Bharti Kher
Born in 1969 London, England
The Artist Lives and Works in New Delhi
Education: 1988-91 Foundation Course in Art & Design Newcastle Polytechnic
1987-88 Middlesex Polytechnic, Cat Hill, London
BA Honours, Fine Art, Painting
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Gallery Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
“Leave your smell”- Gallery Perrotin, Paris
2010
"Inevitable Undeniable Necessary"- Hauser & Wirth, London
2008
"Virus"- Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, England
"Sing to them that will listen"- Gallery Emmanuel Perrotin, France
2007
"An Absence of Assignable Cause"- Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Nature Morte, New Delhi
2006
"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup”-Gallery 88, Mumbai
Ske Gallery, Bangalore
2004
"Quasi-, mim-, ne-, near-, semi-, -ish, -like"- Gallery Ske, Bangalore
"Hungry Dogs Eat Dirty Pudding"- Nature Morte, New Delhi
2001
"The Private Softness of Skin"- Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2000
"The Private Softness of Skin"- Bose Pacia, New York
Nature Morte, New Delhi
1999
"Telling Tails"- Gallery F.I.A, Amsterdam
1997
Gallery F.I.A, Amsterdam
1995
Art Heritage, New Delhi
1993
AIFACS, New Delhi
Group Exhibitions
2011
“Maximum India”- Kennedy Centre, Washington DC
“Seduction by Masquerade”- Nature Morte, New Delhi
2010
"Indian Highway"- Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmark
"Facing East”- Manchester Art Gallery, England
"Lebenszeichen. Altes Wissen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst / Signs of Life. Ancient Knowledge in Contemporary Art"- Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland
"Susan Hefuna - Bharti Kher - Fred Tomaselli: Between the Worlds"- Thun, Switzerland
2009
“Yayoi Kusama, Eva Rothschild, Mindy Shapero"- Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
"Indian Narrative in the 21st Century: Between Memory and History"- Casa Asia, Madrid, Spain
"Shifting Shapes. Unstable Signs"- Yale University School of Art, New Haven
"Indian Highway"- Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo
"Who`s Afraid of the Artists? A Selection of Works from the Pinault Collection"- Palais des Arts de Dinard, France
"Conflicting Tales – Works from the Burger Collection in Berlin: Subjectivity (Quadrilogy, Part 1)"- Temporary space at Zimmerstrasse 90-91, Berlin
"Les Artistes Indiens d'Aujourd'hui"- Palais Benedictine, Fecamp
"Nature Nation"- Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
"Re-imagining Asia. A Thousand Years of Separation"- The New Art Gallery, Walsall
"Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art"- Essl Museum, Austria
"Indian Highway"- Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo
2007
"Indian Highway"- Serpentine Gallery, London
"Distant Nearness"- The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College, Kansas City
"Passage to India"- Frank Cohen Collection at Initial Access, Wolverhampton
"India - Guest in the Giant"- Swarovski Crystal World, Wattens
"New Delhi - New Wave"- Primo Marella Gallery, Milan
"Artistes Indien Collection Claude Berri”- Espace Claude Berri, Paris
"Re-imagining Asia. A Thousand Years of Separation"- Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
"Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art"- Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
"Still moving Image"- Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
"Expenditure"- Busan Biennale, Busan
"Everywhere is War (and rumours of war)"- Bodhi Art, Mumbai
"Ours, chat, cochon & Cie"- Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
'Indian Highway"- Serpentine Gallery, London
"Where in the World"- Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
"Mutant Beauty"- Anant Art Centre, New Delhi
"India Moderna"- Institut Valencia d`Art Modern, Valencia
"Face East: Contemporary Indian Portraiture"- Wedel Fine Art, London
"Private/Corporate IV"- Sammlung DaimlerChrysler, Berlin
2006
"Asia Pacific Triennale”- Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
"Lille 3000"- Lille
"Inside Outside"- Nature Morte, New Delhi
"Hungry Gods"- Arario Gallery, Beijing
"Made By Indians"- Galerie Enrico Navarra, St. Tropiez
"Long Happy Hours Thereby Happiness & Other Stories"- Gallery Chemould at The Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2005
"Zeitspruenge Raumfolgen"- IFA Galerie Berlin and Stutgard
"Mom and Pop"- Walsh Gallery, Chicago
"Indian Summer"- L'ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
"Summer"- Nature Morte, New Delhi
"Het offer/ an intimate I: droom en werkelijkheid"- De Beverd Museum voor Grafische werkeljkheid, Breda
2004
”The Sneeze"- a Featured Film 80 artists x 80 seconds 106 minutes, Athens
"Contemporary Art From India"- Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
2003
"The Tree from the Seed"- Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
2002
"Under Construction"- Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
"Playgrounds & Toys"- Nature Morte, New Delhi
"Silence Violence"- NSA Gallery, Durban
"Sorry For The Inconvenience"- Project 304, Bangkok, Thailand
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery Tokyo
2000
"Aar Paar"- Kundan Pan Shop, Karachi
Awards
Arken Art Prize 2010
YFLO Woman Achiever of the Year 2007
The Sanskriti Award 2003