Education

2002
MFA Visual Arts Columbia University New York, NY

1996
BA, Art-Semiotics and Comparative Literature Brown University Providence, RI magna cum laude, phi beta kappa

Selected Exhibitions

2007
Asian Contemporary Art Fair Pier 92, New York "SimulAsian"
(curated by Lilly Wei and Eric Shiner)
Spazio Oberdan Milan, Italy "Contemporary Indian Art Between Continuity and Transformation"
(curated by Daniella Palazzoli)
USB Galleries New York, NY "25 Years later... Art in General 25th Anniversary Exhibition"
Dumbo Arts Center Brooklyn, NY "Sex in the City"
(curated by Dean Daderko and Marina Adams)
Hass & Fischer Zurich, Switzerland "Solo Exhibition"
ABC No Rio NYC "Hidden"
ZKM Gallery Karlsruhe, Germany "Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves"
(curated by Wonil Rhee)
Exit Art New York, NY "Sultana's Dream: South Asian Woman's Creative Collective 10th Anniversary Show"
(curated by Jaishri Abichandani and Jeanette Ingberman)
Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center New York, NY "Intersections"
(curated by Martin Dust)
516 Arts Santa Fe, NM "Tributaries"
(curated by Lisa Gill and Purvi Shah)
Hotel 39 Honolulu, HI "Sufferation" (curated by Trisha Lagasso Goldberg)
Rotunda Gallery Brooklyn, NY "Spectral Evidence" (curated by Steven Lam)
Parker's Box Brooklyn, NY "Troubled Waters Permeability"
Nature Morte Gallery New Delhi, India "Group Show"
Thomas Erben Gallery NYC "Upon Her Precipice"
Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston TX
"One Way or Another"
Berkeley Museum, University of California CA "One Way or Another"
Japanese American National Museum Los Angeles, CA "One Way or Another"

2006
White Box NYC "What War?"
(curated by Eleanor Heartney, Larry Litt and Juan Puntes)
Momenta Art, Market Gallery Glasgow, Scotland "Deuces ex Machina"
Vitaminarte Turin, Italy "Ex-otica"
Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Zeina Assaf Cuchifritos Gallery NYC
Artists' Alliance Residency Exhibition
Asian Society NYC "One Way or Another"
(curated by Melissa Chiu and Suzette Min)
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Turin, Italy "Subcontingent"
(curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Francesco Manacorda)
Newman Popiashvili Gallery NYC "Mural Show"
Exit Art NYC "Wild Girls"
Roebling Hall NYC "If a cat gives birth to kittens in an oven, are they kittens or biscuits?"
(curated by Dean Daderko)
Aljira Center for Contemporary Art NJ "E7 Emerging Artist Exhibition"
(curated by Jennifer Chapek and Franklin Sirman)
Deutsche Bank NYC "Papering"
(curated by Sofia Hernandez and Holly Block)
Thomas Erben Gallery NYC "Nicola Durvasula, Chitra Ganesh, Tejal Shah"
Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Arts Center "Inner Limits"
(curated by Martin Dust)
Center for Book Arts NYC "No More Drama"
(curated by Edwin Ramoran)
Thomas Erben Gallery NYC "Scope Art Fair"
Asian American Centre NYC "Detained!"

2005
Rotunda Gallery Brooklyn, NY "Time's Arrow"
Queens Museum of Art NY "The Gift: Building a Collection"
Artissima 05 Vitamin Arte, Italy
Tribeca Performing Arts Center Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC "Cities, Art, Recovery"
Asian Art Festival Poncheon, Korea
Gwangju Contemporary Art Museum Gwangju, Korea "739 Feet Running Wall"
Mason Gross School of the Arts Rutgers University, NJ "Home and The World"
Shore Institute of Contemporary Art NJ "Characters: Scene I and Scene II"
Silvermine Guild Arts Institute CT
Queens Museum of Art NY "Fatal Love"
Jersey City Museum NJ "1 x 1" (curated by Rocio Aranda)
Goliath Visual Space Brooklyn, NY "Written on Wind and Water"

2004
Brooklyn College Art Gallery NY "Floorplay"
Limehouse Town Hall London, UK "Pilot 01"
Brooklyn Academy of Music NY "NextNextArt" (curated by Dan Cameron)
White Box NY "Six Feet Under" (curated by Melissa Chiu)
Vitamin Arte Turin, Italy "Color Theory" (curated by Franklin Sirmans)
The Drawing Center NY "Summer Selections: Playpen" (curated by Suzette Min and Marissa White)
Supersalon NY "Enchantment" (curated by Jennifer McGregor)
Apex Art NY "Treasure Maps" (curated by Janine Antoni)
ArtSpace New Haven, CT
White Columns NY "East of the Sun, West of the Moon"
William Benton Museum Trinity College, CT "Masala" (curated by Siona Benjamin and Kathryn Myers)
Brooklyn Museum of Art NY "Open House" (curated by Charlota Kotik and Tumelo Mousaka)

2003
Art Basel Miami Momenta Art, NY
Bose Pacia NY "Through Customs" (curated by Shamim Momin and Raina Lampkins-Fielder)
Bronx Museum of Art NY "Artists in The Marketplace Annual Exhibition"
Abrons Art Gallery NY "Theory of Relative Power" (curated by Franklin Sirmans)
Jack Tilton Gallery NY "Group Show"
Momenta Art Brooklyn, NY "Her Secret Missions"
Egizio's Project NY "Words"
Queens Museum of Art NY "637 Feet of Running Wall" (curated by Valerie Smith and Tom Finkelpearl)

2002
Staller Art Center Stonybrook University, NY "Queer Visualities" (curated by Carl Pope and Jonathan Katz)
P.S. 1 NY "Charlie" (curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Ali Subotnik, and Bettina Funcke)
Edwin Ramoran Gallery NY "Mango, Talwar" (curated by Melissa Chiu)
Diverseworks Houston, TX "Slant"
Mink Building NY "Columbia MFA Thesis Show" (curated by Eungie Joo)
Commons Gallery Barney Building, New York University, NY "Homegrown"
Longwood Arts Center Bronx, NY "Culture in a Jar"
Living Arts Centre Ontario, Canada "SAVAC Annual Exhibition"

2001
Lakshana Gallery Hyderabad, India Earthquake Relief International
Queens Museum of Art NY "Crossing the Line" (curated by Valerie Smith)
Bose Pacia NY "Shaken and Stirred" (curated by Rina Banerjee and Barbara Hunt)
UFMG Centro Cultural Belo Horizonte, Brazil "Myth/Making: Contemporary Constructions"
Quay Gallery Toronto, Canada "AlieNation"

Awards and Residencies

2005
Pennies From Heaven Fund
Alkira Center for the Arts Emerge 7
Artists' Alliance Rotating Studio Program Recipient
New York Foundation for the Arts Artist's Fellowship
Gregory Millard Fellow
Headlands Center for the Art Project Space Residency
Center for Book Arts Emerging Artist Workspace Grant

2004
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Grant
Astraea Visual Arts Award

2002
Bronx Museum Artist in the Marketplace Program Participant
Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center, Artist-in-Residence

2001
College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

1996
Roberta Jocelyn Award for Excellence in Art
Rosalie Colie Award for Outstanding Work in Comparative Literature

1995
Howard R. Swearer Award for Community and Public Service

1992
Nancy Thorpe Memorial Poetry Award

Selected Bibliography