Pooja Iranna

Pooja Iranna

Born in 1969 - New Delhi

Education

1995 Master of Fine Arts (Painting), College of Art, New Delhi
1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), College of Art, New Delhi

Selected Solo Shows

2010 'In the Waves and Underneath', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Of Human Endeavor:The Super Exposed City and the New Possibilities of Space', The Guild, Mumbai
2003-04 'Metamorphic Mathematics', Chitra Kala Parishat, Bangalore, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai and at Sridharani Gallery, New Delhi.
2002 'Reflections', Wimbledon School of Art, London
1999 House Of Cards', Art Inc, New Delhi
1996 'Paper Works', Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi

Selected Group Shows

2012 '2 + 2 = 5', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 'Cynical Love: Life in the Everyday', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi
2012 'The Contemporary Sultanate', presented by Exhibit 320 at One Style Mile, Olive, New Delhi
2011 'Fragility', Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
2011 'In You is the Illusion of Each Day', Latitude 28, New Delhi
2011 'The Lost Sparrow', presented by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2011 'Melange', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata
2011 'Palimpsest', Aicon Gallery, New York
2010-11 'Writing Visuals', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata; W + K Exp, New Delhi
2010 'Feminine Recitals', Exhibit 320, New Delhi
2010 'Love to Live', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'A. SYCO', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2010 'Invisible Cities', Aicon Gallery, New York
2010 'India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity', presented by Ati Art Gallery at Varya, New Delhi
2009-10 'On Canvas -1', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2009 'Vicissitudes of the Constructed Image', Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore
2009 'Lost In An Urban Maze', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Think Small', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'The Landscapes of Where', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2009 'Zip Files', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'Dus Mahavidyas: Ten Creative Forces', presented by Gallerie Nvya at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2008 'The July Show', The Guild, Mumbai
2008 'Trends and Trivia', Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2008 ‘Walk The Line’, Avanthay Contemporary AG, Zurich
2007 ‘Telling It Like It Is: The Indian Story’, organized by Gallery Espace, New Delhi and Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata at The Gallery in Cork Street, London
2007 ‘High on Art’, Visual Art Gallery, Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2007 ‘Does Size Matter - II?’, Jehangir K S Nicholsan Gallery of Modern Art, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
2007 ‘Does Size Matter?’, Art Konsult, New Delhi
2007 'India Revealed', Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples
2007 'Reading Paint', Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok
2007 'Emerging India', Art Alive Gallery, London
2007 'Pulsating Rhthms on Paper', Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore
2007 'Paper Flute', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2007 'Vibrant Strokes', Red Earth Galleries, Baroda and Mumbai
2006 ‘Avatars of the Object’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 ‘Making of Divinity’, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 ‘Around Architecture’, Colab Art and Architecture, Bangalore
2006 ‘New Paradigms III’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2005 'Bridges ,Exploring New Paradigms', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2005 'Towards Abstraction', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2005 ‘Negotiating Matters', Anant Gallery,New Delhi
2004 'Dots And Pixels', Digital Art, Gallery Espace, New Delhi & Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
2003 Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2003 'Dreams: Projects Unrealized', New Delhi
2003 'Migration, City, Home', Kolkatta
2002 Words And Images, National Gallery Of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2002 'Closet/Closets', New Delhi
2001 'North Zone Group', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 'Kaleidoscope' – Isu International Art Gallery, Singapore
2001 'Art In Heredity', Habiart Gallery, New Delhi
2001 'Engendering – Images Of Women', At The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 'Edge Of The Century', New Delhi
1999 'Two Women Artists', The Guild , Mumbai
1999 'Women for W.I.S.E., exhibition at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Mumbai
1998 Gallery Espace , New Delhi
1997 'Gift For India' By Sahmat, New Delhi
1993 Two Women Artist Show, At Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
1991 'Search For Young Talent' By Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi

Selected Joint Shows

2008 With Sojwal Samant at Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2001 Two Painter's Show with Iranna G.R., Apparao Galleries, Chennai

Participations

2011 'Fabular Bodies: New Narratives in the Art of the Miniature', presented by Harmony Art Foundation at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharah Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2011 'Miniscule Marvel', presented by Contemplate at Gallery BMB, Mumbai
2011 'Time Unfolded', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 'The Intuitive: Logic Revisted', from the Osians Collection at The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2010 'Art Celebrates 2010: Sports and the City', represented by Art Alive Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games
2010 'Master’s Corner', organized by Indian Contemporary Art Journal at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; India International Art Fair, New Delhi
2010 'Size Matters or Does it?', Part 1 at Latitude 28, New Delhi
2009 'Expressions at Tihar', Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
2009 'Art HK 09', Hong Kong presented by The Guild, Mumbai
2009 'The Miniature Format Show', Sans Tache Gallery, Mumbai
2008 ‘MiArt 2008’, Fiera Milano International Spa, Milan represented by The Guild, Mumbai
2005 ‘Resonance ’, For Golden Jubilee Of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2001 ‘43rd National Exhibition, Bangalore
2000 ‘Kala Ghoda Artfest-2000’, Mumbai
1999 41st National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1995 16th All India Exhibition By Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore
1994,97 Kala Mela, New Delhi
1992,98 Annual Exhibition of All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (A.I.F.A.C.S.), New Delhi

Honours and Awards

2002 Charles Wallace India Trust Award