BIOGRAPHY

Grants and Fellowships

  • 2022 TOY Fellow, USA
  • 2022 The NXTHVN Fellowship, New Haven, USA
  • 2010 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Artist Residency Grant, Japan
  • 2008 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant.
  • 2005 UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Fellowship
  • 2005 CAMAC residency grant, Marnay-sur-Seine, France

Collections

  • Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology, Beijing, China
  • Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Arthur M. Sackler’s private collection, New York, USA
  • Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum, Iowa, USA
  • Keran and Robert Duncan private collection, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  • Francis J. Greenburger Collection, New York, USA
  • Marc and Kathy LeBaron private collection, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  • And many other private collections around the world.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2015 “Everything Ends & Everything Matters” Latitude 28, New Delhi, India
  • 2014 Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology, Beijing, China
  • 2013 Art Museum of greater Lafayette, Indiana, USA
  • 2011 Robert Bill Contemporary, Chicago, USA
  • 2010 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
  • 2009 “The Exit”, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
  • 2009 “The Exit”, Galerie 88, Kolkata, India
  • 2007 Maiden Lane Exhibition Space, New York, USA
  • 2007 Roger Smith Lab Gallery, New York, USA
  • 2007 Azarian McCullough Art Gallery, Sparkil, USA
  • 2007 “Bed & Breakfast” Project 88, Mumbai, India
  • 2005 CAMAC, Marney-sur-Seine, France

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2023 “Reclamation” Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
  • 2023 “Four Elements” New Alliance Foundation Art Gallery Gateway Community College, New Haven, USA
  • 2018 “Intersection” Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology, Beijing, China
  • 2018 “Limitation” Palladium Mall, Chennai, India
  • 2016 Assemblage exhibition, By the Hand, Nebraska, USA
  • 2014 Dhaka Art Summit 2014, Latitude 28, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • 2014 India Art Fair, Latitude 28, New Delhi, India
  • 2011 Art fair – Art Chicago/NEXT 2011, Chicago, USA
  • 2010 “All About Fukuoka”, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
  • 2010 “Structures within an Intervention”, The Guild Art Gallery, New York, USA
  • 2009 “Hotter Than Curry”, Gallery Open Eyed Dreams, Cochin, India
  • 2009 “Contemporary India”, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • 2008 “Easing Border”, Traveling show, New York, USA
  • 2006 ACBEU gallery, Salvador, Brazil (Two person show)
  • 2006 Queens International Biennial, Queens Museum, New York, USA
  • 2005 Earth and Fire – Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, USA

Artist Residencies

  • 2016 Aguacate Studio, Puerta Vallarta, Mexico
  • 2014 Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology, Beijing, China
  • 2010 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
  • 2010 International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, NY
  • 2006 KHOJ Kolkata International Workshop, Kolkata, India
  • 2006 Art Omi International Art Center, New York
  • 2006 Sacatar Foundation, Bahia, Brazil
  • 2005 Skowhegan School of Art and Sculpture, Maine, USA
  • 2005 CAMAC, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
  • 1998 Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India

Invited Lecturer

  • 2010 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
  • 2009 Asian Contemporary Art Week 2009, New York, NY
  • 2006 The Cooper Union, New York, NY

Education

  • 2005 Sculpture – Skowhegan school of Painting and Sculpture
  • 2005 MFA Sculpture – University of Iowa
  • 2003 MA Sculpture/Ceramics – Purdue University
  • 1999 BFA Sculpture/Art History – Visva Bharati University, India
  • 1994 BA(Hons.) History – Ranchi University, India

Selected Bibliography

  • Vogue Magazine, 23 Feb, 2018
  • The Hindu, 9 Feb, 2018
  • Hindustan Times Delhi, 15 Oct 2015
  • Verve Magazine July, 2015
  • BBC, 9 June 2015
  • Verve Magazine May Issue, 2015
  • Deccan Herald, 19 May 2015
  • Berlin Art Link, 28, April 2015
  • The Sunday Guardian, 18 April, 2015
  • Hindustan Times, 17, April 2015
  • The Indian Express, 14 April, 2015
  • Business Standard, India, 20 June, 2014
  • CEO Lifestyle Magazine, India, March, 2014
  • Nafas Art Magazine, India, March 2014
  • Hindustan Times, India, 31 Jan, 2014
  • Artvilla, India, 5 February, 2014
  • New York Times (web edition), 4 February, 2014
  • Studio International Magazine, 2 February, 2014
  • Odisha TV, India, 2 February, 2014
  • Hindustan Times, India, 29 January, 2014
  • The Times Of India, Delhi, Jan 31, 2014
  • The Bushwick News, Brooklyn, USA, May 11, 2010
  • Studio International, January 9, 2010
  • Shin Bijutsu Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan, 21 July 2010
  • The Indian Express, Mumbai Newsline, July 27 2009
  • Telegraph, India, 28th February, 2009
  • Hindustan Times, India, 16th March, 2007
  • New York Times, USA, 15th December, 2006
  • Telegraph, India, 20th November, 2006
  • Indian Express, India, 29th October, 2006
  • Financial Times, USA, 30th July, 2006
  • La République, France, 23rd April, 2005