Jitish Kallat
Born 1974 Mumbai, India
The Artist Lives and Works in Mumbai
Educations: 1996–97 Fellowship at the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
1990–96 BFA (painting), Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Chlorophyll Park, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2011
Fieldnotes: Tomorrow was Here Yesterday, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai
Stations of a Pause, Chemould Prescott Gallery, Mumbai
2010
Public Notice 3, Art Institute of Chicago*
Likewise, ARNDT Berlin
The Astronomy of the Subway, Haunch of Venison, London
2008
Aquasaurus, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney*
Skinside Outside, Arario Seoul*
Public Notice-2, Bodhi Art, Singapore*
Universal Recipient, Haunch of Venison, Zurich*
2007
Sweatopia, Chemould Prescott Road and Bodhi Art
Unclaimed Baggage, Albion, London*
365 Lives, Arario Beijing*
Rickshawpolis–3, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney*
2006
Rickshawpolis–2, Spazio Piazza Sempione, Milan*
2005
Rickshawpolis–1, Nature Morte, New Delhi*
Panic Acid, Bodhi Art, Singapore*
Humiliation Tax, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai*
2004
The Lie of the Land, Walsh Gallery, Chicago*
FAQ, Art Rotterdam, presented by Willem Baars Projects, Holland
2003
Public Notice, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
2002
First Information Report, Bose Pacia Modern, New York*
2001
Milk Route, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi*
General Essential, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore*
2000
Ibid., Gallery Chemould, Mumbai*
1999
Private limited–I, Bose Pacia Modern, New York*
Private limited–II, Apparao Gallery, Chennai
1998
Apostrophe, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi*
1997
P.T.O., Gallery Chemould and Prithvi Gallery, Mumbai*
Group Exhibitions
2012
"India- Lado A Lado"- SESC Belezinho, Brazil
"The Nerves Under Your Skin"- Nature Morte- The Oberoi, Gurgaon
2011
Car Fetish. I drive, therefore I am, Museum Tinguely, Basel
Jitish Kallat: Public Notice 2, Kennedy Center of Performing Arts, Washington D.C.
Watercolour, Tate Britain, London*
Indian Highway IV, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France.
Of Gods and Goddesses, Cinema, Cricket - The New cultural Icons of India, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2010
Metropolis, The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK
Skulptur i Pilane, Pilane Burial Grounds, Tjorn, Sweden*
Indian Highway, Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Changing The World, Arndt Berlin
Urban Manners 2, SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo*
The Empire Strikes Back, Saatchi Gallery, London*
2009
India Contemporary, Gemeente Museum,Hague*
Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, National Museum, Seoul and Essl Museum, Vienna*
Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London*
Art Foundation Mallorca Collection- Centro Cultural Andratx - CCA, Andratx
Indian Highway, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo*
Indian Narrative in the 21st Century: Between Memory and History, Casa Asia Center, Madrid
2008
Indian Highway, Serpentine Gallery, London*
Detergent, Guangdong Museum, China (cat.)
India Moderna, IVAM (Institut Valencia d’Art Modern),Valencia
Die Tropen, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin*
Body Chatter: An Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo*
GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy of Arts, London (England)
3rd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China. Curators: Savat Maharaj, Gao Shiming, Chang Tsong-Zung*
Passage to India, Initial Access Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton, UK
Die Tropen. Anschten von der Mitte der Weltkugel, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin Curator:Alfons Hug*
Frontline: Notations from the Contemporary Indian Urban, Bodhi Berlin, Curator: Shaheen Merali*
2007
Soft Power, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Art, Shanghai, Curator: Shen Qibin, Binghui Huangfu and Biljana Ciric*
Mad Love - Young Art in Danish Private Collections, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Best of Artists, ShContemporary, Shanghai. Curator: Pierre Huber*
Urban Manners, Hangar Bicocca, Milan. Curator: Adelina Von Furstenberg*
Hungry God, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
INDIA NOW: Contemporary Indian Art between Continuity and Transformation, Provincia di Milano. Curator: Daniela Palazzoli
Aftershock, Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, Norwich*
Horn Please, Kunstmuseum, Bern. Curator: Bernhard Fibicher*
Asian Europe Mediation, National Museum of Poland, Poznan and Zendai Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai. Co-curated by Binghui Huangfu*
New Narratives: Contemporary Art from India, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago. Curator: Betty Seid*
Thermocline of Art – New Asian Waves, ZKM Museum, Karlsruhe, Germany. Curators: Wonil Rhee and Peter Weibel*
India: Public Places, Private Spaces: Contemporary Photography and Video Art. Newark, N.J.: Newark Museum*
The Armory Show, New York
Gulf Art Fair, Dubai
2006
The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia*
Passages, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Curators: Deepak Ananth and Jany Lauga
Lille 3000, Lille, France*
The 6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea. Curators: Binghui Huangfu, Wu Hung, Shaheen Merali*
Hungry God: Indian Contemporary Art, Arario Gallery, Beijing and the Busan Museum, Korea*
Made by Indians: L’Art à la Plage, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Ramatuelle, France*
Another Worlds, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
2005
Indian Summer, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Curators: Deepak Ananth and Henry-Claude Cousseau*
The Artist Lives and Works in Baroda/Bombay/Calcutta/Mysore/ Rotterdam/Trivandrum, House of World Cultures, Berlin*
1st Pocheon Asian Art Triennale, Pocheon, Korea. Curator: Yoon, Jin Sup*
Paths of Progression, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore*
Mom and Pop Art, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
International Painting, Gallery GBK, Sydney
Kunst En Oorlog, Kunst en Cultuur Noord-Holland
The Armory Show, represented by Nature Morte, New York
Are we like this only? organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
2004
The Sacrifice – An Intimate I, Collection Swagemakers, Museum De Beyerd, Holland
Contemporary Art from India, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Summer Show, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York. Curator: Peter Nagy
Masala, William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut. Curator: Kathryn Myers*
Zoom! Art in Contemporary India, Culturgest, Lisbon. Curators: Nancy Adajania and Luís Serpa*
Art Chicago, presented by Walsh Gallery, Chicago
Anticipations, organized by the Fine Art Resource, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Bombay X 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin
2003
SubTerrain: Artists Dig the Contemporary, House of World Cultures, Berlin. Curator: Geeta Kapur*
Drawing Conclusions: Work by Artist-Critics, NY Arts Magazine Gallery. Curators: Jill Conner and Gae Savannah
Pictorial Transformations, National Art Gallery, Malaysia
Urban Graffiti, Woolf Gallery, London
Crossing generations: diVERGE, Gallery Chemould’s 40th anniversary, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai. Curators: Geeta Kapur and Chaitanya Sambrani*
Indians+Cowboys, Gallery 4a, Sydney. Curators: Aaron Seeto and Ruth Watson*
The Tree from the Seed, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway. Curator: Gavin Jantjes*
Arco 2003, Madrid, Spain
Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Hard Copy, a two-person show with Reena Saini Kallat, Gallery 88, Calcutta*
Interlude in Srilanka, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai*
Tiranga, India Habitat Center, New Delhi. Curator: Peter Nagy*
Rain, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
The Art on Paper Fair, Royal College of Art, London, and Quayside Gallery, Scotland
2002
Under Construction, The Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo. Curator: Ranjit Hoskote*
India – Contemporary Art from Northeastern Private Collection, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey*
Clicking into Place, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai. Organised by Japan Foundation. Curator: Ranjit Hoskote*
Glue, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore. Curator: Peter Nagy*
Perspectiva, organized by Gallery 88, Rossi and Rossi Gallery, London. Curator: Arun Ghosh
2001
Century City, Tate Modern, London. Curators: Geeta Kapur and Ashish Rajadhyaksha*
Indian Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Curator: Haema Sivanesan
Indian Contemporary Fine Arts, Seven Degrees, California, USA. Presented by Saffronart.com*
Finding the Margins at the Center, Apparao Galleries, IGNCA, New Delhi
2000
7th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba, Curator: Hilda Maria Rodriguez*
Intersection, Guild Art Gallery, Artists Centre, Mumbai. Curator: Ranjit Hoskote
1999
The First Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan. Curator: Kuroda Raiji*
Nature Morte, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Peter Nagy
Kunstrai, International Art Fair, Amsterdam, represented by Willem Baars Art Consultancy*
Embarkations, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai. Curator: Yashodhara Dalmia*
Young Artists, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
1998
Art of the World 1998, Passage de Retz, Paris, France
Multimedia Art of the 90s, CIMA Gallery, Calcutta*
Jehangir Nicholson Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
The Wilberding Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Indian Contemporary Art, The R.P.G. collection, Leverkusen and Monheim, Germany*
Kunstrai, International Art Fair, represented by Willem Baars Art Consultancy, Amsterdam*
SPIN, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1997
Projektgruppe Stoffwechsel’s international art meet ‘Innenseite’, Kassel, Germany. Curator: Hamdi el Attar*
50 Years of Art in Mumbai, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai. Curator: Saryu Doshi
1996
Miniature Format Show, Sans Tache, Mumba*
Monsoon Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995
Varsha ’95, Y.B. Chavan Art Gallery, Mumbai
*- catalogues published
Selected Collections:
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Birmingham Museum and New Art Gallery Walsall, UK
Centre of Contemporary Art, Mallorca, Spain
FAAM (Fukuoka Asian Art Museum), Japan
The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Initial Access Frank Cohen, Wolverhampton, UK
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Sigg Collection, Switzerland
Arario Gallery, Korea
Burger Collection, Hong Kong and Berlin, Germany
amongst many others