| Sheela Gowda |
Born in Bhadravati, India, 1957
Lives and works in Bangalore, India
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| 2010 |
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Indian Highway, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning (group) |
| 2009 |
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Thesaloniki Biennale, Curators: Gabriela Salgado, Bisi Silva, Syrago Tsiara, The state Museum of Contemporary Art-Costakis Collection and the Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki
Textiles: Art and Social Fabric, MuKHA, Antwerp
Sharjah Biennial, Curated by Isabel Carlos, Tarek Abou El Fetouth
Venice Arsenale, Curated by Daniel Birnbaun
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| 2008-09 |
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India Moderna, curated by Juan Guardiola, IVAM Museum, Valencia, Spain
Indian Highway, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Julia Peyton Jones and Gunaar B Kvaran, Serpentine Gallery, London
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| 2008 |
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Santhal Family, Curated by Grant Wilson in colaboration with Anshuman Dasgupta and Suman Gopinath at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp. (Cat.)
Reflections of Contemporary India, curated by Luisa Ortinez, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Fire Walkers: Contemporary Artists from India and South Asia, organized in collaboration with South Asian Women's Creative Collective (SAWACC) and curated by the Stux Gallery, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York.
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| 2007 |
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Horn Please, curated by Bernard Fibicher along with Suman Gopinath, Kunstmuseum, Bern (Cat.)
Documenta 12 (artistic director, Roger M. Buergel, curated by Ruth Noack), Kassel
Lyon Biennale (artistic director, Thierry Raspail, overall curation by Stephanie Moisdon and Hans Ulrich Obrist, artist curation by Suman Gopinath), 2007, France
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| 2006 |
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Play/Lila: Contemporary Miniatures and New Art from South Asia, curated by Haema Sivanesan, Melbourne 2006
with Love, curated by GALLERYSKE and Tilton Gallery, at Miami Design District
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| 2005 |
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World Information City - Bangalore
curated by Ayisha Abraham, Institute of New Culture Technologies, Vienna/Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore
Indian Summer - Contemporary Art from India, Paris, France, curated by Deepak Ananth, Paris
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| 2004 |
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Cabin Baggage, project by Open Circle at the World Social Forum in Bombay.
Subtlety-Minimally, curated by Marta Jakimowicz, New Delhi
Contemporary Art from India, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Iconography in Transient Times, curated by Marta Jakimowicz, New Delhi
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| 2003 |
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U.S.A. Traveled to Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudenjo per l Arte, Turin, Italy; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas; Museo Rufino
Sites of Recurrence I, curated by Tamara Maelmestrom and Elisabet Haglund, Dakshina Chitra, Chennai
Sites of Recurrence II, Boras Museum, Sweden
How Latitudes become Form, curated by Phillippe Vergne with Douglas Fogle and Olukemi Desanmi, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA.
Tamayo, Mexico City
City Park at Project, curated by Grant Watson, Suman Gopinath, at Project, Dublin
Khoj 2003, International Workshop, Bangalore
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| 2002 |
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Moving Ideas - Secular practice, recent art from India; curated by Peter White
Gallery La Centrale, Montreal, Canada; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
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| 2001 |
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Art and Nature, Site-specific work executed at Bangalore, organized by the Goethe Institute |
| 2000 |
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Drawing Space, inIVA, curated by Grant Watson, Suman Gopinath, Beaconsfield Gallery, London, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham |
| 1999 |
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Tales of Six Cities Lakeeren Gallery, Bombay
Peep-Peep Bangalore, curated by Stephan Bohnenberger, Jayamahal Palace, Bangalore
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| 1998 |
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Private Mythology, Contemporary Art from India, curated by Akira Tatehata, The Japan Foundation, Tokyo |
| 1997 |
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Telling Tales, 5 women artists from India, curated by Rasna Bhushan, Jane Connarty, Victoria Gallery, Bath
Telling Times, British Council, New Delhi
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| 1996 |
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Traditions/Tensions, 27 South Asian Artists, curated by Apinan Poshyananda, Asia Society/Queens Museum, New York
Traveled to Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
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| 1995 |
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Art and Nature, International workshop and exhibition organized by Goethe Institute, Buddha Jayanti Park, New Delhi
Africus, South African Biennale, Johannesburg
Material-Immaterial, Bangalore, organized by the Goethe Institute
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| 1994 |
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Tangente, Schaffhausen, Switzerland |
| 1989 |
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Timeless Art, Victoria Terminus, Mumbai |
| 1988 |
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Bharath Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal |
| 1987 |
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Two Artists Show at Gallery 7, Bombay |
| 1984 |
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National Exhibition, New Delhi |
| 1981,82,85 |
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State Lalith Kala Academy annual exhibitions |
| 1977-1983 |
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Annual Shows with the art group Samyojitha, Bangalore |
| 2010 |
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Postulates of Contiguity, Office For Contemporary Art (OCA), Norway. (30th April to 26th June) |
| 2008 |
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Touching Base, Museum Gouda, Gouda
Crime Fiction, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore
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| 2006 |
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Bose Pacia Gallery, New York |
| 2004 |
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GALLERYSKE, Bangalore |
| 1993 |
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Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore
Gallery Chemould, Bombay
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| 1989 |
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Yelwala, Mysore
Gallery 7, Bombay
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| 1987 |
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Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore |
| 1998 |
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Sothebys Price for Contemporary Indian Art
G.S.Shenoy Award
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| 1994-1996 |
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Senior Fellowship, Government of India |
| 1985 |
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Karnataka Lalith Kala Academy Award |
| 1984-1986 |
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Inlaks Foundation Scholarship for Post graduate studies at the RCA, London |
| 1979-1982 |
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Karnataka Lalith Kala Academy scholarship for higher studies |
Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, USA
Private collections in India and abroad
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| 2007 |
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Trevor Smith, 'Potentially Subversive - Interview with Sheela Gowda', Metropolis M - 2007, Issue No. 6: India Stories
Sheela Gowda - Artist Monograph (with texts by Aisha Abraham, Trevor Smith and Abhishek Hazra), Steidl & Partners (in association with Bose Pacia).
Grant Wilson et al, Santhal Family - Positions Around an Indian Sculpture, curated by Grant Wilson with Anshuman Dasgupta and Suman Gopinath at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp. Exhibition catalogue, published by MuKHA and Bodhi Art, India.
Roger M. Beurgel, 'Die Documenta 12 Setzt auf die Migration der Form' (Documenta 12 emphasizes the Migration of Form), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 21 April.
Bernard Fibicher, Suman Gopinath and Parul Dave Mukherjee, Horn Please - Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art, Kunstmuseum, exhibition catalogue, Bern
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| 2006 |
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Abhishek Hazra, Art and Deal magazine |
| 2005 |
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Marta Jakimowicz, Subtlety-Minimally, exhibition catalogue, New Delhi
Marta Jakimowicz, Iconography in Transient Times, exhibition catalogue, New Delhi
Deepak Ananth, Indian Summer, Contemporary Art from India, curated by Deepak Ananth, exhibition catalogue, Paris
Geeta Kapur: 'Art and Social Change Contemporary Art in Asia and the Pacific', edited by Caroline Turner. Published by Pandanus Books.
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| 2004 |
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Rasna Bhushan: On Earth And In Heaven, exhibition catalogue, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore
Marta Jakimowicz: Art India Magazine
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| 2003 |
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Elisabet Haglund: Dakshina Chitra, exhibition catalogue, Chennai (Workshop by Madras Craft Foundation and Boras Art Museum, Sweden)
Douglas Fogle: How Latitudes Become Forms, exhibition catalogue, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis
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| 2001 |
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Geeti Sen: Art in Nature, exhibition catalogue, German Festival in India, MMB 2002 ERDE (p. 257-60, Seminar: Earth Bonn 2001), edited by Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, published by Wienand Koeln |
| 2000 |
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K.S. Srinivasa Murthy: Peep-Peep Bangalore, curated by Stephan Bohnenberger for MMB, exhibition catalogue, Bangalore, Salon Verlag
Geeta Kapur: 'When was Modernism?' Essays on Contemporary /Cultural Practice in India, Tulika Press, New Delhi
Rycroft, Dan: Drawing Space, exhibition catalogue, Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), London
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| 1999 |
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Geeta Kapur: 'Framing/Unframing', Art India Magazine, October |
| 1998 |
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Akira Tatehata and Victoria Lynn: Private Mythology, Contemporary Art from India, exhibition catalogue, The Japan Foundation, Tokyo |
| 1997 |
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Rasna Bhushan and Jane Connarty: Telling Tales, exhibition catalogue, Bath, England |
| 1996 |
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Apinan Poshyananda: Tradition/Tensions, Contemporary Art in Asia, exhibition catalogue, Queens Museum / The Asia Society, New York
Art and Nature Lalit Kala Contemporary 42
International workshop organized by Goethe Institute (MMB)
Victoria Lynn: 'Sensuality and Violence in the art of Sheela Gowda', Art Asia Pacific (Art Quarterly, V. 3, No. 4, Sidney, Australia), October
Art Asia Pacific (Art Quarterly, V. 3, No. 4, Sidney, Australia), October
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| 1995 |
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Geeta Kapur: 'Dispossession', Africus, exhibition catalogue, Johannesburg Biennale |
| 1993 |
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K. S. Srinivasa Murthy: 'Anatomy of Sacrilege', exhibition catalogue, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
Marta Jakimowicz: 'About things sensual and violent', The India Magazine
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| 1974-1979 |
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Diploma in Painting, Ken School of Art, Bangalore |
| 1979 |
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One year non-collegiate study under Prof. K.G. Subramanyan, M.S.University, Baroda |
| 1980-1982 |
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Bachelor of Arts, Bangalore University |
| 1982 |
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Post-Diploma in Painting, Vishwabharati University, Santiniketan |
| 1984-1986 |
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M.A. in Painting, Royal College of Art, London |
| 1986 |
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Residency for three months at Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris |
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