Chintan Upadhyay (born 1972) is an Indian artist. He was awarded the Charles Wallace Foundation Award for Residency in Bristol, UK in 2012.[1][2][3] He began as a painter, but now creates sculptures and installations, the surfaces of which he paints.[citation needed]
| Chintan Upadhyay | |
|---|---|
| Birthday | 1972 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Painter, artist, sculptor |
| Hometown | Partapur, Rajasthan |
His best known sculpture project is perhaps the Pet Shop project, which is an ongoing production of a "model baby" for every season, Baby fetish.[4]
Early life edit
Chintan was born in 1972 in Partapur, Rajasthan, India,[5] and gained a BFA Painting Faculty of Fine Arts from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India in 1995 and MFA Painting Faculty of Fine Arts from M.S. University, Gujarat, India in 1997.[5]
Accused of murder edit
In December 2015, Upadhyay was accused and arrested in connection with the double murder of his estranged wife Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Haresh Bhambhani.[6] Their bodies were found in khakhi-coloured cardboard boxes floating in a nullah. He has twice been denied bail and the case is ongoing.[7]
Solo shows edit
- 2010 'Nature God', Sakshi Gallery, Taipei
- 2009–10 'Mistake', Inda Gallery, Budapest
- 2009 'Khatti Mithi', Project at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
- 2009 'Iconic Shrine', Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur in collaboration with Roundabout and Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok
- 2008 'Mistake', Aicon Gallery, London
- 2008 'Pet Shop', Ashish Balram Nagpal Galleries, Mumbai
- 2008 'New Indians', Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris
- 2008 'Metastasis of Signs – A Walk in the Realm of Manipulated Realities', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
- 2007 'Tentuaa Dabaa Do (Kill Her)', Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, Rajasthan
- 2006 'I Want To Be An International Artist', Solo Performance, Seoul Art Centre, Korea
- 2006 'Clone Vitthala', Sculptures at Ashish Balram Nagpal Gallery, Mumbai
- 2006 'Maya', Paintings at Ashish Balram Nagpal Gallery, Mumbai
- 2005 'Baar Baar, Har Baar, Kitni Baar?', Installation and Interactive Performance, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
- 2004 'Conker's’, Installation Project, Spike Island, Bristol, UK
- 2004 'Designer Babies', Ashish Balram Nagpal Gallery, Mumbai
- 2003 'New Breed / Hybrid', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2002 'Commemorative Stamps', Ashish Balram Nagpal Gallery, Mumbai
- 2002 'Commemorative Stamps', Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur
- 2002 'Floating thoughts', Interactive site-specific installation, Brisbane, Australia
- 1999 'So What', The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
- 1998 'This has been done before', Shahjehan Art Gallery, New Delhi
- 1996 'Desirable Objects', Leela Kempenski Art Gallery, Mumbai
Group shows edit
- 2012 '2 + 2 = 5', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
- 2012 'Looking Back, Looking Forward', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
- 2012 'Mapmakers: The Evolution of Contemporary Indian Art', Aicon Gallery, New York
- 2012 'Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art', presented by Sakshi Gallery at The Park, Chennai
- 2012 'Sightings', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
- 2011 'Adbhutam: Rasa in Indian Art', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
- 2011 'Skin Deep: The Art of Fibreglass', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
- 2011 'Between Seasons', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
- 2011 'Love is a 4 Letter Word', Latitude 28, New Delhi
- 2011 'Fabular Bodies: New Narratives in the Art of the Miniature', presented by Harmony Art Foundation at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharah Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
- 2011 'Anecdotes', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
- 2011 'High-Light', presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at The Oberoi, Gurgaon
- 2011 'Dolls', Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
- 2011 'Tech-Cut-Edge-Revelations', Ashna Gallery, New Delhi
- 2010 'Changing Skin', presented by The Fine Art Company at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay, Mumbai
- 2010 'A. SYCO', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
- 2009 'Home Sweet Home', Religare Arts. i Gallery, New Delhi
- 2009 'Indian Summer', Galerie Christian Hosp, Berlin
- 2009 'Inaugural Show', Sakshi Gallery, Taipei
- 2008–09 'Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan', Aicon Gallery, London
- 2008–09 'Hot Shots', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
- 2008 'Uncovered', Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2008 ‘Keep Drawing’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
- 2008 'The Ethics of Encounter', Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok
- 2008 'Indiavata', Gallery Sun Contemporary, Korea
- 2008 'Link', Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2008 ‘Freedom 2008 : Sixty Years After Indian Independence’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
- 2007 ‘Telling It Like It Is: The Indian Story’, The Gallery in Cork Street, London
- 2007 ‘Here and Now: Contemporary Voices from India’, Grosvenor Gallery, London
- 2007 ‘Young Guns’, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai
- 2007 'Keep Drawing', Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2006 ‘Bombay Maximum City’, Lille 3000, Lille, France
- 2005 -06 ‘Kaam’, Arts India Gallery, New York and Palo Alto, USA
- 2005 ‘Annual Exhibition’, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2005 ‘Indian Contemporary Art’, Preview TATE Britain
- 2005 ‘Configuration’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
- 2005 ‘Ways Of Seeing’, Gallery Art Alive, New Delhi
- 2005 ‘Papereshi’, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
- 2005 ‘Present-Future’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
- 2005 ‘Indian Contemporary Art’, Chelsea College of Art, London
- 2005 ‘Are We Like This Only?’, Rabindra Bhavan, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi
- 2004 ‘Bombay Boys’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
- 2004 ‘Charles Wallace Foundation Awards’, British Council, New Delhi
- 2004 ‘Concepts and Ideas’, Centre for International Modern art (CIMA), Kolkata
- 2004 Gallery 27, Oslo, Norway
- 2004 – 03 ‘Portraits of a Decade’, Centre for International Modern art (CIMA), Kolkata and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2004 – 03 ‘Dots and Pixels’, Digital media, Sumukha Art Gallery, Bangalore and Gallery Espace, New Delhi
- 2004 ‘Bombay 17’, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
- 2003 ‘Parthenogenesis’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- 2003 ‘Corresponding Latitudes’, A Cross Cultural Collaborative Exhibition of Indian and Australian artists, Jawahar Kala Kendra – Jaipur
- 2002 ‘ Brahma to Bapu', Icons and Symbols in Indian art, Habitat centre, New Delhi, India and Centre for International Modern art (CIMA), Kolkata
- 2002 ‘Quotable Stencil’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2001 ‘ Annual show’, Gallery Wren, Sydney, Australia
- 2000 ‘Sic.’, an Audio-visual Installation, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
- 1999 'Mumbai Metaphor’ Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 1999 ‘Wall Paper’, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 1997 ‘Class of 1997’, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 1997 ‘50 yr. of Indian Independence’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, Delhi and Ravi Shankar Rawal Bhavan, Ahmedabad – Gujarat
Joint shows edit
- 2005 ‘You Have to Decide’ an Interactive Installation and Performance Center for Art and Culture, Chiksarda, Transylvania, Romania
- 2005 'I‘m a slut', a Collaborative Video and Performance with Amit Kekre, Gallery Beyond,[8] Mumbai
- 2004 'Made in China', Collaborative Installation with Hema Upadhyay, Viart Gallery, New Delhi
- 2003 'Made in China', Collaborative Installation with Hema Upadhyay, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai[9]
- 2003 'Post Card', Project with Hema Upadhyay, part of 'Parthenogenesis', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
- 2000 Objects of Desire, Collaboration with Hema Upadhyay, 'Art and Technology', Ideas and Images II, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
- 1995 'Circa Early Seventies', Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara
- 1994 'Discount 33%', Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara
Honours and awards edit
- 2004–05 Charles Wallace Foundation[1][2] Award for a residency in Bristol, UK
- 2000–01 Gadi scholarship, NLKA, New Delhi
- 1998 Lalit Kala Academy for Outstanding Drawing in a drawing exhibition
- 1997 All India Avantika art exhibition, New Delhi
- 1996 Lalit Kala Academy for Outstanding Painting in the annual exhibition S.C.Z.C.C. for Outstanding Painting in the annual exhibition, Nagpur, Maharashtra
- 1995–97 Lalit Kala Academy for Outstanding Painting in the annual exhibition
References edit
- ^ a b "About the Charles Wallace Trusts". The Charles Wallace Trusts.
- ^ a b "Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarships". British Council India.
- ^ "Chintan Upadhyay". Art Cinnamon.
- ^ "Artist Works". Palette Art Gallery.
- ^ a b "Artist Bio". Aicon Gallery. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Double Murder Arrest". Times of India.
- ^ "Artist Chintan Upadhyan Files Bail Plea for the Third Time". Mumbai Mirror. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Homepage". Gallery Beyond.
- ^ "Artist Hema Upadhyay". Gallery Chemould. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2015.