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Riyas Komu Biography
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1971 |
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Born in Kerala, India
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1999 |
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Masters in Fine Arts, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
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Bachelors in Fine Arts, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
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Lives and works in Mumbai and Kerala, India
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2009
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Beyond Globalization, Beyond Art Space, Beijing, China
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2009
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Arco Art Fair, Madrid
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2009
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Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
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2009
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Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
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2008
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Bodhi Art Gallery, Berlin (solo)
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2008
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MARK HIM (Second half), Gallery 88, Kolkata (solo)
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2008
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The Ghost of Souza, inaugural show in Bowery space, Aicon Gallery, New York
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2007
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Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense, 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale
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2007
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MARK HIM (First half), The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
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2006
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Systematic Citizen, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi (solo)
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2006
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Faith Accompli, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
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2006
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Bronze, sculpture show, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
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2005
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KAAM, Aicon Gallery, New York and Palo Alto
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2005
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The Third Day, Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
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2005
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GRASS, photography show, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
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2004
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Group show during VASL Residency, Karachi, Pakistan
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2004
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Bombay Boys, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
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2004
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A New Mediatic Realism, Bayer ABS Gallery, Baroda
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2004
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Generation I, Saffron Art Gallery, Mumbai
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2004
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Mumbai x 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin
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2003
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Hilights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
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2003
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2D/3D, Visual Art Center, Hong Kong
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2003
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Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
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2003
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Art for Art/Switzerland meets India, Kalaghoda Art Festival, Mumbai
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2003
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Crossing Generations :Diverge, 40 years of Gallery Chemould, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
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2003
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Sarasu, photography show on Raja Ravi Verma Press , The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
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2003
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UNCONDITIONAL, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
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2002 - 2003
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AMBULANCE, Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore (solo)
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2002
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Ways of Resisting 1992- 2002, Sahmat/ Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
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2002
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Creative Space, Sakshi Gallery and India Habitat Center, New Delhi
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2002
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Words and Images, Guild Art Gallery and National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
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2002
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Creative Space, Sakshi Gallery and India Habitat Center, New Delhi
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2002
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Harmory Shows (2004 – 1999), Nehru Center, Mumbai
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2002
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New Delhi Crosscurrents, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
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2001
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Engendering Images of Women, Art Gallery, Mumbai
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2001
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Excerpts from my diary, Fine Art Company, Mumbai
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2001
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The Human Factor, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
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2000
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Mumbai Metaphor, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
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2000
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Mumbai Metaphor, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
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2000
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Exile Longings, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
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2000
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Memos of the New Millennium – Artists from the Moulting World, Birla Accademy of Art & Culture, Mumbai
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2000
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Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
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1999
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Critics Choice, Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
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1999
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Critic’s Choice, Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
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1998
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He used to believe that EMS planted coconut tree in Kerala’, installation, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
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