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- 1975
- Born in Detroit, Michigan
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Education
- 2005
- M.F.A., School of Visual Art, New York
- 1999
- B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Selected Exhibitions
- 2010
- Empire Strikes Back-Contemporary Indian Art Today, Saatchi Gallery, UK
Ballard Estate, curated by Gitanjali Dang, Religare arts, New Delhi
Bring me a Lion, curated by Dr. Jeffery Hughes and Dana Turkovic. Webster University, Missouri
Accented curated by Murtaza Vali, Bric Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
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2009
- Yamini Nayar, New Works, NADA Art Fair
Arrested Views, Sheela Gowda and Yamini Nayar, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
We would like to thank (again) the curators, who wish to remain anonymous, Galerie Anne Barrault, France
Good Looking, curated by Atteqa Ali, Grey Noise Gallery. Pakistan
Indian Art Summit, New Delhi
798 Bienniale, curated by Jaishri Abichandani and Alexandra Hungerbuhler, Beijing
Whitney on the Moon, curatede by Kanishka Raja, 106 Greene, Brooklyn, New York
SAWCC Art Auction, New York
Rush Arts Auction, New York
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2008
- By All Means, curated by Thomas Erben, Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Chatterjee and Lal, Mumbai, India
Firewalkers, Stephen Stux Gallery, New York
Exploding Lotus, curated by Jaishrai Abichandi and Jane Hart, ExitArt Benefit Auction, New York
SAWCC Art Auction, New York
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2007
- First Left, Second Right ,with Kiran Subhaiah and Abishek Hazra
Sultana's Dream, ExitArt, NY
The Young Devotee Exhausts the Forces of Activity, curated by Peter Nagy
Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Australia
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2006
- Yamini Nayar and Shresta Premnath, Bose Pacia Modern, New York
The Kayu Project, curated by Carol Pereira Onishi Gallery, New York
This One Time, Kiana Malakzedeh Gallery, New York
Friends of Fullbright Auction, BosePacia(25), New York
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2005
- Fatal Love: South Asian American Art Now, curated by Jaishri Abichandani and Prerana Reddy, Queens Museum of Art
See What I Mean? MFA Photo Thesis Exhibition, curated by Marvin Heiferman Visual Arts Gallery, New York
More or Less: Generating Meaning Through Process, Rush Arts Gallery, New York
hrlm: pictures, collaboration with Greg Tate Studio Museum of Harlem, New York
Empire's Feast, curated by Jenny Ham PH Gallery, New York
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2004
- Territories, Aicon Gallery, New York
Blow the Conch, curated by Nitin Mukul, PS 122
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2003
- Through Customs, curated by Shamim Momin and Raina Lampkin-Fielder
Bose Pacia Modern, New York
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1999
- Graduation Invitational, Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD
Solo Thesis Exhibition, Red-Eye Gallery, RISD
Photography and Sculpture, Woods-Gerry Gallery
Selected Reviews and Publications
Artists of the Diaspora, Artpulse Magazine, Sharmistha Ray, Oct 09
Diasporic Artists, MW Magazine, India, Sharmistha Ray, Aug 09
World's Coming Apart, ArtIndia Magazine, Abhay Sardesai, Lead Review, July 09
Yamini Nayar, New Yorker, Vince Aletti, exhibition reviews, Apr 09
Sheela Gowda and Yamini Nayar, New York Times, Holland Cotter, May 09
Yamini Nayar: Intimate Theater, Artpulse Magazine, Sharmistha Ray, artist feature, May 09
exhibition reviews, Stacey Duff, Timeout Beijing, Mar 09
Swapan Seth, Wallstreet Journal, Mar 09
Ten Artists to watch, Vogue India, Dec 08
Sunny Side Up, Verge Magazine, Sept 08
Zenana as the Public Sphere, Uzma Rizvi, Wynwood Art Magazine, Sept 07
Ruin'Monument, Shifter Magazine, shiftermagazine.net, Fall 06
Yamini Nayar and Shreshta Premnath, exhibition reviews, TimeOut NY, Aug 17, 06
Yamini Nayar and Shreshta Premnath, Dawn Chen, issue #323 Flavorpill NYC
Fatal Love review, Courtney Martin, Flash Art International, May 05
Fatal Love review, Kiran Chandra, Ego Magazine, Apr 05
Through Customs review, Peter Nagy, Art AsiaPacific, Winter 04
Territories review, Lavina Melwani, Anokhi Vibe, Oct 04
Presentations
- 2010
- Webster University, Missouri
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2009
- Mapping Alternative Networks: Artists and Communities, Indian Art Summit, New Delhi, India
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2008
- Eugene Lang College, New York
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2007
- Exit Art; Asian American Writer's Workshop
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2006
- Empire State College, New York
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2005
- Rush Arts Gallery; Asian American Art Centre; Queens Museum, NY
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2004
- University of Illinois, IL
Curatorial Projects
- 2007
- Transfixed: Video Projects from the South Asian Diaspora, screening with New York Arab and South Asian Film Festival
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2006
- In a State of Emergency, Alwan for the Arts
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2004
- Territories, Aicon Gallery
Residencies
- 2002-03
- Chashama, NY
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2005-07
- Projectile Arts, NY
Awards
- 2004
- Aaron Siskand Memorial Fellowship