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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.
Vibha Galhotra(born 1978) is an Indian conceptual artist based in New Delhi. Her work includes large-scale installations, sculptures, drawings, and films that explore themes of ecological and environmental concerns. Her works address the shifting topography of the world under the impact of globalisation and growth. She sees herself as being part of the restructuring of culture, society and geography of New Delhi, and the world.


== Awards ==
== Early life and education ==
'''Asia Art Future at 2019 Asia Art Game Changer Award India'''.<ref>
Vibha Galhotra was born in [[Kaithal]], Haryana 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" />
https://asiasociety.org/india/2019-asia-arts-game-changer-awards-india</ref>
 
A recipient of prestigious '''Rockefeller Grant at their Bellagio Center'''-2016
<ref>https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/our-work/bellagio-center/residency-program/</ref>
 
'''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>
 
YFLO Woman Achiever of the Year Award in 2015<ref>https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/tribute-to-women-57855.html</ref>
 
Inlaks Foundation Fine Arts Award in 2005-06, The National Scholarship from the Human
Resource Department, Government of India in 2001-02,
Artist Under 30 Award-Chandigarh State Lalit Kala Academy Award in 1998.


== Career ==
== Career ==
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>
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>


==Solo Shows/ Projects/ Participations==
== Awards and Fellowships ==
'''2019:''' '''CLIMATERIC''' - PLKA Gallery - Punjab Kala Bhawan - Chandigarh - India
 
'''2018:''' ''FACING INDIA'' - Curated by Dr.Uta Ruhkamp - The [[Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg]] - Germany
 
''DELIRIUM // EQUILIBRIUM''- Curated by Roobina Karode - Kiran Nader Museum of Art - Delhi
 
''ART  - POETRY: THE LAST INNOCENCES'' - Instituto Cervantes - Delhi
 
''Mutations'' - IndoFrench Image Encounters curated by Rahaab Allana & Francois Cheval - New Delhi
'''2017:''' '''Insanity in the Age of Reason''' - New Delhi - India
 
''Water Line: A Creative Exchange'' - Center for Visual Art | Metropolitan State University of Denver U.S.A. |
 
''The Darkened Mirror: Global Perspectives on Water  '  San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, USA  |
 
''Unfiltered: An Exhibition About Water'' -  William Benton Museum of Art Connecticut U.S.A.  |
 
''Kailash Cartographies'' - Sheila C. Johnson Design Center - Parsons School of Design/The New School, New York  |
 
''Sculpture Park'' curated by Peter Nagy-Nahargarh Fort-Jaipur-India
 
''Hold…On. Buddha Enlightened Art & World Peace'' 2017 Buddha Enlightened, Art & World Peace 2017 Bodh Gaya India  |
'''2016:''' ''Land Art Biennial'' LAM 360° Mongolia
 
Where do we come from ? What are we ? Where are we going ?  A Cook Book project India


Meri Kahani Aankhon ki Jubaani  a visual arts project with Apne Aap Women Worldwide.
* Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti Puraskar, 2024
* Jerusalem International Fellows - Jerusalem, Israel, 2022
* Asia Art Future at Asia Art Game Changer Award India – 2019<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://asiasociety.org/india/2019-asia-arts-game-changer-awards-india |title=2019 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards India}}</ref>
* Rockefeller Grant at their Bellagio Center – 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/our-work/bellagio-center/residency-program/ |title=Residency Program - The Rockefeller Foundation |website=www.rockefellerfoundation.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423150544/http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/our-work/bellagio-center/residency-program/ |archive-date=2015-04-23}}</ref>
* Asian Cultural Council Fellowship in the U.S.A. – 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/blog/grantee-roundtable-snapshot-of-the-new-york-fellowship-program |title=Asian Cultural Council — Grantee Roundtable: Snapshot of the New York Fellowship Program |access-date=22 June 2019 |archive-date=22 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622071045/https://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/blog/grantee-roundtable-snapshot-of-the-new-york-fellowship-program |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* YFLO Woman Achiever of the Year Award – 2015<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/tribute-to-women-57855.html| title = Tribute to women - The Statesman| website = [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]| date = 15 April 2015}}</ref>
* Inlaks Foundation Fine Arts Award – 2005-06
* The National Scholarship from the Human Resource Department, [[Government of India]] – 2001-02
* Artist Under 30 Award-Chandigarh State Lalit Kala Academy Award – 1998


Garden of Dreams, a blindfold walk project, Kathmandu, Nepal
==Solo shows, projects, and participation==
===2022 - 23===
* ''Silent Seasons''- Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
* ''Breathing''- Hamburger-Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany


'''2015:''' '''Absur –City –Pity –Dity''' - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
===2021===
* ''We Do Not Dream Alone''- [[Asia Society]] Triennial, New York


''Winter in America'' - The School, Kinderhook, New York
===2020===
* ''Beyond the Blue'' - Jackshainman Gallery New York, 2020
* ''Down to Earth''  - Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
* ''Zero Waste'' - Museum of Fine Arts -Leipzig, Germany


''Piece by Piece- Building a Collection'', Kemper Museum of Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri
===2019===
* ''Climateric'' - PLKA Gallery - Punjab Kala Bhawan - Chandigarh - India
* ''Brave New World '' - Jack Shainman Gallery – New York


''Walking on the Planet'', Casa Masaccio / Centro per l’arte Contemporanea, Corso, Italy
===2018===
* ''Facing India'' - Curated by Dr.Uta Ruhkamp - The [[Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg]] - Germany
* ''Delirium/Equilibrium''- Curated by Roobina Karode - Kiran Nader Museum of Art - Delhi
* ''Art - Poetry: The Last Innocences'' - Instituto Cervantes - Delhi
* ''Mutations'' - IndoFrench Image Encounters curated by Rahaab Allana & Francois Cheval - New Delhi


'''2014:''' '''The Black Cloud Project'''- public participatory project, India
===2017===
* ''Insanity in the Age of Reason'' - New Delhi - India
* ''Water Line: A Creative Exchange'' - Center for Visual Art | Metropolitan State University of Denver U.S.A.
* ''The Darkened Mirror: Global Perspectives on Water'' [[San Jose Museum of Art]], San Jose, CA, USA
* ''Unfiltered: An Exhibition About Water'' -  [[William Benton Museum of Art]] Connecticut U.S.A.
* ''Kailash Cartographies'' - Sheila C. Johnson Design Center - Parsons School of Design/The New School, New York
* ''Sculpture Park'' curated by Peter Nagy-Nahargarh Fort-Jaipur-India
* ''Hold...On. Buddha Enlightened Art & World Peace'' 2017 Buddha Enlightened, Art & World Peace 2017 Bodh Gaya India


''Mise En Scène'' The School, Kinderhook, NY
===2016===
* ''Land Art Biennial'' LAM 360° Mongolia
* ''Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?''  a Cook Book project India
* ''Meri Kahani Aankhon ki Jubaani'' a visual arts project with Apne Aap Women Worldwide.
* ''Garden of Dreams'', a blindfold walk project, Kathmandu, Nepal


''Past Tradition'' - Curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt,, New Delhi
===2015===
* ''Absur–City–Pity–Dity'' - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
* ''Winter in America'' - The School, Kinderhook, New York
* ''Piece by Piece- Building a Collection'', Kemper Museum of Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri
* ''Walking on the Planet'', Casa Masaccio / Centro per l’arte Contemporanea, Corso, Italy


''Forms of Activism-'' curated by Vivan Sundaram & Sasha Altaf, L K A, New Delhi
===2014===
* ''The Black Cloud Project'' - public participatory project, India
* ''Mise En Scène'' The School, Kinderhook, NY
* ''Past Tradition'' - Curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt,, New Delhi
* ''Forms of Activism-'' curated by [[Vivan Sundaram]] & Sasha Altaf, L K A, New Delhi
* ''Multiplicity- City'' as subject /Matter”, Curated by Marco Antonini, Nurture Art Gallery, New York
* ''Citizens of Time'', curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki, [[Dhaka Art Summit]]
* ''Bright Noise''- curated by Girish Shahane, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai
* ''Is there love in this air''- Art Oxygen, Mumbai


''Multiplicity- City'' as subject /Matter”, Curated by Marco Antonini, Nurture Art Gallery, New York
===2013===
* ''Sediments and Other Untitled...'' - Exhibit 320, New Delhi, India
* ''Alter'' - curated by Lucie Fontane, Mk search art gallery, Italy
* ''Icastica'' “Arezzo Biennial - Arezzo Italy
* ''Souvenir'' - curated by Lucie Fontane, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
* ''Sculpture on the Beach'' - Art Dubai, 2013. Curated by Chus Martinez
* ''Haein Art project'' Curated by Art O2 Haeinsa temple, Korea


''Citizens of Time'', curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki, [[Dhaka Art Summit]]
===2012===
* ''Utopia of Difference''- Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
* ''Metropia''- Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
* ''Re-BirthDay''- Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Piazza Cavour, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy 2011
* ''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
* ''Contemporary Renaissance''- Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno (Arezzo) Italy
* ''Becoming''- Colombo Art Biennale - Sri Lanka “Theertha International Artists Collective”- Colombo, Sri Lanka


''Bright Noise''- curated by Girish Shahane, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai
===2010===
* ''India Awakening Under the Banyan Tree''- Essl Museum, Austria


''Is there love in this air''- Art Oxygen, Mumbai
===2009===
*''Aluminum'' - 4th Baku Biennale, Azerbaijan
* ''Space Invader'' - Aicon Art Gallery, London, UK India
* ''Xianzai'' - Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China


'''2013:''' '''Sediments and Other Untitled…'''- Exhibit 320, New Delhi, India
===2008===
* ''Metropia'' - Project 88, Mumbai, India
* ''Best of Discovery'' - Sh Contemporary, Shanghai, China
* ''Destination Asia: Flying over Stereotypes'' –  Conversation: Artists from Central Asia and South Asia, Dubai


'''Alter''' - curated by Lucie Fontane, Mk search art gallery, Italy
===2006===
* ''Where Do We Come From? What are we? Where Are We Going?'' - New Delhi, India
* ''Brazier International Artists Workshop'' UK


''ICASTICA'' “Arezzo Biennial - Arezzo Italy
===2005===
* ''Between Me and Delhi'' - Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
* ''Unclaimed Luggage'' - Artrageous Group Cyprus
* ''Bag Factory'' Fordsburg Artist Studio (Bag Factory) -South Africa


''Souvenir''- curated by Lucie Fontane, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
===2004===
* '' White'' - MS University, Baroda, India


''Sculpture on the Beach''- Art Dubai, 2013. Curated by Chus Martinez
===2002===
 
* ''Space within the Space'' - Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India
''Haein Art project'' Curated by Art O2 Haeinsa temple, Korea'''
 
'''2012: Utopia of Difference'''- Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
 
'''Metropia'''- Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
 
''Re-BirthDay''- Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Piazza Cavour, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy 2011
 
'''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
 
''Contemporary Renaissance''- Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno (Arezzo) Italy
 
''Becoming''- Colombo Art Biennale - Sri Lanka “Theertha International Artists Collective”- Colombo, Srilanka
 
'''2010''' ''India Awakening Under the Banyan Tree''- Essl Museum, Austria
 
'''2009''' '''Aluminum''' - 4th BAKU Biennale, Azerbaijan
 
''Space Invader'' - Aicon Art Gallery, London,UK India
 
''Xianzai'' - Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China
 
'''2008: Metropia'''- Project 88, Mumbai, India
 
Best of Discovery - Sh Contemporary , Shanghai, China
 
Destination Asia: Flying over Stereotypes  Conversation: Artists from Central Asia and South Asia, Dubai
 
'''2006: Where Do We Come From? What are we? Where Are We Going?'''-New Delhi, India
 
'''Brazier International Artists Workshop''' UK
 
'''2005: Between Me and Delhi-''' Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
 
''Unclaimed Luggage'' - Artrageous Group Cyprus
 
''Bag Factory'' Fordsburg Artist Studio (Bag Factory) -South Africa'''
 
'''2004 WHITE'''- MS University, Baroda, India
 
'''2002 Space within the Space'''- Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India
 
== Early life and education ==
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" />


== Collections ==
== Collections ==
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>
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>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official|http://www.vibhagalhotra.com}}
* {{Official website|http://www.vibhagalhotra.com|name=http://www.vibhagalhotra.com}}
* [http://piedmontpublicradio.net/wfddnews/triadarts.php/SECCA-presents-Vibha-Galhotra-Metropia/story1733/start61/cal1120176000/viewdate Interview] (2013)
* [http://piedmontpublicradio.net/wfddnews/triadarts.php/SECCA-presents-Vibha-Galhotra-Metropia/story1733/start61/cal1120176000/viewdate Interview] (2013)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFe3_hDaqoc A Question to Herself, Led to a Turn in Her Work] (2016 video)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFe3_hDaqoc A Question to Herself, Led to a Turn in Her Work] (2016 video)
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[[Category:Government College of Art, Chandigarh alumni]]
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Vibha Galhotra
Vibha Galhotra
Born1978
OccupationIndian conceptual artist

Vibha Galhotra(born 1978) is an Indian conceptual artist based in New Delhi. Her work includes large-scale installations, sculptures, drawings, and films that explore themes of ecological and environmental concerns. Her works address the shifting topography of the world under the impact of globalisation and growth. She sees herself as being part of the restructuring of culture, society and geography of New Delhi, and the world.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Vibha Galhotra was born in Kaithal, Haryana in 1978.[1] In 1999 she completed Bachelor in Fine Arts from the Government College of Arts, Chandigarh.[2] In 2002 she completed her Master in Fine arts from Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan.[2] She currently lives in New Delhi.[1]

Career[edit | edit source]

Galhotra is a conceptual artist.[3] According to Art in America, Galhotra's work is concerned with urban development, global concerns and ecological issues.[1] The Hindu has called her work about environmental issues "sharp and cutting."[4] One of her "trademark" artistic conventions is the use of ghungroos.[5]

Awards and Fellowships[edit | edit source]

  • Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti Puraskar, 2024
  • Jerusalem International Fellows - Jerusalem, Israel, 2022
  • Asia Art Future at Asia Art Game Changer Award India – 2019[6]
  • Rockefeller Grant at their Bellagio Center – 2016[7]
  • Asian Cultural Council Fellowship in the U.S.A. – 2017.[8]
  • YFLO Woman Achiever of the Year Award – 2015[9]
  • Inlaks Foundation Fine Arts Award – 2005-06
  • The National Scholarship from the Human Resource Department, Government of India – 2001-02
  • Artist Under 30 Award-Chandigarh State Lalit Kala Academy Award – 1998

Solo shows, projects, and participation[edit | edit source]

2022 - 23[edit | edit source]

  • Silent Seasons- Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
  • Breathing- Hamburger-Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

2021[edit | edit source]

2020[edit | edit source]

  • Beyond the Blue - Jackshainman Gallery New York, 2020
  • Down to Earth - Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
  • Zero Waste - Museum of Fine Arts -Leipzig, Germany

2019[edit | edit source]

  • Climateric - PLKA Gallery - Punjab Kala Bhawan - Chandigarh - India
  • Brave New World - Jack Shainman Gallery – New York

2018[edit | edit source]

  • Facing India - Curated by Dr.Uta Ruhkamp - The Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg - Germany
  • Delirium/Equilibrium- Curated by Roobina Karode - Kiran Nader Museum of Art - Delhi
  • Art - Poetry: The Last Innocences - Instituto Cervantes - Delhi
  • Mutations - IndoFrench Image Encounters curated by Rahaab Allana & Francois Cheval - New Delhi

2017[edit | edit source]

  • Insanity in the Age of Reason - New Delhi - India
  • Water Line: A Creative Exchange - Center for Visual Art | Metropolitan State University of Denver U.S.A.
  • The Darkened Mirror: Global Perspectives on Water San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, USA
  • Unfiltered: An Exhibition About Water - William Benton Museum of Art Connecticut U.S.A.
  • Kailash Cartographies - Sheila C. Johnson Design Center - Parsons School of Design/The New School, New York
  • Sculpture Park curated by Peter Nagy-Nahargarh Fort-Jaipur-India
  • Hold...On. Buddha Enlightened Art & World Peace 2017 Buddha Enlightened, Art & World Peace 2017 Bodh Gaya India

2016[edit | edit source]

  • Land Art Biennial LAM 360° Mongolia
  • Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? a Cook Book project India
  • Meri Kahani Aankhon ki Jubaani a visual arts project with Apne Aap Women Worldwide.
  • Garden of Dreams, a blindfold walk project, Kathmandu, Nepal

2015[edit | edit source]

  • Absur–City–Pity–Dity - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
  • Winter in America - The School, Kinderhook, New York
  • Piece by Piece- Building a Collection, Kemper Museum of Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Walking on the Planet, Casa Masaccio / Centro per l’arte Contemporanea, Corso, Italy

2014[edit | edit source]

  • The Black Cloud Project - public participatory project, India
  • Mise En Scène The School, Kinderhook, NY
  • Past Tradition - Curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt,, New Delhi
  • Forms of Activism- curated by Vivan Sundaram & Sasha Altaf, L K A, New Delhi
  • Multiplicity- City as subject /Matter”, Curated by Marco Antonini, Nurture Art Gallery, New York
  • Citizens of Time, curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki, Dhaka Art Summit
  • Bright Noise- curated by Girish Shahane, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai
  • Is there love in this air- Art Oxygen, Mumbai

2013[edit | edit source]

  • Sediments and Other Untitled... - Exhibit 320, New Delhi, India
  • Alter - curated by Lucie Fontane, Mk search art gallery, Italy
  • Icastica “Arezzo Biennial - Arezzo Italy
  • Souvenir - curated by Lucie Fontane, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
  • Sculpture on the Beach - Art Dubai, 2013. Curated by Chus Martinez
  • Haein Art project Curated by Art O2 Haeinsa temple, Korea

2012[edit | edit source]

  • Utopia of Difference- Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
  • Metropia- Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Re-BirthDay- Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Piazza Cavour, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy 2011
  • 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
  • Contemporary Renaissance- Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno (Arezzo) Italy
  • Becoming- Colombo Art Biennale - Sri Lanka “Theertha International Artists Collective”- Colombo, Sri Lanka

2010[edit | edit source]

  • India Awakening Under the Banyan Tree- Essl Museum, Austria

2009[edit | edit source]

  • Aluminum - 4th Baku Biennale, Azerbaijan
  • Space Invader - Aicon Art Gallery, London, UK India
  • Xianzai - Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China

2008[edit | edit source]

  • Metropia - Project 88, Mumbai, India
  • Best of Discovery - Sh Contemporary, Shanghai, China
  • Destination Asia: Flying over Stereotypes – Conversation: Artists from Central Asia and South Asia, Dubai

2006[edit | edit source]

  • Where Do We Come From? What are we? Where Are We Going? - New Delhi, India
  • Brazier International Artists Workshop UK

2005[edit | edit source]

  • Between Me and Delhi - Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  • Unclaimed Luggage - Artrageous Group Cyprus
  • Bag Factory Fordsburg Artist Studio (Bag Factory) -South Africa

2004[edit | edit source]

  • White - MS University, Baroda, India

2002[edit | edit source]

  • Space within the Space - Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India

Collections[edit | edit source]

Her work has been shown or is in the collections of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Arts, Pizzuti Collection, Casa Masaccio Arte Contemporanea,[10] the Singapore Art Museum,[11] Essl Museum, Austria,[2] Devi Art Foundation, India,[2] and Europas Park.[12]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weaver, A. M. (June 2012). "Vibha Galhotra". Art in America. 100 (6): 164–165 – via EBSCOhost.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "HALL Architecture & Art | Vibha Galhotra". HALL Wines Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. "Black Cloud Spreading Awareness". DNA. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via LexisNexis.
  4. Maddox, Georgina (1 April 2017). "Living in the age of the Anthropocene". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  5. Vasvani, Bansie (2 December 2015). "Aestheticizing the Reality of a Polluted River". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  6. "2019 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards India".
  7. "Residency Program - The Rockefeller Foundation". www.rockefellerfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015.
  8. "Asian Cultural Council — Grantee Roundtable: Snapshot of the New York Fellowship Program". Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  9. "Tribute to women - The Statesman". The Statesman. 15 April 2015.
  10. "Vibha Galhotra". Casa Masaccio Arte Contemporanea (in italiano). 12 June 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  11. "Exploring Terror, Nostalgia in Urban Spaces". The Business Times Singapore. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2017 – via LexisNexis.
  12. "Europos Parkas. History and facts". Europos Parkas. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

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