shakuntala

Beyond Proscenium I Caryatid-A View Point I  Maze I Jugglers I  Godhadis I  Defying Confinement I Empowerment  Anonymously I  Reduced Spaces I  Confinement I Grandmother’s Tales I and when she roared the universe quaked

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 Shakuntala Kulkarni.(1950)

Educational qualifications

1972   G. D. Art (Government Diploma in Art), Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai
1973   Post Diploma, Murals, Sir J.J.School of Arts, Mumbai
1975   Printmaking, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda
1976   Printmaking, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007  and when she roared the universe quaked, multimedia installation with paintings and videos, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai

2005 /2004  Grandmother’s Tales, video installation, an interactive /collaborative project with 8 women aged between 78 and 86, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, colleges, domestic/art spaces, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Goa

2002/2001  Reduced Spaces, video installation with a walk- in sculpture and a collaborative performance with a dancer/chorographer, Arundhati Chattopadhyaya, Jehangir Art Gallery, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, Apeejay multimedia Gallery, New Delhi

1998  Godhadi, collaborative project with a domestic helper, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore, Gallery Art Inc, New Delhi

1996  Caryatid - A View Point, installation with sculpture and charcoal drawings Prithvi Art Gallery, Gallery 7, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai,Nazar Art Gallery, Baroda

1995/1994  Beyond Proscenium, a multi disciplinary installation, an interactive / collaborative project with theatre personalities, poets, musicians, dancers, Jehangir Art Gallery, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, Art Heritage, New Delhi

1988  Watercolors, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1985  Watercolors, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 Subjected Culture – Interruptions and resistances on femaleness, a travelling exhibition within  Argentina, MACRO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Rosario Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires, curated by Graciela Ovejero, (Argentina)  

Cast some light, Glasgow international Festival of Contemporary Visual Art  with 18 international artists, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Glasgow Film Theatre, U. K. curated by Helen de Main (Glasgow) and Maj Hasager (Copenhagen).

 Video screening with AURAFILM, Konstforeningen Aura, Malmö Public Space , Sweden, curated by Tamara Malmeström  de Laval, (sweeden)  

Conversations – Destination Asia, Elementa Dubai, a travelling exhibition, Central Asia, Pakistan, India,curated by Valeria Iberava,Quddus Mirza, Sharmila Samant

2008-2011 The Veil: Visible and invisible spaces, a travelling exhibition 
Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, Colorado,University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Connecticut-Avery Point, East Indiana University-Richmond, University of Northern Florida (res), State University of New York-Geneseo, California State University-Dominguez Hills, Texas A&M-Laredo (res), University of Kentucky Art Museum, curated by Jennifer Heath, (USA)

2007/2006 Subjected Culture - Interruptions and resistances on femaleness, a travelling exhibition within Argentina, MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Salta, Museo de Bellas Artes Timoteo Navarro, Tucumán, curated by Graciela Ovejero.

2006   Five women’s video show on the International Women’s day, S.N.D.T. Womens University, Mumbai, curated by Shakuntala Kulkarni
Foot Prints, women in printmaking, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Baroda, India, Kansas City, USA, curated by Kavita Shaha
Fluid Signs, Perception and Identity, Dakshinachitra and Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai, curated by Tamara Malmeström  de Laval

2005  videos at Konstforeningen Aura, Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden curated by Tamara Malmeström  de Laval
 
Kovideo, 1st Durban video festival, South Africa, facilitated by Sharmila Samant
 
2004   Video Art Road in Delhi, in collaboration with Johan Pijnappel, Crossing Currents, facilitated by Shilpa Gupta
Train Painting, a World Social Forum event, Mumbai, organized by Open Circle

 2004-/2003   Rights, Rites and Rewrite,  a video installations by six Indian video artists, a travelling exhibition, Cornell University, Ithaka, Duke University, Rutgers University, New York, curated by Arshiya Lokhandwala
Meteor at Lund Art hall outer wall, public space screening outside Lund University, curated by Tamara Malmeström  de Laval

2003  Crossing Generations: diverge, forty years of Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, curated by Geeta Kapur and Chaitanya Sambrani

2002  Life in the Time of Cholera, Apeejay Multimedia Gallery, New Delhi, India curated by Pooja Sood,
Confinement, a video film at Pundole Art Gallery and a collaborative installation project at Madras Café with Anjana Mehra, for Reclaim Our Freedom, Mumbai, organized by Open Circle,
Hands, a video film at video festival, for India Sabka, Mumbai, organised by Majlis
Fairy Tale of Tepantore, a video show, Dhaka, Britto workshop, Bangladesh
 
2000  Nayika, Tao Art Gallery. Mumbai, India, curated by Anupa Mehta
Icons of the Millennium, Lakkeeren Gallery for Contemporary Art, Mumbai
Anonymously Yours, Lakeeren Gallery for Contemporary Art, Mumbai

1999  Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai

1998   Kendalwalla through Indian eye, Warehouse Gallery, Brewery Art Center, Kendal, and University of North Lancashire, Preston, U.K.

1997  The Looking Glass Self, an exhibition of self-images, Lakeeren Gallery for Contemporary Art, Mumbai
50 years Of Independence, Lakeeren Gallery for Contemporary Art, Mumbai
Gift for India, organized by SAHMAT, Delhi, Mumbai
1996  100 years of Cinema, Lakeeren Gallery for Contemporary Art, Mumbai
1995  Mithuna, an exhibition of erotica, Pundole Art Gallery/Fabio Rossi/Maharukh Desai Gallery, London

Videography

2007 is it just a game? 1,: single channel, colour, sound, loop, duration 1.49 minutes
is it just a game? II, single channel, colour, sound, loop, duration 2.19 minutes
is it just a game? III,   single channel, colour, sound, loop, duration 2.6 minutes
 is it just a game? IV, single channel, colour, sound, loop, duration 2.5 minutes
 the role I would love to play, messiah I, single channel ,colour,no sound,loop, duration 5.46 minutes
 the role I would love to play,messiah II,  two channel ,colour, no sound, loop, duration 2 .15 minutes

2004  Grandmother’s tales, three channel, colour, sound, loop, duration 1 hr.14 minutes

2002  Hands, single channel, colour, no sound, loop, duration 3 minutes Confinement, single channel, colour, sound, loop, duration 5 minutes
Fairy Tale of Tepantore, single channel ,colour ,sound, loop, duration 20 minutes  

2001 Through the Door, single channel, black and white, Sound, loop, duration 3.21 minutes
I can see you all, single channel, black and white, sound, loop, duration 5.40 minutes
I want to say something single channel, black and white, sound, loop, duration 4.25 minutes

Slide and video presentations

2007/2003   Visva Bharati University, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, MPCVA,  National Center for Performing Arts, Mumbai, Fundacao Oriente Goa, Jindal Foundation, National Center for Performing Arts, Mumbai, facilitated by Shilpa Phadke, Britto International Work Shop, Dhaka, M.S. university, Baroda

Awards

1975-1976 Government of India Cultural Scholarship for painting and         Printmaking under Akbar Padamsee, Prof. Palsikar, Prof. Somnath Hore

1998 Residency, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, U.K

2002 1975-1976 Government of India Cultural Scholarship for painting and Printmaking under Akbar Padamsee, Prof. Palsikar, Prof. Somnath Hore

1998  Residency, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, U.K

2002  Prince Claus Fund for setting up multi- disciplinary project Reduced Spaces

The artist works and lives in Mumbai