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Ram Rahman
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Photojournalist, artist, curator, designer and activist Ram Rahman, initially studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later, Rahman completed a degree in Graphic Design from Yale University’s School of Art in 1979.
Born in 1955, Rahman has shown his photographs in individual and group shows in India and around the world. His most recent solo shows include, ‘Bioscope: Scenes from an Eventful Life’ presented...
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Photojournalist, artist, curator, designer and activist Ram Rahman, initially studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later, Rahman completed a degree in Graphic Design from Yale University’s School of Art in 1979.
Born in 1955, Rahman has shown his photographs in individual and group shows in India and around the world. His most recent solo shows include, ‘Bioscope: Scenes from an Eventful Life’ presented by Bodhi Art at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, in 2008; Apparao Infinity, Chennai, in 2007; ‘Photo Studio / Cutouts’ at India International Center, New Delhi, in 2003; and ‘Visions of India: Photographs by Ram Rahman’ at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, in 2002. Amongst his group shows, the most recent are ‘Still Moving Images’ at the Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, in 2008; ‘Click: Contemporary Photography from India’ at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2007; ‘I Fear, I Believe, I Desire’ at Gallery Espace, New Delhi, also in 2007; and ‘Middle Age Spread at the National Museum, New Delhi, in 2004. Amongst the shows Rahman has curated are ‘Heat – Moving Pictures Visions, Phantasms and Nightmares’ at Bose Pacia, New York, in 2003; ‘Noor – Devyani Krishna, A Retrospective’ at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, in 2000; and ‘Sunil Janah Photographs, A Retrospective’ at Gallery 678, New York, in 1998.
Rahman is one of the founding members of the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) in New Delhi, a leader in the resistance to communal and sectarian forces in India through its public cultural action. The artist lives and works in New Delhi.
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Born
January 1, 1955
Education
1979 Degree in Graphic Design, Yale University School of Art
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 'Street Smart', John Hope...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 'Street Smart', John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), Durham
2008 ‘Bioscope: Scenes from an Eventful Life’, presented by Bodhi Art at Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2007 Apparao Infinity, Chennai
2003 ‘Photo Studio / Cutouts’, India International Center, New Delhi
2002 ‘Visions of India: Photographs by Ram Rahman’, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
2000 Admit One Gallery, New York
1999 Galerie Foundation for Indian Arts, Amsterdam
1998 Gallery at 678, New York
1992 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1988 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
1978 Triveni Gallery, New Delhi
1977 Brunswick Public Library, Brunswick, Maine
1977 Rotch Visual Collections, MIT, Cambridge
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 'The Needle on the Gauge', presented by Adelaide Festival Centre and the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia at Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA), Adelaide
2011 'Lens-ing It', Ashna Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Detour', Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
2009 'India 3: New Delhi- Republic of Illusions', Galerie Krinzinger, Wein
2009 'Zip Files', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 'Bapu', presented by Saffronart in association with Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2008-09 'Nature of the City', Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi
2008 ‘Still Moving Images’, Inaugural Show, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon
2007-08 ‘Click !: Contemporary Photography from India’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi and Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2007 ‘I Fear, I Believe, I Desire’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2004 ‘Middle Age Spread, National Museum, New Delhi
2003 ‘Faces’, Sepia International, New York
2003 ‘subTerrain: Artworks in the cityfold’, House of World Cultures, Berlin
2003 ‘Heat: Moving Picture Visions, Phantasms and Nightmares’, Bose Pacia Modern, New York
2003 ‘Ways of Resisting’, Sahmat, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
2003 ‘A Celebration of Independence’, Jindal Center, New Delhi
2002 ‘Home, Street, Shrine, Bazaar’, Museum, Manchester Art Gallery
2001 ‘Alumni Choice’, Yale University School of Art, New Haven
2001 ‘Kitsch Kitsch Hota Hai’, Presented by Gallery Espace at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2001 ‘HOME? Crosscurrents in Contemporary South Asian/American Art’, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
2001 ‘Context as Content: Museum as Metaphor’, The Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh
2000 Art Folio, Chandigarh
2000 ‘Serendipity’, Japan Foundation, Tokyo
1999 ‘Woman/Goddess’, British Council, New Delhi
1999 ‘Sampling’, Ronald Feldman Fine Art, New York
1999 Nature Morte, New Delhi
1999 ‘Edge of the Century’, Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi
1998 ‘A Common Wealth of Art’, National Art Gallery of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1997 ‘Divine Facades: Views of Indian Architecture’, Traveling Show at Queens Hall, Hexham; Mac, Birmingham; Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham; Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh; Impressions Gallery, York; Pitshanger Manor Museum, London
1997 ‘Gift for India’, organized by SAHMAT at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi and Chemould Gallery, Mumbai
1995 ‘Postcards for Gandhi’, SAHMAT's Exhibition at Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi; Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai; Gallerie 88, Kolkata; Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad; Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore; Alliance Francais, Chennai; Bose-Pacia Gallery, New York
1990 ‘An Economy of Signs: Contemporary Indian Photography’, Traveling Show organized by A Photographers' Gallery, London at The Mead Gallery, Coventry; Ipswich Museum and Art Gallery; Viewpoint Gallery, Salford, Manchester; Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield and The Photographers' Gallery, London
1989 ‘Artists Alert’, organized by SAHMAT at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
1987 ‘Pratibimb: Photography in India’, Moscow, Vilnius
1977 A+A Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven
1977 Panopticon Gallery of Photography, Boston
1977 Creative Photography Gallery, MIT, Cambridge
Participations
2010 'Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh', Whitechapel Gallery, London; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2009 'Expressions at Tihar', Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
2009 'ARCOmadrid', Spain presented by curator Bose Krishnamachari for 'Panoroma: India'
2008 'Chaos in Order', mounted by Lalit Kala Akademi in association with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Social Republic of Vietnam and the Embassy of India in Vietnam
2000 Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai
1996 3rd All India Photography Exhibition, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi and Chandigarh
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Archival print on Hahnemuhle paper
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