Born in London, England, 1969
Studied at the Middlesex Polytechnic, Cat Hill, London, England 1987-1988
BA Honours, Fine Art, Painting at the Foundation Course in Art & Design Newcastle Polytechnic,
Newcastle, England 1988-1991
Lives and works in New Delhi, India, since 1993
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Hauser & Wirth, ‘inevitable undeniable necessary’, London, England
2008
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Virus’, Gateshead, England
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, ‘Sing to them that will listen’, Paris, France
2007
Jack Shainman Gallery, ‘An Absence of Assignable Cause’, New York NY
Nature Morte, ‘An Absence of Assignable Cause’, New Delhi, India
2006
Gallery 88 and Gallery Ske, ‘Do not Meddle in the Affairs of Dragons, Because You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup’, Mumbai, India
2004
Gallery Ske, ‘Quasi-, mim-, ne-, near-, semi-, -ish, -like’, Bangalore, India
Nature Morte, ‘Hungry Dogs Eat Dirty Pudding’, New Delhi, India
2001
Gallery Chemould, ‘The Private Softness of Skin’, Mumbai, India
2000
Bose Pacia Gallery, ‘The Private Softness of Skin’, New York NY
1999
Galerie F.I.A, ‘Telling Tails’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
Galerie F.I.A, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1995
Art Heritage, New Delhi, India
1993
AIFACS, New Delhi, India
Group Exhibitions
2010
Kunstmuseum Lucerne, ‘Lebenszeichen. Altes Wissen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst / Sign of Life. Ancient Knowledge in Contemporary Art’, Lucerne, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Thun, ‘Susan Hefuna – Bharti Kher – Fred Tomaselli: Between the Worlds’, Thun, Switzerland
Manchester Art Gallery, ‘Facing East: Recent Works from China, India and Japan from the Frank Cohen Collection’, Manchester, England
Herning Kunstmuseum, ‘Indian Highway’, Herning, Denmark (Travelling Exhibition)
The Saatchi Gallery, ‘The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today’, London, England
Akron Art Museum, ‘Pattern ID’, Akron OH
2009
Lalit Kala Academy, ‘Marvellous Reality’, New Delhi, India
Casa Asia, ‘Indian Narrative in the 21st Century: Between Memory and History’, Madrid, Spain
Yale University School of Art, ‘Shifting Shapes. Unstable Signs’, New Haven CT
Astrup Fearnley Museum, ‘Indian Highway’, Oslo, Norway (Travelling Exhibition)
Palais des Arts de Dinard, ‘Who`s Afraid of the Artists? A Selection of Works from the Pinault Collection’, France
Marianne Boesky Gallery, ‘ Group Show: Bharti Kher, Yayoi Kusama, Eva Rothschild, Mindy Shapero’, New York NY
Temporary space at Zimmerstrasse 90-91,‘Conflicting Tales – Works from the Burger Collection in Berlin: Subjectivity (Quadrilogy, Part 1)’, Berlin, Germany
Palais Bénédictine, ‘Les Artistes Indiens d’Aujourd’hui’, Fécamp, France
Museum on the Seam, ‘Nature Nation’, Jerusalem, Israel
The New Art Gallery Walsall, ‘Re-imagining Asia. A Thousand Years of Separation’, Walsall, England (Travelling Exhibition)
National Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art / Open Your Third Eye’, Seoul, Korea (Travelling Exhibition)
Essl Museum, ‘Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art’, Klosterneuburg, Austria (Travelling Exhibition)
Astrup Fearnley Museum, ‘Indian Highway’, Oslo, Norway (Travelling Exhibition)
2008
Serpentine Gallery, ‘Indian Highway’, London/GB (Travelling Exhibition)
The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College, ‘Distant Nearness’, Kansas City KS
Frank Cohen Collection at Initial Access, ‘Passage to India’, Wolverhampton, England
Swarovski Crystal World, ‘India – Guest in the Giant’, Wattens, Austria
Primo Marella Gallery, ‘New Delhi – New Wave, Milan, Italy
Espace Claude Berri, ‘Artistes Indien, Collection Claude Berri’, Paris, France
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, ‘Re-imagining Asia. A Thousand Years of Separation’, Berlin, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Mori Art Museum, ‘Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art’, Tokyo, Japan (Travelling Exhibition)
Devi Art Foundation, ‘Still moving Image’, New Delhi, India
Busan Biennale, ‘Expenditure’, Busan, Korea
Bodhi Art, ‘Everywhere is War (and rumours of war)’, Mumbai, India
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, ‘Ours, chat, cochon & Cie’, Lausanne, Switzerland
Serpentine Gallery, ‘Indian Highway’, London, England (Travelling Exhibition)
Devi Art Foundation, ‘Where in the World’, New Delhi, India
Anant Art Centre, ‘Mutant Beauty’, New Delhi, India
Institut Valencia d`Art Modern, ‘India Moderna’, Valencia, Spain
2007
Art Gallery of Ontario, ‘Hungry God’, Toronto, Canada
Durban Art Gallery , ‘The Sneeze 80 × 80’, Cape Town, South Africa
Hangar Bicocca, ‘Urban Manners – 15 Contemporary Artists from India’, Milan, Italy
FLUSS – NÖ Initiative for Photo-and Media Art, ‘Indian Photo- and Media Art: A Journey of Discovery’, Weinviertel, Austria
Sammlung DaimlerChrysler- Lekha and Anupam Poddar Collections, ‘Private/Corporate IV’, Berlin, Germany
The South African National Gallery, ‘The Sneeze 80 × 80’, Cape Town, South Africa (Travelling Exhibition)
Wedel Fine Art, ‘Face East. Contemporary Asian Portraiture’, London, England
2006
Ex Mercato Ortofrutticolo ‘Fuori Uso 2006 – Altered Stated, are you experienced?’, Pescara, Italy
Queensland Art Gallery, ‘The 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, Brisbane, Australia
Nature Morte, ‘Inside Outside’, New Delhi, India
Arario Gallery, ‘Hungry Gods’, Beijing, China
Galerie Enrico Navarra, ‘Made by Indians. Art on the Beach’, St Tropez, France
Gallery Chemould at The Museum Gallery, ‘Long Happy Hours. Thereby Happiness & Other Stories’, Mumbai, India
Lille 3000, ‘Le Troisième Oeil’, Lille, France
IFA Galerie, ‘Zeitsprünge, Raumfolgen’, Stuttgart, Germany
2005
IFA Galerie, ‘Zeitsprünge, Raumfolgen’, Berlin, Germany
Walsh Gallery, ‘Mom and Pop’ Chicago IL
LÉcole des Beaux Arts, ‘Indian Summer’, Paris, France
Nature Morte, ‘Summer Show’, New Delhi, India
De Beverd Museum voor Grafische Werkelijkheid, ‘Het offer/ An intimate I: Droom en Werkelijkheid, Breda, Netherlands
2004
Thomas Erben Gallery, ‘Contemporary Art From India’, New York
Sakshi Gallery, ‘Vanitas Vanitatum’, Mumbai, India
India Habitat Center, ‘Adrogyne’, New Delhi, India
Gallery Chemould, ‘Crossing Generations: Diverge’, Mumbai, India
The Gazon Rouge Gallery, ‘The Sneeze 80 × 80’, Athens, Greece (Travelling Exhibition)
2003
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, ‘The Tree from the Seed: Contemporary Art from India’, Hovikodden, Norway
Apparao Gallery at The Apeejay New Media Centre, ‘Bad Taste’, New Delhi, India
Art Inc, ‘Sirpur Paper Mills’, New Delhi, India
2002
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, ‘Under Construction’, Japan
Khoj Studios, ‘Khoj Residency Show’, New Delhi, India
Sakshi Gallery at Habitat Centre, ‘Creative Space’, New Delhi, India
Nature Morte, ‘Photosphere’, New Delhi, India
Nature Morte, ‘Glue: An Exhibition about Collage’, New Delhi, India
NGMA Mumbai, ‘Cutting Edge Contemporary’, New Delhi, India
Sumukha Gallery, ‘Glue’, Bangalore, India
India Habitat Center, ‘Borderless Terrain’, New Delhi, India
NSA Gallery [a Pulse Project], ‘Silence Violence’, Durban, South Africa
Talwar Gallery, ‘MANGO. Visual Selections of SAWCC Artists’, New York NY
Project 304, ‘Sorry for the Inconvenience’, Bangkok, Thailand
CIMA Gallery, ‘Sidewinder’, Kolkata, India (Travelling Exhibition)
Habitat Centre, ‘Sidewinder’, New Delhi, India (Travelling Exhibition)
Coomarswamy Hall, The Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, ‘Sidewinder’, Mumbai, India (Travelling Exhibition)
2001
India Habitat Center, ‘Kitch kitch Hota Hai’, New Delhi, India
Sahmat Project, ‘Art On The Move’, New Delhi, India
2000
Kundan Pan Shop, ‘Aar Paar. An Exchange Between five Indian and Pakistani Artists’, Karachi, Pakistan
Lakeeren Art Gallery, ‘Open Circle Exhibition’, Mumbai, India
Nature Morte, ‘of, based on, or obtained by (Tradition)’, New Delhi, India
1999
Jim Beard Gallery at CCA, ‘Impact’, New Delhi, India
Sakshi Gallery, ‘Embarkations’, Mumbai, India
Nehru Centre, ‘Icons of The Millenium’, Mumbai, India
Sahay Filling Station, Mehrauli Road, N.H.8 [a collaborative work with Subodh Gupta], ‘Boxwallahs’, Gurgaon, India
Central Bureau Vande Hogeschool, ‘Hed end aagse Kunst uit India’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
1998
British Council, ‘Edge of The Century’, New Delhi, India
Lakeeren Art Gallery, ‘Cryptograms’, Mumbai, India
1996
Edinburgh College of Art, ‘Royal Overseas League Open Exhibition’, Edinburgh, England
Eicher Gallery, ‘Of Women Icons/Stars/Feasts’, New Delhi, India
1995
Bhopal, India Sakshi Gallery, ‘6th Bharat Bhawan Biennal of Contemporary Indian Arts’, Mumbai, India
1993
Art Heritage, ‘Trends in Contemporary Indian Art’, New Delhi, India
1991
Milton Gallery, ‘Aspects of British Figurative Painting (1988-93)’, London, England
1990
Squires Gallery, Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Awards
2007 YFLO Woman Achiever of the Year
2003 The Sanskriti Award
