Chitra Ganesh

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Chitra Ganesh (born 1975) is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York.

Ganesh was born in New York, the daughter of Indian immigrant parents.[1] She works in various media including drawing and installation,[2] inspired by topics including South Asian history, myth and legend, poetry, imperialism and queer politics.[3] She has also contributed to publications such as the anthology Juicy Mother 2, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards, edited by Jennifer Camper.

She received her MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University, New York, in 2002.

[edit] Selected Exhibitions

2007

"Contradictions and Complexities", d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, California

Upon Her Precipice, Thomas Erben, New York

Haas & Fischer, Zurich, Switzerland

Contemporary Indian Art Between Continuity and Transformation, Spazio Oberdan, Milan

Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves, ZKM Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany

2006

Deuces ex Machina, Market Gallery, Glasgow

Ex-otica, Vitaminarte, Turin, Italy

Papering, Deutsche Bank, New York

2005

1 x 1, Artist Commissions, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey

The Gift: Building a Collection, Queens Museum of Art, New York

739 feet running wall, Gwangju Contemporary Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea

2004

East of the Sun West of the Moon, White Columns, New York

2002

Charlie, PS 1, New York

2001

Myth/Making: Contemporary Constructions, UFMG CentroCultural, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ken Pratt (May 2008). "Chitra Ganesh - Breathing between the lines". Wound Magazine 1 (3): 278. ISSN 1755-800X. 
  2. ^ Chitra Ganesh. Indo-American Arts Council (2002). Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  3. ^ James Gillispie. Queer Arts - Chitra Ganesh. NY Arts Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.

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