CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1978 in Vellore, Tamil Nadu
BFA, Painting and Printmaking, Government College of Arts & Crafts, Chennai
MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Government College of Arts & Crafts, Chennai
Lives and works in Chennai
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 ‘Aggregate’, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2017 ‘There is no forgetting from the lips of the people’, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2015 ‘Still and Still Moving Life’, Artry Gallery, Kochi, India
2014 ‘How come you are here?’, Bergamo Mall, Art Chennai, India
2013 ‘Rebirth’, The Noble Sage Gallery, London, UK
2012 ‘Ode to a Fierce Fecundity’, organised by Art Chennai at Chandra Mandala, Chennai, India
2004 ‘Perturb me not’, Alliance Francaise, Chennai, India
2003 ‘Museum’, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 ‘Contemplating the Spiritual in Contemporary Art’, Rosenfeld Porcini, London, UK
2019 India Art Fair (Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke), New Delhi, India
2017 ‘Memoires des futurs: Modernities indiennes’, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2017 The Sculpture Park – Edition 1, Madhavendra Palace, Jaipur, India
2017 Frieze Art Fair (Gallery Nature Morte), New York, USA
2016 Yinchuan Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Yinchuan, China
2016 ‘Diary Entries’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
2014 ‘Whorled Explorations’, Kochi-Muziris Biennale,
Curated by Jitish Kallat, Kochi, India
2013 ‘Wonderland’, organised by Gallery Veda at Park Hyatt, Chennai, India
2012 India Art Fair (Gallery OED and Latitude 28), New Delhi, India
2012 ‘Re-picturing the Feminine’, Gallery OED, Kochi, India
2012 ‘Firm Ground Beneath Her’, Gallery Veda, Chennai, India
2012 ‘Tactile’, Latitude 28, New Delhi, India
2012 ‘Emerging Idioms’, Apparao Galleries, New Delhi, India
2012 ‘Eco Strokes’, Durbar Hall Art Centre, Kochi, India
2012 ‘Art for Humanity’ organised by citizens for justice and peace, Coomaraswamy Hall, Mumbai, India
2012 ‘To Let the World In: Narrative and Beyond in Contemporary Indian Art’
Curated by Chaitanya Sambrani, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, organised by Art Chennai, India
2011 ‘Emerging Idioms’, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi, India
2011 ‘Serendipity’, Galleri Vreta Kloster, Sweden
2011 ‘Turn of the Tide’, organised by Tangerine Art Space at The Taj, Bangalore, India
2011 ‘Madras Contemporary for Art Chennai’,
Curated by Ashvin Rajagopal, Ashvita Gallery, Chennai, India
2010 ‘Artist of the Month’, invited by Cholamandal Artist Village, Indigo-Lambudrum Gallery,
Chennai, India
2010 ‘The Madras Accent’, organised by Safion at Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, India
2010 ‘ 16 Contemporary Women’, Gowry Art Institute, Kallar & Vyloppilly Samskrithi, Trivandrum, India
2010 ‘Functional Art’, Forum Art Gallery, Chennai, India
2010 ‘Search Within’, Gallerie 88, Kolkata, India
2010 ‘Expression of Inner Space’, Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi, Thrissur, India
2009 ‘Gender Genesis Genetics’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
2009 ‘Marco Polo Diaries’, The Taj, Chennai, India
2009 India Art Summit (Apparao Galleries), New Delhi, India
2009 ‘Narrative Movements’, Gallery Mementos, Bangalore, and Gallery with Difference, Kolkata, India
2009 ‘Perspecta’, Indigo Gallery, Cholamandal, Chennai, India
2008 ‘Paper Pathways’, Apparao Galleries, Chennai, India
2008 ‘Between the Lines’, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India
2008 ‘Trilogy 2’, The Noble Sage Art Gallery, London, UK
2008 ‘Harmony Arts Contemporary Show India’, Mumbai, India
2008 ‘Surface to Origin’, Gallery Soul Flower, Bangkok, Thailand
2007 ‘Synergy:Shakti’, Auroville, Pondicherry, India
2007 ‘The South’, Apparao Galleries, New Delhi, India
2007 ‘The Whirlpool of Fate’, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India
2007 ‘Working Indian Artists from Lalit Kala Akademi’, Graphicus Atelier, Cumberland, USA
AWARDS
2018 Arts Game Changer Award, India
2016 Amol Vadehra Art Award
2005 National winner, Camlin Euro Art Tour to London and Paris
2004 The Camlin 6th Southern Region Art Award
2004 Lalit Kala Akademi Research Grant 2003-04
2003 Scholarship to a Young Artist, Department of Culture, Government of India, 2003-05
2002-03 Arnawaz Vasudev Charities Scholarship