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Anant Joshi
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Anant Joshi, born in Nagpur, Maharashtra in 1969, completed his B.F.A.(Painting) in 1994 and M.F.A.(Painting) from Sir J.J. School of Art in 1996.
In a short span of time, the artist has carved a niche for himself. Among his important exhibitions are 'Mukhota' Paintings Gallery Chemould, Mumbai (1999); 'Biographical Coins' - site specific works at Thane; 'Ideas and Images ', The Mumbai Art Magazine, NGMA; Legatee, 'J. J. School of...
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Anant Joshi, born in Nagpur, Maharashtra in 1969, completed his B.F.A.(Painting) in 1994 and M.F.A.(Painting) from Sir J.J. School of Art in 1996.
In a short span of time, the artist has carved a niche for himself. Among his important exhibitions are 'Mukhota' Paintings Gallery Chemould, Mumbai (1999); 'Biographical Coins' - site specific works at Thane; 'Ideas and Images ', The Mumbai Art Magazine, NGMA; Legatee, 'J. J. School of Art', The Fine Art Company, Mumbai (1998); 'Time Show' curated by Sonal Motia, Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai (1997); 'Miniature Format Show' Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai (1996, 1994); 'A Page from my Diary' Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai (1994); 'Monsoon Show' Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (1994) and 'Mumbai Metaphor' at Tao Art gallery.
He has featured in other major shows like 'City- New Perspectives from India' at the House of World Cultures, Berlin; 'Kitch Kitch Hota Hain' at the Habitat Centre, New Delhi; 'The Human Factor' curated by Girish Shahane and organized by Guild Gallery, Mumbai (2001); 'Creative Space' (Sakshi Gallery/India Habitat Centre, Delhi); 'Debt' (The Guild, Mumbai) in 2002.
He has received many prestigious awards such as 'Bendre Husain scholarship' and Bombay Art Society Award. He was selected to work/study at Rijksakademie, Amsterdam during the year 2002-2003 and has also won the prestigious 'Prix De Rome' Award, Amsterdam.
He was one of the participants at the festival 'body.city - New Perspectives from India' that took a panoramic survey of contemporary Indian art and culture. Launched by The House of World Cultures, Berlin in September 2003 this festival included two exhibition openings: subTerrain and artworks in the cityfold and Popular Indian Culture: The Conquest of the World as Picture. The search for one's own identity as provoked by experiencing foreign surroundings was the focus of the multimedia work "Black to Play and Draw" by Anant Joshi.
The artist lives and works in Mumbai.
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Born
1969
Nagpur
Education
1996 Masters of Fine Arts (Painting), Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 'Trembling Hands (of the...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 'Trembling Hands (of the clock), Gallery Maskara, Mumbai
2015 'Masquerade and other Apologues', Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
2008 ‘May Look Closer Than They Appear’, Solo Project, Chemould Prescott Road in collaboration with Willem Baars Art Consultancy at Art Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007 ‘Nostrum – Towing Left Turning Right’, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
2007 ‘Navel: One and Many’, Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 ‘LOCAL: Kiss Me Kill Me – Push Me Pull Me’, Talwar Gallery, New York
2005 'Black To Play and Draw', Philips Contemporary, Mumbai
1999 ‘Mukhota’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1998 'Biographical Coins', Site Specific Works at Thane-Maharashtra
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 'Fabular Bodies: New Narratives in the Art of the Miniature',
presented by Harmony Art Foundation at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharah Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2009-10 'Sculpture', The Guild, Mumbai
2009 'Re-Visioning Materiality: Part II', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2009 'Under the Surface', as part of 'India 2: Mumbai', at Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna
2009 'Relative Visa', Bodhi Space, Mumbai
2009 'Material Texts', Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
2008-09 'Mutant Beauty', Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Shifting Terrains: Altered Realities', The Shrine Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Affair', Gallery 1 x 1, Dubai
2007 ‘Telling It Like It Is: The Indian Story’, The Gallery in Cork Street, London
2006 ‘Long Happy Hours; Thereby Happiness, and Other Stories’, Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2005 ‘New’, Espace Art Gallery, Delhi
2005 ‘Kaam’, Arts India, New York
2005 ‘Metro Sexual’, Kitab Mahal, Mumbai
2005 ‘Span’, Sakshi Art Gallery Mumbai
2005 ‘Configurations’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 ‘Whose Space Is It Anyways?’, Espace Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 ‘Are We Like This Only’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2005 ‘Black To Play and Draw’, Philips Contemporary, Mumbai
2004 ‘Bombay Boys’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 ‘Have We Met’, Japan Art Foundation, Tokyo
2004 ‘Fun Palace', Visual Art Gallery, Harlem, Netherlands
2004 ‘Prix De Rome’, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2004 ‘Bombay x 17’, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin, India
2003 ‘Body City’, House of World Cultures, Berlin
2002-03 ‘Open Studios’, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
2002 ‘Creative Space’, conducted by Sakshi Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2002 ‘Debt’, Guild Gallery, Mumbai
2001 ‘The Human Factor’, Conducted by The Guild Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 ‘Kitsch Kitsch Hota Hai’, Conducted by Gallery Espace, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2001 ‘Memos For The New Millennium’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
2000 ‘The Mumbai Metaphor’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 ‘Legatee’, Sir J. J. School of Art and The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
1997 ‘Time Show’, Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai
Participations
2017 'Transforming Vision: 21st century art from the Pizzuti Collection', Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio
2014 'Aesthetic Bind: Cabinet Closet Wunderkammer', on the coccassion of 50 Years of Contemporary Art at Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
2012-13 Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012, Kochi
2012 '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
2011 'Homespun', Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
2010 'Place.Time.Play: India-China Contemporary Art', West Heavens Exhibition Project, presented by Shanghai International Culture Association, Institute of Visual Culture (China Academy of Art) at Shanghai Art Museum Lecture Hall, Shanghai
2010 'On the Road to the Next Milestone', part of the Exhibition 'Indian Highway', at Herning Museum of Contemporary Art (HEART), Herning
2009 'Frieze Art Fair', London presented by Galerie Krinzinger, Wein
2009 'Contemporary Indian Art: Open Your Third Eye', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2008 'Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art', 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Mori Art Museum, Japan
2008 'Eurasia: Geographic Cross-Overs in Art', The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto (MART), Italy
2008 Presented by Chemould Prescott Road at Art Basel Miami, Basel
2008 'Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves', ZKM Centre for Arts and Media, Germany
2007-08 ‘Kashi 10 Light Years – Anniversary Show’, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
1999 ‘Ideas and Images’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
1997 ‘Monsoon Show’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Honours and Awards
2006 Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskar
2004 Residency of Three Months Working Period, PRIX DE ROME, Holland
2002-03 Residency at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
1999 Bendre Hussain Scholarship
1998 Residency at Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad
2006 Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskar
2004 Residency of Three Months Working Period, PRIX DE ROME, Holland
2002-03 Residency at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
1999 Bendre Hussain Scholarship
1998 Residency at Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad
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