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
2017 ‘There is no forgetting from the lips of the people’, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2015 ‘Still and Still Moving Life’, Artry Gallery, Kochi
2014 ‘How come you are here?’, Bergamo Mall, Art Chennai
2013 ‘Rebirth’, The Noble Sage Gallery, London
2012 ‘Ode to a Fierce Fecundity’, organised by Art Chennai at Chandra Mandala, Chennai
2004 ‘Perturb me not’, Alliance Francaise, Chennai
2003 ‘Museum’, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 ‘Contemplating the Spiritual in Contemporary Art’, Rosenfeld Porcini, London
2019 India Art Fair (Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke), New Delhi
2017 ‘Memoires des futurs: Modernities indiennes’, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2017 The Sculpture Park – Edition 1, Madhavendra Palace, Jaipur
2017 Frieze Art Fair (Gallery Nature Morte), New York
2016 Yinchuan Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Yinchuan, China
2016 ‘Diary Entries’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2014 ‘Whorled Explorations’, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, curated by Jitish Kallat, Kochi
2013 ‘Wonderland’, organised by Gallery Veda at Park Hyatt, Chennai
2012 India Art Fair (Gallery OED and Latitude 28), New Delhi
2012 ‘Re-picturing the Feminine’, Gallery OED, Kochi
2012 ‘Firm Ground Beneath Her’, Gallery Veda, Chennai
2012 ‘Tactile’, Latitude 28, New Delhi
2012 ‘Emerging Idioms’, Apparao Galleries, New Delhi
2012 ‘Eco Strokes’, Durbar Hall Art Centre, Kochi
2012 ‘Art for Humanity’ organised by citizens for justice and peace, Coomaraswamy Hall, Mumbai
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
2011 ‘Emerging Idioms’, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Serendipity’, Galleri Vreta Kloster, Sweden
2011 ‘Turn of the Tide’, organised by Tangerine Art Space at The Taj, Bangalore
2011 ‘Madras Contemporary for Art Chennai’ curated by Ashvin Rajagopal, Ashvita Gallery, Chennai
2010 ‘Artist of the Month’, invited by Cholamandal Artist Village, Indigo-Lambudrum Gallery, Chennai
2010 ‘The Madras Accent’, organised by Safion at Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore
2010 ‘ 16 Contemporary Women’, Gowry Art Institute, Kallar & Vyloppilly Samskrithi, Trivandrum
2010 ‘Functional Art’, Forum Art Gallery, Chennai
2010 ‘Search Within’, Gallerie 88, Kolkata
2010 ‘Expression of Inner Space’, Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi, Thrissur
2009 ‘Gender Genesis Genetics’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2009 ‘Marco Polo Diaries’, The Taj, Chennai
2009 India Art Summit (Apparao Galleries), New Delhi
2009 ‘Narrative Movements’, Gallery Mementos, Bangalore, and Gallery with Difference, Kolkata
2009 ‘Perspecta’, Indigo Gallery, Cholamandal, Chennai
2008 ‘Paper Pathways’, Apparao Galleries, Chennai
2008 ‘Between the Lines’, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai
2008 ‘Trilogy 2’, The Noble Sage Art Gallery, London
2008 ‘Harmony Arts Contemporary Show India’, Mumbai
2008 ‘Surface to Origin’, Gallery Soul Flower, Bangkok
2007 ‘Synergy:Shakti’, Auroville, Pondicherry
2007 ‘The South’, Apparao Galleries, New Delhi
2007 ‘The Whirlpool of Fate’, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
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