FotoFest 2018 Biennial India
Houston
Contemporary Photographic and New Media Art
Lead Curator Sunil Gupta
10 March to 22 April 2018
Art Houz Gallery
Bangalore
Montage
Video screenings
17-24 February 2018
Hyderabad Literary Festival
Gauri’s Urgent Saaru
Cooking performance
28 January 2018
Kamloops Art Gallery
British Columbia
Re-Present: Photography from South Asia
Curated by Adrienne Fast
19 January to 31 March 2018
Lalit Kala Akademi
New Delhi
59th National Exhibition of Art
18 January to 10 February 2018
FTII
Film and Television Institute
Pune
Acted in student film
Therigatha
December 2017
NGMA
Mumbai
Sub-Plots: Laughing in the Vernacular
Presented by Sakshi Gallery
8-30 December 2017
NGMA
Bengaluru
Perspectives of Karnataka Modern Art
Curated by Suresh Jayaram
1 November- December 2017
Birla Academy
Kolkata
50:50
Golden Jubilee show
Curated by Johny ML
28 October- 2017 to 26 November 2017
Gallery Odyssey
Mumbai
India Reworlded:
Seventy Years of Investigating a Nation
Curated by Arshiya Lokhandwala
9 September 2017 to 31 March 2018
Maximillian’s Forum
Munich
Video Vismaya
Curated by Suresh Jayaram
26 July 2017
Auckland Festival of Photography
Auckland
Section curated by Shahidul Alam
1-24 June 2017
MACVAL
tous des sang mele
Curated by Julie Crenn and Frank Lamy
22 April to 3 September 2017
Chobi Mela IX 2017
International Festival of Photography
Bangladesh Dhaka
Transitions
Drik Picture Library and Pathashala South Asia Media Institute
3 – 16 February 2017
KNMA
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
New Delhi
Interpositions: Replaying the Inventory
Curated by Roobina Karode
2 February to 20 July 2017
Colombo Art Biennale 2016
Colombo
Conceiving Space
Artistic Director: Alnoor Mitha
2 December – 20 December 2016
Somberikatte 20 years
Mysore Modernity,Artistic Nationalism and the Art of K.Venkatappa
Bangalore
International seminar curated by Pushpamala N
National Gallery of Modern art and Venkatappa Art Gallery
25, 26 and 27 November 2016
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QAGOMA Queensland Art Gallery
Brisbane
Into View: Five Female Artists working in Asia
Nasreen Mohamedi, Simryn Gill, Neha Choksi, Pushpamala N,
Shadi Ghadirian
Curated by Tarun Nagesh
October 2016 – February 2017
Photo Kathmandu 2016
Kathmandu
“All the World’s a Stage…”
Slideshow curated by Tanvi Mishra
28 October 2016
Busan Biennale 2016
Busan
Hybridising Earth, Discussing Multitude
Artistic Director
Yun Cheagab
Good Habits video installation
3 September – 30 November 2016
Venkatappa Art Gallery
Bangalore
Private Collections Public Museum
Curated by VAGforum
3,4,5 May 2016
Face Off
Irony &Humour in a Critical Age
Mumbai
Lakeeren Art Gallery
Chitra Ganesh, Justin Ponmany, Prajakta Potnis, Pushpamala N
April 27 – June 30 2016
Independent Regence
Brussels
The Drost Effect
Presented by Nature Morte Delhi
April 19 – May 28 2016
101 Artists You Should Remember
This International Women’s Day
March 8 2016
In honor of International Women’s Day and the
#5 women artists campaign, we’re recognizing
the women who left a mark on art history
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National Museum
New Delhi
Unbroken Thread
Banarasi Brocade Saris at Home and in the World
25 February – 25 April 2016
66th Berlinale 2016
Forum Expanded
Berlin
Traversing the Phantasm-
The 11th Forum Expanded
Curated by Stefanie Schulte- Strathaus with Anselm Franke,
Nanna Heidenreich, Bettina Steinbrugge and Ulrich Ziemons
11 – 21 February 2016
British Council
New Delhi
Deck of Cards
Curated by Laura Williams
30 January – 15 May 2016
24 Jor Bagh
New Delhi
This Night Bitten Dawn
Curated by Salima Hashmi
Devi Art Foundation and Gujral Foundation
29 January – 29 February 2016
1X1 Art Gallery
Dubai
Solo show
Avega- The Passion and
The Arrival of Vasco da Gama
12 January – 28 February 2016
A Jar of Wild Flowers
Essays in celebration of John Berger
Edited by Yasmin Gunaratnam with Amarjit Chandan
Zed Books, London, UK 2016
Gallery Sumukha
Bangalore
29 August – 23 September 2015
Vadehra Art Gallery
New Delhi
2 – 30 December 2015
Chronicles of Silence/ Khamoshi ki Daastan
Intermedia installation by B V Suresh
Curated by Pushpamala N
Alliance Francaise
Gurgaon
Jeu D’Identities-Game of Identities
3rd Group show on Gender
28th November – 27 December 2015
The Beirut Exhibition Centre
Beirut
In the depths of our crater
lake, all is silent
1×1 Art Gallery
17th September – 18 October 2015
Singapore International Festival of Arts 2015
Singapore
Post Empires
Curated by Ong Keng Sen
Solo show for the O.P.E.N.
The Arrival of Vasco da Gama
24 June – 4 July 2015
Theertha Performance Platform 2015
Colombo, Srilanka
15 16 and 17 March 2015
Max Mueller Bhavan and CSMVS Mumbai
In Order to Join
The Political in a Historical Moment
Curated by Swapnaa Tamhane and Susanne Titz
26 February – 19 April 2015
San Jose Museum of Art
Postdate: Photography and Inherited History in India
Curated by Jodi Throckmorton
5 February – 2 August 2015
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014
Kochi
Curated by Jitish Kallat
12 December 2014 – 29 March 2015
Alternative Law Forum
Bangalore
Nirankusha Fearlessspeak Festival
Illicit Bodies
Live performance event
Curated by Suresh Kumar G
28 29 30 November 2014
Prospect 3 Biennale
New Orleans
Curated by Franklin Sirmans
25 October 2014 – 25 January 2015
Kunstmuseum Bochum
Germany
Sparsha: Hindu Ritual and Contemporary Indian Art
20 September 2014 – 1 February 2015
Seattle Art Museum
City Dwellers: Contemporary Art from India
30 August 2014 – 16 February 2015
Rabindra Bhavan
Delhi
Sahmat 25
Forms of Activism
Curated by Vivan Sundaram and Sasha Altaf
24 February – 5 April 2014
Weltkulturen Museum
Frankfurt
Foreign Exchange, or the Stories You Wouldn’t Tell a Stranger
Curated by Clementine Deliss
15 January 2014 – 15 January 2015
Rabindra Bhavan
Delhi
26 November – 2 December 2013
Art Alive
Gurgaon
7 December – 25 February 2014
When High and Low Art Meet
Curated by Rupika Chawla
2013 – 2014
Art Radar
7 Influential Women Artists from Asia- Pacific
A. Xuan Mai Ardia
8 March 2014
Palais Des Beaux Arts
Brussels
National Museum
Delhi
The Body in Indian Art and Thought
Curated by Naman Ahuja
2013 – 2014
Museum Abteiberg
Germany
In Order to Join
The Political in a Historical Moment
Curated by Swapnaa Tamhane and Susanne Titz
8 December 2013 – 16 March 2014
Delhi Photo Festival
Habitat Centre
New Delhi
Nazar Foundation
The Plot
27 September – 11 October 2013
Sahmat Seminar on
Secularism: In Literature, Culture and Society
Sahitya Akademi Conference Hall
Delhi
Presents Paper: Deconstructing the Icon
26 27 28 September 2013
First Ikono On Air Video Festival
Over 30 countries
9 – 26 September 2013
Cake
The Dessert Culture between Arabic and Western Traditions
Curated by Manuela De Leonardis
Postcart May 2013
Cake is a book of art and cooking with contributions by 19 international artists
Released Venice Biennale 2013
Chemould Prescott Road
Mumbai
Chemould 50
Aesthetic Bind:Citizen Artist
Aesthetic Bind: Phantomata
Curated by Geeta Kapur
14 October – 15 November 2013
29 November 2013 – 3 January 2014
Margaret Lawrence Gallery
Melbourne
Backflip
Feminism and Humour in Contemporary Art
Curated by Laura Castagnini
27 April – 25 May 2013
Museo do Chiado
Lisbon
Hetero QB
International Video Festival
Curated by Emilia Tavares
9 April – 30 June 2013
Chapelle des Jesuites
Nimes
Histoires Paralleles: Payes Meles
Curated by Alain Buffard
7 March – 28 April 2012
ZKM Karlsruhe
Germany
Move on Asia
Video Art in Asia 2002-2012
8 February – 4 August 2013
Smart Museum of Art
Chicago
The Sahmat Collective:
Art and Activism in India
Curated by Ram Rahman and Jessica Moss
14 February – 9 June 2013
Photo Espana
Madrid
Sala de exposiciones San Benito
Valladolid
La Termica
Malaga
Asia Serendipity
Curated by Fumio Nanjo
19 January – 3 March 2013
Nature Morte
Gurgaon
Solo exhibition
The Return of the Phantom Lady (Sinful City)
23 September – 2 November 2012
National Gallery of Modern Art
Mumbai
19 May – 29 June 2012
Delhi
17 August 2012
Bangalore
3 November 2012
Project Cinema City
Curated by Madhushree Dutta and Archana Hande
2012
Galerie Zurcher
Paris
1 March – 20 April 2013
Chemould Prescott Road
Mumbai
6 November – 6 December 2012
Nature Morte
New Delhi
6 April – 28 April 2012
Gallery Sumukha
Bangalore
9 August – 6 September 2014
Solo exhibition
Avega ~ The Passion
2012 – 2014
Gund Gallery
Kenyon University
Gambier
Solo exhibition
Pushpamala N: The Ethnographic Series 2000-2004
19 April – 22 July 2012
Iberian Art Centre
Beijing
and
Shanghai
Guangzhou
Kumming
Hong Kong
You Don’t Belong:
Past and Futures of Indian Cinema
Film Season curated by Ashish Rajadhyaksha
2011-2012
22 October – 3 November 2012
National Portrait Gallery
Canberra
and
Adelaide
Darwin
Melbourne
Beyond the Self
Curated by Christine Clark
2011
12 August – 6 November 2011
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Brasilia
India Side by Side
Curated by Tereza de Arruda
2012
25 February – 29 April 2012
Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts
San Francisco
The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India
Curated by Betti-Sue Hertz
15 October 2011 – 29 January 2012
Centre Georges Pompidou
Paris
Paris-Delhi-Bombay
Curated by Sophie Duplaix and Fabrice Bousteau
25 May – 19 September 2011
Lalit Kala Akademi
Delhi
Against All Odds
Curated by Arshiya Lokhandwala
13 – 27 January 2011
Biennale Jogja XI
Jogjakarta
Shadow Lines
Curated by Suman Gopinath and Alia Swastika
26 November 2011 – 8 January 2012
Maxxi Museum
Rome
Found in Translation –
Visualizing (Post) Colonialism
Curated by Viviana Gravano and Giulia Grechi
2011
1 October 2011
Kulturhuset
Stockholm
Tennis Palace
Helsinki
Samtidigt
2010 to 2011
2 October 2010 – 9 January 2011
Samuha Artists Collective
Bangalore
Live performance
Motherland
In collaboration with Mamta Sagar
25 May 2010
Relook: Lectures on Art
@1.Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery
Bangalore
Curated by Pushpamala N
From 2010 onwards
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Photomuseum Winterthur
Winterthur
Where Three Dreams Cross
150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Curated by Sunil Gupta
2010
12 June – 22 August 2010
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art
Korea
The Trickster
Curated by Victoria Lynn
8 September – 5 December 2010
La Virreina Centre de la Image
Barcelona
Artium
The Self and The Other:
Portraiture in Contemporary Indian Photography
Curated by Devika Daulet Singh
2009 – 2010
9 July – 27 September 2009
Devi Art Foundation
Gurgaon
Where in the World
Curated by JNU Arts and Aesthetics Dept. staff and students
12 December 2008 – 3 May 2009
Seven Arts
New Delhi
Vistaar
A group show of Art and Design curated by Peter Nagy
18- 22 March 2009
IVAM Museum
Valencia
India Moderna
Curated by Juan Guardiola
12 December 2008 – 15 February 2009
Devi Foundation
Gurgaon
Still Moving Image
Inaugural Show
Curated by Deeksha Nath
1 September – 2 November 2008
Asian Hotshots Berlin
Berlin
Asian short film festival
Curated by Tina Lange
2008
16 January 2008
Mori Museum
Tokyo
22 November 2008 – 15 March 2009
National Museum of Contemporary Art
Seoul
Essel Museum
Vienna
Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art
Curated by Akiko Miki
2008-2009
Galerie Zurcher
Paris France
16 September-8 November 2006
Nature Morte
Delhi India
23 March – 19 April 2008
Bose Pacia
New York USA
Chemould Prescott Road
Mumbai India
9 November – 9 December 2009
Solo exhibition
Paris Autumn
Video screening along with photographs, installed in the form of a movie theatre
2006-2009
Newark Museum
Newark
19 September 2007 – 6 January 2008
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis
Public Places/ Private Spaces
Contemporary photography and video art in India
Curated by Gayatri Sinha and Paul Sternberger
2007-2009
Helsinki City Art Museum
Finland
India Express
2 March – 23 July 2006
Tate Modern
London
Cinema of Prayoga Curated by Karen Mirza and Brad Butler from no.w.here.
2006
15 – 19 September 2006
SAIFF
New York
South Asian International Film Festival
2004
Manchester City Galleries
New Indian Art: Home, Street, Shrine, Bazaar, Museum
Curated by Gulammohammed Sheikh
2002
13 July – 1 September 2002
Gallery of Western Australia
Perth
Asia Society
New York
Berkeley Art Museum
California
Museo Tamayo
Mexico
MARCO
Monterray
NGMA
Mumbai & Delhi
Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India
Curated by Chaitanya Sambrani
2004 – 2007
Gallery Sumukha
Bangalore
6 – 27 March 2004
Gallery Chemould
Mumbai
3 – 17 September 2004
Seagull Arts and Media Centre
Kolkata
2 – 21 November 2004
Nature Morte
Delhi
19 February – 12 March 2005
Bose Pacia
New York
10 November – 23 December 2005
Solo exhibition
Native Women of South India:Manners and Customs
A collaborative project with Clare Arni
2004-2006
Cinema Texas
International Short Film Festival
Austin Texas
22 – 26 September 2004
Bose Pacia Gallery
New York
Solo exhibition
Indian Lady
7 April – 15 May 2004
Ecole de Beaux Arts
Paris
Indian Summer
Curated by Deepak Ananth
2005
7 October – 31 December 2005
Rabindra Bhavan
Delhi
Lo Real Maravilloso: Marvellous Reality
Curated by Sunil Mehra for Gallery Espace
9 – 18 December 2009
IV Sguardi Altrove Women’s International Film Festival
Milan
2007
Kunstmuseum
Bern
Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art
Curated by Bernard Fibicher and Suman Gopinath
21 September 2007 – 6 January 2008
Doris Mccarthy Gallery
University of Toronto
Toronto
Post Object
Curated by Deepali Dewan
Michael Joo, Kimsooja, Samina mansuri, Pushpamala N and Ravindder Reddy
January 18 – March 11 2007
Lille 3000
Espace Croise
Roubaix
Solo exhibition
Pushpamala N
23 September 2006 – 13 January 2007
Gallery Chemould
Mumbai
19 October – 13 November 2001
Nature Morte
Delhi
Gallery Sumukha
Bangalore
7 – 24 December 2002
Solo exhibition
Golden Dreams
2001-2003
Tate Modern
London
Century City: Bombay/ Mumbai
curated by Geeta Kapur and Ashish Rajadhyaksha
2001
1 February – 29 April 2001
Ulsoor Lake
Samudaya House
Chitra Art Gallery
Bangalore
Public art project
Sthalapuranagalu
Curated by Pushpamala N
8 – 15 May 1999
Somberikatte Forum
The Artists Studio
Bangalore
The Idea of the Folk
Series of seminars
Curated by Pushpamala N
1998 – 1999
Asia Link Project
Bombay/ Perth
Australia India Residency
Fire and Life
Curated by Alison Carroll, Julie Ewington, Victoria Lynn, Chaitanya Sambrani
Paired with Derek Kreckler
1996 – 1997
Bath Festival Trusts
Bath
Spike island
Bristol
Telling Tales
Curated by Rasna Bhushan
1997
26 September – 9 November 1997
Gallery Chemould
Mumbai
7 – 30 April 1998
The Artist’s Studio
Bangalore
11 – 20 September 1998
Solo exhibition
Phantom Lady or Kismet
A photo-romance
1998
First Africus Biennale
Johannesberg
Art from India
Curated by Geeta Kapur
1995
Rangayana
Mysore
Theatre Design
Gundegowdana Charitre
( Kannada Adaptation of Peer Gynt by S Raghunandana)
Directed by Rustom Bharucha
Set and costume design by Pushpamala N
27 January 1995
Gallery Chemould
Mumbai
Solo exhibition
Excavations
1994
9 – 26 November 1994
VI Triennale
Delhi
Gold medal for sculpture1986
22 February – 21 March 1986
Gallery Chemould
Mumbai
CMC Gallery
Delhi
Venkatappa Gallery
Bangalore
16 – 23 May 1990
Songs of the Dark Times
Pushpamala N and Alex Mathew
1990- 1991
Rabindra Bhavan
Delhi
Seven Young Sculptors
Curated by Vivan Sundaram
Kasauli Art Centre
1985
30 October – 13 November 1985
National Exhibition
Delhi
National Award for Sculpture 1984
9 – 29 March 1984
Venkatappa Art Gallery
Bangalore
First solo show
Sculpture and Woodcuts
25 May – 5 June 1983