ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
G R IRANNA
Born 1970, Sindgi, Bijapur, Karnataka, India
Artist-in-Residence, Wimbledon School of Art, London (1999-2000)
Master of Fine Art (Painting), College of Art, New Delhi (1994)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), College of Visual Art, Gulbarga, Karnataka (1992)
The artist lives and works in New Dehli, India.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2008 Birth of Blindness, Aicon Gallery, London and New York.
2007 The Dancer on the Horse, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
Recent Works by GR Iranna, Berkley Square Gallery, London
2006 King of Clay, Aicon Gallery, New York and California
Disorder and Early Sufferings, Gallery Muller & Plate, Munich
2005 Early Works, Gallery Muller and Plate, Munich
Threads of Humanism, Bodhi Art, New Delhi, Singapore
2003 The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
Dream and Perplexity, Chitrakala Parisath, Bangalore
2001 The Enigma of Departure, British Council and The Guild Art Gallery,Mumbai
2000 Foyer Gallery, Wimbledon School of Art, London
Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Maulana Azad Center for Indian Culture, Cairo, Eqypt
1999 In the Shadow of Buddha, Gallery Martini, Hong Kong
1998 Shadow of the Real, Shridharani Art Gallery and Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1995 Edge Dynamics, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 College of Visual Art, Gulbarga
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
2008 Keep Drawing, Gallery Espace, New York
MiArt 2008, Fiera Milano International Spa, Milan represented by The Guild, Mumbai
2007 Asian Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Aicon Gallery, New York
Keep Drawing, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
India 20, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
High on Art, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Telling It Like It Is: The Indian Story, The Gallery in Cork Street, London
2006 Confluence, Aicon Gallery, New York
The Human Figure, Gallery Threshold, New Dehli
Contemporary Istanbul Fair, Istanbul
2005 We Are Like This Only, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Paths of Progression, Bodhi Art/Saffronart, New Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, New York
Arad Biennale, Romania
2004 Untitled, Gallery Espace, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Peter Muller Gallery, Munich, Germany
Gallery 27, Oslo, Norway
2002 Words and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
Jehangir Art Gallery Golden Jubilee Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001-02 Palette, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2001 Apparao Galleries, Chennai
The Human Factor, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
Kaleidoscope, ISU International Art Gallery, Singapore
Engendering – Images of Women, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 Black & White, Art Today, New Delhi
1999 Icons of the Millennium, Gallery Lakeeren, Mumbai
The Creative Process, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
Edge of the Century, New Delhi
1998 Vedanta Art Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A
Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Four Artists, Diverse Talents, Guild Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 Schoo's Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1994 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
1992 Award Winners Exhibition SCZCC, Nagpur-Bangalore-Indore-Hyderabad-Pune
1990 Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore
Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore
Awards and Scholarships
2005 APB Signature Jury Award, Singapore
2004 Harmony Show Artist of the Year, Harmony foundation, Mumbai
2002 K K Hebbar Foundation Award
2001 State Award, Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy, Bangalore
1999-2000 International Scholarship from Charles Wallace India Trust, British Council
1997 40th National Academy Award, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
AIFACS Award, New Delhi, 50 years of Art in Independent India
1996-1997 National Scholarship from Ministry of H.R.D., Government of India
1995-1996 Garhi Research Grant from Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
1993 In Search of Talent, M.F. Hussain & Ram Kumar Selection Award, Vadhera Art Gallery, New
Delhi
Bansi Parmimu Memorial Committee, Dhomi Mall Art Gallery, New Delhi
Delhi College of Art, New Delhi
1991-92 College of Visual Art, Gulbarga
All India Exhibition Mysore Dasara, Mysore
1990 4th All India Exhibition SCZCC, Nagpore
Collections
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal
Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
Singapore Art Museum
Private collections in Mumbai, Delhi, Hong Kong, Germany, Holland, Austria, Croatia and Herwitz Collection, U.S.A.; United Kingdom; Singapore.
ABIR KARMAKAR
Born 1977, Siliguri, India
M.A (Fine Art, Painting), Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda (2003)
B.F.A. (Painting), Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata (2001)
Lives and works in Baroda, India.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2008 Amazing, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 In the Old Fashioned Way, Aicon Gallery, London
Whispering Palette, Red Earth Art Gallery, Baroda
Interiors, Galerie Heike Curtze, Berlin, Germany
2005 From my photo album, The Museum Gallery, Mumbai
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
2007 The Harmony Show, Mumbai
Reality Bites, CIMA, Kolkata
Beyond Credos, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
2006 Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
Two x Two, Sarjan ArtGallery, Baroda
Red Earth And The Pouring Rain, Lanxess ABS Gallery, Baroda
Feb Group Show, Baroda
2005 De Tour, Galerie 88, Mumbai
The Harmony Show, Mumbai
2004 Fusion, Bayer ABS Gallery, Baroda
2003 Read, Birla Academy of Arts and Culture, Kolkata
1995 Annual Exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Awards
2007 The Harmony Award
2003 Awarded Gold Medal, M.A. (Fine Art, Painting), Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda
BAIJU PARTHAN
Born 1956, Kerala, India
Masters in Philosophy, University of Mumbai (2007)
Postgraduate Diploma in Comparative Mythology- (1991)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Goa College of Art, Goa (1978-83)
Bachelors Degree in Botany (1976)
Select Solo Exhibitions
2007 Liquid Memory + Rant, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Source Code, organized by Art Musings, Mumbai at Museum Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Vapour, New Media Prints, The Guild Gallery, Mumbai
New Media Prints, The Guild Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Espace Gallery, New Delhi
2002 Fine Art Company, Mumbai
2000 Lakeeren Contemporary Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
1997 Apparao Galleries, Chennai
1995 Sophia Duchesne Galllery, Mumbai
1992 Masterpiece Gallery, New Delhi
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Beyond globalization, Beyond art space, Beijing, China
2009 Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
2008 Third Life, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai
Ghost of Souza, Aicon Gallery, New York
Everywhere is War, Bodhi Art, Mumbai
2007-08 Polyphonies, Gallery Hosp, Tirol, Austria
2007 Mechanisms of Motion, Anant Gallery, New Delhi
2007 Young Guns, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai
2006 Altered Realities, works by three eminent Indian artists- Baiju Parthan, Chittrovanu
Majumdhar and Sibu Nateshan, New York
2006 Strangeness, Anant Art Gallery, Kolkata
2005 KAAM: Recent works by Mumbai and Baroda Artists, Aicon Gallery, New York
2005 Arad Biennale, Romania
2005 NRLA - Live Art Festival, Midland, Perth, Australia
Double-Enders, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Museum Gallery, Mumbai; Vadhera Art Gallery,
New Delhi
Bangalore; Durbar Hall, Kochi
2004 Along the X-axis: Video Art from India and Pakistan
Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi
Zoom! Art in Contemporary India, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
Indian Contemporary Art Show
2001 Seven Degrees, Laguna, California
2000 Icons of the Millenium , Nehru Centre, Mumbai organized by Lakeeren
Sotheby's Artist of the Year Award show, NGMA, Mumbai
Art and Technology, the Magazine Show, NGMA, Mumbai
1999 Ninth Asian Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1997 Fifty Years of Indian Contemporary Art, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 Four Visions, The Gallery, Hong Kong
1995 Duo Show, Sarina Tang Gallery, New York
Awards and Scholarships
2001 Artist in Residency, Gallery Seven Degrees, Laguna
2000 Nominee for Artist of the Year, Sotheby's, London
1978,79,80,81 Recipient of the Lalit Kala Akademi Merit Prize
Collections
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, and private collections in India and abroad
BOSE KRISHNAMACHARI
Born 1963, Kerala, India
Diploma in Art, Kerala Kala Peetom, Cochin (1985)
BFA, Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai (1991)
Masters in Visual Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London (2000)
Bose was the Guest of Honor at ARCO'09, Madrid, and curated the India Pavilion.
The artist lives and works in Mumbai.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2009 To Let – White Ghost, Kashi Art Cafe, Kochi
2008 Ghost, Aicon Gallery, London
Bodhi Art, Mumbai
2007 LaVA [Laboratory of Visual Arts, a traveling installation project], Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata,
Kochi, Baroda and New Delhi
2006 GHOST/ TRANSMEMOIR (preview at Kitab Mahal, Mumbai), Aicon Gallery, New York
2005 EXIST, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Vanitas Vanitatum, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, later joined a group show in Mumbai
2003 DE CURATING-India Contemporary Artists, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai, Sumukha, Bangalore
and Durbar Hall, Kochi
1999 AmUseuM Memoirs, NGMA, Mumbai
Field Sakshi, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1996 DANDY, Lakeeren and YB Chavan Centre, Mumbai
1995 Objects of Attention, inaugural show, Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi
1993 AmUseuM, Park Sheraton, Chennai
1992 AmUseuM, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1991 Music of the Cubes, British Council Gallery
1990 Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai
1989 Kerala Kalapeethom, Kochi
Curated Shows
2008 Af-fair, 1X1 Contemporary and 1X1 Gallery, Dubai
2007 Soft Spoken, NCPA, (organized by Bombay Art Gallery), Mumbai
Spy, Museum Art Gallery, (organized by The Guild Art Gallery), Mumbai
Everyone is a Camera, Talvin Singh, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 MaaRKERS, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 DOUBLE-ENDERS, (curated) Jehangir Art Gallery and The Museum Gallery, Mumbai; Vadhera
Art Gallery, New Delhi; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore; Durbar Hall, Kochi
2004 BOMBAY X 17, (curated) Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
BOMBAY BOYS, (curated) Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 In the mood for paper, F2 Gallery, Beijing
Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London
Mutant Beauty, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 November, 1x1 Contemporary, Al Quoz, Dubai
Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
Everywhere is War, curated by Shaheen Merali at Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai
Pastiche – exhibition of paintings, Chaithanya Art Gallery, Kochi
2007 INDIA OGGI ARTE, Provincia Di Milano, Spazio Oberdan, Milano, Viale Vittorio Veneto
India! Gallerie Helene Lamarque, Paris
SUMMATION, Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
Strangeness, Anant Art Gallery, Kolkatta
India 20, Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi
Masters curated by Lathamy, Dubai
2006 THE SHAPE THAT IS, Jendela and Concourse, Esplanade, Singapore, organized with Bodhi
Art
2006-08 HARMONY SHOW, Mumbai
2005-06 KAAM, Aicon Gallery, New York and Palo Alto
2005 WE ARE LIKE THIS ONE, Rabindra Bhavan, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery
PATHS OF PROGRESSION, Mumbai, New York, Singapore and New Delhi; organized by
Bodhi Art and Saffron Art
2004 VANITAS VANITATUM, curated by Peter Nagy, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
ANTICIPATIONS, Jehangir Art Gallery and The Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2003 IDEAS AND IMAGES, NGMA, Bombay
Highlights, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
Remembering Bhupen… Homage to late Bhupen Khakkar, Kashi ArtCafe, Fort - Kochi
2002 Tribute to Picasso, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 Mutations – Rumor City, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Tokyo
2000 MA Show, Goldsmiths College, London
Exile & Longings, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
Memos of the New Millennium- from Artists of the Moulting World, curated by Abhay Sardesai,
Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai
Mumbai Metaphor, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Embarkations, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 The Presence of the Past – an exhibition of response by Indian artists to The Enduring Images, curated by Girish Sahane, NCPA, Mumbai
1997 PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY, curated by Peter Nagy, with Linda Benglis, Lindel Brown and Charles Green
50 Years of Art in Mumbai, NGMA, Mumbai
1996 West Wing Story, Headlands Centre for Visual Arts, Sausalito, San Francisco
1995 Recent Trends in Contemporary Indian Arts, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Bombay – An Artist's Impression, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 Circling the Square, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 Artists against Communalism, JJ School of Art & Shivaji Park, Mumbai (traveled to 15 other
cities in India)
1991 Drawings, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
Awards
2000 Charles Wallace India Trust
1996 Mid-America Arts Alliance Award for Travel and Residency in the U.S.
Collections
Jakarta Museum
IMRAN QURESHI
Born 1972 in Hyderabad, Pakistan
Professor at the Department of Fine Arts, Miniature painting and drawing, National College of Arts Lahore, since 1994.
The artist lives and works in Lahore, Pakistan.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2006 Anant Gallery at Lalit kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
2004 Corvi-Mora Gallery, London, UK
2002 Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2001 Admit One Gallery, New York, USA
1996 Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
1995 Alliance Francaise Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Threshold; Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
2008 Desperately Seeking Paradise, The Pakistan Pavilion at the Dubai Art Fair 2008, Dubai, UAE
2006 Armory Show, New York
2005 Karkhana-A contemporary Collaboration, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield,
Connecticut
Miniatures Contemporaines Du Pakistan, La Halle Villefranche De Rouergue, France
One to One, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Re-inventing Narratives, La galerie Mohamed el Fassi, Rabat, Morocco
Beyond Borders-Art from Pakistan, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
Ritu-an exhibition of small works on paper, Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New
Delhi, India
Contemporary Asian Artists III-Contemporary Miniature Paintings from Pakistan, Fukuoka Asian
Art Museum, Japan
2004 Expander, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Drawn Page, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
The Armory Show, New York
2003 Karkhana, Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale, UK
Playing with a loaded gun, Apex Art Gallery, New York and Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel,
Germany
Miniatures Pakistanaises, Maison d'Art contemporain chaillioux – 94 Frenses, France
American Effect, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
New Work, Corvi Mora Gallery, London, UK
Negotiating Borders, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
The Armory Show, New York
2002 Around the Miniature, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
The Galleries Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Threads, Dreams, Desires, Harris Museum, Preston, UK
2001 Maneuvering Miniatures, India International Center, New Delhi, India and Sakshi Gallery,
Mumbai, India
Open Studio- Khoj Artists Workshop, Modi Nagar, India
In Conversation, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
Three Person show, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
The Eye Still Seeks, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2000 Didrichsen Art Museum, Kuusisaari, Finland
4person show, Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Pakistan Another Vision, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK; Center of Contemporary Art,
Glasgow, UK; Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, UK; Brunei Gallery, London, UK
Group show of Pakistani Artists, Alliance Francaise, Singapore
1999 Third Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia
Group Show of Pakistani Artists, Notices Gallery, Singapore
1998 International Art Exhibition of Common Wealth, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1997 Draped & Shaped, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, U.K
8th Asian Art Biennial, Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh
Rumors of spring; Group show of Pakistani Artists, Lionel Weindt Art Gallery, Colombo, Srilanka
INDRAPRAMIT ROY
Born 1964, Kolkata
M.A. in Painting, Royal College of Art, London (1990-92)
M.F.A. in Painting, M.S. University, Baroda (1987-89)
B.F.A. in Print-Making, Kala Bhavan Santiniketan, West Benal (1982-87)
The artist lives and works in Baroda, India.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2007 Indrapramit Roy: The Texture of the Drift – Collection, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
2006 This, That and Everything, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 This, That and Everything, Gallery 808, U Arts, Philadelphia, USA
2004 This, That and Everything, Usdan Gallery, Bennigton, USA
2001 Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses' - Artcore Gallery, Baroda and Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1998 Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses' - Artcore Gallery, Baroda and Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1997 Meanderings', Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Baroda and Gallery 7, Mumbai
1996 Invisible Cities' Gallery 7, Mumbai
1994 Invisible Cities, Gallery 88, Kolkata
1993 Alliance Fraicaise de, Madras
Gallery 7, Mumbai and Alliance Francaise Madras, Chennai
1990 Centre for Contemporary Arts, New Delhi
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
2007 Freedom: What it Means To Me, Aakriti Art gallery, Kolkata
Artist of the Month, Saffronart.com online show
Whispering Palette, ABS Lanxess gallery, Baroda
2006 EVAM; Painting the New Theatre, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Cutting Edge, Art Edge, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Gurupoornima; A retrospective of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Sarjan Art Gallery, Mumbai
British Scholars Show, ABS Lanxess Gallery, Baroda
The sketchbook Expedition, Lemongrasshopper Gallery, Ahmedabad
2005 Papyri; Works on Paper, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda
100 Contemporary Indian Artists, Gallery Art Resource Trust, Mumbai
Metamorphosis, Asian Fusion Gallery, New York.
2004 Remembering Bhupen, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Concepts and Ideas, CIMA, Kolkata
Are We Like This Only, Vadhera Art gallery, New Delhi
Kaleidoscope, Square One gallery, New York
2003 Affordable Art, Kanoria centre for Art, Ahmedabad
Contemporary Art Show, Faculty Art Gallery, Baroda
Recent Works, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
Looking Back Looking Forward; The inaugural show, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda
2002 Banyan City, Nazar Art Gallery, Baroda
Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
VOICES; A show for the victims of Gujarat genocide (joint organizer), Faculty Gallery, Baroda
2001 Art of Bengal(1850-2000), National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Mumbai and Centre for
International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
For Our Kids', Jamaat, Mumbai
2000 Embarkations', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Beyond the Surface', Fine Art Company, Mumbai and Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Gallerie 88, Kolkata
Miniature Format', Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai
Vadodara Perspective', Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1999 Edge of the Century', British Council, New Delhi
Legatee, the Baroda School of Art', Fine Arts Company, Mumbai
Icons of the Millennium', Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
Bishwa Banga Millennium Festival', Kolkata
1998 Bilkool', The New Wave Festival, Melbourne and Perth, Australia
Wilberding Collection of Contemporary Indian Art', National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA),
Mumbai
Artists for a Sustainable World', Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
Cryptograms', Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
Miniature Format', Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Gift for India', Sahmat, New Delhi and Mumbai
1996 All India Artist's Camp, IPCL, Baroda
Art Trends - West Bengal in the 90's', Art Today, New Delhi
Broader Spectrum IV', Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
Miniature Format', Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 Post-Card for Gandhi', Sahmat, New Delhi and Five other Cities in India
1992 Off Sight', Cooling Gallery, London
HDK Annual Show, HDK, Berlin
Trends in Contemporary Indian Art', Art Heritage, New Delhi
1991 On Sight", Tower Bridge Piazza, London.
1989 Fifteen Artists from Baroda', K. K. P, Kochi
Awards & Scholarships
2005 Travel Grant from Getty Museum, Los Angeles
2004-05 Fulbright Fellowship for 6 Months, Artist –in- Residence at Bennington College, VT. and
University of the Arts (UArts), Philadelphia
1994-96 Junior Fellowship in Visual Art, Ministry of HRD, Government of India
1990-92 Inlaks Fellowship for 2 Years to Study at Royal College of Art, London
Received Erasmus Exchange Scholarship to Study in Berlin for a Term
Burston Award
The Fleur Cawles Award for Excellence by Royal College of Arts, London
1991 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Award
1989-90 Fellowship in Creative painting, Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad
JAYASHREE CHAKRAVARTY
Born 1956, Khoai, Tripura
Artist in residence at Ecole d' Art, Aix-en-Provence, France (1992-1995)
Post Graduate Diploma from M.S.University, Baroda (1980)
Fine Arts from the Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan (1978)
Lives and works in Kolkata, India
Select Solo Exhibitions
2007 Drawing Centre, SoHo, USA
Where the Sand Meets the Sky, Bodhi Art Gallery, New York, USA
2004 Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Thoughts Ricochet, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
1999 Cima,Calcutta, India
1998 The Drawing Centre, New York, USA
1997 Gallery 7, Mumbai
1995 Ecole d' Art, Aix-en-Provence, France
1994 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta
1992 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai; Sakshi Gallery, Madras
Gallery 7, Mumbai
1990 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta
1989 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1983 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1982 Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
2008 Baroda: A Tale of Two Cities, (Part I), Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
Mapping Memories – 2, Painted Travelogues of Bali and Burma, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
Of Personal Narratives And Journeys, Bodhi Art, Gurgaon
Tales, Reflection and Constructs, Galerie 88, Kolkata
Excavations: Memory, Myth, Membrane, Art Musings, Mumbai
2007 New narratives: Contemporary Art from India, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago USA
2002 Perspecta, (by Galerie88 Kolkata), Sponsored by UBS at Rossi & Rossi Gallery, London.
Secular Practice; Recent Art from India, organized by Hoopoe Curatorial, Optica, Montreal and
Vancouver, Canada
2001 New Works, Galerie88, Kolkata
Tramjatra, public art event organised by RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
1998 Multimedia-Art of the 90s, Cima Gallery, Calcutta
Group Show, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Two Person Show, Nature Morte, New Delhi
Two Person Show, Apparao Gallery, Madras
Contemporary Indian Art, National Council for Cultural Arts & Letters- Al-Funoon Gallery,
Dhahiat Abdullah Al Salem, Kuwait
1997 Colors of Independence, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Tryst with Destiny-Art from Modern India, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Summer Show, Academy of Fine Art and Culture, New Delhi
Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ninth Triennial-India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Major Trends in Indian Art, New Delhi
Fire & Life, organized by Asia Pacific at IMA, Brisbane, Canberra
Women Artists of India: A Celebration of Independence, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland
Group Show, Sydney
Gouache & Contemporary Painting, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
The Looking Glass Self – An Exhibition of Self Images, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
1996 Group Show, curated by Pranab Ranjan Ray, Art Today, New Delhi
Highlights, curated by CIMA Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Fire & Life, an international artists exchange residency between India & Australia
Two Person Show, Galerie 88, Calcutta
1995 Water Colours – A Broader Spectrum-1, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1992 Subjective Eye, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1991 Journey within Landscape, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1990 Indian Contemporary Artists, organized by MICA, Melbourne
Art Mosaic, Calcutta, Mumbai, New Delhi
Gadhya Parva Exhibition, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1989 Two Person Show organized by Indian Art Council at Horizon Gallery, UK
Group Show, Holland
Group Show, Chemould, Calcutta
Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta
1988 Group Show, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta
Group Show, Indian Council of Cultural Relations
Summer Show, Art Heritage, New Delhi
Summer Show, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta
1987 Chitrakala, Group Show, Stockholm, Lund, organized by Festival of India and Kulturhuset,
Sweden
1984-82-80 National Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta
Awards and Scholarships
1997 Honorable Mention Award, Asian Art Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1991 Scholarship, Government of France
1989 British Council Visitorship Grant
1988 Il Bharat Bhavan Biennial
1982 Elizabeth Green Shield Foundation Grant, Canada
1980 Bombay Art Society Award, Mumbai
All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi
1979 Government of India Cultural Scholarship
Silver Medal – Bombay Art Society
Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi
Collections
Centre International Modern Art, Calcutta
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi, Gujarat
Art Heritage, New Delhi
Ananda Bazar Group
JUSTIN PONMANY
Born 1974, Kerala
B.A. Fine Arts (Painting), Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai (1996)
The artist lives and works in Mumbai.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2008 Gallery Loop, Hongdae, Seoul
2007 Who's keeping score? Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
2006 Procreation, Nature Morte, Milan, Italy
2005 Salt (plastic memory-part ii), Nature Morte, New Delhi
2004 Non-biodegradable memory, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
Material Texts, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London
2008 Chalo India! Mori Museum, Japan
The Audience and the Eavesdropper, Phillips, London
November, 1x1 Contemporary, Al Quoz, Dubai
Indi Genius, presented by Sakshi Gallery and Soka Contemporary Space, Taipei at Sakshi
Gallery, Mumbai
Ghost of Souza, Aicon Gallery, New York
Swarovski Museum, Innsbruck, Austria
Amazing, Jehangir Art Gallery, RPG, Mumbai
2007 New Wave, Aicon Gallery, London
Thermocline of Art; New Asian Waves, ZKM Museum, Karlsruhe, Germany
Horn Please, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
Private/Corporate IV, dialogue of the collections of Lekha and Anupam Poddar, New Delhi,
India; Daimler Chrysler, Stuttgart; Berlin, Germany
2006 Hungry God, Indian Contemporary Art, Arario Gallery, Beijing, China
2005 Outside Europe, from the Daimler Chrysler collection, Galerie Der Stadt, Sindelfingen
(Stuttgart), Germany
The artist lives and works in Baroda/ Bombay/ Calcutta/ Mysore/ Rotterdam/ Trivandrum, House
of World Culture, Berlin
Present Future, N.G.M.A., Mumbai
Identity Alienation Amity, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Bombay x 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin, India
Ideas and Images, N.G.M.A., Mumbai
2003 Art for Art, an Indo- Swedish project on Bench Art, Kalaghoda, Mumbai
Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Words and Images, Guild Art Gallery, N.G.M.A., Mumbai
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Sakshi Gallery, The India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
The New Paradigms, The India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Awards
2005 Artist of the future award, N.G.M.A., Mumbai
2003 1st runners up, 4th Biennial BosePacia Prize for Contemporary Art
2000 Western Railway Centenary Prize, N.G.M.A., Mumbai
1997-98 Fellowship at Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
REENA SAIANI KALLAT
Born 1973, New Delhi
Bachelors in Fine Arts, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai (1996)
Lives and works in Mumbai, India.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2008-09 Silt of Seasons, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India
2008 Subject to Change Without Notice, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
2006 Rainbow of Refuse, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai and Singapore
2005 Black Flute (And Other Stories), Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2004 Black Flute, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India
2002 The Battlefield Is In The Mind, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore, India
Seven Faces of Dust, Motwane, Chicago Radio, Mumbai
2000 Vis-à-vis, Art Inc., New Delhi
Skin, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai and Art Inc., New Delhi, India
1998 Orchard of Home-Grown Secrets, Gallery Chemould and Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
2008-09 Body Chatter: An Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
2008 Everywhere Is War (and Rumors of War), Bodhi Art, Mumbai
Fire Walkers: Contemporary Artists from India and South Asia, Stux Gallery,
New York
Excavations: Memory, Myth, Membrane, Art Musings, Mumbai, India
Three Dots Three Points of View Under One Roof, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai,
India
A Mazing; for RPG Academy of Art and Culture, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2007-08 Urban Manners: Contemporary Artists from India, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2007 Indian Color, Keumsan Gallery, Hetri, Korea
After Shock: Conflict, Violence and Resolution in Contemporary India, Sainsbury Centre for
Visual Arts, Norwich, UK
Gulf Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
2006 Modern Indian Works On Paper, Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia and the Georgia Museum of
Art, USA
Lille 3000; Maximum City-Mumbai, Lille, France
Hungry God- Indian Contemporary Art, curated by Yun Chaegab and June Gwak, Arario
Gallery, Beijing and Busan MoMA, Korea
India Express – Art and Popular Culture, Art Museum Tennispalace, organized by the Helsinki
City Art Museum, Finland
2005 Mom and Pop Art, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
Span, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Indian Paintings of the New Millenium, Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University,
Connecticut
2004 Contemporary Art from India, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Zoom! Art in Contemporary India, The Culturgest Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
2003 Crossing generations: diverge; Gallery Chemould's 40th anniversary, National Gallery of
Modern Art, Mumbai, India
Hard Copy; two-person show with Jitish Kallat, Gallery 88, Calcutta, India
Tiranga, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
2002 Reclaim Our Freedom, organized by Open Circle, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2001 Big River 2, CCA7 Gallery, Port Of Spain, Trinidad
1999 Edge of the Century, Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi, India
RIYAS KOMU
Born 1971, Kerala, India
Bachelors in Fine Arts, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
Masters in Fine Arts, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai (1999)
Lives and works in Mumbai and Kerala, India.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2009 Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 Related List, Bodhi Art, Berlin
MARK HIM (Second half), Gallery 88, Kolkata
2007 MARK HIM (First half), The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Systematic Citizen, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
Faith Accompli, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2005 The Third Day, Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi presented by Sakshi
Gallery, Mumbai
GRASS, photography show, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Sarasu, photography show on Raja Ravi Verma Press , The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 UNCONDITIONAL, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2002 – 2003 AMBULANCE, Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Bapu, presented by Saffronart in association with Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2008-09 Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London
2008 The Ghost of Souza, inaugural show in Bowery space, Aicon Gallery, New York
Uncovered, Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai
November, 1x1 Contemporary, Al Quoz, Dubai
Everything 2008: 12 Artists from India, Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
Six Degree of Separation Chaos, Congruence and Collaboration in South Asia, presented by
KHOJ International Artists' Association and the Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi at Anant Art
Gallery, New Delhi
Urgent Conversations, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre and Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
Everywhere Is War (and Rumors of War), Bodhi Art, Mumbai
Link, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
Frontlines: Notations from the Contemporary Indian Urban, Bodhi Art, Berlin
Shifting Terrains: Altered Realities, The Shrine Gallery, New Delhi
India Crossing, Studio La Citta, Verona
Affair, 1x1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2007 Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense, 52nd International
Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale
INDIA NOW:Contemporary Indian Art Between Continuity and Transformation,,
Provincia di Milano, Milan, Italy (through February 2008)
Kashi ten light years, Kashi Art Gallery, Mattancherry, Kochi
Frame/Grid/Room/Cell/, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai
INDIA TIME,Galleria Paolo Curti/Annamaria Gambuzzi, Milan, Italy
Swarovski Museum, Innsbruck, Austria
New Wave: Contemporary Indian Art, Aicon Gallery,London , UK
Grid, Bodhi Art Gallery, New Dehli
Photographs, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Other, inaugural show, Aicon Gallery, London, UK
Annual show, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
2006 Bronze, sculpture show, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Art on the Beach, Made by Indians, St Tropez, Gallery Enrico Navarra, Paris
On Difference #2 (represented Korea), Wurtt. Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Maarkers, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai
Red Earth And The Pouring Rain, Lanxess ABS Gallery, Baroda
Strangeness, Anant Art Gallery, Kolkatta
2005 KAAM, Aicon Gallery, New York and Palo Alto
Span, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Endless Terrain, Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Double Enders, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Cochin
Present Future, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Configurations, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
Are we like this only? Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Whose space is it anyway? Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Mannat Jali, Marine Drive, Mumbai
Public Art Project, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
World Social Forum, Brazil.
2004 Group show during VASL Residency, Karachi, Pakistan
Anticipations, Museum Gallery, Mumbai
Bombay Boys, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
A New Mediatic Realism, Bayer ABS Gallery, Baroda, India
Generation I, Saffron Art Gallery, Mumbai
RED, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
Mumbai x 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin, India
2003 Crossing Generations :Diverge, 40 years of Gallery Chemould, National Gallery of Modern Art,
Mumbai
Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2D/3D, Visual Art Center, Hong Kong
Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Art for Art/ Switzerland Meets India, Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai
2002 Ways of Resisting 1992- 2002, Sahmat/ Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Words and Images, The Guild Art Gallery/ National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Creative Space, Sakshi Gallery/ India Habitat Center, New Delhi
Crosscurrents, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Asian Art Festival, Singapore
Harmony Shows (2004-1999), Nehru Centre, Mumbai
Debt, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
Tribute to Picasso, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 The Human Factor, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Engendering Images of women, The Guild, Mumbai
Excerpts from my diary, Fine Art Company, Mumbai
2000 Mumbai Metaphor, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Exile Longings, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
Memos of the New Millennium- Artists from the Moulting World, Birla Academy of Art
& Culture, Mumbai
Ideas and Images (Video installation), National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
1999 Critic's Choice, Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
1998 'He used to believe that EMS planted coconut tree in Kerala', installation, Sir J.J. School of Art,
Mumbai
Essays in time- kinetic sculptures (Audio-Visual Installation), Nehru Centre, Mumbai
Hebbar foundation scholarship 1998-1999
Honors & Awards
1996 Hebbar Foundation Scholarship
Bombay Art Society Award, Mumbai
1995 Maharashtra State Award
T.V. SANTHOSH
Born 1968, Kerala, India
Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture), Kalabhavana, Shantiniketan, West Bengal (1994)
Master of Fine Art (Sculpture), Faculty of Fine Art, M.S. University, Baroda (1997)
The artist lives and works in Mumbai, India.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2009 Living with a Wound, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2008 A Room to Pray, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery,
Mumbai
Bose Pacia, Kolkata, India
Countdown, Nature Morte, New Delhi in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2006 Scars of An Ancient Error, Singapore Art Fair presented by The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2005 False Promises, Grosvenor Gallery, London with The Guild, Mumbai, India
2004 Unresolved Stories, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2003 One Hand Clapping/Siren, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
1997 Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, M.S. University, Baroda, India
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
2008-09 Where In The World, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, India
Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London
2007-08 India Art Now: Between Continuity and Transformation, Province of Milan, Milan, Italy
Similarities, Lansdowne Gallery, Mumbai, India
2007 After Shock: Conflict, Violence and Resolution in Contemporary India, Sainsbury Centre for
Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Young Guns, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai, India
Year 07, London, presented by Grosvenor Vadehra, London, UK
India 20; a Group Show that Coincided With the Release of the Book 'India 20', at Rabindra
Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
2006 Here And Now: Young Voices From India, Grosvenor Vadehra, London, UK
Lekha and Anupam Poddar Collection at The Chrysler Museum, Germany
KAAM, Aicon Gallery, New York
2005 Whose Space is it Anyway? Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
Are We like this Only? Vadhera Gallery, New Delhi, India
DOUBLE-ENDERS, Jehangir Art Gallery and the Museum Gallery, Mumbai;
Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore; Durbar Hall, Kochi
2004 Anticipations, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Bombay Boys, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Zoom!, Art in Contemporary India, Culturegest, Lisbon, Portugal
Generation I, Saffronart Gallery, Mumbai, India
A Journey, Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai, India
A Tribute To Bhupen Khakhar, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Group show, Viart Gallery, New Delhi, India
RED, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Looking Back, Looking Forward, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda, India
2003 Crossing Generations: diVERGE, Gallery Chemould at NGMA, Mumbai, India
The Dual Path of Indian Art Today, Gallery Muller and Plate, Munich, Germany
Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
2002 Creative Space, India Habitat Center/Sakshi Gallery, New Delhi, India
Art Edge, Fine Art Company, at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai & IHC, New Delhi, India
Words And Images, Guild Art Gallery, at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
Quotable Stencil, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Cross Currents, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Trans-Figuration, ArtInc., at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
Mela-A Carnival Of Indian Art, curated by Anupa Mehta, RPG
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Tribute To Picasso, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
The Human Factor, Guild Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2001 02 & 03 'Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India
Excerpts From My Diary Pages, curated by Sasha Altaf, Fine Art Company Gallery, Mumbai,
India
Engendering Images Of Women, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2000 Exile And Longing, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Kala Ghoda Show on 'Functional Objects' by The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
1997 Group Show, Visual arts Centre, Ahmedabad, India
Kerala State Exhibition, Kerala, India
1996 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
1993 Group Show; at Birla Academy for Arts and Crafts, Calcutta.
All India Institute of Fine Arts and Culture Society Exhibition, New Delhi, India
Awards and Scholarships
1997 Kerala Lalit Kala Academy State Award
INLAKS Foundation (India) Scholarship
Kanoria Scholarship
1994 Ramkinker Award
1990-94 Viswabharathi Merit Scholarship
TALHA RATHORE
Born in 1970, Gujranwala, Pakistan
B.A Fine Art (specialized in Miniature Painting), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan (1995)
UNESCO Bursary for young artists (1997)
The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2008 Memory/Metamorphosis, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Unclaimed Territories, Aicon Gallery, New York
2007 Seeking, Seeping, Spreading, Rohtas II Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2004 Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi
2003 Bose Pacia Modern Gallery, New York
1998 Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1996 Alliance Francaise Gallery French Center, Lahore, Pakistan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
2008 Conversations Across Cultures: South Asian Imaginaries, Columbia
University, New York, USA.
2007 Lahore Lovelies, Aicon Gallery, London
Continuity and Change: Islamic Tradition in Contemporary Art, The Williamsburg Art and
Historical Center, New York
2006 Gendering Details, Art Square Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Karkhana, a contemporary collaboration, The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
2005 Karkhana, a contemporary collaboration The Aldrich, Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut
Beyond Borders, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Re-Inventing Narratives, La Galerie Mohamed el Fassi, Rabat, Morocco
2004 Contemporary Miniature Paintings from Pakistan, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Karkhana Show, Rochedale, UK
Fine Art Resource Gallery, Berlin
2003 Siddhartha Gallery, Katmandu, Nepal
2002 Borderless Terrain, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Transforming Tradition: Contemporary Visions from Pakistan, World Bank Art Gallery,
Washington D.C.
United Nation Gallery, New York
2001 In an Exuberant and Profuse Manner, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
2000 Pakistan Another Vision, Brunei Gallery, London; Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, UK;
Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, UK; Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK
1999 International Exhibition of Common Wealth, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998 Sanskrit Kendra Village, New Delhi
1997 Art Connoisseur Gallery, London
Gallery Martini, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Art Centre Gallery, Hong Kong
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Gallery, Hong Kong
Awards
1995 1st Prize, Artist Association of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Distinguish Artist Award, Pakistan Art Academy, Lahore, Pakistan.
1990 1st Position, Fine Art Exhibition, Gujranwala, Pakistan.
WASEEM AHMED
Born 1976 in Hyderabad, India
Bachelors in Fine Arts in miniature painting, National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan (2000)
The artist lives and works in Lahore, Pakistan.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2006 Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
2005 Miniatures at Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2004 Miniatures at Chaukandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2003 Miniatures at Rohtas 2 Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2000 Thesis Show at National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Threshold; Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, AICON Gallery, New York
2006 Common Wealth Society, Australia
2005 Diverse Voices, Oman
Ritu, Mausam, Season, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Wassli, Ejaz Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Paintings by 25 Senior Artists, Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2004 SIDE b>> New Art from Lahore, Nairang Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Contemporary MiniaturePpaintings from Pakistan, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Art from Pakistan, Parliament House, London, UK
Pause for a Cause,The Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi, India
Miniature Exhibition, Gallery NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
2002 Miniatures at Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Miniatures at Rishiki Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Miniatures at I.I.C. Art Gallery, Delhi, India
Miniatures at Athens and Worsa, Greece
Miniatures at Chawkandi, Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2001 Contemporary Miniatures, Sim Sim Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Contemporary Miniatures, Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Miniatures at Rohtas Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
Miniatures at Ejaz Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2000 Revival of Traditional Miniature Paintings, Gallery NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
1999 Miniatures at Eijaz Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
1997 Sindh Education Trust, Hyderabad, India
1996 Hyderabad Arts Council, Hyderabad, India
1993 Hyderabad Arts Council, Hyderabad, India