CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME
NIDHI KHURANA
EMAIL nidhikhurana217@gmail.com
BLOG ADDRESS www.nidhikhurana217.blogspot.in
Mobile Number +91 7838967079
Address C-67, Top floor
Freedom Fighter Enclave, 402
Neb
Sarai, IGNOU Road, New Delhi-110068
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
2009 Qualified University Grants
Commission-National Educational Testing (UGC-NET) Visual Arts.
2009 M.A. in Arts and
Aesthetics from J.N.U. New Delhi.
2003 Bachelors
in Fine Arts (Sculpture) from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University,
Baroda.
1999 ISC from Welham Girls’ School, Dehradun.
1998 Visited the United Kingdom for a School
Exchange Program to Millfield School, Somerset.
1997 ICSE from Welham Girls’ School, Dehradun.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023-24Artist residency at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Central
European University,
Budapest,
Hungary.
2023 Artist Residency as part of
the Exhibition, ‘Very Small feelings’, at Kiran Nadar Museum of
Art, Saket, New Delhi.
2022 Artist residency at
Westwerk, Hamburg, Germany, funded by the Ministry of Media and
Culture, Hamburg.
2021-22Artist residency at Space Studio Residency, Baroda, Gujarat.
2019 Artist residency program
at the Hochschule fur Bidende Kunste Braunschweig, funded by
The State of Lower
Saxony (BS Projects Scholarship 2018-19) Germany.
2019 Artist residency at Haus
am Wehrsteg, Heidelberg, Germany.
2017 1Shanthiroad
Studio/Gallery Residency supported by Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation.
2016 Disappearing Dialogues, an
interdisciplinary Residency at Art Ichol, Maihar, M.P.
2016 Piramal Art Residency,
Mumbai, India
2015-16 Mexican Government Scholarship for a Residency in Oaxaca, Mexico.
2013 Residency with R.A.T.
(Residencias Artisticas por Intercambio) in Mexico City D.F.
2013 Travel Grant from Indian
Council for Cultural Relations.
2011 Awarded Fellowship from
Bajaj Capital Art House.
2010 “The
Why not Place Residency” at Artsi Gallery, Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi.
2008 Artist residency at The
Global Arts Village, New Delhi.
ART FAIRS, FESTIVALS and ART CAMPS
2024 Symposium on Metal
Sculpture, Shilpanjali Foundation, Works for Artist Foundry, Jaipur,
India.
2023 The Sound of Silence, a
group show at the India Art Fair, Art Indus Booth, New Delhi.
2019 India Art Fair, “In the
Light of the Absurd”, Art Indus, booth F1, New Delhi.
2018 India Art Fair, "Yume
de aimashou", Art Indus, Booth F8, New Delhi.
2018 Krishnakriti Festival,
Hyderabad.
2013 United Art Fair, Pragati
Maidan, New Delhi.
2007 Artist Camp organized by
Welham Girls School, Dehradun as part of the 50th Anniversary
Celebrations.
2007 Artist Camp organized by
RAD at Vijaywada, Telangana, India.
2005 Artist Camp organized by
the Doon School, Dehradun.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 ‘Traces
of Existence; Place between Places’, with iterate, a solo Exhibition at 34, Bourdon
Street, Mayfair, London.
2023 ‘A map of now’, a solo
show at Frida Art House, The Ritz-Carlton, Pune.
2023 “Inner Terrains”, a solo
show at Apre Art House, Mumbai.
2022 Trans-PORTAL, A solo show
at Westwerk, Hamburg, Germany.
2019 ‘Mapping Colour’, a Solo
exhibition at Haus am Wehrsteg, Heidelberg, Germany.
2007 ‘Sketches’ a Solo
Exhibition at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
“Ptolemaus Die Welt im Griff?”, a group show at Kunsthaus Grenchen,
Grenchen,
Switzerland.
2023
Delhi Contemporary Art Week with Gallery Blueprint12 at Bikaner House,
New Delhi.
2023
Space Studio Alumni Exhibition, Baroda, Gujarat.
2023
‘Very Small Feelings’, at Kiran Nadar museum of Art, Saket, New Delhi.
2023 House of Style, Culture of
the Expanded Book at 47A, Chatterjee and Lal Design, Mumbai.
2023 SPATIAL, A group show at
Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi.
2021 “ State of Mind”, a group show at Sakshi
Gallery, Mumbai.
2020 “Abstract Notations” an Online show by
Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2020 “Breathing Through
Shifting Scapes”, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.
2019 “Every 100 Feet the World
Changes”, Braunschweig Projects 2018-19, Braunschweig,
Germany.
2019 “Creative Disruptionists”
at ITC Maurya Diplomatic Enclave, New Delhi.
2018 “Endless Spaces” with
Apparao Gallery, The Lodhi, New Delhi.
2018 “Nurturing the
Contemporary”, the inaugural exhibition of Piramal Museum of Art Mulund
Gallery, Mumbai.
2018 "Mapping
Frontiers" at Goethe-Zentrum and Kalakriti Art Gallery, as a part of the
Krishnakriti
Festival of Art and Culture, Hyderabad.
2017 Project Cafe Goa, an
Experiential Design Hotel in Assagao, Goa.
2017 "Work in
Progress" a Group show by Kohl Art, New Delhi.
2017 Disappearing Dialogues Exhibition at Bikaner
House, New Delhi
2017 "Memory Weave", of pixels and
Patterns, Srishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2016 "Untitled: Unknown" a group show
by Kohl Art, New Delhi.
2015 "Fibre Fables", An Exhibition in
collaboration with weavers at The Stainless, New Delhi.
2015 "Woven in time, space and
material", at Alliance Francaise, Gurgaon Centre.
2014 "Thread", a group
show by three artists working with textile and thread at the
Gallerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Francaise,
New Delhi.
2014 "Seven strokes of
genius", an event celebrating 5 years at Palladium Mall, with
What about
Art? A Mumbai based Arts Management Company.
2013 'Versatile Thoughts', a
group show organized by Percept Arts, Lower Parel, Mumbai.
2012 Visual Discourse, a group
show at Ireo Waterfront, Ludhiana. (IREO, Times of India
And
Gallery Exhibit 320).
2012 Mapping Mindscapes, two man
show at Gallery Art Positive, New Delhi.
2012 "New Directions in Old
Media: Post-Conceptual Journeys" at Trapezoid Art
Gallery, New Delhi.
2012 Art Makers Circa 2012, a group show at
Gallery Exhibit 320, New Delhi.
2012 'Portraits and
Topographies' a two man show at the Jehangir Art Gallery,
Mumbai
2011 Art Spotting II at Art Positive, a unit of
Bajaj Capital Art House.
2010 ‘Drifting Still’ at Gallery Art Konsult, Hauz
Khas Village, New Delhi.
2010 "The Transforming
State”, a group show of International Artists at Arts I,
Religare Arts Initiative, Connaught Place,
New Delhi.
2009 DRIFTERS, at Gallery Art
Konsult, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi.
2009 Online Group show,
organized by Tangerine Art Gallery, Bangalore.
2008 Group Exhibition at the
Global Arts Village, New Delhi.
2007 Group Exhibition at Nehru
Centre Art Gallery, Worli, Mumbai.
2007 Group Exhibition organized
by gallery Art Felt, New Delhi.
2007 Dual Entities, a group
exhibition of two artists, Gallery Art and Soul, New Delhi.
2007 The Drifters, a group
exhibition by three artists at Artists’ Centre, Mumbai.
2006 5th Annual
Uttaranchal Kala Parishad Exhibition at Press Club, Dehradun.
2005 Group Exhibition of
Paintings at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
2005 RESSURUCTION group
exhibition of over 70 artists in aid of Tsunami victims
at The
Faculty of Fine Arts M.S. University, Baroda
2005 Group Exhibition of
Paintings at Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda.
2002 IFACS State Level
Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Ahmedabad.
Links to selected interviews, articles
and videos 2023
Institute of Advanced Studies, Central
European University, Budapest, Hungary
https://ias.ceu.edu/people/nidhi-khurana
Very Small Feelings, KNMA, Saket New
Delhi.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx2zpPOvWT4/
‘The Map of
Now’ at Frida Art gallery, The Ritz Carlton Pune, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=qP5NgGoV_4Q
Art and Soul
magazine Interview during India Art Fair 2023
THE ART OFF
Nidhi Khurana. SECRETS OF HAND DYEING, TEXTILES, COLORS and FABRIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVCI0llNiAA
Live Conversation with Contemporary Artist Nidhi Khurana || @Govind
Vishwas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyKJfYA4DVk
Virtual
Museum of Images and Sounds (VMIS) website
https://aims.aiis.edu.in/exhibition/exhibition/state-of-mind-between-dysphoria-and-hope-in-crisis/
Stir world
Instagram Interview Link
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXqMSOBLIOH/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
