Jitish Kallat
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Jitish Kallat is an India
India
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n artist
Artist
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 who works in varied media
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. He was born in 1974 in Mumbai
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 (Bombay). He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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 degree in painting from the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Mumbai in 1996.

Kallat's work incorporates varied media including painting
Painting
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, large-scale sculpture
Sculpture
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 installations, photography
Photography
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, and video art
Video art
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. He employs a bold and vivid visual language that references both Asian and European artistic traditions, along with popular advertising imagery that fuels urban consumerism. Kallat regularly exploits images and materials chanced upon around Mumbai's sprawling metropolis, affording his works an inherent spontaneity and a handcrafted aesthetic. He unites these various media through themes that endure within Kallat's work, such as the relationship between the individual and the masses. He references his own personal experiences and those of Mumbai's other inhabitants. His work speaks of both the self and the collective, fluctuating between intimacy and monumentality, and characterized by contrasting themes of pain, hope and survival.

Kallat has been part of numerous museum exhibitions at venues including the Tate Modern
Tate Modern
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, London; ZKM Museum, Karlsruhe, and the Mori Art Museum
Mori Art Museum
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 in Tokyo. He has participated extensively in biennial and triennials including The Guangzhou Triennial, China; The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Australia, and The Gwangju Biennale
Gwangju Biennale
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 in Korea, and has contributed to important group exhibitions throughout the world.

Jitish Kallat writes frequently on the subject of contemporary art. He is a trustee of the India Foundation for the Arts
India Foundation for the Arts
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. Jitish Kallat is represented by Haunch of Venison, Arario Gallery, ArndtBerlin and Chemould Prescott Road.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011

Fieldnotes: Tomorrow Was Here Yesterday, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai

Stations of a Pause, Chemould Prescott Gallery, Mumbai

2010

Public Notice 3, Art Institute of Chicago

Likewise, ARNDT Berlin

The Astronomy of the Subway, Haunch of Venison, London

2008

Aquasaurus, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney

Skinside Outside, Arario Seoul

Public Notice-2, Bodhi Art, Singapore

Universal Recipient, Haunch of Venison, Zurich

2007

Sweatopia, Chemould Prescott Road and Bodhi Art

Unclaimed Baggage, Albion, London

365 Lives, Arario Beijing

Rickshawpolis–3, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney

2006

Rickshawpolis–2, Spazio Piazza Sempione, Milan

2005

Rickshawpolis–1, Nature Morte, New Delhi

Panic Acid, Bodhi Art, Singapore

Humiliation Tax, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

2004

The Lie of the Land, Walsh Gallery, Chicago

FAQ, Art Rotterdam, presented by Willem Baars Projects, Holland

2003

Public Notice, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai

2002

First Information Report, Bose Pacia Modern, New York

2001

Milk Route, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

General Essential, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore

2000

Ibid., Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

1999

Private limited–I, Bose Pacia Modern, New York

Private limited–II, Apparao Gallery, Chennai

1998

Apostrophe, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

1997

P.T.O., Gallery Chemould and Prithvi Gallery, Mumbai

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011

Jitish Kallat: Public Notice 2, Kennedy Center of Performing Arts, Washington D.C.

Watercolour, Tate Britain, London

Indian Highway IV, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France

Of Gods and Goddesses, Cinema, Cricket - The New cultural Icons of India, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

2010

Metropolis, The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK

Skulptur i Pilane, Pilane Burial Grounds, Tjorn, Sweden

Indian Highway, Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmar

Changing The World, ARNDT Berlin

Urban Manners 2, SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo

The Empire Strikes Back, Saatchi Gallery, London

2009

India Contemporary, Gemeente Museum,Hague

Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, National Museum, Seoul and Essl Museum, Vienna

Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London

Art Foundation Mallorca Collection, Centro Cultural Andratx

Indian Highway, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo

Indian Narrative in the 21st Century: Between Memory and History, Casa Asia Center, Madrid

2008

Indian Highway, Serpentine Gallery, London

Detergent, Guangdong Museum, China

India Moderna, IVAM (Instituto Valencia d’Art Modern),Valencia

Die Tropen. Ansichten von der Mitte der Weltkugel, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin Curator:Alfons Hug

Body Chatter: An Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, Walsh Gallery, Chicago

Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy of Arts, London (England)

3rd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China. Curators: Savat Maharaj, Gao Shiming, Chang Tsong-Zung

Passage to India, Initial Access Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton, UK

Frontline: Notations from the Contemporary Indian Urban, Bodhi Berlin, Curator: Shaheen Merali

2007

Soft Power, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Art, Shanghai, Curator: Shen Qibin, Binghui Huangfu and Biljana Ciric*

Mad Love - Young Art in Danish Private Collections, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

Best of Artists, SHContemporary, Shanghai. Curator: Pierre Huber

Urban Manners, Hangar Bicocca, Milan. Curator: Adelina Von Furstenberg

Hungry God, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

INDIA NOW: Contemporary Indian Art between Continuity and Transformation, Provincia di Milano. Curator: Daniela Palazzoli

Aftershock, Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, Norwich

Horn Please, Kunstmuseum, Bern. Curator: Bernhard Fibicher

Asian Europe Mediation, National Museum of Poland, Poznan and Zendai Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai. Co-curated by Binghui Huangfu

New Narratives: Contemporary Art from India, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago. Curator: Betty Seid

Thermocline of Art – New Asian Waves, ZKM Museum, Karlsruhe, Germany. Curators: Wonil Rhee and Peter Weibel

India: Public Places, Private Spaces: Contemporary Photography and Video Art., Newark Museum, Newark , N.J.

The Armory Show, New York

Gulf Art Fair, Dubai

2006

The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

Passages, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Curators: Deepak Ananth and Jany Lauga

Lille 3000, Lille, France

The 6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea. Curators: Binghui Huangfu, Wu Hung, Shaheen Merali

Hungry God: Indian Contemporary Art, Arario Gallery, Beijing and the Busan Museum, Korea

Made by Indians: L’Art à la Plage, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Ramatuelle, France

Another Worlds, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea

2005

Indian Summer, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Curators: Deepak Ananth and Henry-Claude Cousseau

The Artist Lives and Works in Baroda/Bombay/Calcutta/Mysore/ Rotterdam/Trivandrum, House of World Cultures, Berlin

1st Pocheon Asian Art Triennale, Pocheon, Korea. Curator: Yoon, Jin Sup

Paths of Progression, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore

Mom and Pop Art, Walsh Gallery, Chicago

International Painting, Gallery GBK, Sydney

Kunst En Oorlog, Kunst en Cultuur Noord-Holland

The Armory Show, represented by Nature Morte, New York

Are we like this only? organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi

2004

The Sacrifice – An Intimate I, Collection Swagemakers, Museum De Beyerd, Holland

Contemporary Art from India, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York

Summer Show, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York. Curator: Peter Nagy

Masala, William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut. Curator: Kathryn Myers*

Zoom! Art in Contemporary India, Culturgest, Lisbon. Curators: Nancy Adajania and Luís Serpa*

Art Chicago, presented by Walsh Gallery, Chicago

Anticipations, organized by the Fine Art Resource, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

Bombay X 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin

2003

SubTerrain: Artists Dig the Contemporary, House of World Cultures, Berlin. Curator: Geeta Kapur

Drawing Conclusions: Work by Artist-Critics, NY Arts Magazine Gallery. Curators: Jill Conner and Gae Savannah

Pictorial Transformations, National Art Gallery, Malaysia

Urban Graffiti, Woolf f Gallery, London

Crossing generations: diVERGE, Gallery Chemould’s 40th anniversary, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai. Curators: Geeta Kapur and Chaitanya Sambrani

Indians+Cowboys, Gallery 4A, Sydney. Curators: Aaron Seeto and Ruth Watson

The Tree from the Seed, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway. Curator: Gavin Jantjes

Arco 2003, Madrid, Spain

Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

Hard Copy, a two-person show with Reena Saini Kallat, Gallery 88, Calcutta

Interlude in Srilanka, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

Tiranga, India Habitat Center, New Delhi. Curator: Peter Nagy

Rain, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai

The Art on Paper Fair, Royal College of Art, London, and Quayside Gallery, Scotland

2002

Under Construction, The Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo. Curator: Ranjit Hoskote

India – Contemporary Art from Northeastern Private Collection, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey

Clicking into Place, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai. Organised by Japan Foundation. Curator: Ranjit Hoskote

Glue, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore. Curator: Peter Nagy

Perspectiva, organized by Gallery 88, Rossi and Rossi Gallery, London. Curator: Arun Ghosh

2001

Century City, Tate Modern, London. Curators: Geeta Kapur and Ashish Rajadhyaksha

Indian Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Curator: Haema Sivanesan

Indian Contemporary Fine Arts, Seven Degrees, California, USA. Presented by Saffronart.com

Finding the Margins at the Center, Apparao Galleries, IGNCA, New Delhi

2000

7th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba, Curator: Hilda Maria Rodriguez

Intersection, Guild Art Gallery, Artists Centre, Mumbai. Curator: Ranjit Hoskote

1999

The First Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan. Curator: Kuroda Raiji

Nature Morte, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Peter Nagy

Kunstrai, International Art Fair, Amsterdam, represented by Willem Baars Art Consultancy

Embarkations, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai. Curator: Yashodhara Dalmia

Young Artists, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai

1998

Art of the World 1998, Passage de Retz, Paris, France

Multimedia Art of the 90s, CIMA Gallery, Calcutta*

Jehangir Nicholson Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai

The Wilberding Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai

Indian Contemporary Art, The R.P.G. collection, Leverkusen and Monheim, Germany

Kunstrai, International Art Fair, represented by Willem Baars Art Consultancy, Amsterdam

SPIN, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

1997

Projektgruppe Stoffwechsel’s international art meet ‘Innenseite’, Kassel, Germany. Curator: Hamdi el Attar*

50 Years of Art in Mumbai, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai. Curator: Saryu Doshi

1996

Miniature Format Show, Sans Tache, Mumbai

Monsoon Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1995

Varsha ’95, Y.B. Chavan Art Gallery, Mumbai

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