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Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
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“As an immigrant, I am often questioned about where I am ‘really from.’ When I say that I am Indian, I often have to clarify that I am an Indian from India. Not an American-Indian, but rather an Indian-American, South-Asian Indian or even an Indian-Indian. It seems strange that all this confusion started because Christopher Columbus thought he had found India and called the native people of America collectively as Indians.”
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“As an immigrant, I am often questioned about where I am ‘really from.’ When I say that I am Indian, I often have to clarify that I am an Indian from India. Not an American-Indian, but rather an Indian-American, South-Asian Indian or even an Indian-Indian. It seems strange that all this confusion started because Christopher Columbus thought he had found India and called the native people of America collectively as Indians.”
It is this very query that inspired Annu Matthew to investigate the possibility of her being the “other”. Mimicking the look and feel of photographic images of Native Americans from the nineteenth century, Matthew shoots herself in similar garb to the original image, and then places both the original and the contemporary side by side. By recreating the original, Matthew plays with the possibility of what could be. The rustic sepia tones of the images add to their aura of authenticity, further complication the relationship between self and other, genuine and counterfeit
“Being born in England, raised in India and now living in America, my mixed or ‘masala’ background continues to shape my life. My photographs are interpretations rather than a documentation of my life as an Asian-Indian woman living in a Diaspora. They serve as invitations into my personal reality shaped by influences that are cultural, personal, and photographic,” states the photographer on the Tasveer Arts website.
Born in 1964, Matthew completed her Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Women’s Christian College, Chennai. In 1997, she received her Master’s degree in photography from the University of Rhode Island, Kingston. Matthew has participated in numerous shows worldwide. Her most recent solo shows include ‘An Indian from India’ and ‘Memories of India’ at Matthieu Foss Gallery and Chatterjee and Lal, Mumbai, and Tasveer Arts, Bangalore, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, in 2007; ‘The Virtual Immigrant’ at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum in 2006; ‘An Indian from India’ at Gallery Saintonage, Montana, in 2006; and ‘Bollywood Satirized’ at Lane Hall, University of Michigan, also in 2006. Amongst her recent group endeavors are ‘India: Public Places, Private Spaces’ at the Newark Art Museum, New Jersey, in 2007-2008; ‘Air Asia’ at Langhans Galerie Praha, Czech Republic, in 2007; ‘Relationships A Ten-year Bond’ at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz; ‘Best Buys’ at Decordova Museum, Massachusetts; ‘Four Indians’ at the Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island; and ‘Mixing Speak’ a the New Art Center, Massachusetts, all in 2006.
Matthew’s works have also been featured in the book ‘Blink’, published by Phaidon, which showcases the work of the 100 most exciting international contemporary photographers and digital artists. She has also been artist in residence at Yaddo, an artists’ community in Saratoga Springs, New York, and at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
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Born
1964
Education
Associate Professor of Art (Photography) at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island
1997 Master of Fine Arts (Photography), University of Delaware, Newark
1986 Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), Women's Christian College, Chennai
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 'The Virtual Immigrant',...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 'The Virtual Immigrant', Tasveer, Bangalore; 800 Gallery, Monmouth University, New Jersey
2007 ‘An Indian from India’, and ‘Memories of India’, at Matthieu Foss Gallery, Mumbai; Chatterjee and Lal, Mumbai
2007 ‘An Indian from India’, and ‘Memories of India’, Tasveer, Bangalore, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai
2006 ‘The Virtual Immigrant’, Rhode Island School of Design Museum (RISD), Kingston
2006 Weeks Gallery, Jamestown College, Jamestown
2006 ‘An Indian from India’, Gallery Saintonage, Missoula, Montana
2006 ‘Bollywood Satirized’, Lane Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2004 ‘An Indian from India’, Sepia International, New York City
2004 ‘An Indian from India’, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland
2003 ‘An Indian from India’, 1401 Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
2003 ‘An Indian from India’, Marlboro College, Marlboro
2002 ‘Cinema India: The Art of Bollywood’, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2002 ‘Bollywood Cowboys & Indians from India’, Menschel Gallery, Light Work, Syracuse
2001 ‘Annu Palakunnathu Matthew’, Sepia International Inc., New York
2001 ‘Bollywood Satirized’, The Habitat Center & Press Club of India, New Delhi
2001 ‘Bollywood Satirized’, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
2001 ‘Digital Deluxe: Bollywood Satirized’, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia
2000 ‘Memories of India’, Houston Center for Photography, Houston
2000 ‘Bollywood Satirized’, Gallery 1101, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
1999 ‘Memories of India’, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo College, Amarillo
1999 ‘Memories of India’, Riley Hall of Art & Design, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
1998 ‘Challenge Artists 1998-99’, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia
1998 ‘Exploring my Diaspora’, Photography Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca
1998 ‘Memories of India’, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland
1997 ‘Two Visions of One Land’, Center for Photography as Art Form, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 'Changing Skin', presented by The Fine Art Company at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay, Mumbai
2009-10 'Outside In: Indian Art Abroad', Sun Vallery Center for the Arts, Ketchum
2007-08 ‘India: Public Places, Private Spaces’, Newark Art Museum, Newark, New Jersey
2007 ‘Air Asia’, Langhans Galerie Praha, Czech Republic
2006 ‘Relationships A Ten-year Bond’, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York
2006 ‘Best Buys’, Decordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
2006 ‘India: Proximities of Distance’, The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs
2006 ‘Four Indians’, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island
2006 ‘Mixing Speak’, New Art Center, Newtonville, Massachusetts
2006 ‘Sepia at Seven’, Sepia International, New York
2005 ‘Trading Places’, Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2005 ‘Fatal Love: South Asian American Art Now’, Queens Museum of Art, New York
2004 ‘Self-Evidenced: Identity in Contemporary Art’, Decordova Museum, Lincoln
2004 ‘Masala Aesthetics: Cinema Culture in India’, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs
2004 ‘Seven Portfolios of Photography’, Sarah Spurgeon Art Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg
2004 ‘Women's World’, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach
2003 ‘Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self’, International Center for Photography Website, New York
2003 ‘Experience and Exchange: Documentary as the Art of Collaboration’, Kent State University, Kent
2003 ‘Made In Woodstock II’, Center for Photography at Woodstock
2003 ‘Specifications of Desire’, Janice Oresman Gallery, Smith College, Brown Fine Arts Center, Northampton
2003 ‘Cartoon Festival on International Women's Day 2003’, DRIK Gallery, Dhaka
2003 ‘PHOTO ID, 21st Century Self-Portraits’, Pelham Arts Center, Pelham
2002 ‘Cinema India: The Art of Bollywood’, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2002 ‘Film Show: From Hollywood to Bollywood and Back’, Reed College, Portland
2002 ‘Dream Street’, Sepia International Inc., New York
2002 ‘Presenting/Receiving: Subjecting Photography’, Center for Photography at Woodstock ,
2002 ‘Hometown: Philadelphia-area Photographers in The Photo Review’, Owen/Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia
2002 ‘Borderless Terrain’, Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi
2002 ‘Presence’, Nancy Wiener Gallery, NY
2000 ‘Contemporary Art and Identity: South Asian Diaspora in North America’, University of Central Arkansas, Conway
2000 ‘A Tribute to En Foco: 25 Years of Making Photographic History’, El Museo del Barrio and The Bronx Museum of the Arts,
New York
2000 ‘Dia*sperse’, Black Paint Studio, Toronto
1998 ‘A Sense of Self : Contemporary Ethnic Women Artists’, The Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia
Participations
2013 'A Photograph is Not an Opinion – Contemporary Photography by Women', Terrace Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai as part of Focus Photography Festival
2006 ‘Another Asia: Photography from South and South East Asia’, International Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Netherlands
2005 Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal Photo Biennale, Canada
2003 ‘Discoveries of the Meeting Place, FotoFest 1996 – 2002’, Samara Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Samara
2002 ‘Discoveries of the Meeting Place’, Fotofest 2002, 9th Biennial Festival of Photography, Houston
2001 Annual Exhibition, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
Honours and Awards
2003 Recipient of John Guttmann Fellowship, San Francisco Arts...
2003 Recipient of John Guttmann Fellowship, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco
2003 Project Grant for ‘Backlash in the Wake of 9/11’, from Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), Providence, RI
2002 Juror Award, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California
2002 Competitive Grant from University of Rhode Island Foundation, Kingston
2001 Fellowship in Photography from Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), Providence, RI
2001 Photography Fellowship from Houston Center for Photography, Houston
2001 Public Arts Project Grant from The Gunk Foundation, New York, NY
2000 New Media Residency Grant, Visual Studies Workshop & New York State Council for the Arts New Technology Grant, Rochester
2000 Full Residency Fellowship from Vermont Studio Center, Johnson
2000 Faculty Development Award from University of Rhode Island Council for Research
1999 University of Rhode Island Foundation Grant, Kingston
1998 New Works Award, En Foco and Heathcote Art Foundation, New York
American Institute of Indian Studies Creative Arts Fellowship
Work featured in the book ‘Blink’, by Phaidon featuring 100 Most Exciting International Contemporary Photographers.
Work featured in Digital Art by Christaine Paul, curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Artist in Residence at Yaddo, an artists’ community in Saratoga Springs, NY,
Artist in Residence at the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
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