ATUL BHALLA

 B3/36 Ground Floor, Janak Puri. New Delhi – 110058, INDIA
T: +919971537771 | W: www.atulbhalla.com | E: atulbhalla1@gmail.com

EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor in Fine Arts, (B.F.A.)   College of Art, Delhi University, New Delhi
  • Masters in Fine   Arts, (M.F.A.) School of Art, Northern Illinois University , USA

RECENTLY PUBLISHED-

YAMUNA WALK –ATUL BHALLA

SEPIA EYE PUBLICATIONS.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS, SEATTLE EAND LONDON.

2012

EXHIBITIONS

2011

On the Edge

Solo show of works from 2009 -11.Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (Oct 2011)

Water Works

Grossman Gallery. Lafeyette College. Easton. PA. USA

Curation- Donna Gustafsson ( Sept-Oct 2011)

INSTALLATION OF ‘I WAS NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING-II’ AT

Harvard Art Museums. Cambridge MA.USA.

DECEMBER 2010-APRIL 2011

2009

 ...IN ANOTHER SWEAT, Project 88, Mumbai, India (Dec ’09)

  ...IN ANOTHER SWEAT , Anant Art Centre, NOIDA, India (Aug ’09)

2008

WITHIN / WITHOUT.   AICON Gallery, London, U.K.

2007

REMARKING THE RIVER, Project 88, Mumbai, India

REMARKING THE RIVER, Anant Art Centre, NOIDA, India

2005

IMMERSIONS , Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India

Monographic exhibition of recent works , KHOJ-International Artists Association, New Delhi, India

2000       

Monographic exhibition of recent works , Academy of Fine Arts & Literature, New Delhi, India

1997

Two Persons Show, Art Today, New Delhi, India

1992

Two Persons Show, Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India

1990

 Solo exhibition, Northern Illinois University, USA.

PARTICIPATIONS

2012

SLIPPING BETWEEN THE CRACKS, Curated by MEERA MENEZES, Latitude 28 New Delhi.

2011

Yamuna Elbe Project

Hamburg-Delhi .

Site specific Installations on both Rivers. Oct –Nov 2011

Curation –Till Krause, Ravi Agarwal

Beyond the Self: Contemporary Portraiture from Asia
13 Aug - 6 Nov 2011.

Curated by Christine Clarke. NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. CANBERRA. AUSRALIA.

PARIS –DELHI –BOMBAY,

INDIA THOUGH THE EYES OF INDIAN AND FRENCH ARTISTS-Centre Pompidou, Paris . France.

Curated by Sophie Duplaix and Fabric eBosteau.   May 22 –September 19 2011

God, Goddesses, Cinema and Cricket, Curation –Arshiya Lokhandwala, Jehangir Art Galleries, Mumbai India. ( Feb 22.2011)

2010

WEST HEAVENS, PLACE –TIME- PLAY:INDIA CHINA CONTEMPORARY ART, Curated by Chaitanya Sambrani, Shanghai China.

WATER, Curated by Donna Gustafson, Andrew W. Mellon, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, USA.

ID/ENTITY, Curated by Vidya Shivdas, Vadehra Art Gallery. New Delhi

A MONUMENTAL TOUR, Curated by Cho Seong Ryeong , Coreana Art Museum . Seoul, Korea.

INDIAN (SUB) WAY, Curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Grosvenor, Vadehra, New Delhi, London

2009

LIVING OFF THE GRID , curated by Meera Menezes, Anant Art Centre, NOIDA, India

FOURTH ASIAN ART TRIENNALE , Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

IMMERSIONS curated by Deeksha Nath, Anant Art Centre, NOIDA, India

IN FOCUS - Contemporary Indian Photography , Crimson - The Art Resource, Banglore, India

2008

INDIA MODERNA curated by JUAN GUARDIOLA, IVAM Institute of Modern Art, Valencia, Spain

VIDEO ZONE -4 curated by Sergio Edelsztein and Rotem Ruff, 4 th International Video Art Biennial, Israel

WHERE IN WORLD? Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India                

MUTANT BEAUTIES curated by Gayatri Sinha, Anant Art Centre, NOIDA, India

CREATIVE EMERGENCIES curated by Maria Livia Brunelli and Silvia Cirelli, Mar Museo D’ Arte Della Citta Di Ravenna, Italy

STILL MOVING IMAGE curated by Deeksha Nath, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India                                                

COURSE , Sepia International, New York, USA

VISUALS OF A POST VISUAL WORLD curated by Gitanjali Dang, Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

Mumbai, India

2007                                     

CITY.CITE.SITE , curated by Latika Gupta, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India

RELOCATING MASCULINITIES , School of Art and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

PUBLIC PLACES / PRIVATE SPACES – Contemporary Indian Photography & Video, Newark Museum,

New Jersey, USA

2006         

WATCHING ME WATCHING INDIA , F otographie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

 WISE MAN’S DRINK, Lemon Grasshopper Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India                 

2005

…THROUGH 22KMS…LIVING.IT.OUT.IN.DELHI, Presentation made at the solo show by Vivan Sundaram, LKA Galleries, New Delhi.

 SELF x SOCIAL curated by Geeta Kapur, School of Art and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi                                               

2004: Median- Epiques Art Gallery, New Delhi

2002: Lok Raag- Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2001: Small but Significant, Academy of Fine Arts & Literature, New Delhi

2001: “…and Buddha smiled again” Masters Guild, Academy of Fine Arts & Literature, New Delhi

1999: Mira Centre for the Arts, New Delhi

1997: Art Access: Birla Century Art Gallery, Mumbai

1996: AIFACS Annual Painting Exhibition, New Delhi

1995: AIFACS Annual Painting Exhibition, New Delhi

1994: National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

1993: Search for Talent Exhibition, Vadhera Art Gallery

1993: National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

1992: Ravi Jain Memorial Art Exhibition, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, ND

1991: 63 rd Annual AIFACS Painting Exhibition

1991: Yuva Mahotsav, Sahitya Kala Parishad

1990: Spring : ARS Nova Show, NIU, Illinois, USA

1989: Fall: ARS Nova Show, NIU, Illinois, USA

1989: Spring: ARS Nova Show, NIU, Illinois, USA

PROJECTS / RESIDENCIES

2009

SOIL BITE , Workshop In Patna, Bihar, KHOJ,International Artists   Association (KHOJ – Bihar)

PROHELVETIA - SWISS COUNCIL International Artists Residency - IAAB Studios, Basel, Switzerland

2008

48 0C PUBLIC–ECOLOGY-ART - International Public Art Project curated by Pooja Sood, Goethe Institut, New Delhi ( http://48c.org/blog/?tag=atul-bhalla / http://48c.org )

2007

ECO+ART , River Yamuna based   Residency, KHOJ-International Artists Association, New Delhi, India

Oberoi Art Camp , Gallery Beyond, Mumbai

2006

ART MEET , Site Specific Work, ITM Universe, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

DILLI DUR AST , Old Delhi based Residency, KHOJ-International Artists Association, New Delhi, India

BLACK BOX EXERCISE , KHOJ-International Artists Association, New Delhi, India

2005

SANDHARBH , Site Specific Workshop, Partapur, Vagad district, Rajasthan

COLLECTIONS

Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, USA; Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India; Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan; Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India

AWARDS

1994:                     Honourable Mention, National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi

1991:                     Painting Award, Yuva Mahotsav, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi

1990:                     Best Graduate Painting Award, Northern Illinois University, Illinois, USA

1988-90:               Tuition Waiver, Northern Illinois University, Illinois, USA

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Exhibition Catalogues & Books

_   ‘PARIS-DELHI-BOMBAY.’ Centre Pompidou. Exhibition Catalogue. Curated by Sophie Duplaix and                                                                  

    Fabrice Bousteau . essay Nancy Adjania pg 69.70,156-159.

_         ‘Indian Subway’, Exhibition Catalogue, Curated   by Yashodhara Dalmia.

           Vadehra Art Gallery . New Delhi . India

_         ‘Living Off The Grid’, Exhibition Catalogue, Curated and edited by Meera Menezes..

           Anant Art Gallery . New Delhi . India

_        ‘A Monumental Tour’, Exhibition Catalogue, Curated and Edited by Seon Ryerong CHO.

          Pg 11 and pages 21-24. Coreana Museum Of Art. Seoul.Korea.

_       KHOJ BOOK, edited by Pooja Sood, A phenomenology of encounters at KHOJ, by Geeta Kapoor;

         pg 65-67. And pg 584-589. Collins/ Harper Coliins Publishing India.

  • Art and Visual Culture in India, edited by Gayatri Sinha; Language of an idealised revolt, by Deeksha Nath; pg 262.Marg Publications.
  • The 4 th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009,pg.18, Where is the Tomorrow, pg.38, pg.147, pg.155, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • IN FOCUS ‘Contemporary Indian photography’, Crimson ‘the art resource’, Banglore, India,2009.
  • IMMERSIONS, Anant Art Gallery, Curated by DEEKSHA NATH, April-May 2009, New Delhi, NOIDA.
  • MUTANT BEAUTIES, Curated by Gayatri Sinha, ANANT ART GALLERY, Noida, New Delhi, November 2008-January 2009, pg.3, pg.18 - 21.
  • VIDEO ZONE – 4, Pg. 243,245 ,2008,The Centre for Contemporary Art, TelAviv, Israel.
  • INDIA MODERNA – IVAM , pg. 309,Institute of Modern Art,Valencia.Spain,2008
  • ….WITHIN/WITHOUT…, Aicon Gallery, May 2008, London.
  • CITY.CITE.SITE, Anant Art Gallery, Curated by Latika Gupta, January 2008, New Delhi, India.
  • RELOCATING MASCULINITIES, An Exhibition of Photographs Video Art, Curated by Mohd. Ahmad Sabih, Rahul Dev, Srinayani &T.Sanatilanan, December 4-14,2007, In Collaboration with SCHOOL OF ARTS&AESTHETICS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  • RE-MARKING THE RIVER, Anant Art Gallery, March 2007, New Delhi, India.
  • INDIA PUBLIC PLACES/PRIVATE SPACES, Contemporary Photography &Video Art, by Gayatri Sinha-Paul Sternberger, The Newark Museum, September 2007,Pg124-127,New Jersey, U.S.A

Recent Bibliography / Periodicals

  • 2011   Art Monthly. Australia   Issue 244,October 2011,pg 79, Anne Kirker.
  • 2011   ArtIndia, Vol XIV Issue III,pg 86, Meera Menezes
  • 2011 INDIA PERSPECTIVES. Vol 24No6/2010.Eye and The Mind. Rajeev Lochan. Pg36
  • 2010 DU Magazine, no-809, September 2010, Pages 15, 18. Brigette Ulmer
  • 2010   ArtIndia, Vol XIV Issue III,pg 86, Latika Gupta
  • 2010 ART ETC, vol 1 No.2 long essay pg 21-26. Deeksha Nath
  • 2010 OUTLOOK (hindi) , January 2009 . pg. no. 42.
  • 2009   PASSAGES , Intro(se)duction to the Arts, THE CULTURAL MAGAZINE OF PROHELVETIA NO. 51,ISSUE 3/2009,The Essence f Water, pg. no.38.
  • 2009 Time Out Mumbai, Volume 6,issue 7,November 27- December 10, ART, WATER WORKS, WETTING ANG WATCHING, pg. no 61.
  • 2009 Indian Contemporary ART JOURNAL, Volume 1 , Issue – iii,2009,Review – BANGLORE , IN FOCUS : A MULTI – APPROACH PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION , pg. no 73.
  •  2009 MARG, Volume 60, No 4, June 2009Exhibition Review: Art Dubai, Sophie Gordon. pg 60.
  • 2009    ASIAN AGE, Art Gallery Sheds Light on Water Woes, UMA NAIR, September 14,2009.
  • 2009    BUSINESS STANDARD NEWSPAPER, Weekend, 12 September 2009,Volume XVI No. 127, SPACES, ARTWALK, Pg no. v, City Lights by BHARTI CHATURVEDI.
  • 2009 ASIAN ART NEWS, Volume 19 Number 4, July/August 2009, pg. no 96, Exhibition Reviews, New Delhi.
  • 2009 ART India THE ART NEWS MAGAZINE OF INDIA, Volume XIV, Issue I, Quarter I, 2009,Tripping over Knowledge, pg no.89.
  • 2009      mint LOUNGE Saturday, August 22,2009, Vol. 3 No.33, WATER COLOURS, pg. no.16
  • 2009 ART&DEAL, Vol.6 no.2.Issue No.28, Photography, Conversation with Sarah Bancroft, Pg. no 25 – 27,pg. no. 111.
  • 2008 ART India, THE ART NEWS MAGAZINE OF INDIA , volume xiii , issue ii , quarter ii,2008 , Special Report, pg no. 106, October-November 2008, New Delhi.
  • AQ, ART, QUARTERLY/WINTER 2008, An eye for the absurd pg. 54,”their creations are complex, multi-layered” December 2008, New York.
  • 2008-ART ASIA PACIFIC-No 60, SEPT/OCT 2008, Atul Bhalla. Aicon Gallery London. page 208.
  • 2008 -ARTREVIEW, Issue24, July&August2008, Atul Bhalla…WITHIN/WITHOUT, Aicon Gallery, London, Pg83.
  •   2008-CULTURE, (HONGKONG) Issue40, April-May2008, APERTURE YAMUNA MORNINGS, Pg 38-43.
  • 2008 -VOGUE, May2008, Pg 52.
  • 2008 -VERVE, Volume16, Issue4, Pg 42-43, Off The Wall by Maria Louis.
  • 2007 -ART&DEAL,Vol.5,No.3,Issue No.25,UNNERVING SITUATIONS MEET AESTHETIC GUTS, by Abhijeet Tamhane, Pg 122-123.
  • 2007 -ART India, The Art News Magazine of India (Photography), volume xii, Issue1, Quarter1, checking the Flow Water touches Atul Bhalla in several ways, in several places, observes Meera Menezes, Pg.64-65.
  • 2007 , A HEAP OF BROKEN IMAGES? Panel Discussion, pg.38.
  • 2006 -WATCHING ME WATCHING INDIA(new photography from India) FotograficForumInternation&RommunaleGalerie,Frankfurt,Germany,September30-November 26, 2006, AtulBhalla-Water, Atul Bhalla-Wasser, Pg 20-21.
  • 2006 -ART India, Volume XI, IssueIII, Quarter III, 2006, Art Affairs, City Within the City by Meera Menezes, Pg 16-17.

 

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