CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1968 in Kerala
BFA, College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum
MFA, College of Art, New Delhi
Lives and works in Rotterdam and Kochi
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 'Everness (after Luis Jorge Borges), Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, New Delhi, India
2017 'Aji V.N. – New Oils on Canvas', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2013 Aji V.N. 'Drawings', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands
2009 Nature Morte, New Delhi and Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2007 Aji V. N. – Recent Works, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2000 Foundation for Indian Artists / Galerie Schoo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Siren's Lullaby in the Forgotten Realm, Chitramayee State Gallery of Art, Hyderabad, India
2022 India Art Fair, New Delhi, presented by Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, India
2021 Lokame Tharavadu, curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Alleppey, Kerala, India
2019 India Art Fair, New Delhi, presented by Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, India
2018 Nine Painters from Kerala, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2016 DWELLING, 10th Anniversary Show (Part I), curated by Ranjit Hoskote,
Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2015 Above Reality, curated by Hansvan der Ham, Garage, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2015 Reviving the Retinal, curated by Kathleen Wyma, OED Gallery, Kochi, India
2014 Whorled Explorations, 2nd Kochi-Muziris Biennale, curated by Jitish Kallat, Kochi, India
2012 Mumbai Gallery Weekend, Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India
2012 Hongkong International Art Fair presented by Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke
2011 '5th Anniversary Exhibition', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2011 India Art Summit, New Delhi presented by Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, India
2011 India Inclusive: Contemporary Art from India, curated by Tasneem Zakaria Mehta,
World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2011 All About Drawing, 100 Nederlandse kunstenaars, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands
2011 Le Salon du Dessin Contemporain: Contemporary Drawing Fair,
Presented by Galerie Bernard Jordan, ParisFrance
2011 Paysage Mental, Le Dessin sans Dessein, Musee Eugene Leroy, Tourcoing, France
2010 A Thin Line, Galerie Tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Nominees Dolf Henkes Award, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Have I Ever Opposed You? New Art from India and Pakistan,
Gallery Faye Fleming and Partner, Geneva, Switzerland
2010 Hommage al'art du dessin, Institut Neerlandais, Paris, France
2009 Tracing Time - Works on Paper, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2009 Against Exclusion, The Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, curated by Jean-Hubert Martin,
The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
2008 13th Art Forum Berlin, together with Jyothi Basu and Ratheesh T,
Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2008 Verloren Paradijs, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands
2008 Affair, 1x1 Gallery, curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Dubai, UAE
2007 Drawing Typologies, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007 Ten Light Years, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, Kerala, India
2007 '1st Anniversary Exhibition', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2006 Four by Four, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, Kerala, India
2005 The Artist Lives and Works, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2005 Double-Enders, curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2004 Arte termita contra Elefante Blanco. Comportamientos Actuales del Dibujo,
ICO Museum, Madrid, Spain
2004 The Sacrifice – an intimate I – works from the collection of Henri Swagemakers,
Museum de Beyerd, Breda, The Netherlands
2004 Anticipations, curated by The Fine Art Resource, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, India
AWARDS
2003 Basisstipendium, Foundation for Visual Arts, The Netherlands
2001 'Werkbeurs', Foundation for Visual Arts, The Netherlands (2001-02)
PUBLIC COLLECTION
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi
Piramal Museum of Art, Mumbai
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam