Reena Saini Kallat

Reena Saini Kallat
Born 1973
New Delhi, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art
Known for Visual arts, installation art, Contemporary Art
Website
http://www.reenakallat.com

Reena Saini Kallat (born 1973, Delhi, India) is an Indian visual artist. She currently lives and works in Mumbai.[1]

Early life

Reena Saini was born in New Delhi, India in 1973.[2] In 1996, she graduated from the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art, Mumbai with a B.F.A. in painting.[1] While at school, Kallat was the recipient of a Merit Scholarship. She is married to fellow artist Jitish Kallat.[3]

Career

Her practice – spanning painting, photography, video, sculpture and installation, often incorporates multiple mediums into a single work. She frequently works with officially recorded or registered names of people, objects, and monuments that are lost or have disappeared without a trace, only to get listed as anonymous and forgotten statistics. For instance, her work Falling Fables, which was exhibited at the maximum India exhibition at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, explores the architectural ruins of Delhi.[4] One of the recurrent motifs in her work is the rubber stamp, used as an object and an imprint, signifying the bureaucratic apparatus, which both confirms and obscures identities.[5]

Select solo exhibitions

Select group exhibitions

Artist residencies

In 2002 Kallat was an artist-in-residence in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec at the Boreal Art and Nature Centre in Canada.[1] In 2011, the artist was awarded an IASPIS residency to work and study in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1]

Art market

Reena Kallat is represented by Nature Morte and Gallery Chemould.[15]

Awards

Kallat has been the recipient of a number of awards, including:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 "Biography of Reena Kallat", Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. "Reena Saini Kallat", Art Info, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. Rangachari Shah, Gayatri. "Couples Fuel India's Vibrant Art Scene", The New York Times, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. "Reena Saini Kallat: Falling Fables", Kennedy Center, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. Adajania, Nancy. "Signs of Resistance", The Hindu, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 "Reena Saini Kallat - Artist's Profile", Saatchi Gallery, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  7. "Indian painting exhibition to open at Fairfield University", Fairfield University, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  8. "Mom and Pop", Walsh Gallery, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  9. "Chalo! India: About the exhibition", Mori Art Museum, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  10. "India Xianzi: Contemporary Indian Art at MoCA Shanghai", Art Culture, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  11. "Reena Saini Kallat: Vancouver Biennale", Vancouver Biennale, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  12. "Pandemonium: Art in a Time of Creativity Fever", e-flux, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  13. "Artists - Maximum India", Kennedy Center, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  14. "India: Art Now is the biggest exhibition in Danish art museum Arken's History", Art Daily, Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  15. http://www.gallerychemould.com/index.html

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