Ranjani Shettar

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Ranjani Shettar was born in 1977 in Bangalore, India.[1] She is a visual artist, who is known for her large-scale sculptural installations (see exhibitions). She currently lives and works in Karnataka, India.

Career

Artworks by Ranjani Shettar can be found in a number of leading public collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art,[2] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA),[3] Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),[4] Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA)[5] and the Walker Art Center.[6]

Shettar received her Bachelors of Fine Arts (Sculpture) in 1998 and her Masters of Fine Arts (Sculpture) in 2000, from the College of Fine Art Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath and the Institute of Advanced Studies Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath in Bangalore respectively.[citation needed]

Work

Shettar's projects are mostly sculptural, however she has experimented in other forms as well. One such project is Varsha, an artist's book in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art (New York). The covers are made of zinc-alloy with silver inlay and the pages consist of 16 prints accordion book inspired by different Monsoon rains in India and a special text by Anita Desai. There are silkscreen and wood block prints, etching and laser prints. Shettar's works have been the subject of various publications from National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne[7] and galleries like Talwar Gallery[8] and Marian Goodman Gallery.[9] Shettar has also been awarded with the Hebbar Foundation award in 1999 and 2003, as well as the Charles Wallace Trust Award in 2004, the Sanskriti award in 2008, and the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskar in 2011 for her works.[citation needed]

Selected exhibitions [10]

Solo exhibitions

2019
The Phillips Collection, Earth Songs for a Night Sky, Washington DC, US [11]
2018
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seven ponds and a few raindrops, New York, NY, US[12]
Talwar Gallery, On and on it goes on, New York, NY, US[13]
2017
Talwar Gallery, Bubble trap and a double bow, New Delhi, India[14]
2014
Talwar Gallery, Night skies and daydreams, New York, New York [15]
Talwar Gallery, Between the sky and earth, New Delhi, India[16]
2012
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai, High tide for a blue moon, India [17]
Museum of Modern Art, Varsha, Artist's Book in New York City [18]
2011
National Gallery of Victoria, Dewdrops and Sunshine, in Melbourne, Australia[19]
Hermes Foundation, Flame of The Forest, in Singapore
Talwar Gallery, Present Continuous, New Delhi, India
2009
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, New Work, in San Francisco, California (2009)[20]
2008
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, FOCUS, in Fort Worth, Texas [21]
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Momentum 10, in Boston, Massachusetts[22]
2007
Talwar Gallery, Epiphanies, New York, New York
2004
Talwar Gallery, Indian Spring, New York, New York:

Group Exhibitions

2017
Pizzuti Collection, Visions from India, Columbus, OH, US[23]
2013
5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia[24]
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Seven Contemporaries, New Delhi, India[25]
2012
Henry Art Gallery, Now Here is also Nowhere, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US[26]
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Crossings, New Delhi, India[27]
2011
Pizzuti Collection, Teasers, Columbus, OH, US[28]
Museum of Contemporary Art, barely there (Part III), Detroit, Michigan, US[29]
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Time Unfolded, New Delhi, India[30]
Art Tower Mito, Quiet Attentions, Mito, Japan[31]
2010
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), On Line, New York, NY, US[32]
10th Liverpool Biennial, Touched, Liverpool, England[33]
2009
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sculpture Garden Inaugural Exhibition, CA[34]
2008
Carnegie Museum of Art, Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA[35]
2007
9th Lyon Biennial, Lyon, France[36]
8th Sharjah Biennale, Sharjah, UAE[37]
2006
XV Sydney Biennale, Zones of Contact, Sydney, Australia[38]
Marian Goodman Gallery, Freeing the line, New York, NY, US[39]
ARTPACE, Artist in Residence, San Antonio, TX, US[40]
2005
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Transition & Transformation, MA, US[41]
Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, J'en reve (Dream on), Paris, France[42]
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Out There, Norwich, UK[43]
Talwar Gallery, (desi)re, New York, NY, US
Wexner Center for the Arts, Landscape Confection, Columbus, Ohio and travel[44]
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, US[45]
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, US[46]
2004
Khoj International, New Delhi, India[47]
2003
Walker Art Center, How Latitudes Become Forms, Minneapolis, MN and travel[48]
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per L'Arte, Torino, Italy[49]
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, US[46]
2000
Synergy Art Foundation, Concept Shop, Bangalore, India[50]

Publications

2017- Ranjani Shettar: Between the sky and earth, text by Catherine de Zegher, Ranjani Shettar, Deepak Talwar, Talwar Gallery[51]

2011- Ranjani Shettar: Dewdrops and Sunshine, Essay by Alex Baker, National Gallery of Victoria,

2009- Epiphanies, Essay by Marta Jakimowicz, Talwar Gallery

Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation, Editors of Phaidon Press [52]

2006- Freeing the Line, Essay by Catherine de Zegher, Marian Goodman Gallery[53]

2005- Transition and Transformation: A. Balasubramaniam and Ranjani Shettar, Essays by Loretta Yarlow and Deepak Talwar, Published by University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, MA, US[54]

References

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  2. ^ "Seven ponds and a few raindrops". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "New Work: Ranjani Shettar · SFMOMA". www.sfmoma.org. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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  5. ^ "SEVEN CONTEMPORARIES - Part of Difficult Loves | Kiran Nadar Museum of Art". www.knma.in. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Artist Interview: Ranjani Shettar". walkerart.org. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  7. ^ Baker, Alex; Shettar, Ranjani (2011). Ranjani Shettar: Dewdrops and Sunshine. National Gallery of Victoria. ISBN 978-0-7241-0349-2.
  8. ^ "Ranjani Shettar – Between the sky and earth « TALWAR GALLERY". Retrieved 5 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Freeing the Line". Marian Goodman. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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  11. ^ "Intersections, The Phillips Collection". Retrieved 16 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Ranjani Shettar: Seven ponds and a few raindrops". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Ranjani Shettar – On and on it goes on « TALWAR GALLERY". Retrieved 11 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Bubble trap and a double bow". talwargallery.com. Retrieved 16 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Night skies and daydreams". talwargallery.com. Retrieved 16 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Ranjani Shettar-Between the sky and earth « TALWAR GALLERY". Retrieved 11 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "High tide for a blue moon", The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Ranjani Shettar, Varsha", Museum of Modern Art, Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Ranjani Shettar: Dewdrops and Sunshine | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  20. ^ "New Work: Ranjani Shettar · SFMOMA". www.sfmoma.org. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  21. ^ "Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth". www.themodern.org. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Momentum 10: Rajani Shettar | icaboston.org". www.icaboston.org. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  23. ^ "VISIONS FROM INDIA". Pizzuti Collection. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  24. ^ "5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art "MORE LIGHT" | МВО "Манеж"" (in Russian). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  25. ^ "SEVEN CONTEMPORARIES - Part of Difficult Loves | Kiran Nadar Museum of Art". www.knma.in. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  26. ^ "Now Here is also Nowhere: Part I - Henry Art Gallery". pro.henryart.org. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  27. ^ "CROSSINGS - Time Unfolded II | Kiran Nadar Museum of Art". www.knma.in. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  28. ^ "Teasers". Pizzuti Collection. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  29. ^ Name. "barely there part II". Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  30. ^ "TIME UNFOLDED | Kiran Nadar Museum of Art". www.knma.in. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  31. ^ "Quiet Attentions : Departure from Women | Contemporary Art Gallery | Art Tower Mito". www.arttowermito.or.jp. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  32. ^ "On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century". MoMA.org. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  33. ^ "Touched | Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art". www.biennial.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  34. ^ "SFMOMA TO OPEN ROOFTOP SCULPTURE GARDEN · SFMOMA". www.sfmoma.org. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  35. ^ "Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International". Carnegie Museum of Art. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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  39. ^ "Freeing The Line". Marian Goodman. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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  41. ^ "Transition and Transformation: A. Balasubramaniam and Ranjani Shettar". fac.umass.edu. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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  45. ^ "OCMAEXPAND | The Orange County Museum of Art | SANTA ANA". OCMA 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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  47. ^ "2004 « KHOJ". Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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  49. ^ "Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo". Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  50. ^ "Synergy Arts Foundation". Synergy Arts Foundation. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  51. ^ Zegher, Catherine de; Shettar, Ranjani; Talwar, Deepak (2018). Ranjani Shettar: Between the sky and earth (1st ed.). Talwar Gallery. ISBN 9788193666302.
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External links

  1. Washington City Press, Ranjani Shettar's Earth Songs for a Night Sky, June 2019
  2. The New York Times Style Magazine, The South Asian Artists Making Their Mark on the Western Scene, December 2018.
  3. Artforum, Ranjani Shettar The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2018.
  4. Mint, Ranjani Shettar: Making Waves with Wood, July 2017.
  5. The New York Times, Ranjani Shettar: Night Skies and Daydreams, September 2014.
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