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Raghava KK is a self-taught artist, born in Bangalore, India in 1980. His work has spanned genres as widely disparate as painting, sculpture, installation, film, performance, and even his own wedding. He started his career in 1997, originally as a cartoonist with Indian national dailies, and over the next 10 years, would reinvent himself to use several different mediums. Raghava’s works have been auctioned by the Queens Museum and Christie’s NY (in an auction curated by the Indo American Arts Council). He has been extensively featured by the Indian and international media and supported and endorsed by numerous celebrities and significant figures in the international art scene. Recipient of grants such as one from the Robin Hood Foundation to create a permanent exhibition of his works in the Bronx, New York and another from the American India Foundation to premier his performance art piece Anthropomorphism in California, Raghava was most recently invited as a guest by the city of Nimes, France to exhibit his works at the Carre d’Art Musee d’Art Contemporain. He has lectured and taught at several art institutes, including the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (Nimes, France) and the New Hampshire Institute of Art (Manchester, NH, USA). He lives and works both in the US and India. EXHIBITIONS Raghava KK, b. 1980 Significant Solo Exhibitions 2010-January-Ashvita Art Gallery- Chennai, India 2009-December-Art Musings-'Brooklyn Bound R Train'- Mumbai, India 2009-July-Skotia Gallery-'The Issues of Chronic Abstraction'- Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA 2008-September-Art Musings-Mumbai, India 2007-December-Gallery Art Chamber-Goa, India 2007-October-Carre d’Art: Musee d’Art Contemporain-Nimes, France 2007-October-Gallery 27/Visual Art UK-London, England, UK 2007-March-Crimson Art Gallery-“Venice Suite’-Bangalore, India 2006-March-ARTANA Gallery-- Boston, USA 2005-November-Time and Space Art Gallery-Bangalore, India 2004-December-‘Atypical Attiudes’-Ashvita Gallery-Chennai, India 2004- June- The Gallery at the Courtyard (Ashish Balram Nagpal Gallery)- Mumbai, India Significant Group Exhibitions 2009-India Art Summit-New Delhi, India 2009-‘Goddess’-Under Minerva Gallery-New York, USA 2009-‘Purdah’-EnGendered-New York, New York, USA 2008-Gallery Art Positive-New Delhi, India 2008-Pardah-EnGendered-Lincoln Center-New York, New York, USA 2007-December-Art in Step-Gallerie Ganesha and Habitat Centre-New Delhi, India 2007-March-Mahua Art Gallery-Bangalore, India 2007-January-‘Young Masters’-Gallery Art Chamber, Galeria de Belas Artes-Goa, India 2006-August-‘1001 Art Money’--Øksnehallen Gallery-Copenhagen, Denmark 2006-April-‘Spectra’--Gallery Katayun-Calcutta, India 2003- November- Peter Louis Arts- Chicago, USA 2002- Peck Gallery- Providence, RI, USA 2000- Gallery Zen- Bangalore, India Significant Art Auctions 2008-Indian Art Auction-Bid and Hammer Auction House-Bangalore, India 2004 Lincoln Center, NY, USA-conducted by Christie’s, curated by IAAC 2004 ‘Summer Gala Auction’- Queens Museum- Queens, NY, USA Performance Art Shows 2007 Nimes, France-collaboration with flamenco singer Pepe Linares 2005 San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA, USA-‘Anthropomorphism: When Paintings Dance’ Significant Lectures and Talks 2007 Ecole des Beaux-Arts-Nimes, France 2006 New Hampshire Institute of Art-Manchester, New Hampshire, USA 2006 Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen University-Copenhagen, Denmark 2006 ‘Changing Perspectives’-presented paper on the pedagogy of art-Stella Maris College-Chennai, India 2004 Arts India West Gallery- Palo Alto, CA, USA 1998 Habitat Center- New Delhi, India Significant Collaborative Projects 2007-London Fashion Week-Ravage Bricolage-collaboration with designers (Ravage) to create art-inspired fashion line 2006- In the Moment--Collaborative dance, music, acting, painting with artists from Italy, France, Germany, Australia, USA, Switzerland, India-Time and Space Art Gallery-Bangalore, India 2005 Created sand installation with artist Andres Amador-San Francisco, CA, USA 2003 Created mural with artist Farid Belkahia-Bouznika, Morocco |
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