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EDUCATION
2000 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1995 MFA Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
1992 BA Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
I Have Seen The Enemy And It Is Eye Galerie Mirchandani + Steinrücke, Mumbai catalog
2008
Indian Yellow Envoy, New York
2007
In The Future No One Will Have A Past pt. 1 Envoy, New York
In The Future No One Will Have A Past pt. 2 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
2005
I.M. Pure Envoy, New York
Momentum3: Kanishka Raja Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. catalog
2004
Birth Of An Earth Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
2002
Paintings Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
1999
Embrace The Schmaltz Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Master Of Reality: Francesca DiMattio, Angela Dufresne, Chie Fukei, Matthew Day Jackson and Kanishka Raja, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Joseph Wardwell, curator
2008
Exploding The Lotus Arts & Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
Jaishri Abichandani and Jane Hart, curators
Imaginary Arsenals Cuchifrutos Gallery, New York
Kimberly Lamm, curator
TAATI: The Appearance And The Thing Itself Galerie Griesmar-Tamer, Paris
2007
Counterparts: Emerging Painters & Their Influences Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA
Ragan Cole-Cunningham, curator. catalog
True Faith Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
Paul Brainard, curator
Fung Wah Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
Ridley Howard, curator
2006
Fables: Christopher Myers, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Kanishka Raja, Kara Walker Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Naomi Beckwith, curator. catalog
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Amanda Lear Envoy, New York
Paramnesiac Landscapes New York Center for Arts + Media Studies, New York
Robin Reisenfeld, curator
Mike Ladd: Domestica
(set design for a collaborative performance)
The Kitchen, New York
Howie Chen, curator
2005
Seriality Axel Raben Gallery, New York
Stephanie Theodore and Mat-CH Art, curators
My Perspective OSP Gallery, Boston
Steve Zevitas, curator
Knock-Offs Green Street Gallery, Boston
James Hull, curator
2004
The Ludovico Treatment MüllerDeChiara Gallery, Berlin
David Hunt, curator
Masala: Diversity and Democracy in South Asian Art Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Kathryn Myers, Siona Benjamin, Annu Matthew, curators
2003
Pantone Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
David Hunt, curator
Gone Fishin’ Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
2002
Proper Villains Untitled Space, New Haven, CT
David Hunt, curator. catalog
Summer Group Show Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York
2001
Augusto Arbizo, Mala Iqbal, Kanishka Raja Bellwether, New York
Becky Smith, curator
Boomerang: Collector’s Choice 2 Exit Art, New York
Ken Freed, curator
Hybrid IDs Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston
Robin Reisenfeld, curator. catalog
Home? Crosscurrents in South Asian/American Art Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
Linda Poras, curator. catalog
2000
Pure: Morgan Cohen, Kanishka Raja, Joe Wardwell The Gallery@Green Street, Boston
James Hull, curator
Snapshots Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Alan Gilbert, "Terminal Present", catalog essay
(pdf downloadable from Bibliography section)
Beth Citron, Artforum, review. p. 258. reproduction
Zehrah Jumabhoy, Art Asia Pacific, review. p. 152
reproduction
Deepanjana Pal, Time Out Mumbai, "Flying Returns", Jan 23 - Feb 5. reproduction
Sitanshi Talati-Parikh, Verve, "Visual Maverick", Feb 2009. reproduction
Aarti Dua, The Telegraph, "Artists of the Diaspora", Graphiti Sunday Magazine, Feb 15
reproduction
Premankur Biswas, Indian Express, "Disjointed Frames", Feb 4 reproduction
Georgina Maddox, Indian Express, "Cabin Fever", Feb 2. reproduction
2008
Meenakshi Thirukode, The Hindu, “Subtle Significance”. Sunday Magazine, May 11. reproduction
Sarah Sargent, Artillery, review. p.43, Jan reproduction
2007
Holland Cotter, The New York Times, review. November 9
Alan Gilbert, The Village Voice, "Kanishka Raja Boards At The Gate Marked 'Dislocation'", review. Nov. 7 – 13
R.C. Baker, The Village Voice, "Best In Show", Nov. 14 – 20
Ann Toebbe, Beautiful Decay,
online exhibition review: http://beautifuldecay.com
staff writer, New Yorker, "Goings On About Town: Galleries - Uptown", review. Aug. 20
Joseph R. Wolin, Time Out New York, "True Faith", review, Aug. 9 – 15
Cindy Stockton Moore, New York Sun, "Gallerists Ready For Fall Shows And Moving Days", Aug. 6
Betsy Dijulio, Portfolio Weekly, "Inspiration Elucidation", review. Jul 31
Edward Epstein, Art Papers, "Philadelphia: Fables", review. Jan/Feb 2007
2006
Naomi Beckwith, "Fables", exhibition catalog, ICA Philadelphia. reproduction
Edward J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "For this Artist, Drawing Is A Loose Term". Sept. 24
staff writer, artdaily.com, "Fables, A Group Show of Artists at Philadelphia's ICA", review. Nov. 28
staff writer, Art Knowledge News, "Fables at the ICA" Sept. 18
Roberta Fallon, artblog, "ICA Fall Shows Connect the Dots, Artists at the ICA See Spots". p. 4, Sept. 20
Rachel Frankford, Philadelphia City Paper, "Last Chance: ICA Fall Show". Dec. 14 - Dec. 21
Heather Schwedel, 34th Street, "Give Me 5 (The top five from the week): "Fables for Grown-Ups", Sept. 28 - Oct. 4
Holland Cotter, The New York Times, review. May 26
2005
Merrily Kerr, Time Out New York, "I.M. Pure", review. Nov 10 - 16. reproduction
Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, “In A Group Show, Artists Embrace A Faux Naive Style”. July 29
staff writer, The New York Times, pg. B22
Bennett Simpson, "Kanishka Raja: Many Places Become You", exhibition catalog: Momentum 3, ICA, Boston. reproduction
Joanne Silver, Boston Herald, “ICA Gives ‘Birth’ To Raja's Bizarre Work”, Feb 4. reproduction
Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, “Pattern and Perspective: Kanishka Raja's ICA Installation Bends
Time and Space”, Jan 28. reproduction
Christopher Millis, Boston Phoenix, review. Jan 27. reproduction
Matthew Nash, Big, Red & Shiny, online magazine. exhibition review, Apr. 23
2004
Ann Wilson Lloyd, Art In America, “Kanishka Raja at Allston Skirt” review, November. reproduction
Francine Koslow Miller, Art US, review, September/October. reproduction
C. Sean Horton, Art Papers, review, July/August. reproduction
Geoff Edgers, The Boston Globe, "Indian-born Artists Raja Garners ICA Digitas Prize", May 6.
reproduction
editor, Big, Red & Shiny, “Kanishka Raja Awarded ICA Prize”, May 20
Holland Cotter, The New York Times, Art In Review, April 9
Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, “Raja Successfully Navigates A Maze of Time and Space”, April 16. reproduction
Thomas Garvey, Bay Windows, “Lost In the Funhouse”, April 22. reproduction
2002
Gilbert Vicario, Contemporary, “Focus Boston”, November. reproduction
David Hunt, "Proper Villains", exhibition catalog.
Francine Koslow Miller, Tema Celeste, review, March/April. reproduction
Jeet Thayil, India Abroad, "Cowboy or Indian?", Feb 22. reproduction
Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe. "An 'Outsider' Interprets Interior Vistas", Jan. 12. reproduction
Christopher Muther, The Boston Globe, "The Insiders (Go! Wednesday)", Jan. 9
Paul Parcellin, retro-rocket.com, "Art Around Town", Jan 5
staff writer, Stuff@Night, "What's Hot After 5: Fri. Jan 4th", Jan 1 – 13
staff writer, Boston Magazine, "The Short List: Our Top Picks for January", January
Steve Zevitas, ed. New American Paintings Issue # 38. reproduction
2001
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, Art In Review, Dec. 14
Robin Reisenfeld, Hybrid IDs exhibition catalog. reproduction
Christopher Millis, Boston Phoenix,
“Groups du Jour”, June 8
Mary Sherman, Boston Herald, “Show Loses Something In Translation”, June 3
Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, “In Lowell Exhibition, A Fusion of South Asian, American Cultures”, March 29
Amy Leccese, The Lowell Sun, “Lowell Show Unveils Asian Indians Culture Clash”, March 26
1999
Jessie Glasser, The Justice, “Raja’s Art Embraces 'Schmaltz'”, November
RESIDENCIES
2006
International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York
Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide, Italy
2005
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Workspace Program: 120 Broadway, New York
AWARDS
2004ICA/Digitas Artist Prize, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Meadows Art Museum, Dallas, TX
AFFILIATIONS
Artists Pension Trust (APT), New York (2005)
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