Chitra Ganesh

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

2011

• "The Strangling Power of Dust and Stars" June 11 - July 30, 2011, Gallery Nature Morte, Berlin.

2008

• Contradictions and Complexities, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, California^[4]

2007

• Upon Her Precipice, (solo exhibition), Thomas Erben Gallery, New York^[5]
• 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

References

1. ^ Ken Pratt (May 2008). "Chitra Ganesh - Breathing between the lines". Wound Magazine (London) 1 (3): 278. ISSN 1755-800X. 
2. ^ "Chitra Ganesh". Indo-American Arts Council. 2002. http://www.iaac.us/art_exhibition/chitra_ganesh/bio.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 
3. ^ James Gillispie. "Queer Arts - Chitra Ganesh". NY Arts Magazine. http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6072&Itemid=23. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 
4. ^ Shana Ting Lipton (19 June 2008). "'Contradictions and Complexities: Contemporary Art From India' at d.e.n. and Western Project". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/theguide/la-gd-art19-2008jun19,0,3043577.story. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
5. ^ "Upon Her Precipice, May 3, 2007- June 9, 2007". chelseaartgalleries.com. 2007. http://chelseaartgalleries.com/Thomas+Erben+Gallery/Upon+Her+Precipice.html. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 

External links

• Chitra Ganesh at Gallery Nature Morte
• Chitra Ganesh at The Arts Trust
• Review of work Online Magazine
• Chitra Ganesh at Wavehill.org
• Further information, texts and images from the Saatchi Gallery
• Chitra Ganesh on ArtNet.com
• Chitra Ganesh at Haas & Fischer

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