Walsh Gallery

Jitish Kallat

 

1974
  • Born in Mumbai
1990-96
  • B.F.A. (painting), Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai
1996-97
  • Fellow at the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai

Solo Exhibitions

2010
  • Public Notice 3, Art Institute of Chicago, USA
  • The Astronomy of the Subway, Haunch of Venison, London
  • The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
  • URBAN MANNERS 2, at SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo
2008
  • Universal Recipient, Haunch of Venison, Zurich
2007
  • Sweatopia, Drawings,Paintings,Sculptures,Photographs 2005-07, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai

  • Unclaimed Baggage, Albion, London

  • Rickshawpolis-3, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney

  • 365 Lives, Arario Beijing

  • Best of Artists, ShContemporary, Shanghai

2006
  • Rickshawpolis-2, Spazio Piazzasempione, 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

2003
  • "FAQ", Art Rotterdam, represented by Willem Baars Art Consultancy, Holland
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 *
1999
  • "Private limited-II", Apparao Gallery, Chennai
1998
  • "Apostrophe", India Habitat Centre, New Delhi *
1997
  • "P.T.O.", Gallery Chemould, Prithvi Gallery and The Garret, Mumbai *

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010
  • The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, Saatchi Gallery, London
  • URBAN MANNERS 2, SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo
2009
  • Mythologies, Haunch of Venison London, London
2008
  • Passage to India, Initial Access Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton
2007
  • Urban Manners, Curator: Adelina Von Furstenberg, Hangar Bicocca, Milan
  • INDIA NOW: Contemporary Indian Art Between Continuity and Transformation, Provincia di Milano, Milan
  • Thermocline Of Art- New Asian Waves, ZKM Museum, Karlsruhe
  • Best of Artists, ShContemporary, Shanghai
  • Hungry God, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  • Aftershock, Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, Norwich
  • Horn Please, KunstMuseum, Bern
  • New Narratives: Contemporary Art From India, Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago
  • Soft Power, Curator: Shen Qibin, Binghui Huangfu and Biljana Ciric, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
  • Mad Love - Young Art in Danish Private Collections, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen
  • FIAC, Paris, France. Represented by Albion, London, UK
2006
  • The 5th Asia Pacific Tirennale of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane, Australia
  • Passages, Palais De Beaux Arts, Brussels
  • The 6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
  • Hungry God: Indian Contemporary Art, Arario Gallery, Beijing and the Busan Museum, Korea
  • Made by Indians: L’Art a La Plage, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Ramatuelle, France
  • Another Worlds, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
2005
  • International Painting, Gallery GBK, Sydney
  • Mom and Pop Art, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
  • Paths of Progression, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
  • The Artist Lives and Works in Baroda/Bombay/Calcutta/Mysore/Rotterdam/Trivandrum, House of World Culture, Berlin
  • Indian Summer, Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
2004
  • "Art Chicago", Presented by Walsh Gallery, Chicago
  • "Masala", William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut, Curator: Kathryn Myers *
  • "Zoom! Art in Contemporary India", Culturgest Museum, Lisbon, Curators: Nancy Adajania and Luis Serpa *
2003
  • "subTerrain: artists dig the contemporary", Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin Curator: Geeta Kapur *
  • "Drawing Conclusions", International exhibitions of artist-writers, New York Arts Gallery, Curators: Jill Conner, Gae Savannah
2003
  • "Pictorial Transformations", National Art Gallery, Malaysia
  • "Urban Graffiti", Woolff Gallery, London
  • "Crossing generations: diVERGE", Gallery Chemould"s 40th anniversary, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, Curators: Geeta Kapoor and Chaitanya Sambrani *
  • "Highlights", Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • "Hard Copy", a two-person show with Reena Saini Kallat, Gallery 88, Calcutta *
  • "Tiranga", curated by Peter Nagy, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
  • "Rain", Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai *
  • "Indians+Cowboys", Gallery 4a, Sydney, Curators: Aaron Seeto, Ruth Watson *
  • "The Tree from the Seed", Henie Onstad Kultursenter, Hovikodden, Norway, Curator: Gavin Jantjes *
  • "Arco 2003", Madrid, Spain
  • "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 *
  • "Glue", Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore Curator: Peter Nagy
  • "India- Contemporary Art from Northeastern Private Collection", Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey *
  • "Perspectiva", Organised by Gallery 88, Rossi and Rossi Gallery,London, Curator: Arun Ghosh *
  • "Singapore Art Fair"
  • "Clicking into Place", Organised by Japan Foundation at the Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, Curator: Ranjit Hoskote *
2001
  • "Century City", Tate Modern, London, Curators: Geeta Kapur & Ashish Rajadhyaksha *
  • "Indian Painting", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Curator: Haema Sivanesan
  • "Indian Contemporary Fine Arts", presented by Saffronarts.com, Seven Degrees, California, USA *
  • "Finding the margins at the Center", presented by Apparao Galleries, IGNCA, New Delhi
  • "Seventh Havana Biennial", Havana, Cuba, Curator: Hilda Maria Rodriguez *
2000-'99-'98
  • "Kunstrai", International Art Fair, Represented by Willem Baars Gallery, Amsterdam
2000
  • "Family Resemblances", Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai, Curator: Ranjit Hoskote *
  • "Intersections", Guild Art Gallery, Artists Centre, Mumbai, Curator: Ranjit Hoskote *
1999
  • "Embarkations", Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, Curator:Yashodhara Dalmia *
  • "Young Artists", National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
  • "The First Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale", Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan, Curator: Kuroda Raiji *
  • Nature Morte, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, Australia, Curator: Peter Nagy
  • Beaux Arts magazine's international exhibition "Art of the World 1998", Paris
  • "Multi Media Art of 90's", CIMA Gallery, Calcutta *
  • "Jehangir Nicholson Collection", National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
  • "The Wilberding Collection", National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
  • "SPIN", Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
  • "Indian Contemporary Art", The R.P.G. collection, Leverkusen and Monheim, Germany *
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

* exhibition catalogues published

Awards and Honours

2003
  • Provogue-Society "Young Achiever Award"
2002
  • Harmony Award
2001
  • Indo-American Society's "Young Achiever Award"
2001
  • Sanskriti Award
1996-97
  • Awarded Fellowship at Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai
1996
  • K.K. Hebbar Art Foundation Award
1996
  • Govt. First Prize, Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai

Selected Workshops and Collective Work

Collaborated on a billboard with Reena Kallat in the Kala Ghoda Art District

2002
  • "Elephant Walks", Casula Arts Centre, NSW, Australia Workshop for children in collaboration with Reena Kallat
2002
  • "Triangle Artists' Workshop", Brooklyn, New York
2002
  • "Boreal Art/ Nature Center" Laurentian Forests, Quebec, Canada
2001
  • "Khoj", International Artists' Workshop, Part of the larger network of Triangle Artists Workshop, Modinagar

The artist lives and works in Mumbai.