1971
Born Karnataka, India
The Artist Lives and Works in South Korea
Education
1992-96
BFA in Painting, Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts Mysore University
1997-98
MFA in Museology, Maharaja Sayyajirao University of Baroda
2001-02
MA in Contemporary Fine Art Practice, Leeds Metropolitan University
Solo Exhibition
2012
"Password"- Nature Morte, Gurgaon
2011
“Chromatophobia - The Fear of Money”- Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi
2010
“Chromatophobia- The Fear of Money”- Arario, Beijing
2009
“Placebo”- Chemould Prescott Gallery, Mumbai
2008
“Antimatter”- Arario, New York
2007
“Bon Appetite”- Arario, Seoul
2000
“Past Modern Interactive Art Objects”- Bose Pacia Modern, New York
1999
“Past Modern Interactive Art Objects”- Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
Group Exhibition
2011
"Against All Odds: A Contemporary Response to the Historiography of Archiving Collecting, and Museums in India"- Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi
2010
“The Empire strikes back- Indian Art Today”- Saatchi Gallery, UK
“La route de la soie”- (The Silk Road), Tri Postal, Lille
2009
“The Armory Show”- Arario, New York
“KIAF”- India Art Summit, Arario, New Delhi
2008
“The 3rd Nanjing Triennial”- Nanjing
“Pulse”- Soho studios, Miami
"Passage to India Initial Access”- Frank Cohen Collection, Wolvrhampton
"Mechanism of Motions”- Anant Art Center, New Delhi
2007
"Unholy Truths Initial Access”- Frank Cohen Collection, Wolvrhampton
"Arco”- Madrid
"Hungry God”- Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
"The Armory Show”- Arario, Seoul Subcontingent, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Italy
"Hungry God: Indian Contemporary Art”- Pusan Museum of Modern Art, Pusan
2006
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
"Hyper Design”- 6th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, China 9th Bienal de La Habana, Cuba
"Hungry God: Indian Contemporary Art”- Arario, Beijing
"Beautiful Cynicism”- Arario, Beijing
2005
Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey Mexico
Rites and Rewrites: Borders in Asia, World Socialist Forum, Museum of Contemporary Art”- Porte Alegre, Brazil
"Iconography in Transient Time”- Gallery Sumakha, New Delhi
2004
"Edge of the Desire: Recent Art in India”- Art Gallery of Western Australia
Asia Society, New York
Tamayo Museum, Mexico City,
"Haste Modern”- Nature Morte, New Delhi
Busan Binnale, Busan, South Korea
"Bifocal Vision: The Near and Far”- Contemporary Indian Art, Lisbon
2003
"Crossing Generations: Diverge”- Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
"Eclectic”- Total Museum, Seoul
Yellow sea International, South Korea
2002
"LMU Leeds Metropolitan University”- Gallery Leeds, UK
2000
"Millennium Logo”- National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
"Art in the world -2000”- Beaux-Art Magazine, Paris
1999
Asian Art Biennial, Dakha
1997
37th National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademy, Chennai
Awards and Honours
Sanskriti Award 2003
Commonwealth Scholarship 2001
Emerging Artist award 1999 Inlaks Fine Art Award 1997
National Scholarship 1996
Ministry of HRD, Government of India Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademy Scholarship 1995
Research
The Museum’s Non-Verbal Communication
"Multi-sensory approaches in Exhibition Design”- A dissertation submitted for MFA to the Department of Museology, MSU, Baroda
Workshop and Collective Activities
World Ceramic Biennale, cross-over workshop, Icheon, South Korea 2005
CKP, Bangalore, Visiting Faculty 2002
CAVA, Mysore, conducted workshop for BFA students 2002
AOM, Art on the Move Project, Organised by Sahmath, Delhi 2001
Khoj International, Site specific workshop, Delhi 1999
Museological training, Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai 1996
Cholamandal Artist’s Village, Artist in Residence, Chennai 1995
