Education
2023 Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art
2019 Parsons School of Design, The New School; MFA in Fine Arts
2013 University of Cambridge; MPhil in Social Anthropology
2010 Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamshala, India; Buddhist philosophy
2010 Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamshala, India; Tibetan Language
2009 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
2019 Parsons School of Design, The New School; MFA in Fine Arts
2013 University of Cambridge; MPhil in Social Anthropology
2010 Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamshala, India; Buddhist philosophy
2010 Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamshala, India; Tibetan Language
2009 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Exhibitions and Screenings
Solo
2021-22 Living As A Nation, Queens Museum, NY.
Group
2024 Refindable Places, Petrine, France.
2024 I'm Not Alien, I'm Discontent, Hessel Museum of Art, NY.
2023 Rockefeller + India, Aicon Gallery, NY.
2022-23 City of Faith: Religion, Activism and Urban Space, Museum of the City of New York, NY.
2022-23 EXT.ASI : DISCOV3RY, Extended Asia at Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Biennale, Singapore.
2022 Soft Boundary, Pfizer Building, NY.
2021 Affirming the Crisis: Signifying the Impossible, Cemeti - Institute for Art and Society, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2021 Vol. 2: Satellite, Session 20, Extended Asia online broadcast, Indonesia.
2020 Son del Pueblo, an online project by Maria Thereza Alves.
2019 Imaging Her Diaspora, Synesthesia, NY.
2019 Beneath Them Was Forever, Westbeth Gallery, NY.
2018 Phantom Ground, 25 East Gallery, NY.
2018 How An Artwork Should Speak, 25 East Gallery, NY.
2018 Reflective Reflex, 25 East Gallery, NY.
2017 Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, India.
2017 The Self in Self-Sufficiency, Serendipity Arts Trust, Delhi, India.
2017 Ipseity, Target Gallery, VA.
2016 Othering, Berkshire Art Association, MA.
2016 Open Studios, TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India.
2015 Open Studios, Khoj International Artists’ Association, Delhi, India.
2013 Open Screening with Q&A at Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK.
2021-22 Living As A Nation, Queens Museum, NY.
Group
2024 Refindable Places, Petrine, France.
2024 I'm Not Alien, I'm Discontent, Hessel Museum of Art, NY.
2023 Rockefeller + India, Aicon Gallery, NY.
2022-23 City of Faith: Religion, Activism and Urban Space, Museum of the City of New York, NY.
2022-23 EXT.ASI : DISCOV3RY, Extended Asia at Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Biennale, Singapore.
2022 Soft Boundary, Pfizer Building, NY.
2021 Affirming the Crisis: Signifying the Impossible, Cemeti - Institute for Art and Society, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2021 Vol. 2: Satellite, Session 20, Extended Asia online broadcast, Indonesia.
2020 Son del Pueblo, an online project by Maria Thereza Alves.
2019 Imaging Her Diaspora, Synesthesia, NY.
2019 Beneath Them Was Forever, Westbeth Gallery, NY.
2018 Phantom Ground, 25 East Gallery, NY.
2018 How An Artwork Should Speak, 25 East Gallery, NY.
2018 Reflective Reflex, 25 East Gallery, NY.
2017 Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, India.
2017 The Self in Self-Sufficiency, Serendipity Arts Trust, Delhi, India.
2017 Ipseity, Target Gallery, VA.
2016 Othering, Berkshire Art Association, MA.
2016 Open Studios, TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India.
2015 Open Studios, Khoj International Artists’ Association, Delhi, India.
2013 Open Screening with Q&A at Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK.
Residencies, Fellowships and Seminars
2023 Visual Arts Resident, Pioneer Works, NY.
2021-22 Artist-in-Residence, Year of Uncertainty (YoU), Queens Museum, NY.
2020-21 "Other Racisms" Leadership Camp seminar, Asia Art Archive in America, NY.
2020 Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, NY.
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Lijiang Studios, Yunnan, China.
2019 Artist-in-Residence, The Studios at MASS MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA.
2018-19 Graduate Fellow at the "Imaginative Mobilities" Mellon Sawyer Seminar, The New School, NY.
2018 Research fellowship at the India China Institute, The New School, NY.
2017 Artist-in-Residence, Dharti, Serendipity Arts Trust, Delhi, India.
2017 Art and philosophy residential scholarship at BASE in the Palani Hills, Tamil Nadu, India.
2016 Artist-in-Residence, Artel: Identity of Space, TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India.
2015 Artist-in-Residence, PEERS, Khoj International Artists’ Association, Delhi, India.
2021-22 Artist-in-Residence, Year of Uncertainty (YoU), Queens Museum, NY.
2020-21 "Other Racisms" Leadership Camp seminar, Asia Art Archive in America, NY.
2020 Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, NY.
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Lijiang Studios, Yunnan, China.
2019 Artist-in-Residence, The Studios at MASS MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA.
2018-19 Graduate Fellow at the "Imaginative Mobilities" Mellon Sawyer Seminar, The New School, NY.
2018 Research fellowship at the India China Institute, The New School, NY.
2017 Artist-in-Residence, Dharti, Serendipity Arts Trust, Delhi, India.
2017 Art and philosophy residential scholarship at BASE in the Palani Hills, Tamil Nadu, India.
2016 Artist-in-Residence, Artel: Identity of Space, TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India.
2015 Artist-in-Residence, PEERS, Khoj International Artists’ Association, Delhi, India.
Grants and Awards
2017-19 Graduate Scholarship, Asian Cultural Council, New York, NY
2017-19 President's Scholarship, The New School, New York, NY
2017-19 University Scholarship, The New School, New York, NY
2012-13 Levy-Plumb Award for the Humanities, Christ's College, Cambridge, UK
2012-13 College Fee Remission, Christ's College, Cambridge, UK
2006-09 LSE Undergraduate Support Scheme Award, London, UK
2008-09 LSE Student Support Fund Grant, London, UK
2017-19 President's Scholarship, The New School, New York, NY
2017-19 University Scholarship, The New School, New York, NY
2012-13 Levy-Plumb Award for the Humanities, Christ's College, Cambridge, UK
2012-13 College Fee Remission, Christ's College, Cambridge, UK
2006-09 LSE Undergraduate Support Scheme Award, London, UK
2008-09 LSE Student Support Fund Grant, London, UK
Selected Bibliography
Press/Reviews
2023 What to See in NYC Galleries in September, New York Times, September 8.
2023 ‘City of Faith’ exhibit celebrates South Asian religion in NYC, Washington Post, March 17. Originally published in Religion News Wire, March 16
2022 Museum of the City of New York Presents “City of Faith,” Globe Newswire, November 3.
2021 The Queens Museum Has Become a Pandemic Community Hub, Curbed, May 10.
2018 “India’s Rockefeller artists: An Indo-US Cultural Saga” at DAG Modern New York, Art Radar, March 4.
2017 Gripping works of art to be presented by a group of youngsters in a new show Sunday Guardian, July 22.
2016 BAA looks at “Othering” in art and words at Lichenstein Center in Pittsfield, Berkshire on Stage, November 1.
2016 Unshackling contemporary art from traditional fetters, The Hindu, March 16.
2015 Introducing Utsa Hazarika: the blank verse as the metrics of an unapologetic world, Khoj International Artists Association.
2015 Artists’ ‘Khoj’ for a platform, The Hindu, June 23.
2015 Young Guns Shine, The New Indian Express, July 1.
2015 Five young artists selected for the 12th residency programme of artists collective Khoj, The Economic Times, June 23
2015 From nightmares surveyed to cities destroyed, Deccan Herald, July 1.
2023 What to See in NYC Galleries in September, New York Times, September 8.
2023 ‘City of Faith’ exhibit celebrates South Asian religion in NYC, Washington Post, March 17. Originally published in Religion News Wire, March 16
2022 Museum of the City of New York Presents “City of Faith,” Globe Newswire, November 3.
2021 The Queens Museum Has Become a Pandemic Community Hub, Curbed, May 10.
2018 “India’s Rockefeller artists: An Indo-US Cultural Saga” at DAG Modern New York, Art Radar, March 4.
2017 Gripping works of art to be presented by a group of youngsters in a new show Sunday Guardian, July 22.
2016 BAA looks at “Othering” in art and words at Lichenstein Center in Pittsfield, Berkshire on Stage, November 1.
2016 Unshackling contemporary art from traditional fetters, The Hindu, March 16.
2015 Introducing Utsa Hazarika: the blank verse as the metrics of an unapologetic world, Khoj International Artists Association.
2015 Artists’ ‘Khoj’ for a platform, The Hindu, June 23.
2015 Young Guns Shine, The New Indian Express, July 1.
2015 Five young artists selected for the 12th residency programme of artists collective Khoj, The Economic Times, June 23
2015 From nightmares surveyed to cities destroyed, Deccan Herald, July 1.
Contact
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