Kriti Arora
1972 Born in Delhi, India
1995-1999 Master of Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst
(UMASS), USA
1996-1999 Hamshire College (Film and Photography) Amherst, USA
1991-1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture), Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India
SOLO PARTICIPATIONS
2008- Road Builders, Rob Dean Art Gallery, London, May-June 2008
2007- Inroads…bloodlines, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
1999- Where Art and Justice Unite, Art and Industry Building, Amherst, USA
1998- Mandir Masjid, Student Union Gallery, University of Massachusetts, USA
SELECTED PARTICIPATIONS
2008
5th Busan Biennale: South Korea, Sept-Nov 2008
10 yrs anniversary exhibition: Galerie Mueller & Plate, Munich, Feb-May 2008
Who Knew? Mr. Gandhi., Aicon Gallery, London, January-March 2008
2007
Sculptures. Park, Curated by Christian Hosp (Gallery KALA, Austria) and Dr. Alka Pande, Swarovsky Foundation, Austria
New Delhi, New Waves, Curated by Jerome Neutres, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
OPEN2007 10. International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Venice, Italy
Relocating Masculinities, Curated by Rahul/Sabi/Sanathanan/Srinayani, School of Arts & Aesthetics JNU, New Delhi, India
Aerial Roots, Curated by Ranmal Jhala, India International Center, New Delhi, India
Making History Our Own, Organized by SAHMAT, AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi
2006
Passages, 1,500 years of Indian Art,curated by Deepak Ananth, PALAIS DES BEAUX ARTS, Brussels, Belgium
L’art à la Plage, Made by Indians, organized by Galerie Enrico Navarra, Saint Tropez, France
Lila/Play, organized by Melbourne Commonwealth Games, curated by Haema Sivanesan, Festival Melbourne
19th Annual Images Festival MONITOR AND EXPERIMENTA INDIA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MONITOR 2: Contemporary South Asian Film + Video, Toronto, Canada, At the National Film Board of Canada, Toronto
2005
Human Vague organized by UNESCO, Paris, France
Film/Video from India, Screening at ECOLE de BEAUX ARTS, Paris, France
Ways of Seeing organised by Art Alive, curated by Sushma Behl, Visual Arts Gallery, Habitat Center, New Delhi
Women Photographers from the Subcontinent organized by WIPSA, curated by Dr. Alka Pande, Italian Center, New Delhi, January 18th to 22nd 2005
2004
ABHKS Organized by Gallery Espace, New Delhi,.
India Plural curated by Dr. Alka Pande, Gallery 27, Oslo, Norway.
Eye to Eye Organised by Seher, curated by Olivia Arthur and Kriti Arora at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, followed by 90 days of travel to schools and universities of Delhi
The Making Of India Organized by SAHMAT, a traveling exhibition in Delhi- Rabindra Bhawan, Vadehra Gallery and School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU
2003
Sheesha, an Indo-French Project curated by Peter Nagy at Sanskriti Pratisthan, New Delhi and France
Photosphere curated by Peter Nagy at Golflinks, New Delhi
Borderless Terrain curated by Dr Alka Pande for Apparao Galleries at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
2002
Carry on Drawing curated by Avantika Bawa at Aquaspace Savannah, GA, USA
1999
Traditions & Innovations A Gallery, New York
1995
Young Baroda Art Today, New Delhi
1994
Artist Critic Nexus”, curated by Chaitanya Sambrani, M.S. University, Baroda
Residency August 2006 and 2005 October to December. Artist residencies in Paris to photograph and document the INDIAN DIASPORA in FRANCE The residency was awarded by the Cultural Center of French Embassy in New Delhi.
Curation “Eye To Eye”, an exhibition of 11 women photographers at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. For the first time eleven women photographers have exhibited their work together in India.
Awards 2005 Special Jury Award for the exhibition Eye to Eye from India Habitat Centre
Workshops Held 2006-2007 Part of working group KHOJ International Artists’Association
2005 National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan April
2003 Traveled to Dacca, Bangladesh in the Women Peace Forum, WIPSA
Teaching 2001-1999 Sculpture Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda India
1998-1995 Art Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst USA
link to Kriti Arora's gallery ...