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Pushpamala N
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Pushpamala N was born in Bangalore. She attended Bangalore University from 1976-77, where she studied under Balan Nambiar and then studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda. She completed her Bachelors and then her Masters degree in 1985.
At Baroda, she was influenced by the sculptor Raghav Kaneria, as well as by Bhupen Khakhar and K.G. Subramanyan. Her first solo exhibition was at the Venkatappa Art Gallery...
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Pushpamala N was born in Bangalore. She attended Bangalore University from 1976-77, where she studied under Balan Nambiar and then studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda. She completed her Bachelors and then her Masters degree in 1985.
At Baroda, she was influenced by the sculptor Raghav Kaneria, as well as by Bhupen Khakhar and K.G. Subramanyan. Her first solo exhibition was at the Venkatappa Art Gallery in Bangalore in 1983.
Her major solo shows have been at Walsh Gallery, Chicago (2003); 'Golden Dreams', photographs, solo show, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore (2002); 'Golden Dreams' Gallery Chemould, Mumbai (2001); 'Phantom Lady or Kismet', a photo romance, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai and Artistís Studio, Bangalore (1998); 'Excavations', solo show of sculpture, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai (1994).
Her selective participations include 'New Indian Art', Manchester Art Gallery, UK (2002); 'Ways of Resisting', Sahmat, New Delhi (2002); Art Action for Gujarat, art show and raffle, Bangalore (2002); 'Century City' Tate Modern, London, UK (2001); 'Moving Ideas' Hoopoe Curatorial, Montreal and Vancouver, Canada (2001); Khoj International Residency, New Delhi (2001); Open Circle International Workshop, Mumbai (2000). In 1999 she curated an exhibition of large site specific works, Sthala Puranagalu, Bangalore.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in shows including: 'Seven Young Sculptors' Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi (1985); 2nd International Women's Festival Bangkok (1992); 'Timeless Art', Times of India (V.T.Station, Mumbai); '100 Years of NGMA' National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (1995); 'Africus-Johannesburg Biennale' South Africa (1995); 'Telling Tales' Bath Festival Trust, traveling exhibition, England (1997). She has taught and lectured widely on arts.
The artist is particularly known for incorporating popular culture into her work. The artist has adopted various popular personas and ironic roles as a vehicle for examining issues of gender, place and history. The comic aspect of her work carries a particularly sharp edge in her photo-based installations and projections, exposing cultural and gender stereotyping while exploring the complex terrain of contemporary urban life in India.
The emphasis on theatricality was shared by the artist who reinvented herself as the vampish heroine of her own cinematic 'photoromance', which she set in Mumbai and captured in a series of black-and-white photographs for the 'Century City' show.
Pushpamala N is the recipient of many honors, including the National Award (1984); the gold medal at the Sixth New Delhi Triennale (1986); the Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship for residency at St. Martin's School of Art, London (1992-93); the Senior Fellowship, Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development (1995-97).
Formerly from Mumbai, she now lives and works in Bangalore.
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Born
1956
Bangalore
Education
1985 Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture), Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture), Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
1977 Bachelor of Arts in Economics, English and Psychology, Bangalore UniversityBangalore University
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 'Avega: The Passion - The...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 'Avega: The Passion - The Arrival of Vasco da Gama', 1 x 1 art Gallery, Dubai
2012 'The Return of the Phantom Lady (Sinful City)', Nature Morte, Gurgaon
2012 'Avega: The Passion', Gallery Nature Morte, New Delhi; Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
2009 ‘Paris Autumn’, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
2008 ‘Paris Autumn’, Video and Photo Installation, Bose Pacia, New York
2008 ‘Paris Autumn’, Video and Photo Installation, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2008 ‘Paris Autumn’, Video and Photo Installation, Bose Pacia, Kolkata
2007 ‘Streetside Theatre’, Theatre Utsav 2007, National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi
2006 ‘Pushpamala N. Photo Performance work’, Nature Morte and Bose Pacia , Spazio Piazza Sempione, Milan
2006 ‘Pushpamala N. Photo and Video Performance work’, Espace Croise, Roubaix, France
2006 Paris Autumn, Video and Photo installation, Galerie Zurcher, Paris
2005 ‘Native Women of South India’, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2004’ Native Women of South India- Manners and Customs’, Collaborative Project with Clare Arni at Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore, Gallery Chemould , Mumbai and at Seagull Arts and Media Center, Kolkata
2004 ‘Indian Lady’, Photo and Video Performance Work, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
2003 ‘Phantom Lady and Sunhere Sapne’, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
2003 ‘The Anguished Heart’, Nature Morte and Gallery Chemould, at British Council, New Delhi
2002 ‘Golden Dreams’, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore,
2001 ‘Golden Dreams’, performance photography, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1998 ‘Phantom Lady or Kismet: a Photo Romance’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, and at the artist's studio, Bangalore
1994 ‘Excavations’, sculpture show, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1983 ‘Sculpture show’, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 'Interpositions: Replaying the Inventory', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2014 'Sacred / Scared', Latitude 28 Gallery, New Delhi
2013 'Poses and Views', Nature Morte, Berlin
2011-12 'Back to School: Baroda 1979-89', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Against All Odds: A Contemporary Response to the Historiography of Archiving Collecting, and Museums in India', Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2011 'Back to School: Baroda 1979-89', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Looking Glass: The Existence of Difference', Twenty Indian Contemporary Artists presented by Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi in collaboration with American Centre; British Council; Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi
2010 'Trickster', Gyeonggi Museum, Seoul
2010 'Changing Skin', presented by The Fine Art Company at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay, Mumbai
2010 'At The Edge', Gallery Maya, London
2010 'The New Order Beauty', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'India 3: New Delhi- Republic of Illusions', Galerie Krinzinger, Wein
2009 'After Colour', Bose Pacia New York
2009 'Re-Frame– 7: Experimental Films from India', Lowave/ Centre Pompidou, France
2009 'Art Against Terrorism', Emami Chisel Art Gallery, Kolkata
2009 'Transient Poise', Bodhi Art, Mumbai
2009 'Marvellous Reality', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2009 'The Other (Indian) Story: Retrospecting Lakeeren-The Contemporary Art Gallery (1995-2009)', presented by Lakeeren at The Gallery of Modern Art, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
2009 'Vistaar II', presented by Seven Arts Limited at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Calendar Art', Red Earth, New Delhi
2009 Zurcher Studio, New York
2008-09 'Where In The World', Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
2008 'Still Moving Image', Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
2008 'Shifting Terrains Altered Realities', presented by The Shrine Gallery and Empire Art at The Arts House of The Old Parliament, Singapore
2008 'Theatre of Life', Mori Museum, Tokyo
2008 'Destination Asia:Flying over Stereotypes', Conversations 1, Elementa Gallery, Dubai
2008 'My India', Video et Apres, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2008 'Performing Identities', IDEA, Colorado College, USA
2008 'Expanding Horizons', Bodhi Art Traveling Exhibition at Maharashtra, India
2007-08 ‘Face East’, Contemporary Asian Portraiture, Wedel Fine Art, London
2007-08 ‘New Delhi, New Wave’, First Marella Gallery, Milan
2007 ‘Fotoflus’, Vienna, Austria
2007 'Private / Corporate IV’, Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin
2007 ‘Here There and Now – Contemporary Art form India’, Gallery Soul Flower, Bangkok
2007 ‘House of Mirrors’, Grosvenor Vadehra Gallery, London
2007 ‘Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art’, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
2006 ‘Bombay Maximum City’, Lille 3000, Lille, France
2006 ‘Changing Skin’, Gallery SKE, Bangalore
2006 ‘Indian Express’,- Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland Fiction @ Love, Shanghai, China
2006 ‘Ultra New Vision of Contemporary Art’, Singapore Art Museum
2006 ‘India In All Its Senses’, Louis Vuitton Galleries, Paris, France
2006 ‘Another Asia, Noorderlicht Photofestival 2006’, Netherlands
2005 ‘I, Me, Myself’, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin
2005 ‘Are We Like This Only’, Vadehra Gallery , New Delhi
2005 ‘Indian Summer’, the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris
2005 ‘Edge of Desire’, Asian Society, New York and Museo Tamayo, Mexico
2004 ‘Iconography in Transient Times’, Gallery Sumukha, New Delhi
2004 ‘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
2003 ‘diVerge’, 40 Years of Chemould, National Gallery of Modern Art(NGMA), Mumbai
2002 ‘New Indian Art: Home, Street, Shrine, Bazaar, Museum’; Manchester City Galleries, UK
2002 ‘Ways of Resisting’, SAHMAT, New Delhi
2001 ‘Century City’, Tate Modern, London
2001 ‘Moving Ideas’, Montreal and Vancouver, Canada
1998 ‘The Presence of the Past’, National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
1997 ‘Telling Tales’, Bath Festival Trust, UK
1997 ‘Telling Times’, British Council, New Delhi
1996 ‘The New South’, London
1996 ‘Fire and Life’, Australia India Art Project, Mumbai and Perth, Australia
1996 ‘Shilpayan’, Contemporary Indian Sculpture, National Gallery of Modern Art ( NGMA), New Delhi
1995 ‘100 Years of NGMA’, National Gallery of Modern Art ( NGMA),, New Delhi
1995 ‘Recent Trends in Contemporary Indian Art’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1995 ‘Sculpture 95’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1995 ‘Postcards for Gandhi’, SAHMAT, in six Indian cities
1994 ‘Still Life’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1992 ‘A Nest for Sparrow’, Mumbai
1989 ‘Timeless Art’, VT Station, Mumbai
1989 ‘Artist's Alert’, SAHMAT, New Delhi
1987 ‘The Sculpted Image’, Bombay Arts Festival, Mumbai
1985 ‘Pushpamala N, Atul Dodiya and Akitham Vasudevan’, Gallery 7, Mumbai
1985 ‘Seven Young Sculptor’s, Kasauli Art Centre, New Delhi
1983-84 National Exhibition
Joint Exhibitions
1990-91 ‘Pushpamala N. and Alex Mathew’, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, and at CMC Gallery, New Delhi and Chemould Gallery, Mumbai
Participations
2015 'Postdate: Photography and Inherited History of India', organized collaboratively by the San Jose Museum of Art and the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas
2013 'The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989', Smart Museum of Art at University of Chicago, Chicago
2012-13 'Re-picturing the Feminine: New and Hybrid Realities in the Artworld', Gallery OED, Kochi
2012 'Return of the Phantom Lady or Sinful City: Photo Romance', part of Project CINEMA CITY: Research Art & Documentary Practices presented by National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and Ministry of Culture, Government of India at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2012 'Art for Humanity', Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2012 ‘To Let the World In: Narrative and Beyond in Contemporary Indian Art’, as part of Art Chennai, Edition II at Lalit Kala Regional Centre, Chennai
2011-12 'India: Lado a Lado / Arte Contemporânea Indiana (India: Side by Side / Indian Contemporary Art)', part of the Exhibition ÍNDIA! presented by Brazilian Ministry of Culture and Banco do Brasil at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro; Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo; SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo and Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília
2011-12 'Shadow Lines: India Meets Indonesia', part of Biennale Jogja XI at Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta
2011 'The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art Of India', Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
2011 'Homespun', Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
2011 'Beyond The Self', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2011 'Paris-Delhi-Bombay', Centre Pompidou, Paris
2011 'Concurrent India', Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace, Finland
2011 'Of Gods and Goddesses, Cinema, Cricket: The New Cultural Icons of India', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Go See India', part of India-Sweden Cultural Exchange Program presented by Emami Chisel, Kolkata at Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata; Vasa Konsthal and Gallery-Scandinavia, Gothenburg
2010 'Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh', Whitechapel Gallery, London; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2010 'The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today', The Saatchi Gallery, London
2010 'Size Matters or Does it?', Part 1 at Latitude 28, New Delhi
2009-10 'The Self & the Other: Portraiture in Contemporary Indian photography', Virreina Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona; Artium - Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2009 'Lo Real Maravilloso: Marvelous Reality', 20 Years Celebration of Gallery Espace at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2009 'Failed Plot', part of KIAF 09 at COEX, Seoul
2009 'Contemporary Indian Art: Open Your Third Eye', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2008-09 ‘Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Indian Art’, Traveling Exhibition presented by Bodhi Art at Ravinder Natya Mandir, P.L.Despande Kala Academy Art Gallery, Mumbai; Sant Dyaneshwar Natya Sankul Art Gallery, Amravati; Platinum Jubilee Hall, Nagpur; Tapadia Natya Mandir Sports Hall, Aurangabad; Hirachand Nemchand Vachanalay’s, Solapur; Acharya Vidyanand Sanskrutik Bhavan, Kolhapur; PGSR Sabhagriha, SNDT, Pune; Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Hall, Nasik
2008 'Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art', 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Mori Art Museum, Japan
2008 'India: Public Places, Private Spaces', Contemporary Photography and Video Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, USA
2008 Presented by Nature Morte/ Bose Pacia at Art Basel Miami Beach, Basel
2008 'Harvest 2008', organized by Arushi Arts at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Modern India: Art and Culture In The Indian Sub-Continent, 1857-2007', Institut Valencia d'Modern, Spain
2007 ‘Tiger by the Tail ! Women Artists of India Transforming Culture’, Women’s Studies Research Centre (WSRC), Brandeis University, USA in partnership with Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi
2007 Venice Biennale, Italy represented by Bose Pacia, New York
2007 'Public Places / Private Spaces: Contemporary Photography and Video Art in India’, Newark Museum, New Jersey
2007 ‘New Narratives: Contemporary Art from India’, Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago
2006 ‘Indian Video Art : Between Myth and History’, Part of Cinema Prayoga: Indian Experimental Film and Video 1913- 2006, Tate Modern, London
2005 Yokohama Triennial, Open circle , Japan
2005 Kovideo, 1st Durban Video Festival, South Africa
1999 Art from India, Patricia Correia Gallery, Los Angeles Biennale, USA
1996 ‘Dispossession, Africus’, First Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa
1992 2nd International Women's Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
1986 VI Triennial-India, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
2006 The Rockefeller Foundation artist residency, Bellagio Study Center,...
2006 The Rockefeller Foundation artist residency, Bellagio Study Center, Italy
2005 French Embassy SCAC Artist Residency in Paris, France
2002 Majlis Cultural Fellowship
2002 Khoj International Residency, New Delhi
1998 Karnataka Shilpa Kala Akademi Award
1995-97 Senior Fellowship, Government of India
1988 Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi Silver Jubilee Award
1986 Gold Medal, VI Triennial, India and Karnataka Rajyothsava Award
1984 National Award, India
1978-85 Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy Art Scholarship
1975-77 Bangalore University English Scholarship
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