Vandana, born in Haryana, India, has completed her MFA in Fine Art from London, UK, after attending Rachana Sansad Academy of Fine Arts & Craft for three years in Mumbai, and achieving Masters degree in English from New Delhi following her Bachelors degree from Haryana, India. She has exhibited her work in India (Including New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata), United Kingdom (including London), Switzerland, South Korea, Thailand (Bangkok Art Biennale 2018) and Italy (Venice).
SELECTED AWARDS & HONOURS
Kingston Award GOLD, Kingston University, London, 2018
Third Prize, pratyagati-Journey Home, exhibition cum competition juried by artists Subodh Gupta & Shilpa Gupta, organized by Stiftung Futur, Switzerland, 2017
GREAT Scholarship Award, by Kingston University & British Council, London, 2015
Creative Artist Award, by Gallery Sree Arts, India, 2014
Excellence Award-First Prize, by Rachana Sansad Academy of Fine Arts & Craft , 2011
Best Artist Award, by Adarsh Mahila Mahavidyalaya-MDU in addition to University Rank #13, 2003
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2016
Audience & Speaker, The Swan, Kingston University, London (Live Performance)
2013
rituals of self, Stiftung Futur, Kunst Zeug Haus, Switzerland (Live Performance)
Group
2022
FAMILIENSACHE, Kunst Zeug Haus, Rapperswil Jona, Switzerland
The Dilemma of Sustainability, DeseeArt at Sangeet Shyamala, Delhi, India (Live Performance)
2019
SURFACE : 02, Artbuzz, Delhi, India (Live Performance)
2018
A Possible Island ?, MAI (Marina Abramovic Institute) at Bangkok Art Biennale 2018 (Beyond Bliss), bacc, Bangkok, Thailand (Live Performance – 175 hrs/22 days)
2017
a r e v o l u t i o n f r o m m y b e d, YAP 2017 (Young Artists Project), Daegu Art Fair, EXCO Daegu, South Korea
Water Is Wet, MFA Final Show, Stanley Picker Gallery, London
Distant Mirrors, Stiftung Futur, Altefabrik, Rapperswil Jona, Switzerland (Live Performance)
BLACK IS THE SAME BLACK – A Seat at the Table, Stanley Picker Gallery, London
pratyagati – Journey Home, Stiftung Futur in collaboration with Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, India (Live Performance)
2016
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2016, Jerwood Space, London(Sept-Oct) and then touring around the UK to The Edge Arts, University of Bath, Bath(Nov-Dec); Turnpike Arts Centre, Leigh(Jan-March 2017); The Gallery, Arts University Bournemouth, Bournemouth(March-April 2017)
Call It Swan, The Swan & Knights Park, Kingston University, London
lust alien, Naming Rights, London (Live Performance)
2015
Window Project Christmas Week, The Swan in collaboration with Stanley Picker Gallery, London
Group Performance for Oreet Ashrey’s webseries – Revisiting Genesis, Stanley Picker Gallery, London
Fake Show, The Swan & Knights Park, Kingston University, London (Live Performance)
Group Show, The Swan, Kingston University, London (Live Performance)
Greenathon, Gallery Sree Arts & Romain Rolland Gallery, New Delhi, India
Concepts of Cultural Identity, Stiftung Futur, Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, India
2014
Aqua Aegis Fete, Gallery Sree Arts & Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Gallery, New Delhi, India
Intuitive Reservoir of Memories & the Medium for Conceptual Reflection, Stiftung Futur, Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, India
2013
Join, Gallery Sree Arts & Romain Rolland Gallery, New Delhi, India
2012
roots, Gallery Sree Arts & Epi Center, Delhi NCR, India
UNTITLED, Gallery Sree Arts & Epi Center, Delhi NCR, India
Country of Cards, Epi Center, Delhi NCR, India (Theatre Performance)
Pictorial Invention, Stiftung Futur, Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, India
2011
Annual Group show, Rachana Sansad Academy of Fine Arts & Craft, Mumbai
2010
Group Show, Piramal Gallery, Mumbai, India
Group Show – Golden Jubilee Celebration of R.S.A.F.A.C., Rachana Sansad Academy of Fine Arts & Craft , Mumbai
Annual Group show, Rachana Sansad Academy of Fine Arts & Craft, Mumbai
Group Show, Stiftung Futur, Rachana Sansad Gallery, Mumbai, India (Live Performance)
2009
Annual Group show, Rachana Sansad Academy of Fine Arts & Craft, Mumbai
Sculptures out of Waste, Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India (Life size public sculptures created with remains of the biggest festival of Mumbai, ‘Ganapati Immersion’)
2008
Group Show, Stiftung Futur, Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, India
2001-2003
Annual Group Shows each year, Adarsh Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Haryana, India
1999
Manishika National Painting Competition – Position#8 (out of ten selected), Kolkata, India,
Group Projects
2016
EU-UK (IN) Campaign run by the artist Kathrin Böhm during the publication fair, Turbine Hall – Tate Modern, London
2009
Project-Dharavi, painting murals on the walls of the schools situated in the biggest slum of Asia, ‘Dharavi’, involving the school children in the painting & other fun activities, Mumbai, India
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