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Artist Profile |
| Vivan Sundaram
Born 1943 in Shimla
- 1961-65: BA. Fine Arts M.S. University Baroda
- 1966-68:Post-Diploma (Commonwealth Scholar), Slade
School, London
Lives in New Delhi
- Solo Exhibitions
1999: 'Great Indian Bazaar', Gallery Chemould, Bombay;
Galerie, Foundation for Indian Artists, Amsterdam;
Nature Morte, New Delhi; Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
- 1998 :'Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal', Site-specific
installation at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta
'House/Boat', Muse regional de Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
- 1997: 'House/Boat', Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg;
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
- 1996: 'Memorial', Sakshi Gallery, Melange Art and
Design Centre, Bombay
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- 1995: 'The Sher-Gil Archive', Mucsarnok, Dorottya
Gallery, Budapest; The Hungarian Information and Cultural
Centre, New Delhi; Gallery Chemould, Bombay
- 1994-95: 'Riverscape', Birla Academy of Art and
Culture, Calcutta; Sakshi Gallery, Bombay; British
Council Art Gallery, New Delhi
- 1994: 'House/Boat', OBORO, Montreal
- 'Map, Monument, Fallen Mortal' (Works from 'Collaboration/Combines',
'Riverscape' and 'Memorial'), South London Gallery,
London.
- 'Works with Paper', Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
- 1993: 'Memorial: an Installation with Photographs
and Sculpture', AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi
- 1992: 'Collaboration/Combines', Shridharani Gallery,
New Delhi; Gallery Chemould & Jehangir Ant Gallery,
Bombay
- 1991-92: 'Engine Oil and Charcoal: Works on Paper',
Faculty of Fine Ants, M.S. University of Baroda; Rabindra
Bhavan and LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi; Sakshi Gallery
Bangalore & Madras.
- 1990: 'Paintings', Shridharani Gallery, Delhi; Gallery
Chemould, Bombay
- 'Long Night: Drawings in Charcoal', Max Mueller
Bhavan, Hyderabad.
- 1988: 'Long Night: Drawings in Charcoal', Rabindra
Bhavan, New Delhi; Gallery Chemould, Bombay, Calcutta
- 1987-88: 'Journeys', Aurobindo Gallery, New Delhi;
Kala Yatra Sista's Art Gallery, Bangalore
- 1986: 'Paintings', Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi;
Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
- 1984: 'Signs of Fire', Faculty of Fine Arts, M.
S. University of Baroda; Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New
Delhi; Gallery Chemould, Bombay
- 1981: 'Paintings', Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
- 1977: 'The Indian Emergency-II', Fine Arts Faculty,
M. S. University of Baroda; Jehangir Art Gallery Bombay;
J.N.U. and Black Partridge Gallery, Delhi
- 1976: 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie', Faculty
of Fine Arts, M. S, University of Baroda; J.N.U. and
Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi; Academy of Fine Arts,
Calcutta; Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
- 'The Indian Emergency-I' Triveni Kala Sangam, New
Delhi
- 1974: 'Paintings', Gallery Chemould, Bombay
- 1972: 'The Heights of Macchu Picchu', J.N.U., Kunika-Chemould
Gallery, New Delhi; Gallery Chemould, Calcutta; Jehangir
Art Gallery, Bombay
- 1968: 'Paintings', Arts Laboratory, London.
- 1966: 'Paintings', Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi;
Taj Art Gallery, Bombay.
Group Exhibitions
- 1999
- Early Drawings: 1950s-1970s', The Fine Art Company,
Bombay, Illustrated catalogue
- 'Icons of the Millenium', Lakeeren Art Gallery,
Bombay, Illustrated catalogue
- 'Ligatee-The Baroda School of Art', The Fine Art
Company, Bombay, Illustrated catalogue
- Nature Morte, New Delhi, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney,
Australia
'Big River', International Artists Workshop, Carribean
Contemporary Arts, National Museum & Art Gallery,
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Illustrated catalogue
- 'Volume & Form', Singapore, Illustrated Catalogue
- 'Edge of the Century', curator: Amit Mukhopadhyaya,
Nature Morte, New Delhi, Illustrated catalogue
- 1998
- 'Private Mythology: Contemporary Art from India',
curator: Akira Tatahata, Japan Foundation, Asia Centre,
Tokyo. Illustrated catalogue
- 'World Wide Video Festival', Amsterdam, curator
of the Indian section: Johan Pijnapple, Illustrated
catalogue
- 'The Presence of the Past', curator: Girish Shahane,
Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, NCPA, Bombay, Illustrated
catalogue
- 'Face to Face', Baroda Alumni Antists of Delhi,
Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, New Delhi, Illustrated catalogue
- 'Artists for a Sustainable World', Gallery Chemould,
Bombay
'Inaugural Show', Sakshi Gallery, Bombay
- 1997
- 'Trade Routes; History and Geography', Second Johannesburg
Biennale, section: 'Alternating Currents', curator:
Okwui Enzewor an Octavia Zaya, Johannesburg, South
Africa, Illustrated catalogue
- 'Mapping the Earth', Second Kwangju Biennale, section:
'Power', curator: Sung Wan-Kyun, Kwangju, South Korea,
Illustrated catalogue
- 'The Individual and Memory', Sixth Havana Biennale,
Cuba, Illustrated catalogue.
- 'Out of India: Contemporary Art of the South Asian
Diaspora', curator: Jane Farver, Queens Museum of
Art, New York State, Illustrated catalogue.
- 'Five Decades of Modern Art from India, 1947-1997',
CIMA and Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Illustrated
catalogue
- 'Being Minorities', curator: Oscar Ho, Asian artists
at the Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong.
- 'Right to Hope', curator: Catherine Thick, Belfast,
Northern Ireland and Sarajevo. (Traveling exhibition
since 1995). Illustrated catalogue
- 'Post Independence Contemporary Indian Art', National
Gallery of Modern Art and Vadhera Art Gallery, New
Delhi. Illustrated book
- 'Colours of Independence', National Gallery of Modern
Art and CIMA, New Delhi.
- 'Major Trends in Indian Art since 1947', curator:
Rm. Palaniappan, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan,
New Delhi. Illustrated catalogue
- 'Homage to Antoin Artaud', curator: Marie Delpech,
Eicher Gallery, New Delhi, Illustrated catalogue.
- 'The Looking Glass Self', Lakeeren Gallery, Bombay.
Illustrated catalogue.
- 'Nature Morte', Inaugural exhibition, artists from
India, Europe and the United States of America, Habitat
Centre, New Delhi
- 'Gift for India', curators: Vivan Sundaram, Shamshad,
Ram Rahman, SAHMAT, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi and
Gallery Chemould, Max Mueller Bhavan and Artists Centre,
Bombay, Illustrated catalogue
- 1996
- 'The Second Asia- Paciflc Triennial of Contemporary
Art', Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia,
curators: Kamala Kapoor and Victoria Lyn, Illustrated
Catalogue
- 'The Sixth Bharat Bhavan Biennal of Contemporary
Arts', Bhopal. Illustrated catalogue
- 'The Pastel', curator: Prayag Shukla,Gallery Art
Motif, New Delhi. Illustrated catalogue
- 'Uday Shankar Festival of Ants', curators: Anita
Dube, Prithpal Singh, Sehdev Ladi, Sahitya Kala Parishad,
Kamani
- Auditorium, New Delhi. Catalogue
- 1995
- 'Resource Art - A New Look at the Elements', Max
Mueller Bhavan, Madras
- 'Art and Nature', International Workshop and Exhibition
sponsored by Lalit Kala Akademi, Japan Foundation
and Max Mueller Bhavan at Buddha Jayanti Park, Delhi,
Illustrated catalogue
- 'Configura-2': Dialogue of Cultures', Erfurt. Germany
- 'Bombay' RPG Enterprises, Jehangir Art Gallery,
Bombay
- 'The Right to Hope: One World Art', Johannesberg
Art Gallery Johannesberg, South Africa
- 'A Homage: 125th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi',
LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi
- 'Postcards for Gandhi', A SAHMAT Exhibition,Vadhera
Art Gallery, Delhi; Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay; Gallerie
88, Calcutta; Alliance Francaise, Madras; Sakshi Gallery,
Bangalore; Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
- 'Watercolours: A Broader Spectrum-II: Acts of Painting:
Acts of Play', Gallery Chemould, Bombay
- 'A Tree in my Life', Village Gallery, New Delhi,
Illustrated catalogue
- 1994
- 'Hundred Years: From the NGMA Collection', curator:
Geeta Kapur, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
- 'Drawing '94', AIFACS, curator: Prayag Shukla for
Gallery Espace, New Delhi, Illustrated catalogue
- 'For Childrens' Sake', Mobile Creches, The India
Habitat Centre, NewDelhi. Illustrated catalogue
- 1993
- 'Critical Difference: Contemporary Art from India'
curator: David Thorp. An Aberstwyth Art Centre touring
exhibition in collaboration with The Showroom, London;
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff; Aberstwyth Arts Centre;
Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno; Camden Arts Centre, London;
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; Huddersfield City Art
Gallery, Illustrated Catalogue
'Riverscape', Four International Artist Residencies:
Takashi Ikezawa (Japan), Hanna Luczak (Poland), Graham
Crowley (UK) and Vivan Sundaram (India), River Tees,
Cleveland, UK, Cleveland Gallery and Middlesborough
Art Gallery, Illustrated catalogue
- 'Still-Life', Sakshi Gallery Bombay
- 1992
- 'Contemporary Indian Art', Bangladesh Shilpa Kala
Academy Dhaka, curator: Jogen Choudhary, Illustrated
catalogue
- 'Journeys within Landscapes', Sakshi Gallery at
Jehangir Art Gallery Bombay Illustrated catalogue
- 'Pioneers to the New Generation', Arts Acre, Calcutta
'Silver Jubilee Exhibition: Artists from Northern
India', Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
- Special Invitee to Kerala State Lalit Kala Akedemi
- 1991
- The Fourth Biennale, Havana, Illustrated catalogue
- 'Artists against Communalism: Words and Images',
curators: Vivan Sundaram, Ram Rahman, Shamshad, SAHMAT,
Delhi and 15 other cities in India
- 1990
- 'Splash: Images on Glass' with Bhupen Khakhar and
Nalini Malani, Gallery Chemould, Bombay Illustrated
catalogue.
- 'Homage to Nelson Mandela', LTG Art Gallery Delhi
- 'Art Mosaic', Calcutta, Illustrated catalogue
- 'Ambassador's Choice', Kingdom of Netherlands, curator:
Eggie Schoo, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Catalogue
- 1989
- 'Timeless Art ' Victoria Terminus Railway Station,
Bombay Art auction by Sotheby's of London for 150
years of The Times of India, Bombay Illustrated catalogue
- 'Artists Alert', Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi and
auction for Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT)
New Delhi. Illustrated catalogue
- Glass mural at Shah House, Bombay collectively done
with Bhupen Khakhar and Nalini Malani
- 1988
- 25 Years: Anniversary Show, Gallery Chemould, Bombay
Illustrated catalogue
- International Festival of Art, Baghdad (Awarded
Gold Medal). Illustrated catalogue
- 'Art for CRY', Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Bangalore.
Illustrated catalogue
- 1987
- The Second Biennale, Havana. Illustrated catalogue
- 'Coups de Coeur', Halle Sud, Geneve, Illustrated
catalogue
- Help Age Auction, Christies, Taj Hotel, Bombay Illustrated
catalogue
- 1986
Asian Art Show, Seoul. Illustrated catalogue
- The Second Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Museum. Illustrated
catalogue
- 1984
- The Fifeteenth International Art Exhibition, Tokyo
Biennale. Illustrated catalogue
- 1982
- 'Contemporary Indian Art', curators: Richard Bartholomew,
Geeta Kapur, Akbar Padamsee, Festival of India Exhibition,
Royal Academy of Arts, London. Illustrated catalogue
- 'Seven Indian Artists', curator: Vivan Sundaram,
Calorie Bollhagen, Worpswede; Kubus, Hannover: Amerika-Haus,
Hamburg; Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth. Illustrated catalogue
- 1981
'Place for People', Jehangir Art Gallery Bombay; Rabindra
Bhavan, New Delhi. Illustrated catalogue
- Inaugural exhibition, Roopankar Museum of Contemporary
Art, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. Illustrated catalogue
- 1978
- 'Six who declined to show in the Triennale', Kumar
Gallery Delhi. Illustrated catalogue
- 1977
- 'Pictorial Space', curator: Geeta Kapur, for Lalit
Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi. Illustrated
catalogue
- 1974
- 'Group Exhibition' Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
- 'Indian Painting and Graphics', Poland, curator
: Keshav Mallik. Illustrated catalogue
- 1968
- 'Young Contemporaries', Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 1967
- 'Contemporary Indian Art of India and Iran', Ben
and Abby Grey Foundation, New York. Catalogue
- Graphic Prints from Slade School, Clare College,
Cambridge, UK
- 1965
- 'Five Painters', curator: Mansaram, Taj Art Gallery
Bombay
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