Manisha Parekh

About The Artist

Born 1964

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• M.A. (Painting) 1991-93
• Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
• M.A. (Painting) 1988-90
• M.S.University, Baroda, India
• B.A. (Painting) 1983-88
• M.S.University, Baroda, India

FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS

• 1994-95 Heinrich-Boll-Stiftung Studio, Bonn, Germany
• 1992 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
• 1991-93 Inlaks Foundation Scholarship

(for study at Royal College of Art, London, U.K.)

• 1990-91 Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad, India

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2014 ‘Epiphanies’ Bhau Dhaji Lad Museum Special Project Space, Mumbai, India
• 2012 ‘Being as One’ Rohtas Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
• 2011 ‘Amber’ Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore
• 2009 ‘Spinning Time’ Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
• 2008 ‘Wonderwoods’ Bodhi Art, New York, USA
• 2006 ‘Shadow Garden’ Berkeley Square Gallery, London, U.K.
• ‘Memory Membrane’ Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
• 2004 Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
• 2002 ‘Measures and Multiples’ Nature Morte, British Council, New Delhi, India
• 2000 Nature Morte, Lokayata, New Delhi, India
• 1999 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
• Foundation for Indian Artists, Amsterdam, Holland
• Hungarian Centre, by Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
• 1996 ‘Vessels’ Pundole Gallery, Bombay, India
• 1995 ‘Vessels’ IFA Gallery, Bonn, Germany
• ‘Vessels’ Max Mueller Bhawan, New Delhi, India
• 1994 AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi, India
• 1991 Gallery 7, Bombay, India

GROUP EXHIBITION

• 2015 ‘Construct:Constructions’ curated by Roobina Karode, Kiran Nadar Museum, Saket, New Delhi, India.
• ‘WORKING SPACE around memory and perception’ curated by Roobina Karode, Kiran
• Nadar Museum, Saket, New Delhi, India ‘Unfolding’- Contemporary Indian Textile curated by Maggie Baxter, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, Australia.
• 2014 ‘The Eye and the Mind’ curated by Prof. Rajeev Lochan, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China ‘Drawing 2014’ curated by Annapurna Gariemella & Prayag Shukla, Gallery Espace at IGNCA, New Delhi, India ‘transXform in Delhi’ curated by Hiroyuki Hattori, Japan Foundation, New Delhi, India
• 2013 ‘transXform’ curated by Hiroyuki Hattori & Yuki Kondo, ACAC-Aomori, Japan
• ‘Populism’ curated by Peter Nagy, Nature Morte gallery, New Delhi, India
• 2012 ‘Work on Paper’, Espace Gallery, New Delhi, India
• ‘2 + 2 = 5, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
• 2011 ‘Fragility’, curated by Rakhee Balaram, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon, India
• ‘Serial Pursuit’, curated by Peter Nagy, Nature Morte, Berlin, Germany
• ‘Work on Paper’, The Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool, Uk
• ‘Drawing the Line’, The Holden Gallery, Manchester, UK
• ‘BACK TO SCHOOL’, curated by Rabjit Hoskote & Veer Munshi, Pallete Art Gallery,

New Delhi, India.

• 2010 ‘Revisiting Nature’, curated by Jayshree Chakravorty & Anirudh Chari, Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata, India.
• ‘Does size matter’, Latitude 28, New Delhi, India.
• ‘Whole’, Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore.
• ‘Writing Visuals’, curated by Adip Datta, Harrington Street Art Centre,

Kolkata, India.

• 2009 ‘LIVING OFF THE GRID’, curated by Meera Menezes, Anant Art Gallery, India
• 2009 ‘Bapu’ curated by Gayatri Sinha, Saffron Art, Mumbai, India
• 2008 ‘Faultlines’ curated by Gayatri Sinha, Bodhi Art, Mumbai, India
• 2008 ‘Fluid Structures’ curated by Vidya Shivadas, Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi
• 2007 ‘Indian Color’ curated by Peter Nagy, Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• ‘Core Rhythms’ curated by Geetu Hinduja, Kitab Mahal, Mumbai, India
• Group show curated by Peter Nagy, Nature Morte, New Delhi
• ‘It is here and now’: young voices from India” Curated by Vidya Shivadas, Grosvernor Vadehra- London.U.K.
• 2006 ‘Myrrh’ curated by Anupa Mehta and Geetu Hinduja, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India ‘Shadow Lines’ curated by Vidya Shivadas, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
• 2005 ‘Span’ Sakshi gallery, Mumbai, India ‘Are we like this only’ curated by Vidya Shivadas, Vadehra Art Gallery, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
• ‘Endless Terrain’ curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
• ‘Negotiating matter/s’ curated by Roobina Karode, Anant Gallery, New Delhi, India
• 2004 ‘Subtlety Minimally curated by Marta Jakimowicz, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India ‘Anticipation’ Fine Arts Resource, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India ‘Summer-Show’ Bose Pacia Modern, New York, USA
• ‘Summer-Show’ Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
• 2003 ‘An apparent calm which is, in fact, a perfectly balanced tension’ curated by Peter Nagy, Grant Peirrie, Sidney, Australia
• ‘Highlight’ Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
• ‘20X20’ Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
• 2002 ‘New Paradigms’ Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India.
• ‘Heat’ Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India.
• 2001 ‘Three Contemporary Painters’, Bose Pacia Modern, New York, USA.
• 2000 Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba ‘Global View’ curated by Bernhard Steinruecke, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
• ‘Embarkment’ curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Millenium Show, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai, India
• Beyond the Surface, curated by Dattatreya Apte The Fine Art Company, Mumbai and at
• Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
• 1999 Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
• Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
• ‘Edge of the Century’, curated by Amit Mukhopadhya, British Council, New Delhi, India
• 1998 ‘Multimedia’ CIMA Gallery, Calcutta, India
• Khoj International Artists Workshop Open-Day, Modinagar, India
• ‘Ada or adore’, curated by Peter Nagy, Nature Morte, Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
• ‘New- images, perception, creations’, CIMA Gallery, New Delhi, and Calcutta, India
• 1997 Khoj International Artists Workshop Open-Day, Modinagar
• The exhibition, British Council, New Delhi, India
• Wasanii International Artists Workshop Exhibition, Nairobi, Kenya
• ‘Gift for India’, Sahmat, New Delhi, India
• Pacaembu Facade, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Cross Current, curated by Rekha Rodwittiya and Jennifer Lloyd, Travel Exhibition, Norway
• 1996 ‘Recipe’, Eicher Gallery, New Delhi, India
• 1995 ‘Fastenzeit’, Gallery 68elf, Cologne, Germany
• ‘The Tent’, Atelierhaus Bonn, Germany
• 1994 Gallery 7, Hong Kong

• Women Artists ’94, SPA, Hyderabad, India
• 1993 Art Fair ’93, Business Design Centre, London, U.K.
• ‘Turning Point’, Paton Gallery, London, U.K.
• 1992 Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad, India
• ‘XI-XI Exhibition’, Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
• 1988 National Exhibition, New Delhi, India
• Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, India

WORKSHOPS/RESIDENCIES ATTENDED

• AIR at Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan 2013
• Artist in Resident, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, U.K. 2011
• ‘Idea of Fashion’ Khoj Residency, New Delhi, 2011
• ‘Art in Nature’ site-project for German Festival in India, New Delhi, 2001
• Khoj International Artists Workshop, Modinagar, India 1998
• Khoj International Artists Workshop, Modinagar, India 1997
• Wasanii International Artists Workshop, Naivasha, Kenya 1997
• Artists Workshop organized by ZAL Practice, Goa, India 1988

COLLECTIONS

• Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad, India
• Inlaks Foundation, London, U.K.
• Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
• Davey & Chester Herwitz Collection, Boston, U.S.A
• Heinrich-Boll-Stiftung, Cologne, Germany
• Robert Lodar Collection, London, U.K.
• CIMA Gallery, Calcutta, India
• Jahangir Nicolson Collection, Bombay, India
• Bose Pacia Modern, New York, USA
• Bodhi Art, New Delhi, India

POSITIONS HELD

• Guest Faculty — Department of Fashion Design, National

Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, India

• Founder member, now board member — Khoj International Artists Workshop, India
• Appointed as External Examiner to Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Arts,

M.S. University from 2010-2012.

CONTACT:

Tel: 91-98111 41998

Email: [email protected]