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- 1956
- Born in Bangalore, India
Education
- 1985
- MFA In Sculpture, MS University, Baroda
- 1982
- BFA in Sculpture, MS University, Baroda
- 1977
- BA in Economics, English and Psychology, Bangalore University
Solo Exhibitions
- 2006
- Photo-performance work, Nature Morte & Bose Pacia, Spazio Piazza Sempione, Milan, Italy
Photo and Video Performance work, Espace Croise, Roubaix, France
Paris Autumn, Galerie Zurcher, Paris, France
- 2005
- Native Women of South India: Manners & Customs, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
- 2004
- Native Women of South India: Manners & Customs, collaborative project with Clare Arni, Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore, Gallery Chemould , Mumbai and at Seagull Arts and Media Center, Kolkata, India
Indian Lady, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
- 2003
- Phantom Lady and Sunhere Sapne, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
The Anguished Heart, Nature Morte and Gallery Chemould, at British Council, Delhi, India
- 2002
- Golden Dreams, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India
- 2001
- Golden Dreams, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India
- 1998
- Phantom Lady or Kismet, a photo romance, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, and at the artist's studio, Bangalore, India
- 1994
- Excavations, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India
- 1983
- Sculpture show, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore
Group Exhibitions
- 2007
- Fotofluss, Vienna, Austria
- 2006
- Changing Skin, Gallery SKE, Bangalore
Indian Express, Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Fiction @ Love, Shanghai, China
Ultra New Vision of Contemporary Art, Singapore Art Museum
India in all its Senses, Louis Vuitton Galleries, Paris, France
Lille 3000, France
Another Asia, Noorderlicht Photofestival 2006, Netherlands
Indian Video Art : Between Myth and History, Part of Cinema Prayoga: Indian Experimental Film and Video 1913- 2006, Tate Modern, London
- 2005
- I, Me, Myself , Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin
Are We Like This Only, Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi, India
Indian Summer, the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris, France
Edge of Desire, the Asia Society, New York and Museo Tamayo, Mexico
Yokohama Triennale, Open Circle , Japan
Kovideo, 1st Durban Video Festival, South Africa
- 2004
- Iconography in Transient Times, Gallery Sumukha, Delhi, India
Edge of Desire, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- 2003
- Heat: A Picture Show, Bose Pacia Modern, New York and at City Park, Dublin, Ireland
DiVerge, 40 Years of Chemould, NGMA, Mumbai, India
- 2002
- New Indian Art: Home, Street, Shrine, Bazaar, Museum, Manchester City Galleries, Manchester, UK
Ways of Resisting, SAHMAT, New Delhi, India
- 2001
- Century City, Tate Modern, London, UK
Moving Ideas, Montreal and Vancouver, Canada
- 1999
- Art from India, Patricia Correia Gallery, Los Angeles Biennale, USA
- 1998
- The Presence of the Past, NCPA, Mumbai, India
- 1997
- Telling Tales, Bath Festival Trust, UK
Telling Times, British Council, New Delhi, India
- 1996
- The New South, London, UK
Fire and Life, Australia India Art Project, Mumbai and Perth, Australia
Shilpayan, Contemporary Indian Sculpture, NGMA, New Delhi, India
- 1995
- Dispossession, Africus, First Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa
100 Years of NGMA, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
Recent Trends in Contemporary Indian Art, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Sculpture 95, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
Postcards for Gandhi, SAHMAT, in six Indian cities
- 1994
- Still Life, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
- 1992
- 2nd International Women's Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
A Nest for Sparrow, Mumbai, India
- 1990-91
- Pushpamala N. and Alex Mathew, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, and at CMC Gallery, New Delhi and Chemould Gallery, Mumbai, India
- 1989
- Timeless Art, VT Station, Mumbai,India
Artist's Alert, SAHMAT, New Delhi, India
- 1987
- The Sculpted Image, Bombay Arts Festival, Mumbai, India
- 1986
- VI Triennale-India, New Delhi, India
- 1985
- Pushpamala N, Atul Dodiya and Akitham Vasudevan, Gallery 7, Mumbai, India
Seven Young Sculptors, Kasauli Art Centre, New Delhi, India
- 1983-84
- National Exhibition, India
Curation
- 1999
- Curated and organized an exhibition of large public site- specific works- Sthala Puranagalu [Place Legends] in Bangalore
Awards
- 1998
- Karnataka Shilpa Kala Akademi Award
- 1988
- Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi Silver Jubilee Award
- 1986
- Gold Medal, VI Triennale, India and Karnataka Rajyothsava Award
- 1984
- National Award
Grants, Residencies and Workshops
- 2006
- The Rockefeller Foundation artist residency, Bellagio Study Center, Italy
- 2005
- Artist's Camp, Pachmarhi
French Embassy SCAC artist residency in Paris, France
- 2002
- Majlis Cultural Fellowship
Khoj International Residency, Delhi
- 2000
- Indian Foundation for the Arts, Arts Collaboration Grant
Open Circle International workshop, Mumbai, India
- 1998
- Khoj International Workshop, Modinagar
- 1995-97
- Senior Fellowship, Govt of India
- 1992-93
- Charles Wallace Trust (India) Fellowship residency in London, UK
- 1985
- Artist's Camp, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
- 1978-85
- Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi art Scholarship
- 1975-77
- Bangalore University English Scholarship
The artist lives and works in Bangalore, India