Arunkumar H G
Born: 1968
Education: 1989–1995: BA and MA in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat, India
Solo Exhibitions:
2018: Con-struction, O P Jindal University Sonepat Haryana and Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2018: In-site Aicon Gallery, New York
2012: Seed of Reckoning Mumbai Art Room, Mumbai
2010: Tract Nature Morte, New Delhi
2006: Feed Nature Morte, New Delhi and Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2002: At Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, Australia
2001: Inflatable Works, Nature Morte, New Delhi
1997: Transformations Studio Gallery, Garhi Artist Studio, New Delhi
Group Exhibitions:
2020 We Are Still Alive MASH Foundation, New Delhi
2019 Art Now Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2019 No Place Like The Present Akara Art, Mumbai
2018: Possibilities for a Non-alienated Life Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi
2018: Damned Art/Embrace Our Rivers Goethe-Institute, Chennai
2017: Western Ghats Eco Walk A walking exhibition of posters, Shimoga Dist. Karnataka
2017: Condition Reports Art District 13, New Delhi
2016: Morphology of the Archive Museum of Goa, Goa
2016: Publica Bikaner House, New Delhi
2015: 4th Sculpture Biennale Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark
2015: The Eye and the Mind New Interventions in Contemporary Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2015: Reviving the Retinal Gallery OED, Cochin
2014: Zameen Art District 13, New Delhi
2014: Beyond Limits at San Diego Art Institute, San Diego
2014: Forms of Activism by SAHMAT, New Delhi
2014: Homing Gallery Art Positive, New Delhi
2013: Citizen Artist: Forms of Address Chemould, Mumbai
2013: Crossing Space Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany
2013: Art and Activism in India Since 1989 The SAHMAT Collective, Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
2013: Zones of Contact Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, India
2013: Diver/Cities Art House, Singapore
2012: Cosmopolitan Stranger Open University of Diversity, Hasselt, Belgium
2012: Roti Kapada Makan (Bread, Cloth, Shelter) Ojas Art, New Delhi
2012: Slipping Through the Cracks Latitude 28, New Delhi
2012: Contemporary Sultanate Exhibit 320, New Delhi
2012: SKODA Prize show Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
2011: Conundrum Bose Pacia, New York
2011: Route / Root The Guild, Mumbai
2010: Freedom to March Ojas Art, New Delhi
2010: Changing Skin The Fine Art Co., Mumbai
2010: SNOW Gallery Pallet & B&G Foundation for the Arts, New Delhi
2010: Does Size Matters? Lattitude 28, New Delhi
2009: Gift for Hussain SAHAMAT, New Delhi
2009: The New Vanguard Saffron Art and Guild Gallery, New York
2009: Zip Files at Religare Arts, New Delhi, by B&G Foundation for the Arts
2009: Expression at Tihar Ojas Art, New Delhi
2009: Human Animal Threshold / Religare Arts Gallery, Delhi
2008: Chaos in Order Lalit Kala Akademi in Vietnam
2008: Shifting Terrains / Altered Realities The Shrine Gallery, Delhi / Singapore
2007: Here There Now Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok
2007: China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing
2007: Indian Colour Gallery Keumsan, Seoul
2007: Making Unmaking Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007: Making History of Our Own SAHMAT, New Delhi
2007: Inaugural Show New Space Colaba, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2006: Bronze Rabindra Bhavan, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2006: Satyagraha Travancore Gallery, New Delhi.
2005: Span Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2005: Negotiating Matters Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005: Are We Like This Only Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005: World @ Hunger World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2004: Buy-Sellf Ateliers d’ Artistes d’la Ville de Marseille, Marseille France
2004: International Artists Workshop, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo
2004: Vanitas Vanitatum Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2004: Swarnrekha Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2004: Journeys, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003: Making of India, SAHMAT, New Delhi
2003: Highlights Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2003: Chroma Public Art Project in Bergen, Norway
2003: Sheesha Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Tours, France
2002: Chroma with Norwegian artists, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
2001: Art on Move project SAHMAT, New Delhi
2000: Khoj International Artist Workshop, Modinagar, U.P.
1999: Edge of the Century Art Konsult, New Delhi
1998: Nutida Konst Fran Indien Goteborg and Stockholm, Sweden, NGMA Collection
1998: Face to Face Baroda Alumni Association Exhibition, New Delhi
1995: Young Baroda Art Today Gallery, New Delhi
1993/98: 37th/41st National Exhibition by Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai/Delhi
Workshops / Projects / Residencies:
2011: Art Omi International Artist Residency, New York
2008: International Sculpture Symposium, Harmony Art Foundation, Mumbai
2007: Artist in Residency, University of South Australia, Adelaide
2005: Public Art Residency at JNU Campus, New Delhi
2005: International Artists Camp, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo
2003: CHROMA Public Art Project, Bergen, Norway
2002: Australian Cultural Residency, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Australia
2000: KHOJ International Artist-in-residence at Khirki Village, New Delhi
2000: KHOJ International Artists Workshop, Modinagar, U.P.
1999: ARCUS Artist-in-residence Program, Moriya, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
1997: International Artists Workshop, IX Triennale, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
1996: International Sculpture Symposium held at Kannada University, Hampi
2018- 2020. Visiting Faculty at Dept. of Sculpture, College of Arts New Delhi
Founder of a social organisation SARA (Sustainable Alternatives for Rural Accord), and actively involved in social engagement since 2014.
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