Mithu Sen


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1971
Born in Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Lives and works in New Delhi, India
Education
2001
PG Programme (Visiting), Glasgow School of Art, UK
1991-97
BA and MFA in painting, Visva Bharti, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Nothing Lost In Translation, Nature Morte, Berlin
BLACK CANDY (iforgotmypenisathome), Chemould Gallery, Mumbai; School of Art and Aesthetics, JNU, New Delhi
2009
Me Two, Krinzinger Project, Vienna
Dropping Gold, Dropping Gold, Suzie Q Projects, Zurich
Free Mithu, Khoj, New Delhi
2008
I Dig, I Look Down, Albion Gallery, London
2007
Half Full I, Bose Pacia, NY
Half Full II, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2006
It's Good to be Queen, Artist Space, Bose Pacia, New York
Drawing Room I, British Council, New Delhi
Drawing Room II, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2003
I Hate Pink, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001
Unbelongings, Machintosh Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2000
Can We Really Look Beyond the Map? Art India Style, New Delhi
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Conundrum, Bose Pacia, New York
Against All Odds: A Contemporary Response to the Historiography of Archiving Collecting, and Museums in India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
The Pill, Latitude 28, New Delhi
Myth - Reality: Constructing Cult-ure, The Guild, Mumbai
2010
Public Enemy Number 1, Exhibit 320, New Delhi
At The Edge, Gallery Maya, London
Indian (Sub)Way, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Grosvenor Vadehra, London
Dialogues: A Selection of International Contemporary Artists, Bartha & Senarclens Partners, Singapore
Spiral Jetty, Nature Morte, New Delhi
Scratch,Shakshi Gallery at LKA, New Delhi
I Think Therefore Graffiti…,The Guild, Mumbai
Eye of India,Bartha & Senarclens Partners, Singapore
Writing Visuals,Harrington Street Art Center, Kolkata
Continuum Transfunctioner, Exhibit 320, New Delhi
Nature Revisited, Sanskriti Gallery, Kolkata
Size Matters or Does It?, Latitude 28, New Delhi
Evolve, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009
Vicissitudes of the Constructed Image, Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore L-Machines, Gallery Open Eyed Dreams (OED), Kochi
Astonishment of Being, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
India 3: New Delhi - Republic of Illusions, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna
Intimate Lives, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Anomalies: From Nature to the Future, Rossi & Rossi, London
Tracing Time, Bodhi Art, Mumbai
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
The Human Animal, jointly presented by Gallery Threshold and Arts I (Religare Arts Initiative) at Gallery
Threshold, New Delhi
The Body as Vessel, Art Alive, New Delhi
2008-09
Where In The World, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
Mutant Beauty, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008
Review, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
Emotional Drawing, SOMA, Seoul; Museum of Modern Art (MOMAT), Tokyo
Contemporary art and Western Project, Culver City
Synonymous,The Guild Gallery, Mumbai
Zeitgeist, Alliance Francaise de Delhi and Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
Still Moving Image, Devi Foundation, New Delhi
Emotional Drawing, MOMAT(Museum of Modern Art), Tokyo
Exploding the Lotus, Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
Tales, Reflection and Constructs, ITC Windsor, Bangalore
Link, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Contradictions and Complexities: Contemporary Art From India, D.E.N Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Crossroads, Elementa Art Gallery, Dubai
Comme des bêtes, Lausanne Museum, Berne, Switzerland
Shifting Terrains/Altered Realities, The Shrine Gallery and The Art House, Singapore
A-MAZ-ING, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007
Horn Please, September, Kunst Museum Bern
Tiger by the Tale, October, Rose Museum, Boston
Inco hen Korean women biennale, Seoul Korea
Art and design show in Bangkok
Shanghai art fair and FIAC in Paris
2006
Being Anastacia, Goethe Institute, Salvador, Brazil Art Basel Miami,
Bose Pacia Show, Miami
Inside Outside, Guild Gallery, Mumbai
Avatars of the object, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
Shadow Lines,Vaderah Art Gallery, New Delhi
New wave In Bengal Art, Akriti Art Gallery, Kolkata
2005
Metrospective: Visual Representations of Metrosexuality, Kitab Mohall, Mumbai
Golden Jubilee Show, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
The New Wave in Bengal Art, Akar Prakar, Calcutta
Are We Like This Only?, Vadera Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004
Tableaux Vivant, Nature Morte, New Delhi and Bose Pacia, New York
The Found Project, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Art Omni open day, New York
Wasani Intenational Studio Open Day, Lamu Fort, Kenya
Fair and Furious 2, Jebiwool Art Museum, South Korea
The Art Connection, British Council and Birla Academy, Kolkata
Devotional Breach, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India
Kaleidoscope, Square One Gallery, New York and Gallery Space, Hyderbad
Summer Show, Nature Morte, New Delhi
Fleshed Out and Lifting Off, Anant Gallery, New Delhi
The Making of India, Sahmat at Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi
2003
Portrait of the Decades, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
Flag for Peace, Karachi, Pakistan
Peep Show, Apparao Gallery, Chennai
Open Studio Day, Khoj International Residency, New Delhi, India
Through Customs, Bose Pacia, New York
Fair and Furious, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
Sheesha, Indo-French Exhibition, Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi
A/P Artist Proof, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2002
Trans-Figuration, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat, New Delhi
Borderless Terrain, Visual Arts Gallery, India habitat, New Delhi
Young Faces, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta
Annual Exhibition, CAN Show, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
Young Contemporaries from Shantiniketan, Gallery Espace, NewDelhi
The Closet/Closets, Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi
2001
Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow
Selected Works of New Graduates, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Student Show, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2000
Satabdi Show, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
Satabdi Show, Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
42nd National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
1999
Emerging Trends, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
Edge of the Century, Gallery OM, New Delhi
The Art Show, Art Junction Gallery, New Delhi
1998
41st National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
Young Shantiniketan Today, the Guild Gallery, Mumbai
Annual Exhibition of Paintings, AIFACS, New Delhi and Chandigarh
1996
Annual Exhibition of Paintings, AIFACS, New Delhi and Chandigarh
Exhibition of Kala Bhavan, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Honors and Awards
2010
The Skoda Prize
2008
YFLO(FICCI) Young Achievers Award
2007
Kunstmuseum Bern Residency, Switzerland
2006
Bose Pacia Artist in Residence, New York
2005-06
UNESCO Ashburg Scholarship for Brazil
Lijang Studio Residency, Yunnan, China
International Artists Workshop , Sri Lanka
Lijang Studio Residency, Yunnan, China
Jaipur International Festival, Site Specific Workshop, Jaipur
2004
Wasani International Artists Workshop, Lamu Fort, Kenya
Art Omi International Artists Residency, New York
Bangalore Residency
2003
Khoj International Artists Residency, New Delhi
Two-Hundred Years of the Great Arc. Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Corbett National
Park
2000-01
Charles Wallace India Trust Award in UK
2000
Junior Fellowship from Ministry of HRD, Government of India
1998
All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Award in Painting, New Delhi