Walsh Gallery

Reena Saini Kallat

1973
  • Born in Delhi, India
1991-1996
  • B.F.A.[painting], Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai

Solo Exhibitions

2009
  • Drift, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan
2008
  • Subject to Change without Notice, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
  • Site of Seasons, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
2006
  • Rainbow Of Refuse, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai and Singapore
2005
  • Black Flute (And Other Stories), Nature Morte, New Delhi *
2004
  • Black Flute, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai *
2002
  • The Battlefield Is The Mind, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore *
  • Seven Faces of Dust, Chicago Radio, Mumbai
2000
  • Skin, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai and Art Inc. Gallery, New Delhi *
  • Orchard of Home-grown secrets, Gallery Chemould and Pundole Art gallery, Mumbai *

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
  • In the Mood for Paper, F2 Gallery, Beijing
  • My Little India, Marella Gallery, Beijing
  • Low Blow: And Other Species of Confusion, Stux gallery, New York
  • INDIA XIANZAI: Contemporary Indian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai 
  • Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea and Essl Museum, Vienna 
  • Ventosul Biennale, Curitiba, Brazil
  • Passage to India Part II show at Initial Access, Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton, UK
  • Milan Galleria, curated by Georgio Verzotti, Triennale Museum, Milan 
  • View Points and Viewing points - 2009 Asian Art Biennale, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art
  • Spectrum: Indian Art at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Urban Manners 2, Contemporary Artists from India, curated by Adelina Von Furstenberg in collaboration with Peter Nagy, at SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo, Brazil 
  • The Empire Strikes Back, Saatchi Gallery, London  
  • Never Run Away, curated by Shaheen Merali, Stux Gallery, New York   
     

2008
  • Excavation: Memory / Myth / Membrane, Museum Gallery, Mumbai
  • Amazing, curated by Anupa Mehta for Harsh Goenka/RPG Academy of Art and Culture at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai  
  • Three Points of view, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinrucke, Mumbai  
  • Fire Walkers, Stefan Stux gallery, New York
  • Everywhere is War (And Rumours of it), Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai 
  • TEAF (Taehwagang Eco Art Festival) - Dream River, Korea   
  • 3rd Nanjing Triennale, curators: Fumihiko Sumitomo, Jaeyoung Kang, China
  • India Moderna, curator: Juan Guardiola, Casa Asia, IVAM organized by Museum, Valencia, Spain 
  •  Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, Mori Art Museum, Japan 
  • Body Chatter, Walsh Gallery, Chicago                
  • Indian Narratives in the 21st Century: Between Memory and History, Casa Asia, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain     
2007
  • International Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Korea
  • Soft Power: Asian Attitude, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
  • Urban Manners, curated by Adelina Von Furstenberg, at Hangar Bicocca , Milan
  • Indian Art Now, curated by Daniela Palozzoli; Spazio Oberdan, Milan
  • FIAC Art Fair, Paris
  • New Narratives: Contemporary Art From India, curated by Betty Seid, Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago
  • Thermocline Of Art- New Asian Waves, curated by Wonil Rhee and Peter Weibel at ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Indian Colour, Keumsan Gallery, Heyri, Korea
  • Gulf Art Fair, Dubai
2006
  • Modern Indian Works On Paper, Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia and the Georgia Museum of Art, USA
  • Lille 3000 ( Maximum City-Mumbai), Lille, France
  • Hungry God- Indian Contemporary Art, curated by Yun Chaegab and June Gwak, Arario Gallery, Beijing and Busan MoMA
  • India Express – Art and Popular Culture, Art Museum Tennispalace, curators: Tuija Kuutti and Pusa, organized by the Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
2005
  • Mom and Pop Art, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
  • Span, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
  • Indian Paintings of the New Millenium, curated by Helen Asquine Fazio at Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery at Fairfield University, USA
2004
  • Contemporary Art from India, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
  • 50 x 30, The Oberoi and Montage Arts, New Delhi *
  • Urban Quilt, part of the exhibition ‘Ideas and Images’, NGMA, Mumbai
  • Devotional Breach, curated by Peter Nagy, Sumukha, Bangalor
  • Art and Poetry, Harvest 2004, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi *
  • A Tribute to Bhupen Khakkar, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai *
  • Zoom! Art in Contemporary India. Curators: Nancy Adajania and Luis
  • Serpa, The Culturgest Museum, Lisbon, Portugal *
  • Generation i, presented by Guild Art Gallery & Saffronart Gallery, Mumbai*
  • Bombay x 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin *
2003
  • Interlude in Srilanka, Guild Art gallery, Mumbai *
  • Crossing generations: diVERGE, Gallery Chemould’s 40th anniversary, Curators: Geeta Kapoor and Chaitanya Sambrani, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai *
  • Highlights, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai *
  • Hard Copy, two-person show with Jitish Kallat, Gallery 88, Calcutta *
  • Tiranga, curator: Peter Nagy, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, *
  • RAIN, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai *
  • Elephant Walks, Youth Arts Project in collaboration with Jitish Kallat as part of Indians + Cowboys exhibition, Curators: Aaron Seetu and Ruth Watson Gallery 4A, Sydney *
  • Art for Art/ Switzerland meets India, Kala Ghoda festival, Mumbai *
  • The Tree From The Seed, Contemporary Art from India, curator: Gavin Jantjes
  • Henie Onstad Kultursenter (Oslo), Norway *
2002
  • Words and Images, presented by Guild Art Gallery, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai *
  • Creative Space, presented by Sakshi Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi *
  • Crosscurrents, organized by Artworks for the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • The New Paradigms, presented by Gallery Threshold, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi *
  • Reclaim Our Freedom, organized by Open Circle, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • Exhibition for Gujarat Relief Fund organized by Sahmat, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
  • Crossing Borders, Gallery Windkracht 13, Den Helder, Holland
2001
  • Through the Eyes of an Akanksha Child, auctioned by Christies at Indigo, exhibition at the Coomaraswamy Hall, Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai
  • Against the Tide, an exhibition on the occasion of ‘The International Fortnight
  • Protesting Violence against Women’, organized by Swayam, Calcutta.
  • National Exhibition Of Art, organized by The Lalit Kala Academy, Bangalore *
  • Big River 2, CCA7 Gallery, Port Of Spain, Trinidad *
  • AOM- Art on the move, organized by Sahmat, New Delhi *
  • Another Look at… organized by Gallery Chemould, Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai
2000
  • Extreme Gourmet, organized by Lakeeren Gallery, at Indigo restaurant, Mumbai
  • The Mumbai Metaphor, curated by Anupa Mehta, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai *
  • Tea, three person show with Janine Raza, Kim Leong at the Apollo Apparao Gallery, Mumbai
  • The Miniature format show, Sans Tache Gallery, Mumbai *
1999
  • Art for Charity, organized by Art Inc., Oberoi International, New Delhi
  • Legatee-The J.J.School of Art, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai *
  • Young Artists, represented Gallery Chemould, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
  • Wall Paper, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
  • Edge of the Century, curated by Amit Mukhopadhyay, Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi *
  • Women for Wise, an auction by 50 women artists, organized by Christies, New Delhi *
1998
  • Essays in Time, Kinetic Sculptures, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1997
  • The Miniature Format Show, Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai *
  • India in Harmony 1947-1997, Nehru Centre, Mumbai *
  • A Page From My Diary, Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai *
  • Fresh Work, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
1996
  • Monsoon Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • Varsha'95, Y.B.Chavan Gallery, Mumbai

* exhibition catalogue published

Awards

2005
  • Harmony Award
1996
  • Bombay Art Society Merit Certificate.
  • Second Prize Government Award, Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai First Prize, State Art Exhibition.

Gladstone Solomon Award.

Merit Scholarship, Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai

Selected Workshops and Residencies

2009
  • Vanishing Point, children's project at the Celebrate Bandra Festival, Mumbai     
2007
  • Collaborative workshop as part of the exhibition Aftershock at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
2003
  • Collaborated on a Billboard project with Jitish Kallat, funded by the Swiss Council, Kala Ghoda Art District, Mumbai
2003
  • Elephant Walks, Youth Arts Project at the Casula Power House Arts Centre, Liverpool, Australia
2002
  • Convivium, organized by Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, in Srilanka
  • Khoj 2002, international artists workshop, Mysore, India
  • Identity and Landscape, residency in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec at the Boreal Art/Nature Centre, Canada.
2001
  • Big River 2, international artists workshop organized by CCA7 and the Triangle Arts Trust at Grand Riviere, Trinidad, West Indies.

The artist lives and works in Mumbai.