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
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 BAR sí, Printed Matter / St Marks at Swiss Institute, New York
2024 BAR soro, Parent Company Gallery, New York
2024 BAR niro, Bungee Space, New York
2023 Aperitif, Bolderaja, Riga, Latvia
2022 Civita Trays, Civita Institute, Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy
2022 Rhizophora, Rubus Discolor Project, Portland, OR
2019 Reading Through, Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa
2015 Interval: classical music & visual arts, Opera America, NY (two-person)
2014 New Echoes, Anthology Film Archives, NY (two-person)
2014 New Echoes, The Film-makers’ Cooperative, NY (two-person)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2026 On The Air, curated by Darling Green, Ulterior Gallery, New York
2026 203 / H The Collector, CUE Art Foundation, New York
2026 Draft, a performative installation, Second Sundays, Pioneer Works, New York
2026 Futurity Library, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco
2026 Fifth Annual Book Arts Show, Open Book, Minneapolis
2026 Draft, a performative installation, Second Sundays, Pioneer Works, New York
2026 Peer Review Volume IV, Beverly's, New York
2025 Reading Room, New York Art Book Fair, Printed Matter, MoMA PS1, New York
2025 Warehouse Market, Sheerly Touch-Ya, New York
2025 The Space Between Words: Other Ways of Reading, Center for Book Arts, New York
2025 In/Between, Ford Foundation Live Gallery, New York Live Arts, New York
2025 Open Book(s), Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City
2024 Ulises: Assembly, Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston
2024 Infância, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City
2023 Potluck, Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa
2023 heavy, in your arms, Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Emami Art, Kolkata
2023 Fourth Conversation Piece, Experimenter Gallery, Hindustan Road, Kolkata
2021 The Print Out, an online exhibition by Pulp Society, New Delhi
2020 We Live in Real Time, Printed Matter St. Marks, Swiss Institute, New York
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
2018 The Rejoinders exhibition, Gallery g39, Cardiff
2016 Permeate the House, The Hollows, Brooklyn
2014 Before, The Kitchen, 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
2011 Undergraduate Degree Show, Maharaja Sayajirao University on Baroda, Gujarat
ART BOOK FAIRS
2026 Other Islands Book Fair, Pratt Institute, New York (by invitation)
2025 Tokyo Art Book Fair, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2025 New York Art Book Fair, Printed Matter, MoMA PS1, New York
2024 Press Play, publishing fair at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
2024 Brooklyn Art Book Fair, Recess Art, Brooklyn
2024 BookSmart Fair at Art on Paper, New York
COMMISSIONS
2024 Tinctura, State of Fashion for State of Fashion Biennale 2024, Rembrandt Theatre, Arnhem
2024 Tinctura, State of Fashion for State of Fashion Biennale 2024, 1ShanthiRoad, Bengaluru
2023 Soak, Asian American Arts Alliance, New York
COLLECTIONS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library, New York
Harvard University, Fine Arts Library, Cambridge
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven
Asia Art Archive in America, New York
Center for Book Arts, New York
The Cooper Union, Artist Books and Book Arts Collection, New York
The New School Archives and Special Collections, New York
Hunter College, Zabar Art Library, New York
SELECTED RESIDENCIES, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Forthcoming 2026: Artists Alliance Inc. LES Studio Program residency, New York
2026 Dieu Donné Dual Workspace Residency Program, New York
2026 Center for Curatorial Leadership Mentorship Program, New York
2025 Jersey City Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, Jersey City Arts & Culture Trust Fund, NJ
2025–2026 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, CANADA, New York
2025 SOMA Summer, Mexico City
2025 The Here & There Co. Studio Residency, Brooklyn
2025 Bemis Center Residency, Omaha, Nebraska
2025 Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
2024 Leadership Camp, Asia Art Archive in America, New York
2024 Workspace Artist-in-Residence, Center for Book Arts, New York
2024 White Columns Curated Artist Registry, White Columns, New York
2023 ISSP Riga Residency, Riga, Latvia
2023 CCA Islands Travel Fellowship, Center for Contemporary Arts, Japan
2022 Civita Institute Fellowship, Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy
2019 Serendipity Arts Foundation Fine Arts Grant, Delhi
2019 Chennai Photo Biennale Residency Program (Phase I), Goethe Institute, Chennai
2018 The Rejoinders Residency, The British Council and Wales Arts International, Cardiff
2017 CONA Foundation Passing Through residency, 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
SELECTED PRESS, PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
2026 Artist Feature, The Here & There Collective, NY
2025 The Sixteen Best Jersey City Art Shows of 2025 by Tris McCall, Jersey City Times
2025 Serving Suggestion Issue 3 by Further Reading Press (authored essay)
2025 Artist Interview, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, NE
2025 Open Book series Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary, Jersey City
2025 Menu as Score, an essay by Rujuta Rao, published by Like A Fever, Asia Art Archive (authored text)
2025 Open Books at Mana Contemporary, review by Anna Shukeylo, Art Spiel
2025 Adventures on the wild frontier of bookmaking, review by Tris McCall, New Jersey Stage
2025 A Seat at The Table, review of Rao's BAR series by Cynthia Reynolds, Peer Review Vol. 3
2025 Review of Max Spitzer's work by Rujuta Rao, Peer Review Vol. 3 (authored text)
2024 Artist Rujuta Rao Tends to the Entangled Histories of Feni, review by Pallavi Surana, The Amp
2024 Tales and Textiles at the State of Fashion Biennale by Anannya Sarkar, The Voice of Fashion, India
2024 Curator Kallol Dutta's interview on State of Fashion Biennale 2024 with Platform Magazine, India
2024 Creative Ties by Smita Roy Chowdhury, The Telegraph, India
2023 5 Queer Artists On Our Radar In 2024, Elle India
2022 Garments featured in Vogue India (print issue)
2021 Interview with Sitara Chowfla, Pulp Society, New Delhi
2020 Experimenter Labs Reader-I, edited by Aveek Sen, published by Gallery Experimenter, Kolkata (authored essay)
2020 Home ‘Bound’ series, Museum of Art and Photography, Bangalore (authored photo essay)
2020 Article about Rao's work in Platform Magazine, New Delhi
SELECTED RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021 onwards: RUGA, a gender expansive clothing line created as part of Rao's art practice
2026 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program Symposiom, CUE Art Foundation, New York
2026 Guest Speaker, Liberal Studies, New York University, New York
2026 Artist Talk as Book Activation, Monira Foundation in partnership with Jersey City Arts Council, NJ
2026 Artist Talk, Department of Art & Art History, University of Rochester, NY
2025 Artist Talk and Discussion with Chang Yuchen and Riley Yuen, Asia Art Archive in America, NY
2024 Book launch: On Solitary Viewership, Brooklyn Art Book Fair, Recess Art, New York
2024 Book launch: On Solitary Viewership, BOOKSMART Fair at Art on Paper, New York
2024 Visiting Artist Lecture at Queens College, CUNY, New York
2024 Advisory Jury, Jersey Art Book Fair 2025, Jersey City
2024 Designer and Print Producer, Menu for Red Flower Collective at CUE Art Foundation, New York
2024 Costume Designer, (waves) by Audra Wolowiec, Strongroom, 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
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
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
2026 Intl. Kikisake-shi (sake sommelier) Candidate, Sake Service Institute Intl., Tokyo
2023 Japanese Sake Adviser Diploma, Sake Service Institute Intl., Tokyo