G R Iranna

About The Artist

Born
1970 – Sindgi, Bijapur, Karnataka

Education
• 1999-2000 Artist-in-Residence, Wimbledon School of Art, London
• 1994 Master of Fine Arts (Painting), College of Art, New Delhi
• 1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), College of Visual Art, Gulbarga

Exhibitions
• 2016 ‘And the last shall be the…

Selected Solo Exhibitions
• 2016 ‘And the last shall be the first: G R Iranna Works 1995-2015’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Bengaluru
• 2012 ‘Thought of the Day’, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
• 2012 ‘Limning Heterotopias’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
• 2011 ‘Scaffolding the Absent’, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2010 ‘Ribbed Routes’, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2008 ‘Birth of Blindness’, The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi and Aicon Gallery, London and New York
• 2007 ‘The Dance On the Horse’, Berkley Square Gallery, London
• 2006 ‘Disorder and Early Sufferings’, Gallery Muller and Plate, Munich
• 2006 ‘King of Clay’, Gallery ArtsIndia, New York and California
• 2005 ‘Early Works’, Gallery Muller and Plate, Munich
• 2005 ‘Threads of Humanism’, Bodhi Art, New Delhi, Singapore
• 2003 ‘Dream and Perplexity’, presented by The Guild at Chitrakala Parisath, Bangalore
• 2001 ‘The Enigma of Departure’, British Council and Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2000 Gallery Espace, New Delhi
• 2000 Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture, Cairo, organized by The Indian Embassy in Cairo
• 2000 Foyer Gallery, Wimbledon School of Art, London
• 1999 ‘In The Shadow of Buddha’, Gallery Martini, Hong Kong
• 1998 ‘Shadow of the Real’, Shridharani Art Gallery and Gallery Espace, New Delhi
• 1995 ‘Edge Dynamics’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1992 College of Visual Art, Gulbarga

Selected Group Exhibitions
• 2013 ‘Spell of Spill’, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
• 2012 ‘On A Journey’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
• 2012 ‘The Contemporary Sultanate’, presented by Exhibit 320 at One Style Mile, Olive, New Delhi
• 2011 ‘Skin Deep: The Art of Fibreglass’, The Viewing Room, Mumbai
• 2011 Gallery Sumukha, Chennai
• 2011 ‘Melange’, The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata
• 2011 ‘Reprise’, Aicon Gallery, New York
• 2010 ‘Indian (Sub)Way’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Grosvenor Vadehra, London
• 2010 ‘A. SYCO’, The Viewing Room, Mumbai
• 2010 ‘Tales of Silence’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
• 2010 ‘Singularities’, RL Fine Arts, New York
• 2010 ‘India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity’, presented by Ati Art Gallery at Varya, New Delhi
• 2009 ‘Retrieval Systems’, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre; Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
• 2009 ‘Astonishment of Being’, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
• 2009 ‘Think Small’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
• 2009 ‘Harvest 09: Part II’, Arushi Arts, New Delhi
• 2009 ‘New Fables: Contemporary Voices’, Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata
• 2009 ‘Big Dreams’, Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
• 2009 ‘Zip Files’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2009 ‘Moderns and More’, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
• 2009 ‘Life is A Stage’, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai
• 2008-09 ‘Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan’, Aicon Gallery, London
• 2008 ‘Material/Im-mmaterial’, Gallery Collection, Bodhi Art, Gurgaon
• 2008 ‘Keep Drawing’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
• 2007 ‘Keep Drawing’, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2007 ‘India 20’, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
• 2007 ‘High on Art’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
• 2007 ‘Telling It Like It Is: The Indian Story’, The Gallery in Cork Street, London
• 2006 ‘The Human Figure’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
• 2005 ‘We Are Like This Only’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
• 2005 ‘Paths of Progression’, Bodhi Art and Saffronart, New Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, New York
• 2004 ‘Untitled’, Gallery Espace, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
• 2004 Peter Muller Gallery, Munich, Germany
• 2004 Gallery 27, Oslo, Norway
• 2002 ‘Words and Images’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
• 2002  ‘Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings’, Auction-cum-Exhibition, Bowring’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Mumbai
• 2002 Jehangir Art Gallery Golden Jubilee Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2002 ‘European and Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings’, Auction-cum-Exhibition, Bowring’s Fine Art Auctioneers, New Delhi
• 2001-02 ‘Palette’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
• 2001  Apparao Galleries, Chennai
• 2001 ‘The Human Factor’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2001 ‘Kaleidoscope’, ISU International Art Gallery, Singapore
• 2001 ‘Engendering – Images of Women’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2000 ‘Black and White’, Art Today, New Delhi
• 1999 ‘The Creative Process’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1999 ‘Icons of The Millennium’, Gallery Lakeeren, Mumbai
• 1999 ‘Edge of the Century’, New Delhi
• 1998 Vedanta Art Gallery, Chicago, USA
• 1998 Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1998 Gallery Espace, New Delhi
• 1997 ‘Four Artists, Diverse Talents’, Guild Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1995 Schoo’s Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
• 1994 Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
• 1994 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1992 Award Winner’s Exhibition South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) Nagpur, Bangalore, Indore, Hyderabad, Pune
• 1990 Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore

Joint Exhibitions
• 2012 ‘Alone / Together’, with RiyasKomu at Aicon Gallery, New York

Paricipations
• 2014 ‘Ode to Monumental: Celebration, Visuality, Ideology’, presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2011 ‘Red’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
• 2011 ‘Take 2’, Arushi Art Gallery, New Delhi
• 2011 ‘Miniscule Marvel’, presented by Contemplate at Gallery BMB, Mumbai
• 2011 ‘Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern & Contemporary Art from India’, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
• 2011 ‘Time Unfolded’, KiranNadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
• 2011 ‘The Intuitive: Logic Revisted’, from the Osians Collection at The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
• 2011 ‘Art Stage Singapore’, Singapore presented by 1 x 1 Gallery, Dubai
• 2010 ‘Finding India: Art for the New century’, presented by Sakshi Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Taipei
• 2010 ‘Art Celebrates 2010’, represented by Gallery Threshold at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games
• 2010 ‘Go See India’, part of India-Sweden Cultural Exchange Program presented by Emami Chisel, Kolkata at Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata; Vasa Konsthal and Gallery-Scandinavia, Gothenburg
• 2010 ‘Master’s Corner’, organized by Indian Contemporary Art Journal at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; India International Art Fair, New Delhi
• 2010 ‘Size Matters or Does it?’, Part 1 at Latitude 28, New Delhi
• 2010 ‘Art Dubai 2010’, presented by Aicon Gallery, New York
• 2009 ‘Lo Real Maravilloso: Marvelous Reality’, 20 Years Celebration of Gallery Espace at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
• 2009 ‘Expressions at Tihar’, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
• 2008 ‘Chaos in Order’, mounted by Lalit Kala Akademi in association with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Social Republic of Vietnam and the Embassy of India in Vietnam
• 2008 ‘MiArt 2008’, Fiera Milano International Spa, Milan represented by The Guild, Mumbai
• 2007 Asian Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Aicon Gallery, New York
• 2006 ‘Contemporary Istanbul Fair’, Istanbul
• 2005 Arad Bienalle, Romania
• 1998-2005 ‘Harmony Show’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai

Honours and Awards
• 2004 Harmony Show, Artist of the Year Award, Mumbai
• 2003 Residency, George Keyt Foundation, Dambola, Sri Lanka
• 2002 KK Hebbar Foundation Award
• 2001 State Award, Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy, Bangalore
• 1999-2000 International Scholarship, Charles Wallace India Trust, British Council
• 1997 Residency, 9th Triennale India 1997 International Artists’ Camp, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
• 1997 40th National Academy Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
• 1997 ’50 Years of Art in Independent India’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Award, New Delhi
• 1996-97 National Scholarship, Ministry of HRD, Government of India
• 1995-96 Garhi Research Grant, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
• 1993 Residency, International Painting and Sculpture Symposium, Gulbarga
• 1993 ‘In Search of Talent’, MF Hussain and Ram Kumar Selection Award, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
• 1993 BansiParmimu Memorial Committee, New Delhi
• 1993 Delhi College of Art, New Delhi
• 1991-92 College of Visual Art, Gulbarga
• 1991-92 All India Exhibition Mysore, Dasara, Mysore
• 1990 4th All India Exhibition, South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC), Nagpur