Gigi Scaria
b. 1973, in Kerala, India
In 1995 Gigi completed his B.F.A. (painting), College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram and 1998 his M.F.A. (painting), Jamia Millia University, New Delhi.
He has held solo exhibitions at galleries such as, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India, Galerie, Christian Hosp, Berlin, Germany; Video Space, Budapest, Hungary H Cube Gallery, Seoul, Korea; the National Art Studio, ChangDong, Seoul, Korea and the Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne University, Australia.
He has shown at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Fort Kochi, India, 2014; Every one agrees: it’s about to explode, curated by Ranjit Hoskote, India Pavilion at 54th Venice Biennale, 2011, 3rd Singapore Biennale, curated by Russell Storer and Trevor Smith, 2011
His selected group exhibitions include, Sights and Sounds: India, The Jewish Museum, New York, 2015; Multiplicity City as subject/matter, Belfast, Hong Kong, New Delhi, New York, Tel Aviv; Forms of Activism / Sahmat / curated by Vivan & Sasha, Lalit kala Gallery, Raveendra bhavan, New Delhi, 2014; Aesthetic Bind: Citizen Artist: forms of address, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, curated by Geeta Kapur; Organic dreams of electric sheep: Image, Empathy and Pulse: After Philip K. Dick, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai; Poseurs: An exhibition of photographs Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai; Spell of Spill: Utopia of Ecology, curated by Veerangana Solanki at Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi; France Heritage – A photographic voyage of French heritage in India, Alliance Francaise, Delhi, Ahemdabad, Hyderabad, Pondicherry, Lalit Kala Academy Chennai, National Gallery of Modern Art Bangalore; The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India Since 1989, Smart Museum, Chicago; City Unclaimed, a site specific installation installed at the Smart Museum Chicago; Critical Mass: Contemporary Art from India, curated by Tami Katz Freimann and Rotem Tuff, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel, 2012; Banner Project ET4U Contemporary Visual Arts project, Vestjylland Denmark, curated by Klavs Weiss, 2013; Sub –Topical Heat: New art from South Asia, curated by Rhana Devenport at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand; A further Global Encounter, Grosvenor Vadehra, London; To Let the world in, Lalitkala Academy Gallery, Chennai, curated by Chaitanya Sambrani; Cynical Love: Life in the everyday, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, curated by Gayatri Sinha, 2012; Yamuna–Elbe Project: A site-specific installation project at the bank of River Yamuna in Delhi, curated by Ravi Aggarwal; India side by side, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. In Rio De Janeiro, SESC Belenzinho, Sao Paulo, curated by Tereza de Arruda, Every one agrees: it’s about to explode, curated by Ranjit Hoskote, India Pavilion at 54th Venice Biennale; Crossroads: India Escalate, Prague Biennale, curated by Kanchi Mehta; Tolstoy Farm: Archive of Utopia, curated by Gayatri Sinha; 3rd Singapore Biennale, curated by Russell Storer and Trevor Smith, 2011; Finding India, Museum of contemporary art (MOCA) Taipei; Samtidigt Indian contemporary art exhibition, Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland and Kulturhuset, Stockholm; Indian (sub) way, curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Grosvenor, Vadehra London; Invisible cities, Aicon Gallery, New York; Video Art India, curated by Luissa Ortinez, Fundacio la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 2010; Video Zone-4, The 4th International video art Biennial, Tel Aviv, Israel, Mam Screen, Mori Art Museum, Japan; India Moderna, Ivam Museum, Valencia, Spain; Chalo India, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain, 2008; Public Places/Private Spaces: Contemporary Photography and Video Art In India, curated by Gayatri Sinha, The Newark Museum, New Jersey, U S A; After Shock Conflict, Violence and Resolution in Cotemporary Art, a group show supported by Sainsbury Centre in collaboration with Matthew Shaul and the UH Galleries, England, curated by Yasmin Zahir; Indian photo and Media Art: a journey of Discovery Exhibition, Vienna, Austria; Horn Please: Narratives in contemporary Indian Art, Kunstmuseam Bern, Switzerland, World Social Forum, Nairobi, 2007; Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2006, a film and video festival in Paris and Berlin, 2006; Paper flute, curated by Johny M.L at Gallery Espace New Delhi; Self x Social Self stranger parent resource worker, School of Arts and Aesthetics Gallery, New Delhi curated by Geeta Kapur, 2005; Making of India, organised by SAHAMAT at Rabindrabhavan, New Delhi, 2004; Crossing Generations Diverge, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, curated by Geeta Kapur and Chaitanya Sambrani, 2003.
The artist lives and works in New Delhi.
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CheMoulding: Framing Future Archives
60 Years of Gallery Chemould | Group Show 15 Sep - 24 Oct 2023On the occasion of Chemould in Bombay turning 60 years old, we invite you to immerse in our intergenerational celebration. Chemould Frames was started by Kekoo Gandhy at the heels...Read more -
Modus Operandi III: Together Alone
Group Show 11 Aug - 10 Sep 2022The premise of Modus Operandi began and continues with an exhibition of Chemould's roster of artists - every iteration presents us an opportunity to exhibit them under one roof, in...Read more -
New Media Focus
Pushpamala N & Gigi Scaria | SOUTH SOUTH Veza 02 31 Mar - 10 Apr 2022SOUTH SOUTH’s second edition of VEZA focussed on digital art and the remarkable possibilities of new media, as well as our core activity of facilitating new connections within the cultural...Read more -
On|Site | Entry Only
Group show 3 - 9 Mar 2021A collaborative project between four galleries at Bikaner House, New Delhi. Bikaner House, a former residence of the Maharaja of Bikaner in Rajasthan, retains its grand aura of a distinguished...Read more -
Photo / Concept
Group show | In-Touch Edition II 5 Jun - 5 Jul 2020Read more -
Modus Operandi
Group Show 13 Jul - 18 Aug 2018This July, Chemould Prescott Road presents Modus Operandi, a show that has been devised by Shireen Gandhy and the Chemould team, brin ging together a large number of Chemould artists...Read more -
The Ark
Gigi Scaria 22 Oct - 21 Nov 2015An apocalypse is coming onto us; our world and the worlds before. According to Gigi Scaria, climate change and subsequent territorial disputes have the potential to tear the social fabric...Read more -
A Summer Mix
Group Show 20 May - 15 Jul 2015Aditi Singh | Anju Dodiya | Atul Dodiya | Bhuvanesh Gowda | Desmond Lazaro | Dhruvi Acharya | Gigi Scaria | Jitish Kallat | Lavanya Mani | Meera Devidayal |...Read more -
Aesthetic Bind: Citizen Artist: Forms of Address
50 Years of Chemould | Group Show 14 Oct - 15 Nov 2013The exhibition Citizen Artist: Forms of Address is the second of 5 exhibitions curated by Geeta Kapur, celebrating 50 years of Chemould. Gallery artists, Jitish Kallat, Rashid Rana, Shilpa Gupta,...Read more -
Amusement Park
Gigi Scaria 5 - 31 Aug 2009Ever since civilisation was formed and nurtured, the city has become a fascinating phenomenon. The world started to live up to the expectations of the city and the city continuously...Read more
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Art Basel 2018
Basel, Switzerland 13 - 17 Jun 2018Chemould Prescott Road presents a suite of works this year at Art Basel that reflect the diverse sensibilities of its gallery programme. From Anju Dodiya...Read more -
Art Dubai 2016
Dubai, UAE 16 - 19 Mar 2016Public days: March 16 - 19, 2019 Participating artists include Archana Hande, Gigi Scaria, Jitish Kallat, Mehlli Gobhai, Reena Kallat and Shezad Dawood.Read more -
Art Basel Miami 2014
Miami Beach 4 - 7 Dec 2014Public days: Dec 4 - 7, 2014 Chemould Prescott Road has a roster of senior, mid-career and young artists who have been part of the...Read more -
Art Basel 2012 Unlimited
Basel, Switzerland 14 - 17 Jun 2012Public days: June 14 - 17, 2012 Chemould Prescott Road has a roster of senior, mid-career and young artists who have been part of the...Read more -
FIAC 2011
Paris, France 20 - 23 Oct 2011Public days: Oct 20 - 23, 2011 Chemould is honored to return to the Grand Palais in Paris for the 2011 Edition of Foire Internationale...Read more