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      Rakhi Peswani

      at 

        Jehangir Nicholson Art Gallery,

        NCPA, Nariman Point, 

        Mumbai 400 021

        13th November to 18th November, 2007
       10.00 am to 6.00 pm

          . WORKS                       . PRESS RELEASE           . BIOGRAPHY

14th October 1977

                                           

Qualifications

2003            Qualified the National Eligibility Test for Lectureship and Junior Research
                   Fellowship under the University Grants Commission.
2001-2003    MFA (Sculpture), M.S.University, Baroda.
1996-2000    BFA (Painting), M.S.University, Baroda.
1994-1995    AISSCE (Commerce), Kendriya Vidyalaya 2, Salonibari, Assam.
1992-1993    HSSCE, Kendriya Vidyalaya 1, Bikaner, Rajasthan.

Awards and Scholarships

2007            Emerging Artist Award, 2007. Presented by Foundation for Indian Contemporary 
                   Art (FICA), Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2006            Inlaks Scholarship for the UNIDEE in residence at Cittadellarte, Fondazione  Pistoletto, 2003            National Merit Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, HRD, Govt.of India. 2003 - 2005

Exhibition Participation

2007            Group show ‘Beyond Images’ at Faculty of Fine Art, M.S.University, Baroda, India.     
                  
October 2007
2006            Solo show of recent works at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai, India.    
                  
December 2006
2006            Participated in the open day exhibition with an installation for the project

                   Real Memories, Imaginary Places, an ongoing project, at Cittadellarte, Biella,
                   Italy. October 2006
2006            ‘Panchmarhi’, group show at ABS Lanxess, Baroda, India. February 2006 2004            ‘Salient Liaison’, at State Gallery of Fine Arts, Department of Culture, Hyderabad, India. 
                   December 2006
2001            ‘Potters in Peril’, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India. January 2001
1999            Group show on ‘Still Life’ at Sonnet Lumiere, Mumbai, India.
1998            Gujarat State Lalit Kala Exhibition, Ravishankar Raval Bhavan
                   Ahmedabad, India. August 1998

Projects

2007            Won the design competition for an entry in the project Cubes in Motion, an ongoing       
                   traveling design project collaborating local entrepreneurship and craftsmanship from   
                   Biella, at Cittadellarte, Italy.
2006            Real Memories, Imaginary Places. An ongoing collaborated art project at Cittadellarte  
                   for Botto Giuseppe Textile industry, Valle Mosso, Italy.

2004            ‘Salient Liaison’, a curated, collaborative exhibition project with Shaila Nambiar, Textile 

                   Designer based in Hyderabad. Funded by the Department of Culture, Govt. of Andhra 
                   Pradesh, The French Embassy in India & Alliance Françoise de Hyderabad, India  

Residency Invitation

2003                 ‘PEERS-2003’, residency invitation from KHOJ, New Delhi. June – August 2003 2006            UNIDEE in residency, at Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy.
                  
July- October 2006. http://www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/unidee2006/index.htm

Camps

2005             Attended the yearly art camp at Panchmarhi, Madhya Pradesh. November 2005                  

Work Experience

2004            Conducted a workshop on ‘The dialectics of material in the making of terracotta  sculpture’ 
                   for post graduate students of sculpture discipline at
S.N.School, 
                   Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad
2004            Delivered a series of lectures titled ‘Paradigms of Art Appreciation’ for people from various  
                   backgrounds at the
State Gallery of Fine Arts, Hyderabad. July - September 2004
2004-06        Worked as a Guest Faculty at S.N.School of Fine Arts, Performing Arts and 
    
                   Communication, Hyderabad Central University, Gachibowli, Hyderabad.
                   February 2004 - May 2006
2007            Worked as a part time project fellow for the Visual Culture initiative with Anveshi    
                   Research Centre for Womens’ Studies. Hyderabad. March-June 2006

Currently      Working as a guest faculty at the S N School, Fine Art Discipline, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, India.

Workshop Participation

2006            Workshop on Pin Hole Camera by Raoof Haj Yahia, Cittadellarte, Biella, Italy 2006              
                  
Workshop on Art and Social Work by Big Hope (an artist collective from Budapest 
                   and Berlin), Prima Luogo, Torino, Italy  
2002            Workshop on Enamel painting and Surface treatment at the department of Mural making, 
                   Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda

2000            Workshop on  Low Temperature Ceramic Surface Decoration Techniques,  by  Mona Shiber 
                   d’Kay, NID Ahmedabad.
2000            Workshop on Ceramic Murals, by P.R.Daroz, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda. 2000
                   Workshop on ‘Still Life’, by Jayadev Thakore,Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda        

2000            Photography workshop on Creative Darkroom Techniques, by Binu Bhaskar, Faculty of Fine 
                   Arts, Baroda.
1999            Workshop on Paper Clay, by Kristine Michael, Ceramic Centre, Baroda.
1998            Jewellery making workshop by Valsan Kolleri for the Fine Arts Fair, Faculty of Fine Arts, 
                   Baroda.
1998            Workshop on Painting Unstretched Personal Garments, by Vasudha Thozur, Faculty of
                   Fine Arts, Baroda.
1997            Workshop on Drawing and Expressive Portraiture, by Alison Harper Faculty of Fine Arts, 
                   Baroda.

Educational Experience

2000-2001    Worked as a pottery apprentice under Ms Nirmala Patwardhan, a Studio potter at Pune.

2000-2001    Studied at the department of Ceramic Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

Collections 

State Gallery of Fine Art, Hyderabad, India.  

Susie Tharu, Hyderabad, India.  

Mehlli Gobhai, Mumbai, India.  

Nirmala Patwardhan, Pune, India.  

Prof. Sham Sunder, Hyderabad, India.  

B. V. Suresh, Baroda, India.  

Deepika Sorabhji, Mumbai, India.

Reference texts  

2007    Matters of Art, e magazine. My work : Re-winding the modern
          
http://www.mattersofart.com/features80.html February 21, 2007

2007    Indian Express, National Newspaper. Arts New Clothes  by Georgina Maddox,                
          
http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/20290.html
Sunday, January 07 , 2007

2007    Matters of Art, e magazine. Pointing at Cognitive Experiences by  Subbalakshmi Shukla       
           http://moaseptember.nucleation.net/jan2007rev/5.html

2006    Residency at Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy.  2006   
          
http://www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/unidee2006/index.htm 

2006    Time Out, Mumbai.  Girl Talk   by Deepanjana Pal. December 2006

2005     Art India, National art News Magazine. Salient Liaison reviewed by Susie Tharu, Volume X, 
            Issue ii, 2005

2004    The Hindu, Hyderabad. Novel Dimension by Deepa Alexander . December 2004         
           http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/12/06/stories/2004120600720300.htm

 

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