C.K. RAJAN
Born 1960 in Kerala, India
Lives in Kerala, India
BFA (Painting), College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, India
Interim Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India
MFA, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, Central University of Hyderabad, India
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 'seekrajan CK Rajan: A Selected Retrospective', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
Curated by Grant Watson
2014 'Classified: For Your Eyes Only', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2010 'Mad Furnitures and Psychic Objects – Part I', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2006 'C.K. Rajan', Kashi Art Café, Kochi, India
1995 'Mild Terrors: On Consumerism, Sex and Politics', MMB Photo Gallery,
Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India; Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad, India
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 'The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998', Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
Curated by Shanay Jhaveri
2022 'Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular', Sharjah Art Foundation,
Sharjah, UAE; Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India
Curated by Iftikhar Dadi and Roobina Karode
2021 'RED', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
2019 'Body Building', Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai, UAE
2016 'DWELLING, 10th Anniversary Show', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India
Curated by Ranjit Hoskote
2016 'Pond near the Field: Five Artists from Kerala', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, India
Kerala Museum, Kochi, India
Curated by Roobina Karode
2013 'Considering Collage', Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, India
2013 'Perspectives on Collage', The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
2009 'Art of Modern India', IVAM, Valencia, Spain
2008 'Santhal Family – Positions around an Indian Sculpture', MuHKA,
Antwerp, Belgium
Curated by Grant Watson
2007 'Spy', The Guild, Mumbai, India
2007 'documenta XII', Kassel, Germany
1998 'Born in 1960, Nicola Durvasula and C.K. Rajan', Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore, India
1997 Project at KHOJ Studios, New Delhi, India
1987 'Questions and Dialogues', Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University,
Baroda, India
1985 'Painters with Fishermen', College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, India
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai, UAE
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India
MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Tate Modern, London, UK
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA