Director- Inner Eye ArtS - Art Consulting Firm, San Ramon, CA
Board Member -Asian American Women Artist Association, San Francisco, CA
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Ph.D History of Art – 2001, National Museum Institute of History of Art and Conservation, New Delhi, India, under the guidance of Dr. Ratan Parimoo, M.S university of Baroda
M.F.A (Art History and Aesthetics)–1995, M.S University of Baroda, Faculty of Fine Arts, India
B.F.A ( Art History and Aesthetics) 1993, M.S University of Baroda, Faculty of Fine Arts, India
Selected Art Shows
2016
Resistance: Curated by Pamela Yabnez, SOMArts, San Francisco,May 6-May 26 - Upcoming
Rain Percussions: Curated by Margaret Niven, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, March 23-May 8
Declarations for the New Year, curated by Michele Carlson, Weston Teruya, and Nate Watson, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, January 9– 30
2015
Hungry Ghosts: curated Michelle A. Lee, I- Hotel Manilatown Center Gallery, San Francisco, April 2-29, 2015
Intersections: Curated by Inner Eye Curatorial, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, February 7- 28, 2015
Women In Art ~ Herstories: Curated by Jan Marlese, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA
February 26 – March 27, 2015
2014
Crossing the Hyphen, curated by Demetri Broxton, Addison Street Window Gallery, Berkeley, May 31- July 9
Eating Cultures: Curated by Michelle Lee, SOMArts, San Francisco, Asian American Women Artist Association, May 1- May 30
Disconnect: Northern California Women's Caucus for Art, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA June 6 - July 19, 2014
Kitsch-in: curated by Amy Cancelmo, Richard Rinehart, and Julie Sutherland, Performance -work at Root Division, San Francisco, 12th of April
Our American Stories by Asian American Artists Exhibition: curated by Judy Shintani, Madeleine Haas Russell Gallery, Rosenberg Library, City College of San Francisco, March 15 -Sept 26
Soliloquy: Performance work at Berkeley Art Center, 15th of February
Feature: curated by Weston Teruya, Berkeley Art Center, January 16- March 2
2013
The Photographic Self: curated by Carla Williams, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, September 6- October 24
HerStory: curated by Jaishree Abhichandani, South Asian Creative Collective, Taubman Museum of Art, May 28 – 24 August
UnderCurrents and the Quest for the Space: curated by Linda Inson Choy, Asian American Woman Artist Association, somArts, San Francisco, May 2- 25
2012
Nomad: Kearny Street Workshop 40th Anniversary show, September 28, Manilatown Center, San Francisco, September 28– December 14
It’s Personal: Los Gatos Museum of Art, October 17 – December 7 (upcoming)
Her Story: Queens Museum of Arts, NY, August 11-October 7(ongoing)
The Future is NOW: Asian America on its own terms, SOMArts, San Francisco, May 3- 23
Arts of Asia Pacific Show, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA – February 3- 4
2011
Erasing Borders, curated by Vijay Kumar, Indo-American Art Council, New York, NY
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, March 19 - April 10
Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University, NY, April 23-May 27
Aicon Gallery, Aicon Gallery, NY, August 16-September 3
Jorgensen Gallery, Storrs, Ct., September 19 - December 9
A Place of her Own, curated by Cynthia Tom, SomaArts, May 5 – May 26
The Living Past: Innovating Tradition in the Arts, A group exhibition co-curated by Lydia Nakashima Degarrod and Deirdre Visser , California College of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, October 28–January 9, 2011
2010
Inner Eye, solo show, Lindsay Dirx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA, August 1- 31
Blue Planet: SomArts, a group show curated by Avinger Nelson, organized by Women's Caucus for the Arts, June 19- 26
If Not Now, When: A group show organized by Creative Modern Activism, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, June 25 to September 26
Artistic Transformations: curated by Neal Tomye Madison, Malonga Center for the Arts, Oakland, CA June 7- August 12
A Traveling Tale: Recent works, a solo show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, April 2 to 9 May
2009
Cultural Memory: Transdiasporic Practices, curated by Pritika chowdhry, Women Made Gallery, Chicago IL, September 4 - October 10
A place of her own, curated by Cynthia Tom, Asian American Women Artist Association, SomArts, San Francisco, CA, September 20 - October 6
Erasing Borders 2009, curated by Vijay Kumar, Indo-American Art Council, New York, NY, A travelling show, March 3 -December 13
Dowd Fine Art Gallery, State University of New York College at Cortland, NY
Crossing Art, Asian Contemporary Art Week (ACW) New York, NY
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Project Space, New York, NY
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, PA
2008
APAture 2008 , curated by Lucy Kalyani Lin, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA, September 18 –September 27
Rods and Cones: Seeing from the Back of One’s Head, curated by Radhika Subramaniam, South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC), Abrons Center, New York, NY, August 7- August 28
Local Voices, Bedford Art Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA, June 2- August 31
2007
APAture 2007 , Kearny Street Workshop space 180, San Francisco, CA, September 18 –September 29
Flash Flood International Video Art Festival, curated by Brookhart Jonquil, The Museum for Poly-dimensional Research, Tucson, AZ, August 4
Bhakti Ball of Love , Collaborative Performance Act, Adobe Art Center, Castro Valley, CA, February 15
Publications
Digging: An eclectic anthology of creative writers, Eliza Press Publications, Danville CA, April, 2010
New Beginnings: An eclectic anthology of creative writers, Eliza Press Publications Danville, CA, February 2009
Herstory: An eclectic anthology of creative writers, Eliza Press Publications, Danville CA, February 2008
Encounters : An Easy -writers Anthology, Infinity Limited, Castro Valley CA, February 2007
Heart’s Desire: A poetic complement to Adobe Heart’s Desire show , Eliza Press Publications, Danville, CA, February 2007
Research papers, Presentations, and Panel Discussions
Challenging Societal Assumptions and Creating Community: Asian American Women Artists, College Arts Association conference, Los Angeles Convention Center, February 25, 2012
A Place of Her Own: panel discussion, SOMArts, San Francisco, May 14, 2011
Borderlands: A Conversation about Immigration and the Arts, Counterpulse, San Francisco, CA, November 13, 2010
Between the Folds (Film by Vanessa Gould), Post-Screening panel discussion at the San Francisco Main Library, presented by ITVS, KQED, November 18 2009
Asian Studies Conference, WCAAS, University of Boulder, CO, “Dancing in Circles: Representation of Radha in Rasalila Performances”, September 12-14 2008
American Pen Women Conference, Castro Valley CA, December, 2006, “Exploring Mixed Media painting
Association of Asian Performance, University of San Francisco, USA, July 2005“Interrelation of Krishna Lila Performance and Sanskrit Dramas”
Western Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, University of Phoenix, Arizona, USA, October 10, 2003, “A passage to Heaven: Re-viewing the paintings from the Chhatri of Kusumsarovar, Govardhan”
International Conference “Image and Imagery: Borders frames, Limits, Brock University, Ontario, Canada, October17, 2002
“A Sacred Thread: Imaging Ritual space in Krishna Lila performances and Paintings from Braja region”
Western Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA, September 26, 2002, Brajvilas: A study of Narrative voice and Structure in Krishna Lila paintings from Braja bhumi”
X Symposium of American council of South Asian Art, Walters Museum of Art, Baltimore, USA, November10, 2001
Comprehending Interrelationship: A study of Krishna Lila paintings from Nathadwara and Kusumsarovar”
Art History Symposium-The Politics of Art making: Interrogating Power/Courting authority, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA, March 3, 2001
“Meaning and Agendas of Krishna Lila Performances and Paintings from Braja bhumi
A research dissertation submitted to National Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India, April, 1996
Research Grants- Junior Research Grant Fellowship, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, India for PhD Thesis, 1998-99
Research Grant Fellowship, Abraham Alkazi Foundation, New Delhi, India, for research project for documenting “Rasalila performances of Braja bhumi”, 1996-997
Junior Research Fellowship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India, for Research project “Krishnalila Paintings”, August 1995 – July 1996
Affiliations - College Arts Association
- Member of American Council of Southern Asian Studies (ACSAA)
- Asian American Women Artist Association (AAWAA)
- Member Art Advisory committee of the City of San Ramon, CA from 2004- 2009
- Women Cacus of Arts
Research Grant Fellowship, Abraham Alkazi Foundation, New Delhi, India, for research project for documenting “Rasalila performances of Braja bhumi”, 1996-997
Junior Research Fellowship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India, for Research project “Krishnalila Paintings”, August 1995 – July 1996
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