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Tallur L N
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L.N. Tallur was born in Koteswara, a small Indian village of about 14,000 people, in 1971. Tallur’s work represents an amalgamation of influences, ranging from those of the sheltered, traditional and rural farmlands he grew up on, and those he encountered and was exposed to during his many later visits to various foreign countries. Tallur studied art in various institutions, each of which has helped to shape the way he works today. In...
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L.N. Tallur was born in Koteswara, a small Indian village of about 14,000 people, in 1971. Tallur’s work represents an amalgamation of influences, ranging from those of the sheltered, traditional and rural farmlands he grew up on, and those he encountered and was exposed to during his many later visits to various foreign countries. Tallur studied art in various institutions, each of which has helped to shape the way he works today. In 1996, he received his Bachelor’s degree in painting from the Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) at Mysore University, and then followed it with a Master’s degree in museology from Maharaja Sayyajirao University of Baroda in 1998. In 1999, he was awarded a scholarship from Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK, to complete another Master’s degree in Contemporary Fine Art Practice.
Through exposure, experimentation and influence, the artist has managed to create a truly unique artistic vocabulary and style. As a result, each piece is complex and physically diverse. Tallur’s time at Leeds proved beneficial to his exploration of medium, material manipulation, and working on a large scale – all of which are are visible in the works he creates today. Incorporating a dynamic mix of ideas relating to politics, culture, tradition, spirituality, technological deterioration and environmental depletion, the artist’s three-dimensional works capture the absurdity of every-day village life and the anxiousness that characterizes contemporary Indian society.
Tallur was also able to grasp the importance of subtle mannerisms from the esteemed painter Bhupen Khakhar, after training under him. His work proves to be a surreal amalgamation of Indian signs, symbols and traditions held close to the heart in the country’s rural areas, focusing primarily on poverty and farmland issues. His pieces, though thought provoking to the viewers, are either a grotesque take on reality or portray a certain beauty which he has the ability to capture and create from the use of damaged objects and distorted materials.
Not only has L.N. Tallur’s work been exhibited all over the world, but he is also the winner of multiple prestigious awards. These include the Emerging Artist Award from Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, in 1999, and the Sanskriti Award from the Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, in 2003. His paintings have been displayed in solo and group exhibitions in India and other countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, China, Cuba, South Korea and Canada. Tallur currently lives and works between India and South Korea.
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Born
1971
Tallur, Karnataka
Education
2001-02 Master of Arts (Contemporary Fine Art Practice), Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK.
1997-98 Master of Fine Arts (Museology), Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayyajirao University of Baroda
1992-96 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, (CAVA) Mysore University
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 'The Threshold', Arario Gallery,...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 'The Threshold', Arario Gallery, Seoul
2014 'UKAI (Cormorant Fish Hunting)', Nature Morte, New Delhi
2013-14 'Balancing Act', The SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
2013 'New Yorked', Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
2012 'Montessori: Lessons in Economics', Nature Morte, Berlin
2012 'Password', Nature Morte, Gurgaon
2011-12 'Quintessential', Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum, Mumbai
2011 'Chromatophobia: The Fear of Money', Nature Morte, New Delhi
2010 'Chromatophobia: The Fear of Money', Arario Gallery, Beijing
2009 ‘The Souvenir Maker’, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India
2009 ‘Placebo’, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
2009 ‘The Armory Show’, New York
2008 ‘Antimatter’, Arario New York, New York
2007 ‘Bon Appetite’, Arario Seoul, South Korea
2005 ‘New Sculptures’, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2004 ‘New Sculptures’, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2000 Past Modern Interactive Art Objects, Bose Pacia Modern, Soho, New York
1999 Past Modern Interactive Art Objects, Bose Pacia Modern, New York
1999 Past Modern Interactive Art Objects, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1998 Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayyajirao University of Baroda
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 'The SKODA Prize Show', National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Ministry of Culture, Government of India in collaboration with The Skoda Prize at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
2011 'Fragility', Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
2011 'Against All Odds: A Contemporary Response to the Historiography of Archiving Collecting, and Museums in India', Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2010 'Now Through a Glass Darkly', Arario Gallery, New York
2008 'Mechanism of Motions', Anant Art Center, New Delhi
2006 ‘Do You Speak Hindi?’, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
2005 ‘Beautiful Cynicism’, Arario Beijing, Beijing
2005 ‘Subodh Gupta, Rashid Rana and L.N Tallur’, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
2005 ‘Iconography in Transient Time’, Gallery Sumukha, New Delhi
2004 ‘Haste Modern’, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2004 ‘Bifocal Vision: The Near and Far in Contemporary Indian Art’, Lisbon
2004 ‘Crossing Generations: diVERGE’, organized by Gallery Chemould, Mumbai,
2003 ‘Eclectic’, organized by Yellow Sea International, South Korea at Total Museum, Seoul, South Korea,
2002 ‘LMU’, organized by Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) Gallery, Leeds, UK
2000 ‘Millennium Logo’, organized by Art India Magazine, Mumbai at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
Participations
2015 'Constructs / Constructions', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2015 'After Midnight : Indian Modernism to Contemporary India 1947/1997', Queens Museum, New York
2015 'Encounters', Art Basel -Hong Kong
2012-13 Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012, Kochi
2012-13 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7), Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
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
2012 'Crossings: Time Unfolded, Part 2', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 'Homespun', Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
2011 'Medi(t)ation', 2011 Asian Art Biennial, Taichung, Taiwan
2011 'Collectors' Stage: Asian Contemporary Art from Private Collections', Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
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 'The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today', The Saatchi Gallery, London
2009 'Failed Plot', part of KIAF 09 at COEX, Seoul
2009 ‘The Armory Show’, New York presented by Arario New York, New York
2008 ‘Passage to India’, Frank Cohen Collection at Initial Access, Wolverhampton
2007 'Destination Asia: Non-strict Correspondence', exhibition by Indian and Pakistani Artists at Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakistan
2007 ‘Unholy Truths’, Frank Cohen Collection at Initial Access, Wolverhampton
2007 ARCO 2007, Madrid, Spain
2007 ‘The Armory Show’, New York
2007 ‘Subcontingent’, Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo, Italy
2007 ‘Hungry God’, Pusan Museum of Modern Art, Pusan, Korea
2006 ‘Hungry God’, travelling Exhibition at Arario Beijing, Beijing, China to Busan City Museum, Busan, Korea
2006 ‘Hyper Design’, Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai
2006 Bienal de La Habana, La Bienal de La Habana, Havana
2006-07 ‘Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India’, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
2006 ‘Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India’, Asian Art Museum of San Franscisco
2005 ‘Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India’, Museum of Contemporary, Monterrey Mexico
2005 ‘Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India’, Tamayo Museum, Mexico City
2005 ‘Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India’, Asia Society, New York
2005 ‘Rites and Rewrites: Borders in Asia’, World Socialist Forum, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Porte Alegre, Brazil
2004 ‘Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India’, Museum-Art Gallery of Western Australia
2004 ‘Busan Binnale’, Busan, South Korea
2000 ‘Art in the World-2000 Paris’, organized by Beaux-Art Magazine, Paris, France
2000 ‘Millennium Exhibition’, organized by Sakshi and Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 L´Art dans le monde 2000, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, MAM/ARC, Paris
1999 Asian Art Biennial, Dakha, Bangladesh.
1997 37th National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
2012 The Skoda Prize for Indian Contemporary Art, India
2003...
2012 The Skoda Prize for Indian Contemporary Art, India
2003 ‘Sanskriti Award’, Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi
2001 ‘Commonwealth Scholarship’, to study at Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU), Leeds, UK
1999 Emerging Artist ward, Bose Pacia Modern, Soho, New York.
1997 ‘Inlaks Fine Art Award’, Inlaks Foundation, New Delhi
1996 National Scholarship, Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
1995 Karnataka Lalitkala Akademi Scholarship, to study at Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayyajirao University of Baroda
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