INTRODUCTION
I Am Here, a solo exhibition of work by Nicola Durvasula. Almost a mini retrospective, I Am Here presents a range of material including witty polemical and conceptual works on paper, intricate and highly accomplished figure drawings, and a range of small sculptures, which reveal the artist’s often absurd sensibility and poetic imagination. Importantly, the decades covered by the exhibition coincide with a period during which Durvasula has had a strong association with India. This is evident in her practice through references to the subcontinent (including stylistic elements taken from Indian art traditions) as well as the biographical details that appear in a text by the exhibition’s curator, which accompanies the show.
Born 1960 in Jersey, British Isles
1984
Diplome National Superieur d’Expression Plastique, Ecole des
Beaux Arts du Havre, France
1985
Atelier Gravure, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, France
1993
Diplome Unilingue de Langue et Civilisation Orientales, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France
2004
MA (Fine Art), Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury, U.K.
Lives in Walmer, England
Solo Exhibitions
2012
I Am Here, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai Curated by Grant Watson
2011
Blame it on the Sun, Rachmaninoff's, London
2008
Life is but a dream, part vii, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2007
Static lines and where they take you, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
2006
Rachmaninoff’s, London
2004
Nature Morte, New Delhi
Galerie Rue Montgrand, E.S.B.A.M, Marseille
2002
Indian Rope Trick, Centre 19, Montbeliard, France
2000
Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1994
Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad, India
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Homespun, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India
Curated by Girish Shahane
2011
Watercolour, Tate Britain, London
2007
House of Mirrors, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
Curated by Deeksha Nath
The Acceptance World, Rachmaninoff’s, London
Salon 2007: New British Painting and Works on Paper
Curated by Flora Fairbairn and Sotiris Kyriacou, London
2006
Nicola Durvasula, Chitra Ganesh, Tejal Shah, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Lila/Play Contemporary Miniatures and New Art from South Asia, Cultural Festival of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, Australia
2005
Nicola Durvasula, Immo Klink, Rachmaninoff’s, London
2004
Passion Fantastic, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, Kent
2003
Enchanting the Icon, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai Curated by Marta Jakimowicz
2001
Art on the Move, SAHMAT, New Delhi
1999
Art from India, with Anita Dube, Pushpamala N. and Rummana Hussain. Curated by Rasna Bhushan at Patricia Correia Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Of, based on or obtained by tradition, Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi
Boundlessly various and everything simultaneously Bose Pacia Modern, New York
Curated by Peter Nagy
1998
Born in 1960, Nicola Durvasula and C.K. Rajan, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
Pacaembu Project (urban sculpture), Sao Paulo, Brazil
1997
Inter(RE)ferences, Grande Galerie, Rouen, France
Curated by Dr. Virginia Whiles