“Non-Strict Correspondence” exhibition,
12.06.2007-24.06.2007, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Quddus Mirza&Nadia Shaukat (Pakistan)
Quddus Mirza is a painter, art teacher, independent curator and art critic. He is one of the most well known artists of his generation in Pakistan. Graduated from the National College of Arts, he later acquired MA in painting from the Royal College of Art. He has shown in numerous group shows, and had several personal exhibitions held in different cities of Pakistan and in London.
Nadia Shaukat studied at National College of Arts and then acquired MA in art from Chelsea School of Art, London, UK. Nadia Shaukat has shown in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and in UK. Now she is based in London.
Hamra Abbas (Pakistan)
Hamra Abbas studied at National College of Arts before going to Berlin, where she studied art and worked as an independent artist. She has shown in Pakistan and abroad. She is based in Islamabad.
Huma Mulji (Pakistan)
Huma Mulji studied at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture and now works as an art educationist in Lahore. She has exhibited both in Pakistan and abroad. Now lives in Lahore (Pakistan).
Bani Abidi (Pakistan)
Bani Abidi studied at National College of Arts and later acquired MFA from Chicago Institute of Art, USA. She divides her time between South Asia and Europe. Now lives in Budapest.
Vibha Galhotra (India)
Vibha Galhotra completed her BFA in Print-Making from Govt. College of Arts, Chandigarh (1999) and MFA in Print-Making from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan (2001). She was awarded Inlaks Foundation Fine Arts Award (2003-2005) and honored with National scholarship, HRD, Government of India, 2001-2002.
She took part in international exhibitions: 44th, 45th, 46th National Annual Art Exhibition; Bharat Bhavan International Print Biennial, India (2003); Moscow (2003); Miniprint De Sarajevo (2004); “Gut”, Gustle-An Organization for Art in Landscape, Austria (2002); “Europas Parkas”, Lithuania (2001). She lives in Delhi.
Vivan Sundaram (India)
Studied painting in Baroda and London in the 1960’s. Since 1990 he has turned to making artworks as sculpture, installation, photography and video. He has exhibited in the Biennial’s of Havana, Johanesburg, Kwangju, Shanghai, Queensland (Australia), Seville and Taipei. Has participated in shows in London, New York, Vancouver, Paris, Tokyo, Munich, Vienna. He has had solo shows in many cities of India as well as in London, Paris, Toronto, Montreal. He also has curated many exhibitions and organized a number of artist workshops, both national and international. Lives in Delhi.
Tushar Joag (India)
Tushar Joag received his bachelors in sculpture from Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai, and his masters from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. Had residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
He has shown in Delhi, Kalcutta, Bombay in India, and in international exhibitions. He was one of the founder members of the artists’ initiative, and the co-facilitator for culture for the World Social Forum 2004. He has curated exhibitions and workshops at the World Social Forum 2006 in Brazil and in 2007 in Kenya.
Sharmila Samant (India)
Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from J.J. School of Fine Arts in 1989. Took part in major exhibitions: “Century City” at Tate Modern in 2001; “Body/City” in the House of World Cultures, Berlin; “Seed to the Tree”, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Oslo, Norway; “Migrating Identity-Transmission/Reconstruction”, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam; “Mirror Worlds” Contemporary Video from Asia, ACP, Australia; “Subcontingent The Indian Subcontinent in Contemporary Art”, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rabaudengo, Torino, Italy; Liverpool Biennial, UK; The Werkleitz Biennial: Common Property, Germany, 2004.
As the founder of Open Circle she has conceptualised and coordinated its participation at Pabellon de Cuba in Vedado, Havana Biennial 2003, Yokohoma Triennial 2005, Busan Biennial, Biennial of the Canaries, 2006. Lives and works in Mumbai.
Pushpamala N. (India)
Pushpamala N. took part in exhibitions in Perth, Australia (1997); Montreal and Vancouver, Canada (2001). She had solo shows in Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, USA (2004); Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India (2005); Lumiere Hall, University of Westminster, London, UK (2005); Espace Croise, Roubaix, France (2006).
Suresh B.V. (India)
Suresh B.V. studied in Bangalore, followed by a diploma and post diploma at M.S. University in Baroda. He later went to the Royal College of Art in London to do his masters. Suresh has participated in various group shows and solo exhibitions in India. His video works have been screened at South Asia Film Festival in Nepal, and at Apejay Media Gallery, New Delhi. He has participated in an international workshop ‘Khoj’ in New Delhi. Presently, he teaches painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Baroda.
Tallur L.N. (India)
Tallur L.N. graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. MA, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujrat, and Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore University, India. Solo: Seoul, South Korea (2007); Bose Pacia Gallery, New York (2000); University of Baroda (1998); Gallery Chemould, Mumbai (1999). Group: The Armory show, New York (2007); Arco2007, Spain (2007); “Subcontingent”, Foundazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Italy (2006); “Edge of Desire: recent art in India” (Western Australia, 2004, Asia Society and Queens Museum, New York, 2005, Tamayo Museum, Mexico, 2005, Museum of Modernity, Monterrey Mexico, 2006, Asian Art Museum of San Franscisco, USA, 2006, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 2007); Busan Biennial, South Korea (2004); Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, GB (2002); “Art in the World”, Paris, France (2000), etc.
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