Born 1971, Kerala, India
Qualifications:
Bachelors in Fine Arts & Masters in Fine Arts from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
Solo Exhibitions:
2006: Systematic Citizen, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006: Faith Accompli, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2005: The Third Day, Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2005: Grass, photography show, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003: Sarasu, photography show on Raja Ravi Verma Press , The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002: UNCONDITIONAL, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2002 – 2003: AMBULANCE, Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
Milano Museum show, curated by Daniella Polizolli
Frame/Grid/Room/Cell/, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai
Swarovski Museum show, Austria
Mumbai Metronormes, Mumbai
52 International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale
Art Amsterdam
‘Other’, inaugural show AICON Gallery, London
Annual show, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2006
‘Bronze’, sculpture show, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Art on the Beach, Made by Indians, St Tropez by Gallery Enrico Navarra, Paris
On Difference #2 (represented Korea), Wurtt. Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
Maarkers, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai
Red Earth And The Pouring Rain, Lanxess ABS Gallery, Baroda
Viart, Annual show, New Delhi
Strangeness, Anant Art Gallery, Kolkatta
2005
Kaam, Arts India Gallery, New York, Palo Alto
Span, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Endless Terrain, Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Double Enders, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Cochin
Present Future, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Configurations, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi.
Are we like this only? , Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Whose space is it anyway? ,Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Mannat Jali, Marine Drive, Mumbai
Public Art Project, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
World Social Forum, Brazil.
2004
Group show during VASL Residency, Karachi
Anticipations, Museum Gallery, Mumbai
Bombay Boys, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
A New Mediatic Realism, Bayer ABS Gallery, Baroda
Generation I, Saffron Art Gallery, Mumbai
RED, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
Mumbai x 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin
2003
Crossing Generations :Diverge, 40 years of Gallery Chemould, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2D/3D, Visual Art Center, Hong Kong
Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Art for Art/ Switzerland Meets India, Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai
2002
Ways of Resisting 1992- 2002, Sahmat/ Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Words and Images, The Guild Art Gallery/ National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Creative Space, Sakshi Gallery/ India Habitat Center, New Delhi
Crosscurrents, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Asian Art Festival, Singapore
Harmony Shows (2004-1999), Nehru Centre, Mumbai
Debt, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
Tribute to Picasso, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001
The Human Factor, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Engendering Images of women, The Guild, Mumbai
Excerpts from my diary, Fine Art Company, Mumbai
2000
Mumbai Metaphor, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Exile Longings, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
Memos of the New Millennium- Artists from the Moulting World, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai
Ideas and Images (Video installation), National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
1999
Critic’s Choice, Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
1998
‘He used to believe that EMS planted coconut tree in kerala’,
installation, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
‘Essays in time’, kinetic sculptures (Audio-Visual Installation), Nehru Center, Mumbai
Hebbar foundation scholarship 1998-1999
The artist lives and works in Mumbai and Kerala, India
riyaskomu@gmail.com
+919820226655