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EDUCATION

2014 MFA in Interdisciplinary Art, Parsons School of Design, New York City, New York

2011 BFA in Sculpture, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India

 

 

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

2024 BAR sí (curated by Eva Parra), a performative installation at , Printed Matter / St Marks New York

2024 BAR soro, a performative installation at Parent Company gallery, New York

2024 BAR niro, a performative installation at Bungee Space, New York

2023 Soak, a performative installation commissioned by the Asian American Arts Alliance, New York

2023 Aperitif, a performance at Bolderaja, Riga, Latvia

2022 Civita Trays, site-specific work exhibited in Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy as part of the Civita Institute Fellowship

2022 Rhizophora, Rubus Discolor Project, Portland, OR

2022 A Show for Neighbours, a display of works between the main door and the storm door of Rao's house

2021 Founded RUGA, a company for the nonbinary garments that are part of Rao's art practice

2017 Object, Road Number Zero, Cardiff curated by Devashish Sharma

2015 Interval: classical music & visual arts, Opera America, New York

2014 New Echoes (curated by M.M. Serra), Anthology Film Archives, New York

2014 New Echoes (curated by M.M. Serra), The Film-makers’ Cooperative, New York

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

Forthcoming in 2024: Costumes & Cocktails by Asian American Arts Alliance, Freehand Hotel, New York

2024 Brooklyn Art Book Fair, Recess Art, Brooklyn

2024 BookSmart Fair at Art on Paper, New York

2024 Ulises: Assembly, Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston

2024 Wish You Were Here: The Second Best Time Is Now, Annual Postcard Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn

2024 State of Fashion Biennale 2024, Arnhem

2024 Infância, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City

2024 ...of involution, of languor..., State of Fashion Biennale 2024, 1ShanthiRoad, Bangalore

2023 Potluck, Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa

2023 heavy, in your arms, Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Kolkata

2023 Fourth Conversation Piece, Experimenter Gallery, Hindustan Road, Kolkata

2023 Musée Légitime (curated and performed by Martin La Roche), Printed Matter / St Marks, New York

2023 RUGA at Papi Juice's Markers Marketplace at Elsewhere, Brooklyn, New York

2023 Book Game, a performance facilitated by Jeremiah Day and Claire Filmon, Berlin

2022 Imprints, Blue Planet Poster Project, First Edition Arts, Mumbai

2022 As Above, So Below, a virtual exhibition following the residency at Altamirra, Goa, India

2021 The Print Out (curated by Sitara Chowfla), an online exhibition by Pulp Society, New Delhi

2020 We Live in Real Time, Printed Matter St. Marks, Swiss Institute, New York

2020 CO(pe)VID 19 Archive, an online exhibition on 2msquared.net by 2m squared artspace, Cardiff

2020 Reading Through, Goa Open Arts Festival, Goa

2020 I am the One I Have Been Waiting For, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore

2019 Form, Metaphor, Memory, Fine Arts Grantees exhibition, Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa

2019 A Week Exhibition (curated by Meenakshi Thirukode), Jugmug Thela, New Delhi

2018 The Rejoinders exhibition (curated by Jess Matthews and Melissa Hinkin), Gallery g39, Cardiff

2016 Hastakshar (curated by Lina Vincent), Goa International Airport, Goa

2016 Collaborative work 'Dear Abbe' (with Alona Weiss), Permeate the House, The Hollows, Brooklyn

2015 The Artist Recipe Project (curated by Qi You), an online exhibition

2014 Before (Niels van Tomme), The Kitchen, New York

2013 Lumpy Discourses (curated by A.K. Burns & Christine Howard Sandoval), 25 East Gallery, New York

2013 Tracing Erasure, 25 East Gallery, New York

2013 states of becoming (also served as co-curator with Lilly Handley), 25 East Gallery, New York

2012 Transparency, 25 East Gallery, New York

2012 Re-educate, 25 East Gallery, New York

2011 Undergraduate Degree Show, Maharaja Sayajirao University on Baroda, Gujarat

2006 Square Foot Show (curated by Kanchi Mehta), Tao Art Gallery at Kalaghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai

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RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS

2024 Leadership Camp (led by Simon Wu and Daniel Chew), Asia Art Archive in America, New York

2024 Workspace Artist-in-Residence, Center for Book Arts, New York

2023 ISSP Riga Residency, Riga, Latvia

2022 Civita Institute Residency, Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy

2022 Artist-in-residence, Rubus Discolor Project, Portland, OR

2022 As Above, So Below, virtual residency, Altamirra, Goa

2020 Selected resident and grantee, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont (this residency did not take place because of COVID-19)

2020 The Human Way a virtual residency organized by Home Cooking, Prem Krishnamurthy and Kalaija Mallery

2020 Cel del Nord, a virtual residency, facilitated by Odette Brady, Barcelona

2019 Chennai Photo Biennale Residency Program (Phase I), Chennai

2018 The Rejoinders Residency, Cardiff

2017 CONA Foundation Passing Through residency, CONA Foundation, Mumbai

2016 Artist-in-residence at Mozaic Design, Goa

 

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AWARDS & GRANTS

2023 CCA Islands Travel Scholarship by Japan's Center for Contemporary Art and Peace Winds Japan

2022 Drexler Family Diversity Fellowship, Civita Institute, Seattle, USA & Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy

2019 Serendipity Arts Foundation Fine Arts Grant, Delhi

2019 Chennai Photo Biennale Residency Grant by the Goethe Institute, Chennai

2018 The British Council and Wales Arts International Grant for The Rejoinders program, Cardiff

2017 CONA Foundation sponsorship for the Passing Through residency at the CONA Foundation, Mumbai

2012 to 2014 Merit-based Scholarship from Parsons School of Design, New York

2008 to 2011 Merit-based Scholarship from Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat

 

 

PRESS, PUBLICATIONS AND AUTHORED TEXTS

2024 On Solitary Viewership, an artist book by Rujuta Rao (authored text)

2024 Barring Tenderness by Laurel V. McLaughlin, a text to accompany Rao's participatory installations BAR niro

     at Bungee Space, NY and BAR soro at Parent Company gallery, NY

2024 Tales and Textiles at the State of Fashion Biennale by Anannya Sarkar, The Voice of Fashion, India

2024 Curator Kallol Dutta'a interview on State of Fashion Biennale 2024 with Platform Magazine, India

2024 Creative Ties by Smita Roy Chowdhury with The Telegraph, India

2024 What does one do to the body? by Chandrima Bhattacharya, a text about Rao's work commissioned by State of Fashion, NL

     for the State of Fashion Biennale 2024

2023 5 Queer Artists On Our Radar In 2024, Elle India

2022 Garments featured in Vogue India (Condé Nast)

2022 Yamini Nayar’s text as a response to Rao's solo exhibition, Rhizophora. This text was presented alongside the work.

2022 Lilly Handley’s response to Rao's solo exhibition, Rhizophora. This text and map was presented alongside the work.

2022 Work featured in TAKEAWAY magazine, issue no. 18: Line, published by Kelly Best and Herbivore, Cardiff (authored text)

2021 Interview with Sitara Chowfla, Pulp Society, New Delhi

2020 Essay, Experimenter Labs Reader-I, issue: What we don’t talk about when we talk about love edited by Aveek Sen,

     published by Gallery Experimenter, Kolkata (authored text)

2020 Photo essay, Home ‘Bound’ series, Museum of Art and Photography, Bangalore (authored text)

2020 Article about Rao's work in Platform Magazine, India

2020 Article highlighting Rao's work at Goa Open Arts Festival by Vivek Menezes in Livemint, India

2020 Garments featured by Art and Wonderment, Mumbai

2020 Interview with Leslie Hickey, The Artist’s Human Way by Home Cooking

2020 Editor, legitWick newsletter, issue no. 4, published by Wick Pilates, New York

2020 Interview with The Asian Curator, India

2020 Mail Art Series, Printed Matter Inc., New York (authored text)

2018 Collaborative work 'Dear Abbe' (with Alona Weiss) featured on the cover and in unbag magazine, issue: Reverie, New York

2015 Essay, The Artist Recipe Project: The Book published by Qi You, Beijing (authored text)

Work featured in various Indian art press outlets

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COLLECTIONS

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (2024)
Letra Muerta, Brooklyn, New York (2024)

 

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PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

2024 Book launch: On Solitary Viewership, Brooklyn Art Book Fair, Recess Art, Brooklyn

2024 Brooklyn Art Book Fair Preview Readings, Ace Hotel, Brooklyn

2024 Book launch: On Solitary Viewership, BookSmart Fair at Art on Paper, New York 

2024 Visiting Artist Lecture at Queens College, CUNY, New York

2023 RUGA at Asian American Arts Alliance Townhall: Fashion/Textiles, New York

2023 Artist Talk, ISSP, Riga, Latvia

2023 Artist Talk, Center for Contemporary Art, Japan

2023 Artist Talk, Okinawa Institute of Science snd Technology, Japan

2022 Artist Talk, Department of Sculpture, Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Jersey

2021 Artist Talk, School of Design Strategies, Parsons School of Design, New York

2021 Artist Talk, Kathmandu University School of Arts, Kathmandu

2020 Artist Talk, The Mobile Arts Residency, Bangalore

 

 

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

2024 Intl. Kikisake-shi (sake sommelier) Candidate, Sake Service Institute Intl., Tokyo & Sake School of America

2023 Japanese Sake Adviser Diploma, Sake Service Institute Intl., Tokyo & Sake School of America

2023 Logomotion to Performance, a workshop in Simone Forti's Logomotion method led by Jeremiah Day, Berlin

2022 Grounding led by master dancer Padmini Chettur & hosted by Anandam, Toronto

2022 Practice led by Padmini Chettur & hosted by Anandam, Toronto

2021 Imagination: History, Structure, Practice led by Aveek Sen & hosted by BICAR, Mumbai

2020 What we don’t talk about when we talk about love (led by Aveek Sen), Experimenter Labs, Experimenter Gallery, Kolkata

2020 Repetition led by Rohit Goel, Padmini Chettur and Maarten Visser & hosted by BICAR, Mumbai

2020 Padmini Chettur: Works & Thought: Theoretical Explorations led by Padmini Chettur & hosted by BICAR, Mumbai

2019 Indian Textiles: Histories, Practices & Concerns led by Mayank Mansingh Kaul at Experimenter Gallery, Kolkata

2018 Training in Hindustani classical music led by Samarth Nagarkar, NYC & Prachala Amonkar, Goa - 5+ years

2018 First Step Module: Herbal & Natural Dyeing and Dyeing Techniques at Color Ashram and Biome, Goa

2018 Brand Impact Module: Building a Sustainable Clothing Brand at Color Ashram and Biome, Goa

2017 Weavers’ Intensive: a month-long weaving program at the Weavers’ Service Center, Bangalore

2014 Training in dance & movement techniques with Movement Research Inc., New York

 

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2024 Costume Designer, (waves) by Audra Wolowiec, Strongroom, New York

2020 - 2022 COVID-19 Case Investigator & Contact Tracer, New Jersey Department of Health, New Jersey

2020 Co-founder (with Alejandro Yoshii), STUDIO TIME, an virtual open studio space

2021 Guest Critic, School of Design Strategies, Parsons School of Design, New York

2021 Visiting Artist Workshop, Kathmandu University School of Arts, Kathmandu

2020 Art Faculty, Hunterdon Art Museum, New Jersey

2020 Mentor, The Mobile Arts Residency, Bangalore

2020 External examiner for Fine Arts, Goa College of Architecture, Panjim, Goa

2015 Art Director, Marathi Literature Festival, Goa

2015 Book Cover Designer, Artache Dene by Girija Murgodi

2013 - 2015 Studio Assistant & Project Manager, Lenore Malen Studio, New York

2014 - 2015 Cinema Assistant, Maysles Films, New York

2014 - 2015 Assistant House Manager, Maysles Documentary Center, New York

2015 Assistant Cinematographer to Martina Radwan on Andrea Geyer’s film Time Tenderness, The Whitney Museum

     of American Art, New York

2013 - 2015 Archivist, The Film-Makers’ Cooperative, New York

2013 - 2015 Art Teacher, Community Art Classes for Children, Sunset Park, New York

2013 - 2014 Teaching Assistant to Professor M.M. Serra, Avant Garde and the Moving Image, The New School, New York

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