Radhika Khimji
B- Sides at Nature Morte Annex Shivalik
January 3 - 24, 2009
New Delhi
NATURE MORTE ANNEX
A9 Shivalik (Malviya Nagar) New Delhi 110017
Tel: (011) 4655-7472 & 4174-0215
Radhika Khimji: "B-Sides"
Opening on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 from 6 to 8pm.
Exhibition continues to January 24th.
Nature Morte is pleased to present in our Annex space a show of works by Radhika Khimji. Straddling the practices of painting, drawing, collage and sculpture, Khimji's works fuse figurative supports with abstract brushwork and exploit patterning to create both tensions and surprises. In a variety of forms, her images overlap with one another, often bleeding through paper (and displayed on hinged frames so that both sides are visible) or mixed with photographic grounds. The results are works that are visually arresting but also physically involving, the practice of painting grappled and wrestled with to produce strange, new hybrids.
Radhika Khimji was born in Oman in 1979 and received an MA in Art History from the University College of London in 2007. She also studied Fine Arts at the Royal Academy (2002-2005) and the Slade School (1998-2002), both in London. She has held two previous solo exhibitions of her works (XVA Gallery, Dubai 2007 and Atrium Gallery, London 2006) and her works have been included in a wide variety of group shows throughout Europe and the Middle East. This is her first exhibition in India.
Nature Morte Annex is open Monday through Saturday, from 10am to 6pm and closed on Sundays. For more information, please contact Geeta Bajaj at (011) 4174-0215 or Rajeev Dhawan at (011) 2956-1596. For directions to the gallery, please contact Monica Singh at (011) 4655-7472.
GALLERY NATURE MORTE
Radhika Khimji
ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY
Date of Birth 19-07-79
Nationality Indian
Place of Birth Sultanate of Oman
EDUCATION
2006-2007 University College of London: MA in Art History
2002-2005 Royal Academy of Art, London: Fine Art Post Graduate Diploma
1998-2002 Slade School of Fine Art, London; BAFA
1997-1998 Kingston University of Art and Design, Foundation Course
EXHIBITIONS (Solo)
2007 Moving XVA Gallery Dubai (UAE)
2006 Mutations in Rapture Minor Atrium Gallery, London (UK)
EXHIBITIONS (Group)
2008 Radhika Khimji/The David Roberts Art Foundation at V22, The Wharf Rd Project, London (UK)
2008 Across Borders Radical Gallery, Zug (Switzerland)
2007 Art for Atta Bait Al Zubair Foundation, Muscat (Om)
2007 The City and the Street (Circle) Bait Muzna Gallery Muscat (Oman)
2006 ARTSKOOLGOZSOUTH Galeria Do Palacio, Porto (Por)
2006 ARTSKOOLGOZSOUTH Artcore Gallery, Paris (Fr)- www.ensba.fr/artskoolgozsouth/
2005 Art for Atta Bait Al Zubair Foundation, Muscat (Om)
2005 Degree Show The Royal Academy of Art, London (UK)
2005 Inner Line… Outer Space Gallery 27 Cork St, London (UK) – exhibition plus catalogue
2004 Speakers Corner(James Sweetbaum) Presented byKeepcoming.org, Chicago (USA)
2004 Premiums The Royal Academy of Art, London (UK)
2004 49˚Salon de Montrouge(Adrien Pasternak) Salon de Montrouge,Montrouge (France) (catalog)
2004 ARTSKOOL(Adrien Pasternak) ENSBA, Paris (Fr) – exhibition plus Catalogue
2004 ARTSKOOL(Adrien Pasternak) Central St. Martins, London (UK) – www.ensba.fr/artskool/
2002 Gatsby(Spartacus Chetwyn, Laura Cull and Dan Kennedy Martin)The New Lansdowne Club, London
2002 Degree Show Slade School of Fine Art,London (UK)
ARTIST'S BOOKS
2004 ARTSKOOL(Adrien Pasternak) ENSBA, Paris
AWARDS
2004 Sir Frank and Lady Short Award
ART FAIRS
2007 Art Paris Abu Dhabi (Bait Muzna Gallery)
2008 Indian Art Summit, Delhi (Nature Morte)
2008 Zoo Art Fair (Nature Morte/Bose Pacia)