Yamini Nayar (Works)

Selected Works

Installation view, north/west walls (photo credit: Fernando Sandoval/MW). Installation view, north/west walls (photo credit: Fernando Sandoval/MW).
Feeding the Silkworm, 2024. Archival pigment print, 50 × 40in., edition of 5 (+2 AP) <i>Feeding the Silkworm</i>, 2024. Archival pigment print, 50 × 40in., edition of 5 (+2 AP)
Echo and Eros, 2024. Archival pigment print, 50 × 40in., edition of 5 (+2 AP) <i>Echo and Eros</i>, 2024. Archival pigment print, 50 × 40in., edition of 5 (+2 AP)
Installation view, east wall (photo credit: Fernando Sandoval/MW). Installation view, east wall (photo credit: Fernando Sandoval/MW).
Animism, 2024. Silver gelatin print, 50 x 30 inches. Edition of 5 (+ 2 AP) <i>Animism</i>, 2024. Silver gelatin print, 50 x 30 inches. Edition of 5 (+ 2 AP)
Only the Dance, 2024. Archival pigment print, 40 x 30 inches. Edition of 5 (+ 2 AP) <i>Only the Dance</i>, 2024. Archival pigment print, 40 x 30 inches. Edition of 5 (+ 2 AP)
Imprint, 2020. Silver gelatin print, 14 x 18in, ed. of 5 (+1AP) <i>Imprint</i>, 2020. Silver gelatin print, 14 x 18in, ed. of 5 (+1AP)
Beginner's Mind, 2020. C-print, 40 x 30in, ed. of 5 (+1AP) <i>Beginner's Mind</i>, 2020. C-print, 40 x 30in, ed. of 5 (+1AP)
Messenger, 2020. C-Print, 50 x 30in, ed. of 5 (+1AP). <i>Messenger</i>, 2020. C-Print, 50 x 30in, ed. of 5 (+1AP).
Wing-bone, 2018 <i>Wing-bone</i>, 2018
Garden for Laborers, 2016, Lightjet print, 42 x 36 in, Edition of 5 + 2 AP. <i>Garden for Laborers</i>, 2016, Lightjet print, 42 x 36 in, Edition of 5 + 2 AP.
Chrysalis, 2013. C-print, diptych, 8 x 10 and 50 x 40 in respectively, edition of 5 (+2 AP). <i>Chrysalis</i>, 2013. C-print, diptych, 8 x 10 and 50 x 40 in respectively, edition of 5 (+2 AP).
Akhet, 2013. C-print, 50 x 40 in, edition of 5 (+2 AP). <i>Akhet</i>, 2013. C-print, 50 x 40 in, edition of 5 (+2 AP).
Installation view from "an axe for a wing-bone", 2013. Installation view from "an axe for a wing-bone", 2013.
Cascading Attica, 2011. C-print, 40 x 50 in, edition of 5 (+2 AP). <i>Cascading Attica</i>, 2011. C-print, 40 x 50 in, edition of 5 (+2 AP).
Installation view from "Head Space", 2011. Installation view from "Head Space", 2011.
Installation view from &quot;Head Space&quot;, 2011.
One of These Days, 2009. C-print, 36 x 48 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP). <i>One of These Days</i>, 2009. C-print, 36 x 48 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP).
Cleo, 2009. C-print, 30 x 40 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP). <i>Cleo</i>, 2009. C-print, 30 x 40 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP).
Under a Night Sky, 2009. C-print, 36 x 48 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP). <i>Under a Night Sky</i>, 2009. C-print, 36 x 48 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP).
Luck is the Residue of Design, 2007. C-print, 20 x 24 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP). <i>Luck is the Residue of Design</i>, 2007. C-print, 20 x 24 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP).
What's Essential, 2007. C-print, 20 x 24 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP). <i>What's Essential</i>, 2007. C-print, 20 x 24 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP).
I Wish, Thank You, 2005-06, C-print, 20 x 24 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP). <i>I Wish, Thank You</i>, 2005-06, C-print, 20 x 24 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP).
The Splat was Seen in the In Between, 2005, C-print, 20 x 24 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP). <i>The Splat was Seen in the In Between</i>, 2005, C-print, 20 x 24 in, ed. of 5 (+2 AP).

Yamini Nayar

Yamini Nayar

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Yamini Nayar (b. 1975) received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, 2005, and her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, 1999. Her work has been widely reviewed in major publications such as Artforum, The New York Times, Art India, Asian Art Newspaper, Vogue India, Art in America, The New Yorker, and Whitewall Magazine. Over the years, Nayar’s work has been exhibited widely. Major survey shows include: Ray Photo Triennale, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Constructs/Constructions, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (both 2015); Sculpture is Everything, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane (2012); Manual for Treason, Sharjah Biennial, UAE (2011); The Empire Strikes Back, Saatchi Museum, London (2010); and Fatal Love, Queens Museum of Art, (2005). Nayar has also shown with Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai (2018 and 2012); Wendi Norris, San Francisco (2019) and BosePacia (2006). Public collections include the Art Institute of Chicago, the Guggenheim Museum, the Queensland Art Gallery, Kiran Nadar Museum, the deCordova Museum, and the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Exhibitions with Thomas Erben

Exhibitions with Thomas Erben

Art Mumbai 2025

Thomas Erben Gallery Presentation

November 13 - 16, 2025

Pacing

Vijay Masharani, Yamini Nayar, Sharon Yaoxi He

June 26 - July 26

Art Basel: Miami Beach 2024

Thomas Erben Gallery Presentation

December 6 - 8, 2024

Ouroboros

Yamini Nayar

May 2, 2024 - June 15, 2024
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Tant Yunshu Zhong, Ivana Dama, Yamini Nayar, David Ostrowski

March 14 - April 27, 2024

Accrochage

Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Vuk Ćosić, Emil Halmos, Anne Minich, Yamini Nayar, Aditi Singh

January 5- February 11, 2023

THREE SPACES for TIME

Yamini Nayar

February 13 - March 28, 2020

an axe for a wing-bone

Yamini Nayar

November 7 - December 21, 2013

Head Space

Yamini Nayar

October 27 - December 3, 2011

A Selection from Travancore

Ajit Chauhan, Chitra Ganesh, Matthias Müller, Yamini Nayar, Srestha Rit Premnath, Mahbub Shah, Kiran Subbaiah, Haeri Yoo

November 12 - December 19, 2009

Moment as Monument

Hemali Bhuta, Ajit Chauhan, Siamak Filizadeh, Chitra Ganesh, Barbad Golshiri, Matthias Müller, Yamini Nayar, Vijai Patchineelam, Srestha Rit Premnath, Mahbub Shah, Kiran Subbaiah, Jaret Vadera, Haeri Yoo

August 18 – 25, 2009

Arrested Views

Sheela Gowda, Yamini Nayar

April 7 – May 9, 2009

First Left, Second Right

Abhishek Hazra, Yamini Nayar, Kiran Subbaiah

December 18, 2007 – February 2, 2008

Thomas Erben at Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai

Chitra Ganesh, Matthias Müller, Yamini Nayar, Dona Nelson, Krishna Reddy, Mahbub Shah, Kiran Subbaiah, Ashok Sukumaran, Haeri Yoo

August 7 – August 30, 2008

Groups of Work

Groups of Work

Selected Press

Selected Press

Media

“In Conversation: Yamini Nayar and Allan deSouza” @ Wendi Norris Gallery, 2019.

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Yamini Nayar, Traveling Art, Art India, 2013.

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Unfixed: Photography and Postcolonial Perspectives in Contemporary Art, Sara Blokland & Asmara Pelupessy, 2012.

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Sculpture is Everything, Queensland Art Gallery, 2012.

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Photo Pages, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2010.

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The Empire Strikes Back, Saatchi Gallery, 2010

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Imagine Reality, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, RAY 2015 Biennial 

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