Pedagogic Way’, curated by Veronique Boseret, Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi.
2001 ‘Aparajita: Celebrating the Sacred Feminine’, works by three generations of women artists, the Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi.
2001 Nokia Arts Award Asia-Pacific Exhibition of Art, National Finalists’ Exhibition, AIFACS Galleries, New Delhi.
2000 ‘Exploring the Contemporary Scroll and Banner’, curated by Helen Geier, College of Art, New Delhi.
1998-2005 Annual Art Exhibitions, College of Art, New Delhi.
Upcoming exhibition projects in 2008
‘THE SECOND SEX: INDIA’, showcasing the works of three women artists form India at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hongkong.
‘LIFE IS A STAGE’, ICIA Gallery and Arts Trust, Mumbai
Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai,
Kala Gallery, Christian Hosp, Austria,
Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi.
selected collections
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. College of Art, New Delhi. VHAI (Voluntary Health Association of India), New Delhi. Dr. Alka Pande (curator and art advisor at the India Habitat Centre). The Delhi Council for Childrens Welfare, New Delhi. ‘Art Junction’ Hotel Intercontinental, New Delhi. Apparao Galleries, Chennai. The Mariott Welcomgroup Hotel, New Delhi. Lalit Kala Akademi, Indian Army Central Command, Army Headquarters, Lucknow. Mr Naresh Kapuria, New Delhi. Mr Pronoy Roy and Mrs Radhika Roy (NDTV India), New Delhi. Gallery Art Room, India. The Arts Trust and ICIA Gallery, Mumbai. Mr Harsh Goenka (RPG-Ceat Group, Mumbai.). Mr Rajeev Ranjan (vice president Lehman Brothers Asia Ltd), Ms Katie De Tilly, Director, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hongkong, Mr Christoph Baccher, Austria, The Kasauli Club, Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. Orchard Resort, Rohanda, Himachal Pradesh. Ms Rohini Khosla, New Delhi. Mr Maurice Pasgon, London. Mr Parmeet Sahawney, Eagle Group New Delhi.
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