K. P. Reji

K. P. Reji

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-PlotsLaughing 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

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