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'''Avantika Bawa''' (born 1973) is an [[Indian Americans|Indian American]] artist, curator, and professor of art.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://portlandbiennial.org/artists/avantika-bawa-2/|title=Avantika Bawa {{!}} Portland2016|work=Portland2016|access-date=2017-03-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/arts/design/where-drawing-is-what-counts.html|title=Where Drawing Is What Counts|last=Cotter|first=Holland|date=2005-06-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Bawa is a multidisciplinary artist who works primarily in [[Site-specific art|site-specific installation]], [[Video art|video]], [[printmaking]], and [[drawing]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ampersandgallerypdx.com/coliseum-avantika-bawa|title=Coliseum - Avantika Bawa|website=Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref> She is the recipient of the 2018 [[Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts]] Golden Spot Residency Award, the [[Hallie Ford]] Fellowship in the Visual Arts, and the [[Oregon Arts Commission]] Joan Shipley Award.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oregonartscommission.org/fellowship-profile/avantika-bawa|title=Avantika Bawa {{!}} Oregon Arts Commission|website=www.oregonartscommission.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref>

== Education ==

Bawa has an MFA in painting from the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] and a BFA from the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|Maharaja Sayajirao University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/artist-talk-avantika-bawa/|title=Artist Talk: Avantika Bawa|date=14 January 2016|website=portlandartmuseum.org|access-date=18 March 2017}}</ref>

== Career ==

Bawa is an associate professor of art at [[Washington State University Vancouver]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://directory.vancouver.wsu.edu/people/avantika-bawa|title=Avantika Bawa - Directory - WSU Vancouver|website=directory.vancouver.wsu.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref> and serves on the board of the [[Oregon Arts Commission]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/avantika-bawa-named-to-oregon-arts-commission/article_d4bb75a4-8971-5d70-8957-d5c3048b7ded.html|title=Avantika Bawa Named to Oregon Arts Commission|last=Dispatches|first=News|work=India West|access-date=2018-03-10|language=en}}</ref> She has had solo exhibitions at the [[Portland Art Museum]] in Portland, Oregon, [[Suyama Space]] in Seattle; [[Saltworks Gallery]] in Atlanta; [[Disjecta]] Contemporary Arts Center in [[Portland, Oregon]]; and [[Gallery Maskara]] in [[Mumbai]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oregonartscommission.org/person/avantika-bawa|title=Avantika Bawa {{!}} Oregon Arts Commission|website=www.oregonartscommission.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

Bawa is also one of the founders of ''Drain - A Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture'', an online journal that explores creative perspectives on contemporary culture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drainmag.com/about/|title=About {{!}} Drain Magazine|website=drainmag.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref> In 2019, she was commissioned to make a game day poster for the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] January 9 game against the [[Chicago Bulls]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/blazers/posters|title=Gameday Posters|website=Portland Trail Blazers|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>

== Work ==

=== Themes ===
Bawa's work responds to and incorporates architectural spaces and styles.<ref name=":4" /> She draws from [[Minimalism]] and [[Abstraction]] for inspiration.<ref name=":2" /> Her work for [[Disjecta]] Art Center's 2016 [[Portland Biennial]] was installed in the vacant Astor Hotel in [[Astoria, Oregon]]. Bawa created a large golden scaffold that was accompanied by audio recordings of construction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orartswatch.org/portland-2016-the-cellular-memory-of-place-part-two/|title=The cellular memory of place, Part Two {{!}} Oregon ArtsWatch|website=www.orartswatch.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>

== Exhibitions ==
In 2018, Bawa had a solo exhibition of drawings and prints of the Portland [[Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)|Veterans Memorial Coliseum]] at the [[Portland Art Museum]], as part of the APEX series curated by [[Grace Kook-Anderson]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/apex-avantika-bawa/|title=APEX: Avantika Bawa|website=Portland Art Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref> She also had a concurrent exhibition at Ampersand Gallery that culminated in the publication of an [[artist's book]].<ref name=":3" /> In 2017 she exhibited ''Parallel Faults at'' [[Los Angeles Valley College]] in Valley Glen, California<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavc.edu/arts/artgallery.html|title=LAVC Art Gallery: Los Angeles Valley College|website=www.lavc.edu|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref> Her work was included in the 2016 [[Portland Biennial]], curated by [[Michelle Grabner]].<ref name=":0" /> Between 2014 and 2015, Bawa showed her project ''Aqua Mapping'' in the Whitebox Gallery in [[Portland, Oregon]] and Saltworks Gallery in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://whitebox.uoregon.edu/2015/07/29/avantika-bawa/|title=White BoxAvantika Bawa {{!}} White Box|website=whitebox.uoregon.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://saltworkscontemporary.com/exhibitions/aqua-mapping/|title=Aqua Mapping {{!}} SALTWORKS|work=SALTWORKS|access-date=2017-03-18|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2012, Bawa exhibited a large scale, site-specific installation called ''At Owner's Risk'' at Suyama Space in [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], that responded to the current and historical uses of the space: an architecture firm, an auto body shop, and a livery stable.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.suyamaspace.org/installations/avantika-bawa-at-owners-risk|title=Suyama Space {{!}} Installations {{!}} Avantika Bawa At Owners Risk|website=www.suyamaspace.org|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref> In 2009, her show ''Mathesis: dub, dub dub'', was exhibited at Gallery Maskara, in [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gallerymaskara.com/exhibition/mathesis-dub-dub-dub/overview|title=Gallery Maskara: Exhibition: Mathesis: dub, dub, dub|website=www.gallerymaskara.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bawa was born in [[Ooty|Ootacamund]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gallerymaskara.com/artist/avantika-bawa-19/biography|title=Gallery Maskara: Artist: Avantika Bawa|website=www.gallerymaskara.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref> She lives and works in Portland, Oregon, also frequently spending time in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pdxcontemporaryart.com/bawa|title=Avantika Bawa {{!}} pdx contemporary art|website=pdxcontemporaryart.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref>

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[[Category:Artists from Portland, Oregon]]
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