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.

Selected exhibitions

Charlie, 2002, MoMA PS1, New York
East of the Sun West of the Moon, 2004, White Columns, New York
1 x 1, 2005, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey
The Gift: Building a Collection, 2005, Queens Museum of Art, New York
739 feet running wall, 2005, Gwangju Contemporary Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea
Contradictions and Complexities, 2008, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, California^[4]
"The Strangling Power of Dust and Stars", 2011, Gallery Nature Morte, Berlin.

↑ Ken Pratt (May 2008). "Chitra Ganesh - Breathing between the lines". Wound Magazine (London) 1 (3): 278. ISSN 1755-800X.
↑ "Chitra Ganesh". Indo-American Arts Council. 2002. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
↑ James Gillispie. "Queer Arts - Chitra Ganesh". NY Arts Magazine. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
↑ Shana Ting Lipton (19 June 2008). "'Contradictions and Complexities: Contemporary Art From India' at d.e.n. and Western Project". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-07-23.

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