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Navjot was born in 1949 in Meerut and moved to Mumbai in 1969. She studied at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai, and completed her diploma from there in 1972. An accomplished painter, sculptor, installation artist and filmmaker, Navjot has constantly pushed the boundaries of material and genre to express her social concerns. Both in their process of creation and in their subject, her sculptural work addresses issues of social injustice...
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Navjot was born in 1949 in Meerut and moved to Mumbai in 1969. She studied at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai, and completed her diploma from there in 1972. An accomplished painter, sculptor, installation artist and filmmaker, Navjot has constantly pushed the boundaries of material and genre to express her social concerns. Both in their process of creation and in their subject, her sculptural work addresses issues of social injustice and religious violence in India through a unique feminine perspective.
Throughout her career, the artist has been fascinated by the concept of the underdog, particularly in the context of gender and sexuality. Navjot brings to her work, whether painting, photograph, sculpture or video, a sense of social commitment and a need to interrogate existing power structures and expose the injustice practiced against weaker sections of society. “My work has re-tracked the familiar terrain of questioning various frameworks of social injustice and violence, transmuting my concerns to the intimate, often hidden private lives of women. They are sculptures that speak, that address the burning questions of the inequalities that exist in society, especially with relation to the female of the species.”
Navjot has held a number of solo shows including ‘Touch’ at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, in 2008; ‘Bombay Shots’ at the Guild Gallery, Mumbai, in 2008; ‘Jagar’ at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, in 2006; `Water Weaving` at Talwar Gallery, New York, in 2006; ‘Junctions’ at the Guild Gallery, Mumbai, in 2006; ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ at Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2005; ‘In Response To…’ at Talwar Gallery, New York, in 2004; and ‘Displaced Self’ at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, in 2004. The recent group shows her work has been featured in include ‘Shifting Terrains, Altered Realities’ at the Shrine Gallery, New Delhi, in 2008; ‘India Art Now: Between Continuity and Transformation’, Milan, in 2007-08; ‘Tiger by the Tail! Women Artists of India Transforming Culture’ at Brandeis University, Massachusetts, in 2007; ‘Public Places, Private Spaces’ at the Newark Museum, New Jersey, in 2007; and ‘Bombay: Maximum City’ at Lille, France, in 2006. Navjot has also initiated several collaborative projects with tribal craftspeople and rural artists from the villages of Chattisgarh, which have culminated in exhibitions including ‘Interventions/Interrogations: Modes of Parallel Practice, Ways of World Making’ at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai. The artist lives and works in Mumbai.
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Born
December 15, 1949
Meerut
Education
1981 Graphics, Garhi Studios, New Delhi
1967-72 Fine and Applied Arts, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018-19 'The Earth’s Heart, Torn Out-...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018-19 'The Earth’s Heart, Torn Out- Navjot Altaf: A Life in Art', National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2013 'Horn in the Head', Talwar Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Touch IV', 22 channel Video Installation, Talwar Gallery, New delhi
2010 'A Place in New York', The Guild, Mumbai
2008 'Touch’ 4 Projection Video Installation and Interactive Sculptures, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai and Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2008 ‘Bombay Shots’, The Guild, Mumbai
2006 'Jagar', Multimedia Installation, and 'Water Weaving', Video Installation, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2006 ‘Junctions 1-2-3’, Photo-based Installation with Sound, The Guild, Mumbai
2005 'Water Weaving', Video Installation, Talwar Gallery, New York
2004 ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’, Video Installation, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘Lacuna in Testimony’, Video Installation, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘In Response To…’, Sculpture Installation with Photographs by Ravi Agarwal, Talwar Gallery, New York
2004 ‘Displaced Self’, Video Installation, Interactive Project with Artists from Israel and Ireland, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2003 ‘Interventions: Interrogations’, Site Oriented Sculptural Structures, ‘Pilla Gudi and Nalpar’, Collaborative Project with three artists from Bastar, Chattisgarh.(IFA Grant Award)
2002-03 ‘Three Halves', Collaborative Project with Two Artists from Liverpool, Hope University, Liverpool; Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai and Bolton Museum and Galleries, Lancashire, UK
2001-02 ‘Between Memory and History’, an Installation with Audio, Video, and Text, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1998-99 ‘Modes of Parallel Practice: Ways of World Making’, Sculpture Installation with Video Films, Interactive Project with Four Artists from Bastar, Central India; Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
1997 ‘Images Redrawn’, Sculpture Installation with Text, Gallery 7, Mumbai and Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
1994 'Links Destroyed and Rediscovered’, an Installation with Paintings, Screen Prints, Films and Music, Gallery 7 and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990 ‘Paintings’, Gallery 7 and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1987 ‘Paintings and Water Colors’, Gallery 7, Mumbai
1985 'Navjot Altaf', Works on Paper, Zeitgenossische Indische Kunst, Werl, Germany
1984 ‘Paintings and Water Colors’, Gallery 7, Mumbai
1983 ‘Drawings and Lithographs’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Prithvi Theatre Foyer Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 'Interpositions: Replaying the Inventory', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2010 'Changing Skin', presented by The Fine Art Company at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay, Mumbai
2010 'Who Has Seen Gandhi?', presented by Tangerine Art Space at Raj Bhavan; KynKyny Art Gallery and Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore
2009 'Transient Poise', Bodhi Art, Mumbai
2009 'Excerpts from Diary Pages', Talwar Gallery, New York
2009 'Bapu', presented by Saffronart in association with Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2008 'Synonymous', The Guild, Mumbai
2008 'Frame Figure Field: 20th Century Modern and Contemporary Indian Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Mechanisms of Motion', Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Shifting Terrains Altered Realities', presented by The Shrine Gallery and Empire Art at The Arts House of The Old Parliament, Singapore
2007-08 ‘India Art Now: Between Continuity and Transformation’, Province of Milan, Italy
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 (ICCR), New Delhi
2007 ‘Public Places, Private Spaces’, Newark Museum, New York
2006 ‘Bombay Maximum City’, Lille, France
2006 ‘Avatars of the Object: Sculptural Projections’, Mumbai
2005 ‘Groundworks’, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
2004 ‘Another Passage to India’, Theatre Saint Gervais and Musee d' Ethnographie, Geneva, Switzerland
2004 ‘Zoom: Art in Contemporary India’, Edificia Sede da Caixo, Garal de Depositos, Lisbon
2004 ‘Along the Axis’, Digital Art from India and Pakistan, Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi
2003 ‘LimiNAL zoNes’, Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi
2003 Contemporary Art, Berlin
2003 ‘Sub terrain’, Indian Contemporary Art, House of World Culture, Berlin
2003 'Crossing Generations: diVERGE', National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2002-01 ‘A-ORTA-Projekt, Contemporary Indian Art’, BBK Kuntz Forum, Düsseldorf; Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Duisburg
2002 'Ways of Resisting '92 - '02', organized by SAHMAT at Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, New Delhi
2001 'Century City’ - Bombay / Mumbai: City Politics and Visual Culture in the 90’s’, Tate Modern London
2000 ‘Early Works’, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
2000 ‘Two for Two Thousand’, Art Today, New Delhi
2000 ‘Masks’, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
2000 ‘Couples’, Son-et-Lumiere Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 ‘Creative Process’, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 'Edge of the Century'- an exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, New Delhi
1999 ‘The Art of Charity’, an Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art,150 Years of Sir J.J School of Art, Mumbai
1999 ‘Paintings and Sculptures’, Gallerie Alternatives, Gurgaon, New Delhi
1999 MSSI, ‘Multiple Images’, Y.B Chavan Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 ‘Legatee – The J.J School of Art’, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
1999 ‘Icons of the Millennium’, Lakereen Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 ’50 Years of Mumbai Artists’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
1998 ‘J.J Alumni : 7 Artists’, Images Art Gallery, Bangalore
1998 'The Presence of the Past': Responses of Eight Indian Artists to 'The Enduring Image', an Exhibition of Objects from the British Museum. The British Council, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai.
1998 ‘SPIN’, Sakshi Inaugural Show, Mumbai
1997 ‘Directions’, Emerging Trends of Contemporary Indian Art, The Air Gallery, London
1997 ’50 Years of India: 1947-97’, Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ’50 Years of India’s Independence’, Art Trust Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘The Looking Self’, Lakereen Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Artists from India and Pakistan, Martini Gallery, Hong Kong
1996 ‘British Identity in Art - Weston, UK
1996 ‘Urban Signals: Shifting Images’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
1996 ‘A Broader Spectrum’, Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 ‘Cinemascope : Artists Tribute to 100 Years of Cinema’, Lakereen Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995-96 'Inside Out' - Women Artists of India, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Oakland, California
1995 ‘Art for CRY’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and New Delhi
1995 ‘Contemporary Miniatures’, Arts Trusts, Mumbai
1995 ‘Ten Women Artist’s’, LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi
1995 ‘Bombay: An Artists Impression’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 ‘Portraits’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai and Bangalore
1995 ‘Post Cards for Gandhi Images / Photographs’, SAHMAT, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai and New Delhi
1995 ‘Tree in My Life’, Village Gallery and Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi
1994 '50 Years of Mumbai Artist's', National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
1994 ‘Small Format’, LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi
1994-95 Graphic Exhibition, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1998 'Zeitgenossiche Kunst Aus Indien' - The R.P.G. Collection of Indian Artists from India and Pakistan, Martini Gallery, Hong Kong
1997 ‘Post Independence, Indian Contemporary Art’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1993 ‘The Probing Eye’, Photographic Impressions by Painters and Sculptors, organized by Art Indus at Surrendra Paul Art Gallery, New Delhi
1993 ‘Circling the Square’, Sculpture / Furniture, Mumbai and New Delhi
1993 ‘Parallel Perceptions’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai and Pune
1992 ‘A Nest for Sparrow’, Artists’ Centre, Mumbai
1992 ‘Journeys within Landscapes’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1992 ‘ Pioneers to the New Generation’, Arts Acre, Kolkata
1992 ‘Silver Jubilee West Zone’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1992 ‘Collection of Works for Hussain Ki Sarai, Faridabad, New Delhi
1992 ‘Man and Woman’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, Maltwood Museum, Victoria, Canada
1991-92 ‘State of Arts’, Exhibition of Computer Aided Graphics, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi
1991 ‘Artists Against Communalism Words and Images’, SAHMAT, New Delhi and 15 other cities
1991 ‘Changing Images’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990-91 ‘Works on Paper’, with Anjana Mehra and Shakuntala Kulkarni, New Delhi, Chennai and New Delhi
1988 ‘Expression’, Women’s Cultural Festival, Prithvi Gallery, Mumbai and Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi
1988 ‘Gadhya Parva’, Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai
1988 ‘Tribute to Van Gogh’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1988 ‘Art Mosaic’, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai and Kolkata
1988 ‘Xal Praxis’, Exhibition of Graphics, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1987 The Bombay Art Society Centenary Invitees Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1987 ‘Self Portrait’, Village Art Gallery, New Delhi and Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1987 ‘Festival of Indian Contemporary Art -1’, Smith of Convent Garden, London
1987 ‘Indidie Aspekte’, Exhibition of Graphics, Frankfurt
1986 ‘Art for CRY’, Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Bangalore
1985 ‘A Galaxy of Graphics’, an exhibition of Prints, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1984 ‘Indian Drawings Today’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1984 Contemporary Indian Graphics’, USA
1984 Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Graphics, organized by HELP, Mumbai
1983 ‘Graphic Art in India since 1850’, New Delhi
1983 Works on Paper with Altaf and Lalitha Lajmi, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
1982 ‘Women in Contemporary Art’, Gallery 7, Mumbai
1982 ‘Drawings 1983’, Chandigarh
1982 Annual Exhibition of Graphics, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1981 ‘Women’s Conference’, Mumbai and Andhra Lalit Kala Academy
1981 Prithvi Foyer Gallery, Mumbai
1976-77 'Nalini Malani, Navjot, Krishan Khanna', Zeitgenossische Indische Kunst, Werl, Germany
1975 All Women’s Exhibition, Mumbai
1973 ‘Oil Paintings’, with Shobha Ghare and Salim, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Joint Exhibitions
2000 ‘Multiples - Fire Series’, with Altaf, Prithvi Gallery and Guild Gallery, Mumbai
1994 ‘Images of Women - Faces’, with Altaf, Prithvi Theatre Gallery, Mumbai
1993 ‘Water Color and Acrylic Paintings’, with Altaf at Nehru Centre, Mumbai and Sakshi Gallery, Chennai and Mumbai
1992 'A Broader Spectrum’, Watercolour Exhibition, Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 ‘Exhibition of Graphics, Paintings’, with Altaf at Pavement Plaza, Mumbai
1991 'Bombay: An Artist’s Impression', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1988 ‘Water Colors’, with Altaf at Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi
1985 ‘Navjot and Altaf ‘, Works on Paper, Zeitgenossische Indische Kunst, Werl, Germany
1979,76 ‘ Works on Paper’, with Altaf at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Participations
2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Red', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Miniscule Marvel', presented by Contemplate at Gallery BMB, Mumbai
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'The Intuitive: Logic Revisted', from the Osians Collection at The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2010 'Manifestations IV', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Arte Fiera 2009', Bologna represented by The Guild, Mumbai
2008 '48°C Public. Art. Ecology', Khoj’International Artists Residency, New Delhi
2008 The Guild Residency Programme ,New York
2008 'Harvest 2008', organized by Arushi Arts at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2007 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, represented by The Guild, Mumbai at Istanbul, Turkey
2006 ‘Zones of Contact’, XV Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia
2006 ‘Khoj’ International Artists Residency, New Delhi
2003 8th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba
1999 'Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial', Fukuoka, Japan
1997 'Cross Currents: Women Artists from India', Britain and Norway, Oslo, Norway
1997 'Women Artists of India: A Celebration of Independence', Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California
1996 ‘The Self and the World', An Exhibition of Indian Women Artists at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1996 ‘Harmony Show’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1993 The First International Print Biennale, Maastricht, Netherlands
1990-91 7th International Painting Triennale, New Delhi; Bangalore; Chennai
1988 3rd Paintings Biennale’, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
1987 'Festival of Indian Contemporary Art – 1’, Smith’s of Convent Garden, London
1987 'STRI', Festival of India, USSR
1986 ‘Intergrafik 87’, An International Exhibition of Graphics at Berlin, East Germany
1986 ‘Prints with a Point 1987’, An International Exhibition of Drypoints and Polemical Prints’, Bristol, England
1986 1st International Graphic Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
1985 First International Biennale of Prints, Sao Paolo, Brazil
1984,87 ‘Male Formy Grafiki, Lodz ’84 and 1986, Polska
1983 The 10th Independents Exhibition of Prints in Kangawa, Japan
1983 8th International Prints Biennale, Bradford, England
1983 9th Independents Exhibition of Prints in Kangawa, Japan
1980 National Exhibition, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
1984 Drawing 1983, Chandigarh
1983 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Award, New Delhi
1980 Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, Mumbai
1971 Bombay Art Society's Annual Art Exhibition(Student Section), Mumbai
1968-72 Won Various Prizes for Drawings and Paintings as Student of the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
1984 Drawing 1983, Chandigarh
1983 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Award, New Delhi
1980 Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, Mumbai
1971 Bombay Art Society's Annual Art Exhibition(Student Section), Mumbai
1968-72 Won Various Prizes for Drawings and Paintings as Student of the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
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