What is Seen and unseen: Mapping South Asian American Art in Chicago

South Asia Institute, Chicago
May 18 - October 26, 2024

 

There is no god in the temple

One-person exhibition
Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
October 30, 2022 - March, 2023

Of Divine Loss: Shaurya Kumar explores the relationship between the subject and object devotion
Aranya, Art India, Volume 26, Issue 3, Quarter 3, 2023

Artist Shaurya Kumar explores divinity in stolen and damaged idols
Basu, Soma, The Hindu, December 19, 2022

Shaurya Kumar: Memories of the Altar
Chawla, Noopur Anand, Open Magazine, November 18, 2022

There is no God in the Temple
Kathpalia, Jyoti A., Art & Deal magazine, Nov-Dec 2022 issue

For God’s Image
Nevatia, Shreevatsa, India Today, December 19, 2022

When an idol is no more the idol it was
Khan, Mohd. Shehwaaz, Patriot, November 25, 2022

There is no God in the Temple
Nevatia, Shreevatsa, Readers Digest, December 2022

 

India Art Fair

with Gallery Threshold
New Delhi, India

April 2022

 

Ufuq: Zarina a Tribute

Previews January 13th - 16th, 2022
Mumbai Gallery Weekend :
Until February 20, 2022

Artists: Anita Dube, Ankush Safaya, Astha Butail, Hemali Bhuta, Mithu Sen, Parul Gupta, Shaurya Kumar, Shambhavi Singh, Shreyas Karle, Waqas Khan

Curated by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala
Presented by
Sunaina Kejriwal

 

E/Merge: Art of the Indian Diaspora

Patel Center, National Indo-American Museum, Lombard, IL
October 16, 2021 - March 27, 2022

Curated by Shaurya Kumar

Artists: Avantika Bawa, Sarika Goulatia, Srestha Rit Premnath, Kaveri Raina, Nandita Raman, Surabhi Saraf, Kuldeep Singh, Neha Vedpathak, Kushala Vora

WBEZ Reset

National Indo-American Museum Launches with E/Merge Art Exhibit Interviews — Art and Heritage

NBC Chicago

Chicago gets its first National Ind-American Museum in Lombard: Design Pataki, India

Objectively Speaking: An Interview with Artists from E/Merge: Art of the Indian Diaspora at the National Indo-American Museum

Being, Becoming, Belonging, Review by Pia Singh, Art India Magazine, Volume 25, Issue 3, Quarter 3, 2021

Reflections on Indian-American Contemporary Art, indiaspora.org

Panel Discussion - From Prosaic to the Magical with Megha Ralapati, Surabhi Saraf, Shaurya Kumar

Panel Discussion - Beyond the India-America Dichotomy: Global Dynamism in Contemporary Art with Kumkum Sangari, Neha Vedpathak, Kushala Vora, Shaurya Kumar

 

Special Feature

Art India Magazine

Volume 25, Issue 1, 2021

 

Abu Dhabi Art Fair

with Gallery Threshold
U.A.E.
November 2021

 

Passages from India

Northern Clay Center
Minneapolis, MN
September 18 -October 31 2021

Curated by Dr. Robert Silberman

Artists: Reyaz Badaruddin, Mudita Bhandari, Ashwini Bhat, Sharbani Das Gupta, Vineet Kacker, Shaurya Kumar, Shampa Shah, and Madhvi Subrahmanian.

 
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Given Time: Gift and its Offerings

Aicon Gallery, NYC
July 2021

Curated by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala

Artists: Anita Dube, Justin Ponmany, Mithu Sen, N. Pushpamala, Nikhil Chopra, Prajakta Potnis, Raqs Media Collective, Shaurya Kumar, Sheba Chhachhi, Sumakshi Singh

 

The Dawn of the Aquarius

lakeeren.com
March 2021

Curated by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala

Artists: Alke Reeh, Asim Waqif, Chitra Ganesh, Dannielle Tegeder, Darshana Vora, Fariba ALam, Jaret Vadera, Mithu Sen, Nikhil Chopra, Palden Weinreb, Raqs Media Collective, Renate Ferro, Rithika Merchant, Sharmistha Ray, Samanta Batra Mehta, Shelly Bahl, Shambhavi Singh, Shaurya Kumar, Thukral & Tagra, Vandana Jain, Yamini Nayar

 
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Abu Dhabi Art Fair

with Gallery Threshold
U.A.E.
November 2020

 
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India Art Fair

with Gallery Threshold
New Delhi
February 2020

 
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“All we are breaking are stones”

NIU Art Museum
Dekalb, IL
April 8 - May 15, 2018

solo exhibition

 
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if in a sacred land a traveler….

Kriti Gallery
Varanasi, U.P. India
January 2 - February 28, 2018

solo exhibition

 
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Beyond Transnationalism: The Legacy of Post Independent Art from South Asia 

Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
(formerly Victoria & Albert Museum, Mumbai)
Mumbai, India
April 8, 2018 - June 19, 2018

AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi
February 10 - 21, 2018

Curated by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala
In collaboration with The Raza Foundation

Artists: Amina Ahmed, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Bari Kumar, Chitra Ganesh, Hamra Abbas, Jaret Vadera, Krishna Reddy, Mariam Ghani, Priyanka Dasgupta, Ranu Mukherjee, Rina Banerjee, Shaurya Kumar, Shahzia Sikander, Sreshta Rit Premnath, Vandana Jain, Shelly Bahl, and Zarina Hashmi

 
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India Inked !

The Society of Northern Alberta Print, Edmonton, Canada
April 27 - June 2, 2018

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
April 14 - May 12, 2018

Artists: Preeti Aggarwal, Moutushi Chakraborty, Sudhakar Chippa, Nandini Chirimar, Anujan Ezhikode, Indrani Nayar Gall, Sarojini Johnson, Ina Kaur, Arup Kuity, Kiran Kumar, Shaurya Kumar, Viraj Mithani, Kurma Nadham, Sangeeta Reddy, Srabani Sarkar, Shyam Sharma, Shantanu Suman, Gouri Vemula

 
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Keynote Speech

European League of Institute of the Arts
Leadership conference
Paper presented - “Minds on the margin are not marginal minds” Conference theme - “Heritage, Transitions, Values”

Poznan, Poland

 
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Cast in Ruins

Proyecto Ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 23 - December 23, 2016

solo exhibition

 
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Given Time: Gift and its Offerings

Gallery Odyssey, Mumbai, India
(curated by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala) 
August 29, 2016 - February 24, 2017

Curated by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala

Artists: Anita Dube, Anju Dodiya, Atul Dodiya, Dayanita Singh, Jitish Kallat, Justin Ponmany, Mithu Sen, Nikhil Chopra, Prajakta Potnis, Raqs Media Collective, Shaurya Kumar, Shilpa Gupta

 

Surprise, surprise: 12 artists interpret the act of gifting

Hindustan Times
September 1, 2016
by Soma Das