Curriculum Vitae

 DOB                        March 17th, 1993, Varanasi, U.P, India.

PLACE                   Chicago, IL, USA

LANGUAGE            Hindi, English, American Sign Language

STUDIO                  Mana Contemporary #905, Chicago

MEDIUM EXPLORATION

Printmaking Woodcut, Lithography, Etching, Silkscreen, Wood Block, Linocut, Viscosity, Gum Print,   Japanese Mokuhanga Printmaking, Glass Sculpture, Painting, Installation and Performance Art, Photography, Video Editing, Vibration material, Stop Motion, Animation, Fiber hardcore, Artist Books.

EDUCATION 

B.F.A 

• PAINTING FACULTY OF VISUAL ART, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI, 2011-2015

M.F.A 

• GRAPHICS KALA BHAVANA, VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY, SANTINIKETAN, 2015 – 2017

• STUDIO ART, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 2021 - 2022

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 2024

• WORKSHOP PRINTMAKING WITH STUDENT, SCHOOL OF ART, ART HISTORY & DESIGN, LINCOLN, NE, USA

 2023

• WORKSHOP WOODCUT WITH DEAF STUDENTS, WISCONSIN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, DELAVAN, WI, US

 2022        

• FALL SEMESTER TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP, PRINTMEDIA PRACTICE, FACULTY: JASPAR GOODRICH, SAIC, CHICAGO, IL

• FALL SEMESTER TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP, BEGINNING LITHOGRAPHY, FACULTY: BRIAN RUSH, SAIC, CHICAGO, IL

•  WORKER AS STAFF, PRINTSHOP, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, IL, USA

• SPRING SEMESTER TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP, BEGINNING LITHOGRAPHY, FACULTY: BRIAN RUSH, SAIC, CHICAGO, IL

•  WORKSHOP WOODCUT WITH DEAF STUDENTS, COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, CHICAGO, IL

2021       

•   FALL SEMESTER TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP, RELIEF PRINTS: COLL FOLIOS (RELIEF FOLIOS), FACULTY: OLI WATT, SAIC, CHICAGO, IL

2019    

•    PRINTMAKING SHOP, WOODCUT WORKSHOP WITH CHILDREN, SUCHANA SCHOOL, SANTINIKETAN, INDIA

2017     

•     PAHLI UADAAN, LOKA PROJECT, WOODCUT WORKSHOP WITH CHILDREN, LOKA, BIHAR, INDIA

•     BARBIL ART PROJECT 3, TALES FROM THE LAND, UTSHA FOUNDATION, WOODCUT WORKSHOP WITH CHILDREN, ODISHA,

  INDIA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024      

• RESONANCES, DYER ARTS CENTER AT RIT/NTID, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

• CRIPPING THE GALLERIES, “IMPRESS/ION”, SUPPORTED BY PIA SINGH AND BODIES OF WORK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, CHICAGO, IL, USA

• WAITING FOR THE DAWN, SOLO DIGITAL, BOOTH J05 EMAMI ART, 15TH EDITION OF THE INDIA ART FAIR, DELHI, INDIA

2023       

• UNIT #1505, COMFORT STATION LOGAN SQUARE, CHICAGO, IL (AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP)

2022       

•   UNMUTE, SITE SHARP GALLERY, SAIC, CHICAGO, IL  (AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP)

PARTICIPATION IN EXHIBITION

2024      

• HYDE PARK ART CENTER'S BIENNIAL EXHIBITION GROUND FLOOR, TRAN AND ALLISON PETERS QUINN

• THE POWER OF GESTURES, CURATED BY DR ALIM CHANDANI, KARNATAKA CHITRAKALA PARISHATH, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA

• [TENDER BUTTONS, AND ANOTHER] BELLYACHE, GUEST CURATED BY SHRISTI SAINANI, CONFLICTORIUM, AHMEDABAD, GUJRAT, INDIA

• 15TH EDITION OF THE INDIA ART FAIR, BOOTH F03 EMAMI GALLERY, DELHI, INDIA

• ALL THAT IS HIDDEN, GROUND FLOOR, EMAMI ART GALLERY, KOLKATA, INDIA       

2023      

• MASTER OF FINE ART SHOW, GRADUATE SHOW AT SAIC GALLERIES, CHICAGO IL

• FANTÀSTICOLISMO, CURATED BY CRISTOBAL ALDAY, AT MANA CONTEMPORARY, CHICAGO, IL

• AMULETO, A THREE-WAY EXHIBITION AT MAYFIELD, THE FRANKLIN, AND HYDE PARK ART CENTER   

  OPEN WATER: PERMEATING TERRITORIES, CURATED BY DEVISHI SETH AND UMA KAMATH, SOUTH ASIA INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, IL

2022

• DRAW SHOWING, CURATED BY LISA GREENE, NO NATION GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL

• FCP, JURIED EXHIBITION, TEXAS, USA 5TH OCTOBER – 29TH OCTOBER.

• WHERE SHE COMES FROM, CURATED BY PIA SINGH, NEIU FINE ARTS GALLERY, CHICAGO 3RD OCTOBER TO 29TH OCTOBER

 2021

• “PRESS FORWARD” A NATIONAL STUDENT PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION, OCTOBER 23 - DECEMBER 11, BOX13 ART SPACE, 6700 HARRISBURG BLVD, HOUSTON, TEXAS.

• “EMBODIED HISTORIES: RECONSTRUCTING THE PRESENT”, OCTOBER 28 - DECEMBER 4, 2021, SITE GALLERY SAIC, CHICAGO

• “RECOLLECTIONS” PRINT EXCHANGE & EXHIBITION, CURATED AND ORGANISED BY THONG HOAI TRAN & MADISON NICOLE MAY, SEPTEMBER 6 - OCTOBER 6, BEND GALLERY, CHICAGO

• “ADVANCED ARTISTS’ BOOKS DISPLAY CASE SHOW 10” INSTRUCTOR BY MYUNGAH HYON, 7TH APRIL - 28TH APRIL 2021, JOAN FLASCH ARTISTS’ BOOK COLLECTION, SHARP BUILDING SAIC, CHICAGO.

2020

• “AROH” EMAMI ART OPEN CALL GROUP EXHIBITION, CURATED BY USHMITA SAHU, 30TH SEP - 30TH OCT, EMAMI ART GALLERY, KOLKATA

• ”[DIH-PAHR-CHER] DEPARTURE” GROUP EXHIBITION CONCEPTUALISED BY PRASANTA SAHU, GANGES ART GALLERY, KOLKATA, 7TH FEB TO 3RD MARCH

2019

• “MACROCOSM” CURATED BY LINA VINCENT, INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (IPEP), 2018 - 2020, USA, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, TAIWAN, PAKISTAN, POLSKA, PORTUGAL, RUSSIA, TURKEY, FINLAND, NEPAL, POLAND, AUSTRALIA, INDIA.

• “EMERGING CANVAS - VL” AN INDO-KOREAN YOUNG ARTIST, 20 DECEMBER 2019 TO 19 JANUARY 2020, SEOUL, KOREA

• “HAUGESUND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTISTIC RELIEF PRINTING”,10 MAY TO 4 AUGUST, HAUGESUND BILLEDGALLERI, NORWAY

• “TALK BACK” FLUX FACTORY CO-CURATED BY LEXY HO-TAI AND MOIRA WILLIAMS, 9TH MAY TO 2ND JUNE, LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS, NEW YORK

2018 

• 7TH ‘’ULSAN INTERNATIONAL WOODCUT FESTIVAL’’ SOUTH KOREA

• A SELECTED EXHIBITION IN “1ST PRINT BIENNALE INDIA 2018”, LALIT KALA AKADEMI, NEW DELHI

2017 

• “PRINT EXPOSITION” ARTIST RASHID CHOWDHURY ART GALLERY, CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH

• GROUP EXHIBITION “THE SHAPE OF THINGS” CONCEPTUALISED BY USHMITA SAHU, GANGES ART GALLERY, KOLKATA

• INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITION “DE NOVO”, LALIT KALA ACADEMY, LUCKNOW

• GROUP EXHIBITION OF WOMAN ARTISTS “I AM” AM STUDIO, KOLKATA

• A SELECTED EXHIBITION “4TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION”, EMAMI CHISEL ART GALLERY, KOLKATA 2016

• A SELECTED EXHIBITION IN “ACADEMY OF FINE ART”, KOLKATA

• AN SELECTED EXHIBITION IN “THE BOMBAY ART SOCIETY”, MUMBAI

• NATIONAL ART GALLERY, GROUP EXHIBITION, SHILP KALA ACADEMY BANGLADESH

• GROUP EXHIBITION OF MFA 1ST YEAR, NANDAN ART GALLERY, KALA BHAVAN, SANTINIKETAN

• “P.R.I.N.T” GROUP EXHIBITION OF GRAPHIC ART, ACADEMY OF FINE ART, KOLKATA

• AN EXHIBITION ON “YOUNG ARTIST IN SANTINIKETAN” SSVAD, SANTINIKETAN

2015 

• ANNUAL EXHIBITION, FACULTY OF VISUAL ART, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI

2014 

• ANNUAL EXHIBITION, FACULTY OF VISUAL ART, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI

• “DIVERSITY” GROUP EXHIBITION, FACULTY OF VISUAL ART, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI

• “KHAJURAHO” GROUP EXHIBITION, FACULTY OF VISUAL ART, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI

WORKSHOP DETAILS 

• JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTMAKING WITH ARTIST/PRINTMAKER PAUL FURNEAUX, EDINBURGH, UK, APRIL - MAY 2018

• “NATIONAL PRINTMAKING CAMP 2018” KARNATAKA CHITRAKALA PARISHATH, COLLEGE OF ARTS. BENGALURU ,9TH TO 16TH MARCH’

• “INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC ARTS FESTIVAL” INDIRA KALA SANGEET VISHWAVIDYALAYA, KHAIRAGARH, 22ND TO 31ST JANUARY 2018

• RESEARCH PROGRAMME IN CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH 2016

• “KALA UDAY” WOODCUT WORKSHOP IN KURUKSHETRA, HARYANA 2016

• WORKED AT KALA BHAVAN, BHOPAL, FOR 2 MONTHS 2013 -GYAAN PRAVAHA, WORKSHOP, VARANASI 2010

ART RESIDENCY 

2024            

• MASS MOCA, GENERAL FELLOWSHIP RESIDENCY, NORTH ADAMS, MA (AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP)

2023   

• WISCONSIN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, DELAVAN, WI, US

• KALA’S ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, ONE MONTH, BERKELEY, CA (AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP)

• BODIES OF WORK, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO, THREE MONTHS, CHICAGO, IL (AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP)      

• GATE44, PRINTSHOP IN MILAN, ITALY

2022

• “VISUALISING LANGUAGE” PIRAMAL ART RESIDENCY, 13 DECEMBER 2019 TO 11 JANUARY, MUMBAI

• NEXT–STEP RESIDENCY PROGRAM NO 1 SHANTHIROAD STUDIO/GALLERY BANGALORE, 1ST SEPTEMBER TO 31ST SEPTEMBER

2017

• THE INTERNATIONAL ART RESIDENCY PROGRAM, PROJECT, THE INSTITUTE OF FINE ART, UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG, 1ST TO 30TH NOVEMBER 2017 BANGLADESH

• “BARBIL ART PROJECT 3”, TALES FROM THE LAND, UTSHA FOUNDATION, CURATOR USHMITA SAHU, NOVEMBER 2017, ODISHA

• “PAHLI UADAAN", LOKA PROJECT, WORKSHOP WITH CHILDREN, AUGUST 2017, BIHAR

ACHIEVEMENT AND AWARDS 

• AN AWARD OF THE UC BERKELEY SOUTH ASIA ARTIST PRIZE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, US, 2024

• AN AWARD OF 63RD NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ART, LALIT KALA AKADEMI, NEW DELHI, INDIA, 2023

• PRINTMAKING TODAY, STATE OF THE AWARD, GRADUATE ARTIST, CELLO PRESS LIMITED, WITNEY, UK, 2022

• HOLLY HUNT GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP AWARD, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, IL, 2021

• "PRAFULLA DAHANUKAR ART FOUNDATION" MERIT GRAND AWARD FOR PRINTMAKING, 2021

• THE FIRST PRINTMAKING PRIZE GATE 44, PRINTSHOP IN MILAN, ITALY 2019.

• “PRAFULLA DAHANUKAR ART FOUNDATION” UTTAR PRADESH STATE AWARD FOR PRINTMAKING 2018

• FIRST AWARD IN EXHIBITION ON “YOUNG ARTIST IN SANTINIKETAN” SSVAD, SANTINIKETAN 2016

• FIRST AWARD IN ANNUAL EXHIBITION, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI 2014

JUROR

2023         THE VSA EMERGING YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM, THE KENNEDY CENTER, NW WASHINGTON, US

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCE

• ILLINOIS ASL STUDENT, COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, CHICAGO, IL, 2022

• MAPC CONFERENCE 2022, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF ART KENT, OHIO, 13TH OCTOBER TO 16TH NOVEMBER 2022

• CONFERENCE AT SGCI INTERNATIONAL, UW MADISON 16TH MARCH 2022 – 20TH MARCH 2022

ARTIST TALK

2024           

• ARTIST TALK AT SCHOOL OF ART, ART HISTORY & DESIGN, LINCOLN, NE, USA

• RESONANCES, DYER ARTS CENTER AT RIT/NTID, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

• THE UC BERKELEY SOUTH ASIA ARTIST PRIZE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, US

• PLAYBACK PANEL CO- LED BY JOHANNA WINTER AND TERRY CONARD AT SGCI IN PROVIDENCE, RI

 2023    

• ARTIST TALK WITH CURATOR AND WRITER PIA SINGH, UIC / BODIE OF WORK, CHICAGO, IL,

• WHAT WE INHERIT, UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY, MO, USA   

• WISCONSIN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, DELAVAN, WI, US

• THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, MYERS SCHOOL OF ART, AKRON, OHIO, US

2022       

• GRAD TALK, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, IL, USA 

2021   

• GRAD TALK, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, IL, USA