Bari Kumar


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1966
Vakadu, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh
Lives and works in Los Angeles and Hyderabad.
Education
1985-88
BFA, Graphic Design, Otis/Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles
1983-84
Loyola Institute of Visual Communication, Madras, India
1974-83
Rishi Valley School, Andhra Pradesh, India
Solo Exhibitions
2008
In Transit, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2007
Acceptance of Denial, Bose Pacia, New York
2006
In Absentia, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005
Brown is the new Black, Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles
2004
Export Quality, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
2002
Neither Here Nor There, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica
2000
Personal Inventory, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica
1998
Still Lives, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica
1997
Pain-ting, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica
1991
Untitled, Roark Gallery, Los Angeles
Paintings, Highland Grounds Cafe, Los Angeles
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Bring Me A Lion: An Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, The Hunt Gallery, St. Louis
2009
Truly Truthful, curated by Leeza Ahmady, Art Asia Art Fair, Miami
Blast India, G Gallery, Houston
Speaking in Tongues, Nature Morte Berlin, Berlin
Contemporary India, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor
Bike Rides!, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield
2008
Exploding the Lotus, Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood
In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz School, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach
Revolutions: Forms that Turn, Sydney Biennale 2008, Sydney
2007
Here and Now, Young voices from India, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2006
The S-word - The State of Spirituality in Contemporary Art, The Judson Gallery of Contemporary and Traditional Art, Los Angeles
Tigers and Jaguars, L.A.'s Asian-Latino Fusion, The Craft and Folk art Museum, Los Angeles
Nine decades of OTIS, Barnsdall Art Center, Los Angeles
New Paintings, Gallery Nature Morte. New Delhi
2005
Fatal Love, Art of Indian diaspora, Queens Museum of Art, Queens
Borders and Memory, College of Visual Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse
Tableaux Vivant, Shridarani Gallery, New Delhi
2004
Iconography in Transient Times, Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003
Unfamiliar Territory, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
2002
Global Address, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
2001
Shifting Perceptions: Contemporary L.A. Visions, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena
Home and the World, Indo Center for Art and Culture, New York
In an Exuberant & Profuse Manner, Bose Pacia Modern, New York
2000
East Meets West: Imagining India in Baltimore and Los Angeles, two person show with Dhruvi Acharya, School 33, Baltimore
1999
Dusk, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle
1998
On Politics, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos
Tribute to la Luz de Jesus Gallery, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica
Group Exhibition, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley
1997
Traditions Abandoned/ Traditions Retained, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside
1996
Lantern of the East, Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi
New Paintings, two person show with David Sandlin, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles
1993
Ars Moriendi, two person show with Samantha Harrison, Random Gallery, Highland Park
Saints & Sinners, The Folk Tree Gallery, Pasadena