NS Harsha
Born 1969, Mysore, India
Education
1995
MFA in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda
1992
BFA in Painting, CAVA, Mysore.
Selected Activities
2009
Nations, Sharjah Biennal 9
Nations: an installation by NS Harsha, Rivington Place, London
NS Harsha: New Works, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
2008
Chalo! India, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Indian HIghway, Serpentine Gallery, London
2007
Mirage, Kalaghoda Art Festivan, Mumbai
Contemporary Art Fair Shanghai with Bodhi Art
Horn Please, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
2006
Cosmic Orphans included in Belief, Singapore Biennale, Singapore
Charming Nation, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2005
Indian Summer, École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, France
Visiting Artist Shantou University, Cheung Kong School of Arts & Design, China
2004
Another Passage to India, Ethnogaphy Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, and at Asia Society, Queens Museum, New York
2003
Sanskriti Award, Sanskriti Pratishthan, Delhi.
'Enchanting the Icon', SakshiGallery, Bangalore.
'bha bha bha' a collaborative project with Joan Grounds. An Asia Link project supported by Australia-India Council, the New South Wales Ministry for the Arts, and Australia Council. With support of Asia Link.
2002
Creative Space', Sakshi Gallery, Delhi.
'Brahma To Bapu' Icons and Symbols in Indian Art, CIMA, Delhi.
Working member, Khoj-2002 International Artist's Workshop, Mysore/Bangalore.
www.khojworkshop.org
'Trans-figuration', Art Inc, Delhi.
'Artist Workshop' Sirpur Paper Mills, Andrapradesh.
Fukuoka 2nd Asian Art Triennial, Fukuoka, Japan.
Resident Artist for community project.
CAN show (Concerned Action Now) Delhi.
AarPar2, India-Pakistan art exchange project. Mumbai / Karachi.
2001
'Drawing Space' Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK.
Resident Artist 'VAFA' ( Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts ) Colombo, Srilanka.
'10 Years of Sakshi', Chitrakalaparishat, Bangalore.
'Edge of the Volume' Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore.
Works on Paper, CIMA Kolkatta.
2000
'Aar Paar' Art exchange between Mumbai and Karachi, Pakistan.
'Drawing Space' Beaconsfield Gallery, London. Produced by inIVA, The Institute of International Visual Arts, in collaboration with The Victoria and Albert Museum London. (Conducted Kids Workshop at Beaconsfield Gallery for Vauxhall School) www.iniva.org
'Embarkations' Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.
1999
apt3, Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, Australia, www.apt3.net
Flying Arts tour program, Queensland, Australia.
Conducted Several community projects with Children in Brisbane and Ballarat, Under out reach program Queensland Art Gallery, Australia.
1998
Terrain Vagues- Between local and the Global, Grandes Galleries, Rouen, France, Herbert Read Gallery, Kent, England.
Khoj, International Artist's Workshop, Modinagar, Delhi.
'Cryptograms', Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai.
4 Artists Collaboration Exhibition-Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore.
Developed Scientific Models for Bio Chemistry Research Department, Science
Exhibition, University of Mysore.
1997
'40 days & 40 Nights', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. (collaboration
Exhibition with Joan Grounds).
Under Fire & Life, Australia India Residency Exchange Program, Asia Link.
Produced a Quilt/Screen for Chinnaramela, Rangayana Theatre Repertory, Mysore.
1996
Fire & Life, Collaboration Exhibition with Joan Grounds, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore.
Arcoss-da-Lapa, Rio, Brazil.
1995
Young Baroda, Art Today Gallery, Delhi.
Excavation 95, CIMA Gallery, Calcutta.
Post Card to Gandhi, Exhibition organized by Sahamat in six cities, India.
1994
Young Artist Camp, NCPA, Mumbai
Painters Camp, Diu, West Zone Cultural Center, Rajastan.
1993
National Graphic Art exhibition, LalitKala Academy, Bangalore.
Karnataka State LalitKala Academy Scholarship.
Vasudev Arnavaz Scholarship
1992
Vasudev Arnavaz Scholarship
Dasara Fine Art Award, Mysore
