Chitra Ganesh

Chitra Ganesh

Chitra Ganesh (born 1975) is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York.

Ganesh was born in New York, the daughter of Indian immigrant parents.[1] She works in various media including drawing and installation,[2] inspired by topics including South Asian history, myth and legend, poetry, imperialism and queer politics.[3] She has also contributed to publications such as the anthology Juicy Mother 2, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards, edited by Jennifer Camper.

She received her MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University, New York, in 2002.

Selected exhibitions

2011

  • "The Strangling Power of Dust and Stars" June 11 - July 30, 2011, Gallery Nature Morte, Berlin.

2008

  • Contradictions and Complexities, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, California[4]

2007

  • Upon Her Precipice, (solo exhibition), Thomas Erben Gallery, New York[5]
  • Haas & Fischer, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Contemporary Indian Art Between Continuity and Transformation, Spazio Oberdan, Milan
  • Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves, ZKM Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany

2006

  • Deuces ex Machina, Market Gallery, Glasgow
  • Ex-otica, Vitaminarte, Turin, Italy
  • Papering, Deutsche Bank, New York

2005

  • 1 x 1, Artist Commissions, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey
  • The Gift: Building a Collection, Queens Museum of Art, New York
  • 739 feet running wall, Gwangju Contemporary Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea

2004

  • East of the Sun West of the Moon, White Columns, New York

2002

  • Charlie, PS 1, New York

2001

  • Myth/Making: Contemporary Constructions, UFMG CentroCultural, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

References

  1. ^ Ken Pratt (May 2008). "Chitra Ganesh - Breathing between the lines". Wound Magazine (London) 1 (3): 278. ISSN 1755-800X. 
  2. ^ "Chitra Ganesh". Indo-American Arts Council. 2002. http://www.iaac.us/art_exhibition/chitra_ganesh/bio.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 
  3. ^ James Gillispie. "Queer Arts - Chitra Ganesh". NY Arts Magazine. http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6072&Itemid=23. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 
  4. ^ Shana Ting Lipton (19 June 2008). "'Contradictions and Complexities: Contemporary Art From India' at d.e.n. and Western Project". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/theguide/la-gd-art19-2008jun19,0,3043577.story. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
  5. ^ "Upon Her Precipice, May 3, 2007- June 9, 2007". chelseaartgalleries.com. 2007. http://chelseaartgalleries.com/Thomas+Erben+Gallery/Upon+Her+Precipice.html. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 

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