Justin Ponmany


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1974
Born in Kerala, India
Lives and works in Mumbai, India
Education
1996
BFA (painting), Sir J.J. School of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Gallery Loop, Hongdae, Seoul
2007
Who's keeping Score, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
2006
Procreation, Nature Morte, Milan
2005
Salt (Plastic Memory-Part II), Nature Morte, India
2004
Non-biodegradable Memory, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009-10
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: Indian Contemporary Art in Global Times, Lakeeren, Mumbai
2009
Living of the Grid, Anant Art Centre, New Delhi
Dear Jabir, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
Indian Summer, Galerie Christian Hosp, Berlin
Multitudes, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore in collaboration with Zen Studio Gallery and Artflute.com
Re-Claim/ Re-Cite/ Re-Cycle, presented by Latitude 28 at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi; Bose Pacia, Kolkata
Shapeshifter, Aicon Gallery, London
The Other (Indian) Story: Retrospecting Lakeeren-The Contemporary Art Gallery (1995-2009), presented by Lakeeren at The Gallery of Modern Art, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
Material Texts, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
2008-09
Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London
2008
November, 1x1 Contemporary, Al Quoz, Dubai
Indian Art at Swarovski 'Crystal World' Show, 2nd Exhibition, Tirol – Österreich, Austria
Indi Genius, presented by Sakshi Gallery and Soka Contemporary Space, Taipei at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2007
Thermocline of Art, New Asian Waves, ZKM, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
Swarovski Crystal World Show, Austria
The Armory Show, Nature Morte, New York
Photography, Video, Mixed Media III, Daimler Contemporary, Daimler Chrysler, Stuttgart; Berlin, Germany
Private/Corporate IV-A Dialogue of the Collections Lekha and Anupam Poddar, New Delhi, and Daimler Chrysler, Stuttgart/Berlin
2006
Fiac Art Fair, Nature Morte/ BosePacia, Paris
Art Basel, Nature Morte, Switzerland
Hungry God-Indian Contemporaries, Arario Gallery, Beijing
2005
Three Person Show, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai
Outside Europe, from the Daimler Chrysler Collection, Galerie Der Stadt, Sindelfingen (Stuttgart), Germany
The artist lives and works in Baroda/ Bombay/ Calcutta/ Mysore/ Rotterdam/ Trivandrum, House of World culture, Berlin
Whose Space Is It Anyway?, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
We are like this only, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi
Arad Biennale, Romania
Summer Show, curated by Peter Nagy, Nature Morte, New Delhi
Present Future, curated by Saryu Doshi, N.G.M.A., Mumbai
Identity Alienation Amity, curated by Bina Sarkar Ellias, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Span, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Double Enders, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004
Bombay x 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin
Metallic, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
Ideas and Images, curated by Saryu Doshi, N.G.M.A., Mumbai
Bombay Boys, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003
Awardees, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Ideas and Images, curated by Saryu Doshi, N.G.M.A., Mumbai
Camp Show, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
Inaugural Show, The Indian Habitat center, Viart Gallery, Delhi
4 Artists, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
Art for Art an Indo-Swedish Project on "Bench Art', Kalaghoda, Mumbai
2002
Words and Images, the Guild Art Gallery, N.G.M.A, Mumbai
Cutting Edge Contemporary, Art Edge, N.G.M.A, Mumbai
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Sakshi Gallery, The Indian Habitat Center, Delhi
Crosscurrents, Jehangir Art Gallery
The New Paradigms, the Indian Habitat Center, Delhi
Debt, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
The 7- Harmony Show, Nehru Center, Mumbai
2000
Embarkations, (The Millennium Show), curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
The Mumbai Metaphor, curated by Anupa Mehta, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Exile and Longing, Lakheeren Gallery, Mumbai
Memos for the New Millennium from Artists of the Molting World, curated by Abhay Sardesai, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
1999
Wall Paper Kala Ghoda Art Fair Mumbai and Lakheeran Gallery, Mumbai
Legatee Sir J.J.School of Art Fine Art Company Gallery, Mumbai
Inaugural Show, Fine Art Company Gallery, Mumbai
Icons of the Millennium, Lakheeren Gallery, Mumbai
1998
Windows to the Soul, Auction in Aid of NAB conducted by Sotheby's, Mumbai
Indian Contemporary Art, the RPG Collection, Germany
Awards And Honors
2005
Artist of the Future Award, N.G.M.A., Mumbai
2003
1- runners up, 4- Biennial Bose Pacia Prize for Contemporary Art
2000
Western Railway Centenary Prize, N.G.M.A., Mumbai
1997-98
Fellowship at Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai
1993
Karnik Prize at the Annual Exhibition at Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai