Brief Bio:
K. P. Reji (born 1972, Kerala, India) received his Bachelors and Masters Degree from M. S. University of Baroda. Reji was awarded the prestigious Sanskriti Award for the Young Artist-2007 by Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi.
Reji was invited for Kochi-Muziris Biennale, 2012, Kochi; Jogja Biennale, Indonesia - Shadow Lines curated by Suman Gopinath and Alia Swastika, 2011-12. Reji’s select group exhibitions include, India Art Fair, The Guild, 2020; Moothon - Art & Cinema, curated by Riyas Komu, Cafe Papaya, Kochi, 2019; India Art Fair, The Guild, 2019; Futures Present, curated by Sathyanand Mohan, The Guild and Gallery White, Vadodara, 2018; Sub-Plots, Laughing in the Vernacular, curated by Meena Vari, Sakshi Gallery, NGMA, Mumbai, 2017; Negotiation in Contested Space Part I-conceived and written on by Renuka Sawhney, The Guild, 2017; Touched by Bhupen, Galerie, Mirchandani and Steinruecke; Tolstoy Farm: Archive of Utopia, curated by Gayatri Sinha, New Delhi, 2011 at Lalit Kala Akademi; Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern & Contemporary Art from India, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose USA, 2011; Tough Love, curated by Shaheen Merali, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, Portugal, 2010; Snow curated by Ranjit Hoskote, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2010; Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, 2007 curated by Bernhard Fibicher and Suman Gopinath. His solo exhibitions include With a Pinch of Salt at Nature Morte, New Delhi in collaboration with The Guild, 2009 and Just Above My Head, The Guild, Mumbai, 2006. Reji has been represented by The Guild in many international art fairs, Art Taipei, India Art Fair, Dubai Art Fair, Hongkong art fair, Art Basel, Hong Kong.
Forthcoming: Solo exhibition at The Guild 2020-2021
Reji’s work has been featured in the publication by Phaidon, Vitamin P3, New Perspectives in Painting, 2016. He was nominated for this by art historian Geeta Kapur.
CV:
1972 Born in Kerala
EDUCATION
1998 B F A Painting M S University of Baroda,
2000 M F A Painting M S University of Baroda,
SOLO SHOWS
2009 With a Pinch of Salt, Nature Morte, New Delhi in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai and at The Guild, Mumbai.
2006 Just Above My Head, The Guild, Mumbai
MUSEUM SHOWS / BIENNALES
2012 Kochi-Muziris Biennale
2011 Shadow Lines curated by Alia Swastika (Indonesia) and Suman Gopinath (India) at Jogja Biennale, Indonesia.
2011 Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern & Contemporary Art from India, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
2010 Tough Love, curated by Shaheen Merali, Platform Revólver, Lisbon, Portugal
2007 Horn Please: Narratives in Indian Contemporary Art’ curated by Bernhard Fibicher and Suman Gopinath
at The Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, Switzerland
2007 Beyond Credos, curated by Shivaji Panikkar, Birla Academy, Kolkata
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2014 Art Chennai by The Guild, Mumbai.
2013 Art Basel Hong Kong by The Guild, Mumbai
2012 Chennai Art Fair by The Guild, Mumbai
2012 VIP Art Fair by The Guild, Mumbai
2012 India Art Fair , New delhi by The Guild, Mumbai
2011 Giant Elephant - Indian Contemporary Art Exhibition at Gong Art Space, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Korea
2011 Tolstoy Farm: Archive of Utopia, curated by Gayatri Sinha presented by Seven Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2011 Art Stage Singapore, Singapore, The Guild, Mumbai
2010 Art Taipei 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, The Guild, Mumbai
2010 I think therefore graffiti…, The Guild, Mumbai
2010 Snow curated by Ranjit Hoskote at Tao art gallery
2009-10 Sculpture, The Guild, Mumbai
2009 CIGE 2009, China represented by The Guild, Mumbai
2009 KIAF 09, Seoul, South Korea represented by The Guild, Mumbai
2009 A New Vanguard: Trends in Contemporary Indian Art, Saffronart, New York; The Guild, New York
2009 Multitudes, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore.
2008 SHContemporary 08, Shanghai, The Guild, Mumbai
2008 Art Asia Miami, 08, represented by The Guild Art USA Inc
2008 Interlude –Venice/Kassel, Jehangir Nicholson Art Gallery, N.C.P.A by The Guild.
2008 The Good Earth, Singapore art fair, Singapore represented by The Guild, Mumbai
2008 Ten Light Years, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
2008 Keep Drawing, drawing show, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 Emerging India, in London by Art Alive Gallery
2007 Reading Paint, Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok
2006 Paper Flute, curated by Johny M.L., Espace Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Double Enders, Mumbai
2005 Are We Like This Only, curated by Vidya Shivadas, Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi
2004 Tribute to Bhupen Khakkar, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Generation Next, Saffron Art and The Guild, Mumbai
2003 High Lights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Group Show, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
2002 Words and Images curated by Girish Shahane, NGMA, Mumbai by The Guild Art Gallery,Mumbai
2000 Stepping Out, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
AWARDS
Sanskriti Award for the Young Artist-2007, Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi