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Nicola Durvasula

 

Born, Jersey, United Kingdom
Lived in India 1992 to 2002
Currently lives and works in Walmer, England

 

Education:

2004
Kent Institute of Art and Design, Kent, MA Fine Art

1993  
Institute National des Langes et Civilisations Orientales, Paris,
Diplome Unilingue de Langue et Civilisations Orientales

1984  
Ecole des Beaux Arts du Havre, Le Havre,
Diplome National Superieur d"Expression Plastique

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2011
Blame it on the sun, Rachmaninoff's, London

2008
Nicola Durvasula, Rachmaninoff's, London
Life is but a dream, Part vii, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

2007
Static lines and where they take you, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York

2006
Rachmaninoff’s, London

2004
Galerie Rue Montgrand, E.S.B.A.M., Marseille

2004
Nature Morte, New Delhi

2002                 
Indian Rope Trick
, Centre 19, Montbeliard, France

2000
Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

 

Group Exhibitions:

2011                    
Fabular Bodies: New Narratives in the Art of the Miniature,
Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai, curated by Gayatri Sinha (forthcoming)
Watercolour, Tate Britain, London (catalogue)

2010                                                                                                                                                                                  
Les Printemps des Poetes
, Salon de Lecture, Musee de Quai Branly, Paris

2009
Progressive to Altermodern, Grosvenor Gallery, London
Fabula Graphica, Grandes Galeries de l'Aitre Saint-Maclou, Rouen,

2008
Where in the World, Devi Art Foundation, New Dehli (catalogue)
CK Rajan, Nicola Durvasula, Reena Saini Kallat, Galerie Mirchandani
 + Steinruecke, Mumbai (catalogue)
Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Baumwollspinnerei Factory, Leipzig

2007
the acceptance world, Rachmaninoff’s, London
House of Mirrors, Grosvenor Vadehra, London (catalogue)
Salon 2007: New British Painting and Works on Paper, 319 Portobello Rd, London

2006
Nicola Durvasula, Chitra Ganesh, Tejal Shah, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York

2005
Nicola Durvasula, Immo Klink, Rachmaninoff’s, London

2004
Subtlety-Minimally, Sakshi Gallery, New Delhi

2003
Enchanting the Icon, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore

2001
The Human Factor, The Guild, Mumbai

1999
Of, based on or obtained by tradition, Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi
Boundlessly various and everything simultaneously, Bose Pacia Modern, New York

1998 
Nicola Durvasula and C.K. Rajan, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore

1997
Inter(RE)ferences, Grande Galerie, Rouen

 

Catalogues/publications:

2011
Stout, Katharine, ‘Watercolour’, Tate Publishing, pp173, 181, ill. 181

2009
Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2009-2010

2008
‘Where in the World’, Devi Art Foundation, New Dehli
Watson, Grant, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumba

2007
House of Mirrors
, Grosvenor Vadehra, 2007

2002
Indian Rope Trick
, Centre régional d’art contemporain, Montbellard

2000
Nicola Durvasula, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

 

Articles:

2011
Hughes, Kathryn, 'Watercolour at Tate Britain', Guardian, Guardian review, p 16, 5 Feb
guardian.com Feb 5

2008    
‘Jumabhoy, Zehra, Nicola Durvasula’, Artasiapacific, Issue 59
‘Nicola Durvasula’ (interview), Time Out Mumbai, March 7-20

2007
Baker, R.C., Village Voice, April 4-10

2002
Whiles, Virginia and Sinha, Gayatri, New Dehli, Contemporary

 

Public collections:

Devi Art Foundation, New Dehli

 

 

 

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