Navin Thomas
Born in 1974
Lives and works in Bangalore, India
Solo Exhibitions
2010 From the town's end, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore
2006 sound asleep, PROJECT 88, Mumbai
2005 Auto In, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore
2004 In Transit, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore
Group Exhibitions
2011 Generation in Transition, curated by Magda Kardasz, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Mix Tape, An exhibition of accessible audio tape, curated by Lucas Abela, Tins Shed Gallery, Australia
IN CONTEXT: PUBIC.ART.ECOLOLGY II (investigating the intersection between art, ecology and science), KHOJ, International Artists' Association, New Delhi
2010 In other words, Exploration of new site specific sound works: Select book house Bangalore
Continum Transfunctioner, curated by Gitanjali Dang, Exhibit 320, New Delhi
GALLERYSKE for Gallery BMB, BMB Gallery, Mumbai
2009 Analytical Engines, Bose Pacia, Calcutta
Immersions, Anant Art Gallery, Curated by Deeksha Nath
Group show, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore
2008 "Where in the world", Devi Art Foundation, curated by the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
"Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna"
"Still moving image", curated by Deeksha Nath, Devi Art Foudation, New Delhi
RE ASIA - Avatar, Asia's Narrators, a literature festival curated by Ilija Trojanow, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Mechanisms of Motion, curated by Marta Jakimowicz, Anant Art Gallery, Delhi
2007 New Installations from India, Part I, curated by Michael Olijnyk and Barbara Luderowski, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, USA
2005 Indian Summer, curated by Henri-Clause Cousseau, Deepak Ananth, Jany Lauga, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris (cat)
World Information City, Bangalore, curated by Institute of New Culture Technologies, Vienna, Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore and Ayisha Abraham
Residency Projects
2011 Art and Ecology, Khoj, New Delhi
2009 One World Foundation, Gallery Krinzinger, Sri Lanka
2008 Khoj-international sonic art residency, New Delhi
2007 The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, USA
2006 AFFA, winter artist residency program, Paris
Broadcasts/Audio Projects
2011 A call to prayer (Timeline of fruit bats fornicating in local mosque)
2008 S.U.M.I.T (Electroacoustic piece using found composition and small critters)
2004 In Transit, Live at All India Radio, Bangalore
Grants
2003 Grant from Sarai (CSDS), to document musical busking performance through sound and stills
Education
Diploma in graphic design
Diploma in cinematography, Karnataka Film and Technical Training Centre, Bangalore
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