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{{Short description|Indian artist (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Parvathi Nayar
| image = Parvathi-nayar.jpg
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|3|24}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi, India]]
| education = [[University of the Arts London|Central St Martins College of Art and Design]]
| known_for = [[Contemporary Art]], Drawings, Videos
| notable_works = <li>A Story of Flight,<br><li>Jai He public art project,<br><li>T2 Terminal Mumbai Airport <br><li>The Fluidity of Horizons <br><li>Kochi Muziris Biennale
| website = {{URL|http://www.parvathinayar.com/}}
}}

'''Parvathi Nayar''' is a [[New Delhi]] born visual artist and creative writer. She is best known for her creative videos, sculptures, paintings, bookmaking and photography. She was one of 70 artists selected to be part of B70, the historical 70th anniversary birthday show of [[Amitabh Bachchan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://chennailivenews.com/Art-Culture/Features/20143604103606/Parvathys-Master-strokes.aspx | title=Parvathy's Master strokes | publisher=Chennai live news | access-date=2016-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202171825/http://chennailivenews.com/Art-Culture/Features/20143604103606/Parvathys-Master-strokes.aspx | archive-date=2 December 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
One of her works, a 20-foot-high drawn sculpture artwork, was installed at New Mumbai airport on the opening day ceremony in 2014. Her work has also been collected by [[Singapore Art Museum]], [[Sotheby's Institute of Art]], The Australia India Institute and [[Deutsche Bank]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/infinite-canvas/article696741.ece | title= Infinite canvas | publisher=The Hindu | access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2013/aug/23/a-life-offered-to-art-509528.html | title=A life offered to art | publisher= New Indian Express | access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-celebrating-amitabh-bachchan-on-canvas-1751300 | title=Celebrating Amitabh Bachchan on canvas | publisher=DNA India | access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://artradarjournal.com/2014/01/10/indias-largest-public-art-project-opens-in-mumbai-airport/ | title=India's largest public art project lands at Mumbai airport | publisher=Artradarjournal | access-date=2016-10-07 | archive-date=28 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528212002/http://artradarjournal.com/2014/01/10/indias-largest-public-art-project-opens-in-mumbai-airport/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Education==
2004 MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London on a Chevening Scholarship from the British government
1985 BA Fine Art (Distinction), Stella Maris College, University of Madras, Madras. She was ranked first in the University, Best Outgoing Student, Dept Of Fine Arts,
Matriculation (Second State Rank, Tamil Nadu) & Plus2,
[[Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2013/aug/23/a-life-offered-to-art-509528.html | title=A life offered to art | publisher=New Indian Express | access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref>

==Work==
Parvathi’s work examines the narratives of spatial relationships, both the internal/intimate spaces, and the external/public, and often through the prism of science and technology. She often uses science as a medium to explain and explore world through unusual microscopic and macroscopic perspectives.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-math-of-art-parvathi-nayar-on-her-12piece-sculpture-music-of-the-spheres/article9060348.ece | title=The math of art | publisher=The Hindu | access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theartstrust.com/Magazine_article.aspx?articleid=272 | title=Parvathi Nayar's art with a social agenda | publisher=The Arts Trust | access-date=2016-10-07 | archive-date=9 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009115517/http://www.theartstrust.com/Magazine_article.aspx?articleid=272 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Jai He Public Art Project
Her 20-foot-high drawn-sculptural artwork was commissioned and installed as part of the public art project Jai He at the new Mumbai airport that opened in 2014<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/t2-mumbai-a-grand-museum-that-shows-what-indian-art-is-all-about/article5563019.ece | title=T2 Mumbai: A grand museum that shows 'what Indian art is all about'| publisher=The Hindu Business Line| access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref>
The Seeds of Things/The Nature of Things
The hand-drawn graphite drawing The Seeds of Things (90 x 63 x 2 inches) and its companion video The Nature of Things (duration 6 mins, 34 secs) was created for the show To Let The World In curated by Dr Chaitanya Sambrani, Art Chennai, Lalit Kala Akademi, 2012.
The Ambiguity of Landscapes
Solo show of drawings, videos, artist book, animation and photography curated by Annapurna Garimella at Gallery Veda, Chennai, India
Kochi Muziris Biennale 2014/15
Parvathi was invited to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014/15 curated by Jitish Kallat for which she created an installation of drawings and sound titled "The Fluidity of Horizons".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fwdlife.in/six-powerful-installations-by-women-artists-from-kochi-muziris-biennale-that-you-may-have-missed | title=Six powerful Installations by women artists from Kochi-Muziris Biennale that you may have missed!!! | publisher=FWD Life | access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/biennale-2014/i-felt-biennale-theme-was-written-for-me-parvathi-nayar.html | title=I felt Biennale theme was written for me: Parvathi Nayar | publisher=Manorama Online | access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2016/sep/26/A-holy-dip-in-the-river-that-was-Cooum-years-ago-1522967--1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608035152/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2016/sep/26/A-holy-dip-in-the-river-that-was-Cooum-years-ago-1522967--1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 June 2023 | title=A holy dip in the river that was Cooum, years ago! | publisher= New Indian Express | access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140826/lifestyle-booksart/article/scent-madras-jasmine | title=Scent of Madras jasmine | publisher=Deccan Chronicle | access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref>
.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/infinite-canvas/article696741.ece | title=Infinite canvas | publisher=The Hindu | access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref> Parvathy was also the "TEDx Chennai Speaker" for the event held on 23 October 2016 at Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tedxchennai.in/#speakers|title=TEDxChennai|website=TEDxChennai|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-02}}</ref>

===List of selected exhibitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
| colspan="2" | Solos
|-
| 2014
| "The Ambiguity of Landscapes" curated by Annapurna Garimella, Gallery Veda, [[Chennai]], [[India]]
|-
| 2008
| "I Sing the Body Electric", Bombay Art Gallery, [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
|-
| 2007
| "Win Lose Draw", commissioned by ARTSingapore, [[Singapore]]
|-
| 2006
| "Innerscapes", curated by Caroline Bannerjee, Song of India, [[Singapore]]
|-
| 2006
| "drawing is a verb: an installation", curated by Phan Ming Yen, [[Old Parliament House, Singapore|The Arts House]], [[Singapore]]
|-
| 1998
| "Journey", Kinara, [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
|-
| 1997
| "Flowers, Faces, Feelings", [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
|-
| 1996
| "the art of a woman", the Koi Gallery, [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
|-
| 1994
| "Woman and the Elements", [[Temasek Polytechnic]], [[Singapore]]
|-
|}

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