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

245 Education 1974-9 Diploma in Painting, College of Arts and Craft, Madras 1979- 80 Advanced Certificate in Painting, Croydon School of Art and Design, U.K. Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1988 Research Grant, Central Lalit Kala Akademi 1989 Fellowship, Ministry of Culture 1996 Charles Wallace grant to work at Gaswork Studios, London Artist-in-Residence, Cite Internationales des Arts, Paris 1998 Artist-in-Residence, Kenya Commissioned for beaten copper mural and silk-screen prints, Hotel Srilekha Intercontinental, Chennai Commissioned for Mural, Chaitanya Centre, Chennai Commissioned for Mural, Hotel Ramada, Chennai Select Solo Exhibitions 1984 Prints, Woodstock Gallery, London 1987 Paintings and Drawings, Sakshi Gallery, Madras (5–11 October) 1990 Paintings, Sakshi Gallery, Madras (24–31 July) Paintings, Grindlays Art Gallery, Madras (24–31 July) 1991 Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad 1992 Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore 1994 Sakshi Gallery, Madras Sakshi Gallery, Bombay 1995 Alliance Francaise, Madras Alliance Francaise, Pondicherry 1996 Cite’ Internationale des Arts, Paris 1998 Recent Works 1996-98, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (29 September–17 October) 2001 Secret Life, Art Inc. Gallery, New Delhi Secret Life, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore Select Awards and Honours 1989-91 Fellowship for outstanding artists in the field of Plastic Arts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India Select Collections ❖ Central Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi ❖ Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad ❖ Government Museum, Chennai ❖ National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi ❖ Osian’s Archive and Library Collection ❖ Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai ❖ Tamilnadu Ovium Nunkalai Kuzhu, Chennai ❖ XAL Praxis Foundation, Mumbai ❖ CCMB, Hyderbad VASUDHA THOZHUR b. 14 October 1956 Mysore, Karnataka Education 1991-5 B.F.A (Painting) Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda 1995-7 M.F.A (Printmaking) Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda Select Solo Exhibitions 2001 Sweet - Sweat Memories, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai 2003 Dream a Wish, Wish a Dream’, an Installation for Grand Hyatt, Mumbai 2003 Made in China, a collaborative installation with Chintan Upadhyay, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai 2004 Made in China, a collaborative installation with Chintan Upadhyay, Viart Gallery, Delhi 2004 Underneath, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai 2007 Glass House, Grosvenor Vedhera, London (U.K.) Select Awards and Honours 1996-98 National Scholarship, Ministry of Human Resources, Govt. of India, Delhi 1996 Commendation Certificate 10th All India Art South Zone Cultural Center, Nagpur 1997 Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi Annual Award, Ahmedabad 2001 Awarded the 10th International Triennale-india, Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Art), Delhi HEMA UPADHYAY b. 18 May 1972 Baroda, Gujarat