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'''Vibha Galhotra,''' born 1978 is an Indian [[conceptual art]]ist based in [[New Delhi]]. Her work includes large-scale installations, [[sculpture]]s, drawings, films that explore themes of ecological and [[Environmental issue|environmental concerns]]. Her works address the shifting topography of the world under the impact of globalization and growth. She sees herself as being part of the restructuring of culture, society and geography – of New Delhi, and the world.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
'''Asia Art Future at 2019 Asia Art Game Changer Award India'''.<ref><br />
https://asiasociety.org/india/2019-asia-arts-game-changer-awards-india</ref><br />
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A recipient of prestigious '''Rockefeller Grant at their Bellagio Center'''-2016 <br />
<ref>https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/our-work/bellagio-center/residency-program/</ref><br />
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'''Asian Cultural Council Fellowship''' in the U.S.A.-2017.<ref>https://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/blog/grantee-roundtable-snapshot-of-the-new-york-fellowship-program</ref><br />
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YFLO Woman Achiever of the Year Award in 2015<ref>https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/tribute-to-women-57855.html</ref><br />
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Inlaks Foundation Fine Arts Award in 2005-06, The National Scholarship from the Human<br />
Resource Department, Government of India in 2001-02, <br />
Artist Under 30 Award-Chandigarh State Lalit Kala Academy Award in 1998.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Galhotra is a [[conceptual art]]ist.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.lib.utep.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/|title=Black Cloud Spreading Awareness|date=8 July 2014|work=DNA|access-date=21 November 2017|url-access=subscription |via=LexisNexis}}</ref> According to ''[[Art in America]]'', Galhotra's work is concerned with urban development, global concerns and ecological issues.<ref name=":0" /> ''[[The Hindu]]'' has called her work about environmental issues "sharp and cutting."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/living-in-the-age-of-the-anthropocene/article17751286.ece|title=Living in the age of the Anthropocene|last=Maddox|first=Georgina|date=2017-04-01|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-11-21|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> One of her "trademark" artistic conventions is the use of [[ghungroo]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hyperallergic.com/258156/aestheticizing-the-reality-of-a-polluted-river/?fb_action_ids=10153265004166288&fb_action_types=og.likes|title=Aestheticizing the Reality of a Polluted River|last=Vasvani|first=Bansie|date=2015-12-02|work=Hyperallergic|access-date=2017-11-21|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Solo Shows/ Projects/ Participations==<br />
'''2019:''' '''CLIMATERIC''' - PLKA Gallery - Punjab Kala Bhawan - Chandigarh - India<br />
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'''2018:''' ''FACING INDIA'' - Curated by Dr.Uta Ruhkamp - The [[Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg]] - Germany<br />
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''DELIRIUM // EQUILIBRIUM''- Curated by Roobina Karode - Kiran Nader Museum of Art - Delhi<br />
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''ART - POETRY: THE LAST INNOCENCES'' - Instituto Cervantes - Delhi<br />
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''Mutations'' - IndoFrench Image Encounters curated by Rahaab Allana & Francois Cheval - New Delhi<br />
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'''2017:''' '''Insanity in the Age of Reason''' - New Delhi - India<br />
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''Water Line: A Creative Exchange'' - Center for Visual Art | Metropolitan State University of Denver U.S.A. |<br />
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''The Darkened Mirror: Global Perspectives on Water ' San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, USA |<br />
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''Unfiltered: An Exhibition About Water'' - William Benton Museum of Art Connecticut U.S.A. |<br />
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''Kailash Cartographies'' - Sheila C. Johnson Design Center - Parsons School of Design/The New School, New York |<br />
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''Sculpture Park'' curated by Peter Nagy-Nahargarh Fort-Jaipur-India<br />
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''Hold…On. Buddha Enlightened Art & World Peace'' 2017 Buddha Enlightened, Art & World Peace 2017 Bodh Gaya India |<br />
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'''2016:''' ''Land Art Biennial'' LAM 360° Mongolia<br />
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Where do we come from ? What are we ? Where are we going ? A Cook Book project India<br />
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Meri Kahani Aankhon ki Jubaani a visual arts project with Apne Aap Women Worldwide.<br />
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Garden of Dreams, a blindfold walk project, Kathmandu, Nepal<br />
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'''2015:''' '''Absur –City –Pity –Dity''' - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York<br />
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''Winter in America'' - The School, Kinderhook, New York<br />
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''Piece by Piece- Building a Collection'', Kemper Museum of Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri<br />
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''Walking on the Planet'', Casa Masaccio / Centro per l’arte Contemporanea, Corso, Italy<br />
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'''2014:''' '''The Black Cloud Project'''- public participatory project, India<br />
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''Mise En Scène'' The School, Kinderhook, NY<br />
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''Past Tradition'' - Curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt,, New Delhi<br />
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''Forms of Activism-'' curated by Vivan Sundaram & Sasha Altaf, L K A, New Delhi<br />
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''Multiplicity- City'' as subject /Matter”, Curated by Marco Antonini, Nurture Art Gallery, New York<br />
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''Citizens of Time'', curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki, [[Dhaka Art Summit]]<br />
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''Bright Noise''- curated by Girish Shahane, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai<br />
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''Is there love in this air''- Art Oxygen, Mumbai<br />
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'''2013:''' '''Sediments and Other Untitled…'''- Exhibit 320, New Delhi, India<br />
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'''Alter''' - curated by Lucie Fontane, Mk search art gallery, Italy<br />
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''ICASTICA'' “Arezzo Biennial - Arezzo Italy<br />
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''Souvenir''- curated by Lucie Fontane, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France<br />
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''Sculpture on the Beach''- Art Dubai, 2013. Curated by Chus Martinez<br />
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''Haein Art project'' Curated by Art O2 Haeinsa temple, Korea'''<br />
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'''2012: Utopia of Difference'''- Jack Shainman Gallery, New York<br />
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'''Metropia'''- Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina<br />
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''Re-BirthDay''- Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Piazza Cavour, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy 2011<br />
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'''Neo Monster''' - An on-going public art project, displayed at different locations, New Delhi, Hornbill Festival Nagaland India/“Becoming” curated by Suresh Jairam, Colombo Art Biennial, Sri Lanka /Art Riga Latvia/ San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy<br />
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''Contemporary Renaissance''- Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno (Arezzo) Italy<br />
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''Becoming''- Colombo Art Biennale - Sri Lanka “Theertha International Artists Collective”- Colombo, Srilanka<br />
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'''2010''' ''India Awakening Under the Banyan Tree''- Essl Museum, Austria<br />
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'''2009''' '''Aluminum''' - 4th BAKU Biennale, Azerbaijan<br />
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''Space Invader'' - Aicon Art Gallery, London,UK India<br />
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''Xianzai'' - Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China<br />
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'''2008: Metropia'''- Project 88, Mumbai, India<br />
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Best of Discovery - Sh Contemporary , Shanghai, China<br />
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Destination Asia: Flying over Stereotypes Conversation: Artists from Central Asia and South Asia, Dubai<br />
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'''2006: Where Do We Come From? What are we? Where Are We Going?'''-New Delhi, India<br />
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'''Brazier International Artists Workshop''' UK<br />
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'''2005: Between Me and Delhi-''' Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India<br />
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''Unclaimed Luggage'' - Artrageous Group Cyprus<br />
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''Bag Factory'' Fordsburg Artist Studio (Bag Factory) -South Africa'''<br />
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'''2004 WHITE'''- MS University, Baroda, India<br />
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'''2002 Space within the Space'''- Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Vibha Galhotra was born in [[Chandigarh]] in 1978.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Weaver|first=A. M.|date=June 2012|title=Vibha Galhotra|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=77321820&site=ehost-live|journal=Art in America|volume=100|issue=6|pages=164–165|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> In 1999 she completed Bachelor in Fine Arts from the [[Government College of Arts, Chandigarh]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.hallwines.com/visit/winery-experiences/hall-architecture-art/vibha-galhotra|title=HALL Architecture & Art {{!}} Vibha Galhotra|work=HALL Wines Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon|access-date=2017-11-21|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2002 she completed her Master in Fine arts from [[Kala Bhavana|Kala Bhavan]] in [[Santiniketan]].<ref name=":1" /> She currently lives in [[New Delhi]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Collections ==<br />
Her work has been shown or is in the collections of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Arts , Pizzuti Collection, Casa Masaccio Arte Contemporanea,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.casamasaccio.it/vibha-galhotra/|title=Vibha Galhotra|date=2015-06-12|work=Casa Masaccio Arte Contemporanea|access-date=2017-11-21|language=it-IT}}</ref> the [[Singapore Art Museum]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.lib.utep.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/|title=Exploring Terror, Nostalgia in Urban Spaces|date=3 September 2010|work=The Business Times Singapore|access-date=20 November 2017|url-access=subscription |via=LexisNexis}}</ref> Essl Museum, Austria,<ref name=":1" /> Devi Art Foundation, India,<ref name=":1" /> and Europas Park.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.europosparkas.lt/Straipsniai/history.htm#2002|title=Europos Parkas. History and facts|website=Europos Parkas|access-date=2017-11-21}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Official|http://www.vibhagalhotra.com}}<br />
* [http://piedmontpublicradio.net/wfddnews/triadarts.php/SECCA-presents-Vibha-Galhotra-Metropia/story1733/start61/cal1120176000/viewdate Interview] (2013)<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFe3_hDaqoc A Question to Herself, Led to a Turn in Her Work] (2016 video)<br />
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[[Category:Women artists from Delhi]]<br />
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