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Brief bio:

 

T.V. Santhosh (born 1968, Kerala, India) obtained his graduate degree in painting from Kalabhavan, Santiniketan and Master’s degree in Sculpture from M. S. University of Baroda.

 

Santhosh’s works have been shown widely in Museums and Biennales. Some of his museum shows include: Forming in the Pupil of an Eye, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, curated by Sudarshan Shetty, 2016; 56th Venice Biennale, National Pavilion of Iran, The Great Game, curated by Marco Meneguzzo and Mazdak Faiznia, 2015; Making History, Colombo Art Biennale, 2014; Heritage Transport Museum, curated by Priya Pall, New Delhi, 2013; WAR ZONE – Indian Contemporary Art, Artemons Contemporary, Das Kunstmuseum, Austria, 2012; Critical Mass: Contemporary Art from India, curated by Tami Katz-Freiman and Rotem Ruff, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel, 2012; 11th Havanna Biennial, 2012; INDIA- LADO A LADO, curated by Tereza de Arruda, SESC Belenzinho Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2012; India, curated by Pieter Tjabbes and Tereza de Arruda, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011; Rewriting Worlds, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, curated by Peter Weibel, 2011; In Transition New Art from India, Surrey Museum of Art, Canada, 2011; Empire Strikes Back, The Saatchi Gallery, London, 2010; The Silk Road, New Chinese, Indian and Middle Eastern Art from The Saatchi Gallery at Tri Postal, Lille, France, 2010; Vancouver Biennale curated by Barry Mowatt, 2010; Dark Materials, curated by David Thorp, G S K Contemporary show, at Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009; India Xianzai, MOCA, Shanghai, China, 2009; Passage to India, Part II: New Indian Art from the Frank Cohen Collection, at Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK, 2009. Aftershock, Conflict, Violence and Resolution in Contemporary Art, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA Norwich, 2007; Continuity and Transformation, Museum show promoted by Provincia di Milano, Italy, 2007.

 

Santhosh’s select solo shows include Common Wall, Grosvenor Vadehra, London 2014  in collaboration with The Guild; The Land, Nature Morte, Berlin, 2011  with The Guild, Mumbai; Burning Flags, Aicon Gallery, London, 2010  in collaboration with The Guild; Blood and Spit, Jack Shainman Gallery, 2009  in collaboration with The Guild; Living with a Wound, Grosvenor Vadehra, London, 2009  in collaboration with The Guild; A Room to Pray at Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, 2008 in collaboration with The Guild; Countdown, Nature Morte, Delhi, 2008 in collaboration with The Guild; Countdown, The Guild, Mumbai 2008.

 

His art practice has been widely written about and published, including two books - ‘T. V. Santhosh: Unresolved Stories’ (The Guild Art Gallery, 2008); ‘Blood and Spit: Living with a Wound’ (The Guild and Jack Shainman gallery, 2009). Other catalogues with solo shows include ‘One Hand Clapping/Siren’, ‘Living with a Wound’, ‘False Promises’.

 

Santhosh lives and works in Mumbai, India.

 

 
      CV:

1968        Born in Kerala


EDUCATION

1994        B.F.A in Sculpture, Kalabhavan, Santiniketan, West Bengal.
1997        M.A. (Fine) in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.U, Baroda

 

 
 
 
 

MUSEUM AND INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS
 

2016           forming in the pupil of an eye, Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi 

2015           The Great Game, 56th Venice Biennale 2015, National Pavillion of Iran

2014           Making History, Colombo Art Biennale     

2013           Heritage Transport Museum curated by Priya Pall

2012           WAR ZONE: Indian Contemporary Art, ARTEMONS CONTEMPORARY, Das Kunstmuseum, Austria
2012           Critical Mass: Contemporary Art from India, curated by Tami Katz-Freiman and  Rotem Ruff, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2012           Havana Biennale 
2012           INDIA- LADO A LADO curated by Tereza de Arruda, SESC Belenzinho Sao Paulo, Brazil

2011           INDIA, curated by Pieter Tjabbes and Tereza de Arruda, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2011           4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art Rewriting Worlds, curated by Peter Weibel

2011           In Transition New Art from India, Surrey Museum of Art, Canada

2011           Collectors’ Stage: Asian Contemporary Art from Private Collections, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

2011           Crossroads: India Escalate, Prague Biennale 5

2010           The Silk Road, New Chinese, Indian and Middle Eastern Art from The Saatchi Gallery at Tri Postal, Lille, France

2010           Empire Strikes Back, at Saatchi Gallery, London

2010           Vancouver Biennale

2009           Dark Materials curated by David Thorp, G S K Contemporary show, at Royal Academy of  Arts, London

2009           India Xianzai, MOCA, Shanghai, China

2009           Passage to India, Part II: New Indian Art from the Frank Cohen Collection, at Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK

2008           Passage to India, Part I: New Indian Art from the Frank Cohen Collection, at Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK

2008           Where in the World, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi

2007           Continuity and Transformation, Museum show, exhibition promoted by Provincia di Milano Italy.

2007           After Shock, curated by Yasmin Canvin in collaboration with Sainsbury Centre Museum, Norwich

2006           Lekha and Anupam Poddar collection at The Chrysler Museum, Germany.

2004           Zoom!, Art in Contemporary India, Curated by Nancy Adajania & Luis Serpa, Culturegest Lisbon

2003           Crossing generations: diVERGE, curated by Geeta Kapur & Chaitanya Sambrani, presented by Chemould Gallery, NGMA Mumbai

2003           NGMA Annual Show, NGMA Mumbai
 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2014           Common Wall, Solo Show, Grosvenor Vadehra, London in collaboration with The Guild
2013           India Art Fair, solo project, presented by The Guild

2011           The Land, Solo Show, Nature Morte, Berlin in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai.
2010           Burning Flags Solo Show, Aicon Gallery, London in collaboration with The Guild

2009           Blood and Spit. Solo Show, Jackshainman Gallery in collaboration with The Guild.

2009           Living with a Wound, Solo Show, Grosvenor Vadehra, London in collaboration with The Guild

2008           A Room to Pray at Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai

2008           Countdown, Nature Morte, Delhi  in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai

2006           Scars of an Ancient Error, Singapore Art Fair presented by The Guild, Mumbai

2005           False Promises, Grosvenor Gallery London, in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai

2004           Unresolved Stories, Nature Morte, Delhi  in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai

2003           One Hand Clapping/Siren, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai presented by The Guild, Mumbai

1997           At Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, MSU, Baroda

 

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

 

2019          Text Matters, The Guild, Alibaug

2019          Sculpsit: Between Thought and Action, curated by Sasha Altaf at Sunaparanta -Goa Centre for the Arts in collaboration with The Guild

2019          Sculpsit: Between Thought and Action, curated by Sasha Altaf by The Guild, Alibaug

2018           Futures Present, curated by Sathyanand Mohan, presented by The Guild with Gallery WHITE, Vadodara

2018           Negotiation in Contested Space Part - I, Conceptualised by Renuka Sawhney at Art Heritage in collaboration with The Guild, New Delhi
2017     
     Negotiation in Contested Space Part - I, conceived by Renuka Sawhney at The Guild, Alibaug

2016           India Art Fair, presented by The Guild
2015    
      EXCAVATION/ERUPTION, curated by Yashodhara Dalmia presented by Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2015           India Art Fair, Special project, curated by Girish Shahane.
2014           Art Chennai, presented by The Guild
2014           Dhaka Art Summit, presented by The Guild
2013           Art Basel Hongkong, presented by The Guild

2013           India Art Fair, New Delhi by The Guild, Mumbai

2012           2 + 2 = 5, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012           2012: A Further Global Encounter, Grosvenor Vadehra, London

2012           Art HK 12, by The Guild, Mumbai

2012           Taj Lands End, by The Guild, Mumbai

2012           VIP Art Fair by The Guild

2012           India Art Fair, New Delhi by The Guild, Mumbai

2011           Iconoclasts & Iconodules,curated by Ombretta Agro Andruff.  Religare Art Gallery, New Delhi

2011           Art Dubai, by The Guild, Mumbai

2011           India Art Summit, New Delhi by The Guild, Mumbai

2011           Art Stage Singapore, by The Guild, Mumbai

2010           Inside India, A journey through contemporary Indian Art, curated by Marco Marrone and Margherita Artoni, Palazzo
                   Saluzzo, Torino and Luce Gallery

2010           The 11th Hour: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art from India / Diaspora, curated by Shaheen Merali.
      Tang Contemporary, Beijing

2010           The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, The Saatchi Gallery, London

2010           Looking Glass, The Existence of difference curated by Gayatri Sinha, Religare Arts Initiative Ltd., New Delhi

2010           Indian (Sub) Way, curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Grosvenor Vadhera, London

2010           I think therefore graffiti…, The Guild, Mumbai

2010           Art Taipei, by The Guild, Mumbai

2010           ARTPARIS+GUESTS by The Guild, Mumbai

2010           41st edition of Basel Art Fair 2010 With Nature Morte+Bose Pacia

2010           Size Matters or Does it? Part2 at Latitude 28, New Delhi

2010           In Transition: New Art from India, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada.

2010           The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, The Saatchi Gallery, London

2009-10      All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: Indian Contemporary Art in Global Times, Lakeeren, Mumbai

2009-10      Sculpture, The Guild, Mumbai

2009           Expressions at Tihar, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi

2009           Re-Claim/ Re-Cite/ Re-Cycle, presented by Latitude 28 at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi; Bose Pacia, Kolkata

2009           Multitudes, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore in collaboration with Zen Studio Gallery and Artflute.com

2009           My Little India, Marella Gallery, Beijing

2009           In The Mood For Paper, F2 Gallery, Beijing

2009           Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York

2009           Spectrum, curated by Saryu Doshi and Firoza Godrej, presented by ADACH with the  Indian Embassy Abu Dhabi

2009           Failed Plot, curated by Gayatri Sinha, India Special Exhibition at KIAF 09, Korea International Art Fair

2009           Purple Wall Project, curated by Gayatri Sinha at India Art Summit, New Delhi

2009           The Armory Show, New York

2009           ARCO 09, Madrid

2009           Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art, Grosvenor Gallery, London

2008           Art Amsterdam 08, presented by Williams Boars project

2008           Basel Art Fair, with Nature Morte

2008           ShContemporary, Shanghai

2008           Affair, Curated by Bose Krishnamachari, 1 x 1 Gallery, Dubai

2008           101 Tokyo: Contemporary Art Fair, Tokyo

2008           Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London

2007-08      Similarities, Lansdowne Gallery, Mumbai

2007           Year 07, London, presented by Grosvenor Vadehra.

2007           Basel Art Fair, with Nature Morte

2007           Kashi Art Gallery, 10th Anniversary show, Kochi

2007           India 20, organized by Alekhya Foundation. Lalit Kala Akademi

2006           Here and Now: Young Voices From India, Grosvenor Vadehra, London

2005           Kaam, Arts India, New York

2005           Change of Address, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2005           Paths of Progression, Saffronart and Bodhi Art Delhi, Mumbai, New York and  Singapore

2005           Endless Terrain, Yashodhara Dalmia, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.

2005           Whose Space is it anyway?, curated by Gallery Espace Delhi in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai

2005           Are We Like This Only?, curated by Vidya Shivadas. Vadehra Art Gallery Delhi.

2005           Ways of Seeing, Art Alive, New Delhi

2005           Endless Terrain, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

2004           Bombay Boys, Palette Art Gallery, Delhi

2004           A Tribute to Bhupen Khakhar, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2004           Generation I, Saffron Art Gallery in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai.

2004           Red at Palette Art Gallery, Delhi

2003           The Dual Path of Indian Art Today, Galerie Mueller & Plate Munchen

2003           Highlights, Sakshi, Mumbai

2003           Crossing Generations : diVERGE, presented by Gallery Chemould at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai

2002           Trans-Figuration, curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Presented by Art Inc, India Habitat Centre Delhi

2002           Words and Images, by The Guild, NGMA, Mumbai

2002           The Contemporary Asian Art Fair, by The Guild in Singapore

2002           Mela- A Carnival of Indian Art, curated by Anupa Mehta, RPG Show, at Jehangir Art Gallery

2002           Tribute to Picasso, The Guild, Mumbai

2002           Art Edge, presented by Fine Art Company, at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai and India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2002           Quotable Stencil, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2002           Cross Currents, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2002           Creative Space, organized by Sakshi Gallery at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2002           Tribute To Picasso, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2002           The Human Factor, by The Guild Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery

2001           Excerpts from my Diary Pages, Curated by Sasha Altaf, Fine Art Company Gallery

2001           Engendering Images of Women, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2001-2004   Harmony Show, at Nehru Center, Mumbai

2000           Exile and Longing, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai

2000           Kala Ghoda Show on Functional Objects, by The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

 

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS:

 

2010           Padmini Award, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy

1997           Kerala Lalit Kala Academy State Award

1997           Inlaks Foundation (Indian)

1997           National Scholarship

1997           Kanoria Scholarship

1994           Ramkinker Award

1990 to 94  Visva Bharati Merit Scholarship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

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