Pushpamala N


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1956
Born in Bangalore, India
Lives and works in Bangalore, India
Education
1985
MFA In Sculpture, MS University, Baroda
1982
BFA in Sculpture, MS University, Baroda
1977
BA in Economics, English and Psychology, Bangalore University
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Paris Autumn – video and photo installation, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
2008
Paris Autumn – video and photo installation, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, USA
Paris Autumn - video and photo installation, Nature Morte, New Delhi
Streetside Theatre – outdoor photo installation on bridge, Media Wave Festival, Gyor, Hungary
Paris Autumn and Rashtriy Kheer – Film screening, Tarahan-e-Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007
Paris Autumn and Rashtriy Kheer, Film Screening, Mohile Parikh Centre, Mumbai
Streetside Theatre, Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2007, National School of Drama, New Delhi
Streetside Theatre, outdoor photo installation on bridge, szene- Salzburg Festival, Austria
Paris Autumn and Rashtriy Kheer, Film Screening, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
Paris Autumn and Rashtriy Kheer, Film Screening, Gallery Chemould, Bangalore
Paris Autumn and Rashtriy Kheer – Film screening, Vidyashankar Art Centre, Hyderabad
Paris Autumn and Rashtriy Kheer – Film screening, Design Friday, Bangalore
2006
Photo-performance work, Nature Morte & Bose Pacia, Spazio Piazza Sempione, Milan, Italy
Photo and Video Performance work,l'Espace Croise, Roubaix, France
Paris Autumn, Galerie Zurcher, Paris, France
2005
Native Women of South India: Manners & Customs, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2004
Native Women of South India: Manners & Customs, collaborative project with Clare Arni, Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore, Gallery Chemould , Mumbai and at Seagull Arts and Media Center, Kolkata, India
Indian Lady, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
2003
Phantom Lady and Sunhere Sapne, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
The Anguished Heart, Nature Morte and Gallery Chemould, at British Council, Delhi, India
2002
Golden Dreams, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India
2001
Golden Dreams, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India
1998
Phantom Lady or Kismet, a photo romance, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, and at the artist's studio, Bangalore, India
1994
Excavations, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India
1983
Sculpture show, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore
Group Exhibitions
2010
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Naples Museum, Italy, Athens Museum, Greece
The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today – Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2009
Republic of Illusions, Gallerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Failed Plot, Korean International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
After Color, Bose Pacia New York
Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea; Essl Museum, Vienna Austria
….in the seeds of time – NGMA, New Delhi; NGMA Bangalore
Calendar Art, Red Earth, New Delhi
Re-Frame – 7 experimental films from India , Lowave/ Centre Pompidou, Paris France
Indi- Dialogue, Gabbaron Museum, Valladolid, Spain
Marvellous Reality, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Art against Terrorism – Emami Chisel Art Gallery, Kolkata
Vistaar II, Design show, Seven Arts, New Delhi
Opening show, Zurcher Studio, New York USA
The Self and the Other: Portraiture in Contemporary Indian Photography, La Virreina
Centre de la Image, Barcelona and Artium, Vitoria, Spain
Grand Finale of Video Wednesdays, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Transient Poise, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai
Changing Skin, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
The Other Story, Lakeeren, Mumbai
2008
Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Singapore International Photography Festival
Destination Asia: Conversation Part I, Elementa, Dubai
My India, Video et Apres, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Performing Identities: Pushpamala N, Coco Fusco and Albert Chong, IDEA, Colorado College, USA
Expanding Horizons, Bodhi Art travelling show, Maharashtra (2008-2009)
Modern India: Art and Culture in the Indian Sub-Continent 1857-2007, Institut Valencia d'Modern, Spain
New Narratives - Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey, USA
My Life is my Message – La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Shifting Terrains, Altered Realities- Empire Art and The Shrine Gallery in New Delhi/ Singapore
Still Moving Image, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
Where in the World, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi (2008-2009)
Video Wedenesdays@ Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2007
Fotofluss, Vienna, Austria
Post Object, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada
Private/ Corporate IV, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Public Places/ Private Spaces: Contemporary Photography and Video Art in India, The Newark Museum, USA
New Narratives: Contemporary Art from India, Chicago Cultural Centre, USA
Tiger by the Tail- Women Artists of India transforming Culture, Brandeis University, USA
House Of Mirrors, Grosvenor Vadehra Gallery, London, Uk
2006
Changing Skin, Gallery SKE, Bangalore
Indian Express, Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Fiction @ Love, Shanghai, China
Ultra New Vision of Contemporary Art, Singapore Art Museum
India in all its Senses, Louis Vuitton Galleries, Paris, France
Lille 3000, France
Another Asia, Noorderlicht Photofestival 2006, Netherlands
Indian Video Art : Between Myth and History, Part of Cinema Prayoga: Indian Experimental Film and Video 1913- 2006, Tate Modern, London
2005
I, Me, Myself , Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin
Are We Like This Only, Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi, India
Indian Summer, the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris, France
Edge of Desire, the Asia Society, New York and Museo Tamayo, Mexico
Yokohama Triennale, Open Circle , Japan
Kovideo, 1st Durban Video Festival, South Africa
2004
Iconography in Transient Times, Gallery Sumukha, Delhi, India
Edge of Desire, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
2003
Heat: A Picture Show, Bose Pacia Modern, New York and at City Park, Dublin, Ireland
DiVerge, 40 Years of Chemould, NGMA, Mumbai, India
2002
New Indian Art: Home, Street, Shrine, Bazaar, Museum, Manchester City Galleries, Manchester, UK
Ways of Resisting, SAHMAT, New Delhi, India
2001
Century City, Tate Modern, London, UK
Moving Ideas, Montreal and Vancouver, Canada
1999
Art from India, Patricia Correia Gallery, Los Angeles Biennale, USA
1998
The Presence of the Past, NCPA, Mumbai, India
1997
Telling Tales, Bath Festival Trust, UK
Telling Times, British Council, New Delhi, India
1996
The New South, London, UK
Fire and Life, Australia India Art Project, Mumbai and Perth, Australia
Shilpayan, Contemporary Indian Sculpture, NGMA, New Delhi, India
1995
Dispossession, Africus, First Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa
100 Years of NGMA, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
Recent Trends in Contemporary Indian Art, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Sculpture 95, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
Postcards for Gandhi, SAHMAT, in six Indian cities
1994
Still Life, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
1992
2nd International Women's Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
A Nest for Sparrow, Mumbai, India
1990-91
Pushpamala N. and Alex Mathew, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, and at CMC Gallery, New Delhi and Chemould Gallery, Mumbai, India
1989
Timeless Art, VT Station, Mumbai,India
Artist's Alert, SAHMAT, New Delhi, India
1987
The Sculpted Image, Bombay Arts Festival, Mumbai, India
1986
VI Triennale-India, New Delhi, India
1985
Pushpamala N, Atul Dodiya and Akitham Vasudevan, Gallery 7, Mumbai, India
Seven Young Sculptors, Kasauli Art Centre, New Delhi, India
1983-84
National Exhibition, India
Curation
1999
Curated and organized an exhibition of large public site- specific works- Sthala Puranagalu [Place Legends] in Bangalore
Awards
1998
Karnataka Shilpa Kala Akademi Award
1988
Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi Silver Jubilee Award
1986
Gold Medal, VI Triennale, India and Karnataka Rajyothsava Award
1984
National Award
Grants, Residencies and Workshops
2009
Centre Pompidou project with Studio Harcourt, Residency in Paris, France
2006
The Rockefeller Foundation artist residency, Bellagio Study Center, Italy
2005
Artist's Camp, Pachmarhi
French Embassy SCAC artist residency in Paris, France
2002
Majlis Cultural Fellowship
Khoj International Residency, Delhi
2000
Indian Foundation for the Arts, Arts Collaboration Grant
Open Circle International workshop, Mumbai, India
1998
Khoj International Workshop, Modinagar
1995-97
Senior Fellowship, Govt of India
1992-93
Charles Wallace Trust (India) Fellowship residency in London, UK
1985
Artist's Camp, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
1978-85
Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi art Scholarship
1975-77
Bangalore University English Scholarship