Education
1986
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India
1988-1989
Continuing Studies (Printmaking & Drawing), Indiana University, Indiana
1993 Master of Fine Arts (Painting), East Carolina University, North Carolina
Solo Exhibitions
2005
IN SEARCH OF LYRICISM, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai *
2000
RECENT WORKS, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai *
1997
HUMAN TOUCH, Gallery 7, Mumbai *
Group Exhibitions, Invitationals & Juried Shows
2008
THE MINIATURE FORMAT SHOW, Sans Tache Gallery, Mumbai *
2007
THE ABSTRACT TABLEAU: A LOGIC OF INSTINCTS, Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai *
Curator: Roshan Shahani
UNDERSTANDING ONENESS IN DIVERSITY, Kitab Mahal, Mumbai. Curator: Durva Gandhi *
DE-SIZING, by Artworks, at Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, Mumbai. Curator: Anupa Mehta
DOES SIZE MATTER – 2, by Studio Confluence at NCPA Gallery, Mumbai *
Curators: Bhavna Kakar & Farah Siddiqui
MONSOON CHAPTER – 2, by RED EARTH at Travancore Palace Gallery, New Delhi
HOLI 2007, by RED EARTH at Art Room Gallery, New Delhi
GRIDS & DATUMS, Gallery Osmosis, Mumbai *
MAKING HISTORY OUR OWN, by SAHMAT, AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi.
Curator: Ram Rahman
WOMEN’S WORK, Phipps Center For The Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
2006
PAINTING NEW THEATER 3, Internet art show by EVAM, Mumbai
CREUSET, Art Room Gallery, New Delhi
THOUGHT & BEING, Gallery Osmosis, Mumbai *
BLACK & WHITE, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai *
FEMINA: POWER OF PINK Charity Auction, Regal Room, Hilton Towers, Mumbai *
BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME, Wellington B Gray Gallery, North Carolina
MYRRH, by Art Edge at Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai. Curators: Anupa Mehta & Geetu Hinduja *
LADAKH, LANDSCAPE & LIFE, by The Fine Art Company, Mumbai & Gallery Espace, New Delhi at Gallery Espace, New Delhi. Curators: Geetu Hinduja & Renu Modi *
2005
PAINTING NEW THEATER by EVAM, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai *
PRESENT / FUTURE, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai. Curator: Dr. Saryu Doshi
2004
VI IDEAS & IMAGES, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai. Curator: Dr. Saryu Doshi
2002
IN THE ABSTRACT, WPVA Exhibition, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota
WONDER WOMEN TACKLE ART, WARM Exhibition, diStilo Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2001
VOLUNTEER EXHIBITION, No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
WOMAN, Women Photographers/Visual Artists, Borders Café, Minneapolis, Minnesota. THE ST. PAUL ART CRAWL, Rossmor Building, St. Paul, Minnesota
90th ANNUAL FINE ARTS EXHIBITION, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota. Juror: Jerry Rudquist
NEVER TOO YOUNG, Jamaat Gallery, Mumbai
EXCERPTS FROM MY DIARY PAGES, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai *
2001, 00
100 UNDER 500, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
2000
THE END IS WHERE WE START FROM, Women Photographers / Visual Artists’ Exhibition, Minnesota Valley Wild Life Center Gallery, Bloomington, Minnesota
SMALL WONDERS, Women Photographers/Visual Artists, Salon Cheveux & Taraccino Coffee, Roseville, Minnesota
THE FOOT IN THE DOOR 2000, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
SMALL STUFF: A MINIATURE ART SHOW, Larson Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
THREE WOMEN: A PARALLEL AESTHETIC, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
A GLOBAL AFFAIR: CARING FOR A CHANGING WORLD, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1999
SALON SHOW, Women’s Art Registry Of Minnesota’s, Century College, Minnesota
1999, 98
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITON, Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jurors: M. Patricia Warashina & Leslie Sharpe
1999, 98, 96
SCENE & UNSEEN, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico * * *
Jurors: William T. Wiley, Larry Bell & Larry Ogan
1998
FEMALE POWER PORTRAITS, Larson Art Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
1998
100 UNDER 400, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
1996, 95
WESTMORELAND ART NATIONALS, Westmoreland Community College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
1995
COLLAGE: DIVERSE FRAGMENTS, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
1994
KITE FUNDRAISER PROJECT, Indianapolis Museum of Art in Columbus, Indiana.
THE GREAT TARBORO ART BAZAAR, Hobson Pittman Memorial Gallery, North Carolina
WESTMORELAND ART NATIONALS, Westmoreland Community College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Jurors: Jack Sal & Stephanie Hightower
1993
THE NEW BREED: Recent MFAs from ECU / UNC / UNC-G, Lee Hansley Gallery North Carolina
OBSERVATIONS: TWO VIEWS OF LIFE, Hobson Pittman Memorial Gallery, North Carolina
Curator: Mead Horne
SUMMER INVITATIONAL, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina
HIDDEN CONCERNS, (MFA Thesis Show,) Wellington B.Gray Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina
1992
SCENE & UNSEEN, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico.*
Jurors: Micki Muhlbauer & Greg Senn
1991
CCA COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION, Hamptons Exhibitions Gallery, Kinston, North Carolina
Juror: Dennis Szackas
REBEL, Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, North Carolina. Juror: Benito Huerta *
A DAY IN HISTORIC TARBORO, McConkey House, Tarboro, North Carolina
1989
INDIAN ECLECTICS, Lalit Kala Academy Galleries, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
(A National Exhibition jointly organized by the Sanskriti Pratishthan and the Embassy of France. Selected by Mr. Akbar Padamsee) *
1987
PRINTS WITH A POINT: An International Exhibition Of Drypoints And Polemical Prints,
Hard Times Gallery, Bristol, England. Curator: Peter Ford
1986
ARTISTS’ EXHIBITION, Kala Academy, Goa (Organized by artists invited to a workshop
at the Xal Praxis Center in Goa)
1985
BOMBAY ART SOCIETY SHOW, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1985
MONSOON SHOW, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
* exhibition catalogues published
Awards/Honors
2001-02
JEROME FOUNDATION / WOMEN’S ART REGISTRY OF MINNESOTA SCHOLARSHIP, WARM Mentor Program, St. Paul, Minnesota
1999
MEMBERS’ AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, The Phipps Center’s ‘Fourteenth Annual
Members Art Exhibit’ Hudson, Wisconsin. Juror: Jantje Visscher
1998
JUROR’S AWARD, WARM “Nienteenth Annual Juried Exhibition” Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Juror: Leslie Sharpe
1996
HONORABLE MENTION – MIXED MEDIA, "Scene & Unseen" Exhibition, Portales, New Mexico. Juror : Larry Ogan
1991/92/93
GRAVELY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
1992
LIQUITEX EXCELLENCE IN ART AWARD, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
1991
FIRST PLACE – OILS & ACRYLICS, "CCA Competitve Exhibition" Hamptons Exhibitions Gallery, Kinston, North Carolina. Juror: Dennis Szackas
1991
FIRST PLACE – MIXED MEDIA, "Rebel" Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Juror: Benito Huerta
1986
SHRI PALSHIKAR PRIZE, Bombay University, Mumbai (First Rank in Graduating Year)
LORD HARDING PRIZE, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai (First Rank in Graduating Year)
1981-1986
MERIT SCHOLARSHIP, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
Workshops & Art Camps Attended
2007
‘Encaustic & Acrylic’ with Nancy Reyner & Kathy Dubay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006
Invited to the RPG annual art camp in Mumbai
2006
Invited by CANVAS to an Artists’ Cultural Camp in Brazil
2005
Invited by Gallery Espace, New Delhi, and the Fine Art Company, Mumbai, to an Artists’ Interactive camp in Ladakh.
2004
‘Faux Finishing’ with Sher & Jim Galeotti, at the School of Decorative Arts in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
2002
‘Monotype’ with Gwen Partin at Northrup King Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1986
Invited by Lakhanpal Private Limited to an Artists’ Interactive Camp at Xal Praxis Center in Goa
Selected Notices & Reviews (Recent)
2007
Gopal Mirchandani. Meditation In Slow Motion, Art & Deal Magazine, November, pg 54
Sandhya Menon. Life On A Canvas, DNA, Mumbai, March 15, pg 35
2006
Priyanka Borpujari. Art Camp Brings Collective Memory, The Asian Age, Mumbai, Dec. 16, pg 23 Chelna Khatau. Tongue-In-Cheek, Brush Does The Speaking, DNA, Mumbai, Dec.15, pg 9
26 Artists Make A Splash At Goenka’s Marve Beach Art Camp, Afternoon, Mumbai, Dec 14, pgs 16-17
An Artistic Camp, Afternoon, Mumbai, Dec. 7, pg 16
Present Company, Hindustan Times, Mumbai, Nov. 13, pg 6
Maria Louise. Music On The Canvas, Verve Magazine, Sep-Oct, Vol. 14, issue 5, pg 127
Hi! Blitz / Kingfisher Airlines Magazine, August issue, pg 42
Nicole Dastur. Only A Woman Can Express What She Experiences, Bombay Times, June 24, pg 7
Women Framed, Afternoon, Mumbai, June 21, pg 16
Radhika Dwivedi. Women Are The Ties That Bind, DNA, Mumbai, June 20, pg 8
Gitanjali Dang. The Art of Shakti – 14 Women Artists Come Together For A Potent Exhibition,
Hindustan Times Style, June 23, pg 8
Georgina Maddox. Ladies Club, Indian Express, Mumbai, pg 8
2005
Anupa Mehta. Eight Days To Enlightenment, Elle Magazine, Mumbai, October, pgs 128/32
Pervin Mahoney. In Search Of Lyricism, Inside Outside Magazine, Mumbai, May, pg 34/35
Zehra Jumabhoy. Reviews: In Search Of Lyricism, Time Out Magazine,Mumbai, April 8-21, pg 37
Shobha Jopule. Poetry On Canvas, Mahanagar, Mumbai, April 12, pgs 6 & 7
Arkay. In Search Of Lyricism, Afternoon Dispatch & Courier, Mumbai, April 11, pg 6
Raul Dias. Picture Perfect, The Bombay Times, April 10, pg 2
2004
Vrushali Haldipur. All About Eve, The Bombay Times, Oct. 20, pg 1
2002
Evolutionary Art, Minnesota Women’s Press Incorporated, Minnesota, August 14
2001
Mary Abbe. Money, Money, Money, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 25, pg F16
Anahite Contractor. Paging Memory, The Bombay Times, July 23, pg.2
2000
Michele Natale. Group Gropings, Spectator Magazine, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 19, pg 18
Arnavaz Vasunia. Still Life, Elle Magazine, Mumbai, India, October issue.
Ranjit Hoskote. Sense of Isolation and Silence, The Hindu, New Delhi, India, Oct.8
Dyaneshwar Nadkarni. Simply Symbolic, (e-review) CafeMumbai.com, August 23
Arkay. Kiyomi at Gallery Chemould, Afternoon Dispatch & Courier, Mumbai, India, Aug. 2
Jasmine Varma. Colourful Emotions, Mid-Day, Mumbai, August 23, The List, pg 3
Michele Natale. Group Gropings / Three Women grace Lee Hansley Gallery; more is less at Somerhill, Spectator Magazine, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 19-25, pg.18
Mary Abbe. Sisters Act, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 14, pg.15
