IGS 2021: Sklářská škola / Glass School Nový Bor
Datum narození: *25. 2. 1978
Země původu: Indie
Země současného pobytu: USA
foto: Alec Miller
Blue-white diptych / Modrobílý diptych
2019 – 2020
Inflorescent rhapsody / Květenství rapsodie
2018
Chocolate-dipped glass pebbles / Skleněné oblázky namočené v čokoládě
2020
Vzdělání
2007
MFA with Honors, Rhode Island School of Design, RI. Areas of interest: Glass, Digital + Media/ MFA s vyznamenáním, Rhode Island School of Design, RI. Oblasti zájmu: Glass, Digital + Media
2002
BFA cum laude, School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Concentrations: Glass Sculpture, Digital Printmaking / Expanded Media, Ceramics/ cum laude, Škola umění a designu, Stát New York, Vysoká škola keramická, Alfredova univerzita, Zaměření: Skleněná socha, Digitální tisk / Rozšířená média, keramika
1998
Accessories Design diploma, National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, India/ Diplom za design - módní doplňky, Národní institut módní technologie, Nové Dillí, Indie
Pracovní zkušenosti
2021
Associate Professor/ asistent profesora - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA, USA
2021- 2017
Assistant Professor/ asistent profesora - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA, USA
- Tenure - track position in the Fine Arts 3D department (glass program) teaching undergraduates & graduates/ pozice v oddělení výtvarných umění 3D (program sklo) vyučující vysokoškoláky a absolventy
- Program Area Chair since 2019
2019, 2017 Instructor - Glass as Social Practice/ , Pilchuck Glass School, WA, USA (Co-teacher/ asistent : Carmen Montoya)
- Engaged with climate change and local communities in socially engaged practice that is informed by glass craft./ Zabývá se změnou prostředí a místní komunity v sociálně angažované praxi, která je obeznámena se sklářským řemeslem.
- Guided students on how to craft a socially engaged practice, informed by the materiality of glass, its historical and contemporary craftsmanship, and its physical phenomena, in combination with sensor-based digital technologies. / Vedení praxe studenů ve společenské angažovanosti, významnosti skla, jeho historickém a současném řemeslném zpracování a fyzikálních jevech v kombinaci s digitálními technologiemi založenými na senzorech.
2017 - 2015 Instructor - ChoChoMa Studios Dubai, UAE
- Conducted workshops in Sculpture : moldmaking, casting, paper forming, flameworking and screen printing for adults, teens, artisans and individuals under emotional distress or with learning disabilities./ Vedení sochařských workshopů: výroba forem, odlévání, tvarování papíru, tvorba nad kahanem a sítotisk pro dospělé, mládež, řemeslníky a jednotlivce v emocionální tísni nebo s poruchami učení.
2010 Artist – Entrepreneur/ umělec - podnikatel, USA / UAE / India
- Direct ChoChoMa Studios to undertake cross-cultural, collaborative craft-based projects and art commissions/ Řízení ChoChoMa Studios v mezikulturních, kolaborativních řemeslných projektech a umělecké komise
2010-07 Projects/ projektový Manager - Ann Hamilton Studio, Columbus OH, USA
- Coordinated production, communications and exhibitions of projects by the installation artist Ann Hamilton/ Koordinace produkce, komunikace a výstavy projektů a instalací umělce Ann Hamiltona
- Researched & developed concept and technology, troubleshot and archived media (A/V, text, material)/ Zkoumal a vyvinul koncept a technologii, odstraňování problémů a archivovaná média (A/V, text, materiál)
Samostatné výstavy
upcoming 35th Rakow Commission/ nadcházející 35. rakowská komise, Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
2014
Squaring the Glass Circle : Art and Artisanship, DakshinaChitra / Art Chennai, India
2013
of clocks and clouds, Heller Gallery, NY, USA
2011
Depths of Field, Apparao Galleries, Chennai, Bangalore, India
2011
Living Cultures in Glass, Research Gallery, Sydney College of Arts, Australia
2011
Of Shifting Natures, Apparao Galleries at Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi, India
2010
Particulate Behaviors, Wood Street Gallery + Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, PA, USA
Společné výstavy (výběr)
current Voice of Glass Collaborative, National Museum of Riga, Latvia/ aktuální spolupracovník Hlasu skla, Národní muzeum v Rize, Lotyšsko
2020
Saying Glass, Cohen Gallery. Alfred University, NY, USA
2019
Sculptural Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) @ Ken Saunders Gallery, IL, USA
Original Voices, Ken Saunders Gallery, IL, USA
2018
Abu Dhabi Festival, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Inflorescent Rhapsody, Third Thursdays Performance, Chrysler Museum of Art, VA, USA
2017
Hangzhou International Contemporary Glass Exhibition, China Academy of Art, China
Abwab, Dubai Design Week, Dubai, UAE
Selections, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA, USA
Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award Exhibition, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
Art and Environment, Abu Dhabi Festival, UAE
2016
Through the Lens, Galleries Lafayette for Dubai Design Week, UAE
Swarovski Designers of the Future Award, DesignMiami, Basel, Switzerland
Wasl, Design Days, Dubai, UAE
2015
Colours, Cur. Susanne Joker Johnsen, Hempel Museum, Denmark
Masters of the Indian sub-continent, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
2014-13
Wheaton Glass: The Art of the Fellowship, Museum of American Glass, NJ , USA
2013
Knotted Narratives, Cur. Sushma Bahl, Art Positive Gallery, New Delhi, India
2013 - 2011
India Art Fair (formerly Indian Art Summit), Apparao Galleries, Aicon Gallery, India
2012
The Skoda Prize for Indian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India 2012-11 Art Dubai, Aicon Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2011
Glass in All Senses, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, VT, USA
Reprise, Aicon Gallery, NY, USA
Superposition, Hyperopia Projects, Seattle, USA
Women in Art, National Museum, Riyadh , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2010
Glass Dress @ NYC’s Fashion Week’s NightOut, Heller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Malleable Memory, Aicon Gallery, NY, USA
Erasing Borders, Visual Arts Center, NJ, Twelve Gates Gallery, PA, The Guild Art Gallery, NY
2010, 2008
Fete de Verre, Urbanglass Auction and Glassblowers Ball, New York, NY, USA
Ceny
2020
35th Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
2018-19
MassArt Foundation Faculty Fellowship
2017
Irwin Borowsky International Prize in the Glass Arts 2017 Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award
2016
Swarovski Designers of the Future Award
2012 - 11
International Project Grant, American Association for University Women Education Foundation
2009 - 08
Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation Grant for Arts Writers
2007
Grant: The Ruth Chenven Foundation
2007, 02
Glass Art Society Conference Scholarship, Pittsburgh and Amsterdam
2007
Tarakhnath Das Foundation Scholarship
2007-05
Graduate Fellowship, Friends of Glass and Chirrona Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design
2006-05
International Fellow award, American Association for University Women Education Foundation
2005
Grant: Technical Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
2005
Grant:Integrated Design Project, Development, Commissioner (Handicrafts), Government of India
2004
Grant: Technical Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
2002
Award for Excellence, Student Exhibition, Glass Art Society Conference, Amsterdam
Sympozia
2021
Panelist, Wheaton Conversations, WheatonArts, NJ, USA
2020
Panelist, The Glassmakers Club (Series 1), ArtSpeaks India, New Delhi, India
Lecture and workshop, Laurie Wagman Visiting Artist Series, Temple University, PA, USA
Panelist, Community Conversation : Studios after COVID (part 1 and 2), Glass Art Society, USA
2018
Panelist, Intangible Cultures, Glass Nexus Forum, North Lands Creative, Caithness, Scotland Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME, USA
2017
Lecture and workshop, University of the Arts, PA, USA
Demonstration, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
Panelist, Art of Nature, Abu Dhabi Festival, UAE
2016
Demonstration and Masterclass, Glenfiddich Experimental Competition, Dubai, UAE
2014
Panelist, The Future of Tradition, Art Chennai
Conference, India
Residency, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, USA
2011
Speaker, Peripheral Visions, AusGlass, Sydney, Australia
Residency, Sydney College of Arts, University of Sydney, Australia
2009
Residency, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ, USA
Studio Talk, Asian Contemporary Art Week, Asian Contemporary Art Consortium, NY
2008
Residency, Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg, Switzerland
2005
Glass Art in India- Lost and Living traditions, Glass Art Society conference, Adelaide, Australia
Nejnovější publikace
2017
Juror’s Statement, Juror’s Choice images, New Glass Review 39, Pub. Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
2015-12
Catalog, ChoChoMa Studios, India / UAE 2011 Strange Attr- / Inter- Actions, Superposition, Pub. Hyperopia Projects, Seattle, USA
2011-10
Co-curator, The Post-Glass Video Festival {travelling: NY, Sydney, Seattle} (catalog)
2010-09
How i s t h i s g l a s s . bl o g s p o t . c o m , funded by Andy Warhol Foundation Grant for Arts Writers
2009
Co-curator, How is this glass? Of Post-Glass artists / Glass Guerillas, Corning NY (catalog)
2007
Particle Activism, MFA Thesis, Pub. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, USA
2005-04
Glass Art in India- Lost and Living traditions (DVD + Print), Ed. S. Frantz, Pub. Glass Art Society