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G.R. Iranna Biography
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Born Sindgi, Bijapur, Karnataka
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), College of Visual Art, Gulbarga
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Master of Fine Arts (Painting), College of Art, New Delhi
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Artist-in-Residence, Wimbledon School of Art, London
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2004 Harmony Show, Artist of the Year Award, Mumbai
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2003 Residency, George Keyt Foundation, Dambola, Sri Lanka
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2002 KK Hebbar Foundation Award
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2001 State Award, Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy, Bangalore
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1999-2000 International Scholarship, Charles Wallace India Trust, British Council
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1997 Residency, 9th Triennale India 1997 International Artists’ Camp, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
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1997 40th National Academy Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
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1997 ’50 Years of Art in Independent India’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Award, New Delhi
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1996-97 National Scholarship, Ministry of HRD, Government of India
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1995-96 Garhi Research Grant, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
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1993 Residency, International Painting and Sculpture Symposium, Gulbarga
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1993 ‘In Search of Talent’, MF Hussain and Ram Kumar Selection Award, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
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1993 Bansi Parmimu Memorial Committee, New Delhi
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1993 Delhi College of Art, New Delhi
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1991-92 College of Visual Art, Gulbarga
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1991-92 All India Exhibition Mysore, Dasara, Mysore
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1990 4th All India Exhibition, South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC), Nagpur
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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'Limning Heterotopias', Gallery Espace, New Delhi (solo)
'The Contemporary Sultanate', presented by Exhibit 320 at One Style Mile, Olive, New Delhi
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2011
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'Scaffolding the Absent', The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
'Skin Deep: The Art of Fibreglass', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
'Melange', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata
Gallery Sumukha, Chennai
'Reprise', Aicon Gallery, New York
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2010
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'Ribbed Routes', The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
'Indian (Sub)Way', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Grosvenor Vadehra, London
'A. SYCO', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
'Tales of Silence', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
'Singularities', RL Fine Arts, New York
'India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity', presented by Ati Art Gallery at Varya, New Delhi
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2009
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'Retrieval Systems', Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre; Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
“Culture Popular India” Maspresidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid Museum, Madrid . Curated by Shahin Mirali
'Astonishment of Being', Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
'Think Small', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
'Harvest 09: Part II', Arushi Arts, New Delhi
'New Fables: Contemporary Voices', Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata
'Big Dreams’, Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
'Zip Files', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
'Moderns and More', Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
'Life is A Stage', Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai
2008-09 'Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan', Aicon Gallery, London
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2008
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‘Keep Drawing’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
‘Birth of Blindness’, The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi and Aicon Gallery, London and New York (solo)
‘MiArt 2008’, Fiera Milano International Spa, Milan represented by The Guild, Mumbai
'Material/Im-mmaterial', Gallery Collection, Bodhi Art, Gurgaon
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2007
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Asian Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Aicon Gallery, New York
‘Recent Works by GR Iranna’, Berkley Square Gallery, London (solo)
‘Keep Drawing’, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
‘India 20’, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
‘High on Art’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
‘Telling It Like It Is: The Indian Story’, The Gallery in Cork Street, London
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2006
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‘The Human Figure’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
‘King of Clay’, Gallery ArtsIndia, New York and California (solo)
‘Contemporary Istanbul Fair’, Istanbul
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2005
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Arad Bienalle, Romania
‘Early Works’, Gallery Muller and Plate, Munich (solo)
‘Threads of Humanism’, Bodhi Art, New Delhi, Singapore (solo)
‘We Are Like This Only’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
‘Paths of Progression’, Bodhi Art and Saffronart, New Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, New York
‘Harmony Show’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
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2004
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‘Untitled’, Gallery Espace, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Peter Muller Gallery, Munich, Germany
Gallery 27, Oslo, Norway
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2003
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‘Dream and Perplexity’, presented by The Guild at Chitrakala Parisath, Bangalore (solo)
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2002
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‘Words and Images’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
‘Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings’, Auction-cum-Exhibition, Bowring’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Mumbai
Jehangir Art Gallery Golden Jubilee Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
‘European and Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings’, Auction-cum-Exhibition, Bowring’s Fine Art Auctioneers, New Delhi
‘Palette’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
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2001
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‘The Enigma of Departure’, British Council and Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
Apparao Galleries, Chennai
‘The Human Factor’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
‘Kaleidoscope’, ISU International Art Gallery, Singapore
‘Engendering – Images of Women’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
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2000
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‘Black and White’, Art Today, New Delhi
Gallery Espace, New Delhi (solo)
Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture, Cairo, organized by The Indian Embassy in Cairo (solo)
Foyer Gallery, Wimbledon School of Art, London (solo)
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1999
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‘In The Shadow of Buddha’, Gallery Martini, Hong Kong (solo)
‘The Creative Process’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
‘Icons of The Millennium’, Gallery Lakeeren, Mumbai
‘Edge of the Century’, New Delhi
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1998
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Vedanta Art Gallery, Chicago, USA
Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
‘Shadow of the Real’, Shridharani Art Gallery and Gallery Espace, New Delhi (solo)
Gallery Espace, New Delhi
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1997
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‘Four Artists, Diverse Talents’, Guild Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
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1995
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Schoo’s Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
‘Edge Dynamics’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
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1994
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Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
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1992
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Award Winner’s Exhibition South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) Nagpur, Bangalore, Indore, Hyderabad, Pune
College of Visual Art, Gulbarga (solo)
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1990
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Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
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