Osian's Auction Catalogue Masterpieces and Museum-Quality III | March 2004

221 BIOGRAPHIES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES REKHA RODWITTIYA b. 31 October 1958, Bangalore, Karnataka Education 1976-81 B.F.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda 1978-81 Studied and practiced photography under the guidance of Prof. Jyoti Bhatt 1982-3 Studied Film and Video, Fulham Institute, London 1982-4 M.A. (Painting), Royal College of Art, London 1982-3 Film & Video Course, Fulham Institute, London Teaching & Infrastructure-building Activities 1987 Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda Co-ordinator, Festival of India, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland Co-ordinated the Feminist Workshop at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda 1988 Organised the exhibition ‘Three Young Painters’, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad 1988-9 Visiting Faculty and Artist-in- Residence, Kunsthogskolan Art College (by invitation Svenska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden) 1989 Invited by Xal Praxis to conduct a painters camp at Goa 1991 International Artist-in-Residence for two months, The Magasin, Centre National D’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France 1992 Curated the exhibition ‘Four Young Contemporaries’, Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay and Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore Guest Faculty and Artist-in-Residence, Sarojini Naidu College of Communication, Fine Arts and Performing Arts, University of Hyderabad 1993 Curated the exhibition ‘The Drawn Image’, Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1995 Worked on site specific location for World Art Exhibition, ‘Dialogues of Peace’ constructing a painted room titled ‘Songs from the blood of the weary’, Geneva, Switzerland 1997 Curated the exhibition, ‘The Printed Image’, Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1997-8 Advisor, Art and Culture, Central Lalit Kala Committee, Government of India, New Delhi 1998 Co-curated the exhibition, ‘Cross Currents’ with Jennifer Lloyd, Norway 1999 International residency programme, Noosa Regional Council, Australia 2000 Transcultural Drawing Residency (C.A.I.R. Fellowship), Liverpool Art College, John Moores University, U.K. Solo Exhibitions 1982 Urja Art Gallery, Baroda 1985 Art Heritage, New Delhi Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1986 Sarala Art Centre, Madras Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1987 Art Heritage, New Delhi 1988 Gallery Sassi, Stockholm, Sweden 1989 Art Heritage, New Delhi 1990 Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1991 Sakshi Gallery, Madras 1992 Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore Seagull for Arts, Calcutta 1993 Art Heritage, New Delhi Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay (17 March– 3 April 1993) 1994 Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore 1996 In Shades of Red, Sakshi, Gallery, Bombay. 1997 Borders/Territories, Apparao Galleries at Gallery 678, New York My Body – My Land, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore 1998 Evocations, Studio Barbieri, Venice, Italy 1999 Time Zones: Home & Away, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay 2000 Art Amsterdam, Gallery FIA, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2001 Subtexts, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore 2003 Bye Bye Baby!, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay (22 February–12 March) Awards & Honours 1982 Inlaks Scholarship to study painting at the Royal College of Art, London 1984 Unilever Painting Award, Royal College of Art, London Distinction for thesis titled A Painful Journey 1988-9 Invited as guest Artist to the Kunsthogskolan by the Svenska Institute, Sweden 1990 Asian Cultural Council, Rockerfeller Foundation Starr Fellowship to work in New York for six months 1991 Invited as Artist-in-Residence to the Magasin Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France 1994 Junior Fellowship, Ministry of Culture & Human Resources, Government of India Select Collections Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, Worcester [U.S.A.] Deutsche Bank, Mumbai Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art Archive Masanori Fukuoka & Glenbarra Museum, Hemeji [Japan] Select Bibliography Books Mitter, Partha. Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994. (pp.232 –3) Sheikh, Gulam m. (Ed.). Contemporary Art in Baroda . New Delhi: Tulika 1997. [Research & Documentation: Belinder Dhanoa. Contributors: G.m. Sheikh, N. Sheikh, A. Sinha & A. Rajadhyaksha] (pp.224, 228, 254, 260, 261 & 273) Tuli, Neville. The Flamed-Mosaic: Indian Contemporary Painting . New Delhi: HEART–Mapin 1997. [Inted. Harry Abrams, NY 1998.] (pp.180 & 277-8) Vadehra Art Gallery. Indian Contemporary Art Post-Independence . New Delhi: 1997. [Essays by Y. Dalmia, E. Datta, C. Sambrani, M. Jakimowicz-Karle & S. Datta.] (pp.55, 248 & 249) Khanna, Balraj & Aziz Kurtha . Art Of Modern India . London: Thames and Hudson 1998. (pp.17, 25, 38, 117, 118 & 138) Mehta, Anupa (Ed.). A Collector’s Eye: The Jehangir Nicholson Collection – Selected Works . Bombay: 1998. (pp.70 & 95) Kapur, Geeta. When Was Modernism . New Delhi: Tulika 2000. (pp.314 & 397) Mitter, Partha. Indian Art . Oxford: Oxford University Press 2001. (p.232–3) Sinha, Gayatri (Ed.). Indian Art: An Overview . New Delhi: Rupa & Co 2003. [Essays by Dr. Shivaji K. Panikkar, Prof. Jyoti Bhatt, Ranjit Hoskote & Roobina Karode] (p.124, 164, 207, 209 & 229) Journals & Essays ‘Rekha Rodwittiya: Metaphorical Bridges’ in AHJ 6 1989–90 . New Delhi. (pp.17–23) Francia Peter De. ‘Rekha Rodwittiya’ in AHJ 4 Season 1984–5 . New Delhi. (p.17)