Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | March 2008

231 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 Select Teaching and 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 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 Moore University, U.K. 2003 Lecturer on India Art, Bose Pacia, New York, U.S.A. 2004 Invited, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan 2004 Lecture on Indian Art, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan 2004 Conducted workshop with school children “myself and the other” Tagawa Museum, Tagawa, Japan 2007 Member, Governing Council, Nalanda International Schools, Baroda Select 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 REKHA RODWITTIYA b. 31 October 1958 Bangalore, Karnataka 1992 Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore 1992 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 (22 October – 4 November) My Body – My Land, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore 1998 Evocations, Studio Barbieri, Venice, Italy 1999 Time Zones: Home and Away, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay (18 March– 5 April) 2000 Art Amsterdam, Gallery FIA, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2001 Subtexts, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore 2003 Bye Bye Baby!, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay (22 February–12 March) 2005 Encrypted Soliloquies, Singapore 2006 Once upon a time..., Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi (12 – 19 October) 2007 Second Skin, London Select Awards and 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 1990 Asian Cultural Council, Rockerfeller Foundation Starr Fellowship to work in New York for six months 1994 Junior Fellowship, Ministry of Culture and Human Resources, Government of India Select Collections ❖ Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, Worcester (U.S.A.) ❖ Deutsche Bank, Mumbai ❖ Masanori Fukuoka and Glenbarra Museum, Hemeji (Japan) ❖ Osian’s Archive and Library Collection