Vishal K.
Dar
*1976.
Lives and works in New Delhi, India.
Education
MFA University of California, Los Angeles (2002)
B’Arch Sushant School of Art and Architecture (1999)
Solo Exhibitions:
2010
BROWNation
Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2009
Navgunjar (Site-specific Interactive Public Art)
British Council, New Delhi.
2008
Ekant, The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2012 India! Group Show of indian contemporary artists.
(upcoming) Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Sao Paulo
Brasilia. opening on 27thFeb 2012 Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Brasilia.
opening on 21stMay 2012
2012
NAAG (in collaboration with Gabriel Dunne / supported by OUTSET India) Mehrauli,
New Delhi.
2012
Video Wednesdays II, Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2011 India! Group Show of Indian contemporary artists.
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. opening on 12thOct
2011
2011 Second Sight, Contemporary Experimental Film & Video works from
India & Diaspora. Galerie La Centrale, Montreal. Abandoned house (site-specific) special project commissioned by
Outset (India), New Delhi.
2010
By George, Cherry Art Foundation, New Delhi.
Move On ASIA,
Gallery LOOP, Seoul.
TATE Modern, London.
Para/site Art Space, Hong Kong.
2009
IndiaDialogue, Museum Gabarron, Spain.
Satyagraha, Casa de la India, Spain.
Relative Visa, Bodhi Space, Mumbai.
Vistaar, The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi.
Dear Jabir, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai.
India Art Summit, Galerie Christian Hosp (Berlin).
2008
Video Wednesdays, Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2007
BROWNation, Experimental art gallery, New Delhi.
2005
Imagining materiality, Visual arts gallery, New Delhi.
2004
Along the x-axis, Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi.
Exhibitions (as Curator):
2012 UPCOMING:
Prototype, Stainless Art Gallery, New Delhi opening on 4thMarch 2012
2007
BROWNation, Experimental art gallery, New Delhi.
2005
Dot-matrix, Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi.
Exhibitions (as Scenographer / Project Manager)
2012
Yoko Ono Our Beautiful Daughters, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2010
Anish Kapoor Retrospective, National Gallery of Modern Art.
2010
Lava, Mrinalini Mukherjee, Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2010
Each Night Put Kashmir In Your Dreams, Nilima Sheikh, Chemould Art
Gallery.Bombay / Lalit Kala Academi.New Delhi.
2009
Drawing Trails, Nilima Sheikh, Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2008
The Enshrined Object, Nagji Patel, Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2007
Agony and Ecstasy, Somnath Hore, Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2006
You Shall Remail Hidden, Amitava Das, Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2006
Binod Bihari Mukherjee Centenary Retrospective, National Gallery of Modern Art.
2005
Dot-matrix, Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi.
Scholorships / Awards:
2006
Promising Artist Award 2006 – Special Commendations, Habitat Centre, Delhi,
India.
New Performance Art Grant Award, India Foundation for the Arts, Bangalore,
India.