Yamini Nayar


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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
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
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
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
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
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
2004
Territories, Aicon Gallery, New York
Blow the Conch, curated by Nitin Mukul, PS 122
2003
Through Customs, curated by Shamim Momin and Raina Lampkin-Fielder Bose Pacia Modern, New York
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
2009
Mapping Alternative Networks: Artists and Communities, Indian Art Summit, New Delhi, India
2008
Eugene Lang College, New York
2007
Exit Art; Asian American Writer's Workshop
2006
Empire State College, New York
2005
Rush Arts Gallery; Asian American Art Centre; Queens Museum, NY
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
2006
In a State of Emergency, Alwan for the Arts
2004
Territories, Aicon Gallery
Residencies
2002-03
Chashama, NY
2005-07
Projectile Arts, NY
Awards
2004
Aaron Siskand Memorial Fellowship