Madhu Das
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction", 2024Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5 -
Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction", 2024Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper26.7 x 40 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction", 2024Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper22.5 x 40 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2024Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2024Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 22.5 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2024Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2022Archival print on handwoven rice paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2022Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper26.7 x 40 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction", 2018Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2018Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper26.7 x 40 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2018Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper26.7 x 40 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction", 2017Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper26.7 x 40 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2017Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2017Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper26.7 x 40 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2017Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper26.7 x 40 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2016Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction", 2015Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2015Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2013Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5
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Madhu DasSeries from a "Landscape of Confronted Abstraction”, 2013Archival print on Hahnemuhle archival paper40 x 26.7 inchesEdition of 5
Born 1987 in Hiriyur, Karnataka, India. He did his B.F.A. from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath in Bangalore and M.F.A. from Central University in Hyderabad. Das’s artistic practice encompasses painting, performance, photography, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. His works alludes to sources as diverse as mythology, history and contemporary socio-political events to comment on the precariousness of human existence.
Das’s works has been widely shown internationally with Solo shown at the The Art House in the U.K., Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio in Japan and the Bamboo Curtain Studio in Taiwan. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the TAF Emerging South Asian Artist Award, INLAKS Fine Arts Award, FICA emerging artist award amongst others.
He currently lives and works between Mumbai and Bangalore, India
Education
2013: M.F.A (Master of Fine Arts), S N School of Fine Arts and Communication, Central University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2009: B.F.A (Bachelor of Fine Arts) College of Fine Art, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Weight of a Breath, SALT Museum, South Korea
Landscape of Confronted Abstraction, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India
2023
Room to Breathe, The Art House, Wakefield, UK.
2022
Landscape of Confronted Abstraction, Curated by Claire McCaslin in collaboration with The Art Family, London, UK
2019
fragile/fragment/fermentation, Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio, Japan.
2018
where are we, Bamboo Curtain Studio, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
2009
work in progress, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru, India.
Intuitional Shows
2023
Group show, curated by Robin Footitt at the Royal Overseas League, London
2022
Natasha, Singapore Biennale (Extended.Asia) Singapore.
Haze, Contemporary Art from South Asia curated by HH Art Spaces with Mario D’Souza at Fondazione Elpis, Milan, Italy.
2020
Discover-2, Prameya Art Foundation, New Delhi
2018
(IN)Sessions, Delfina Foundation, London.
2017
Visiting Artist at Harvard South Asia Institute, Cambridge, Boston, USA.
2014
Video compilation- The conflicted issue of change and urbanism, curated by Gayatri Sinha at Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, India.
2013
Sarai Reader 09, Curated by Raqs Media Collective, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, India.
Post-Oil City: The History of the City’s Future, Curated by Elke Falat, Vishweshwaraya Museum, collaboration with Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller, India
2012
Student Biennale, Kochi – Muziris Biennale, India
Group Shows
2025
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2023
In Rerum Natura, Curated by Caterina Corni, CREA Cantieri Del Contemporaneo, Venice, Italy.
2022
Naya Anjor, curated by Arushi Vats, Bikaner House, Delhi, India.
Atlas of Desire, curated by Premjish Achari, Gallery Espace, Delhi, India.
2021
Surface Encounters and Strange Beings, curated by Mario D’Souza with HH Art Spaces, HH Art Spaces Goa, India.
Space-Media-Voice, curated by In process collective & PAWA, Wellington, NZ
2020
All Is Not Lost 20:20:20, curated by Saloni Doshi, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
Breathing through Shifting Scapes Curated by Jesal Thacker, Sakshi Gallery in collaboration with the saffron art, Mumbai, India
2019
CONCRETE SKIES, curated by Nikhil Chopra / HH Art Spaces, Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, India.
Arthur Bunder Press, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, India
2018
I am Sutradhar, curated by Archana Hande The Guild Gallery, Mumbai, India.
2017
Open Studio-17, HH Art Spaces, Goa, India.
Again and yet again, Gallery OED, Kochi, Kerala, India.
2016
Mapping Stillness, curated by Lajja Shah at Nine Fish Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Artel, TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India.
Listen to the lines look for the signs, Gallery 27, Kochi, Kerala, India.
The Guild Gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi, India.
2015
Awaaz Do- A Call to Resistance, A SAHMAT Exhibition by Ram Rahman in Times Lit Fest at the Mehboob Studios in Bandra, Mumbai, India.
The Curriculum, by Creative Time Summit partnership with ArtOxygen & Studio-X, Mumbai, India.
The Guild Gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi, India.
2014
Sethusamudram, a travelling show curated by Suresh Jayaram, At # 1.Shanti gallery /studio, Bengaluru, India and Theertha International Artists Collective, Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
2012
Video Wednesday II, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Gallery Espace, India.
United Art Fair, Delhi, India.
2010
City in Transit- Bangalore, A Multimedia Show curated by Suresh Jayaram, Red Dot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
G.H. krumbiegel 'whatever he touched he adorned, curated by Suresh Jayaram, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller, Bengaluru, India
Interactive Images, Venkatappa art gallery, Bengaluru, India.
2009
Unleashing Arty Psyche, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru, India.
2008
Annual show at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru, India.
Residencies
2022
The Art House and the Royal Overseas League Residency, Wakefield, UK
2019
Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio, Japan.
2018
Delfina foundation, London.
Bamboo Curtain Studio, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
2017
HH Art Spaces, Goa, India.
Visiting Artist at Harvard South Asia Institute, Cambridge, Boston, USA.
2016
TIFA Working Studios- “Artel” Residency, Pune, India.
2015
T.A.J. Residency & SKE Projects, Bengaluru, India.
2013
Sarai Reader 09. curated by Raqs media collective, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, India.
2010
Theertha International Artists Collective, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2009
City at Seige At # 1.Shanti gallery /studio, Bengaluru, India.
Sandarbh Artist Residency workshop, Baroda, India.
Awards & Grants
2021
TAF Emerging South Asian Artist by The Art Family, London.
Recipient of Generator Grant / Experimenter Labs, Experimenter Gallery, Kolkata, India.
2020
FICA Emerging Artists Award: The Extended Support Platform from FICA (Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art) in collaboration with Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation, India
2017
Emerging Visual Artists from South Asia by Harvard South Asia Institute, Cambridge, Boston, USA.
2015
Inlaks Fine Arts Award, India.
2014
Shortlisted for Emerging Indian Visual Artists by Delfina Foundation, UK
2011-12 & 2012-13
Grant from the Ministry of Culture & Human Resources Development, New Delhi, India.
Collections
Devi Art Foundation, India; Santacty Collection, UK
private collection in India, USA, UK & Hong Kong
Artist Talks & Discussions
2020:
'Breathing through Shifting Scapes' in conversation with Natasha Ginwala.
2017
Artist talk: Landscape of Abstraction, Chair: Susan Bean, Independent Scholar and Chair, Art & Archaeology Center, American Institute of Indian Studies, Arts Seminar, Visiting Artist at Harvard South Asia Institute, Cambridge, Boston, USA.
2015
Artist talk and Panel Discussion on The Curriculum by Creative Time Summit in partnership with ArtOxygen & Studio-X, Mumbai, India. Moderator: Leandre D'souza
2010
Artist talk, at Theertha International Artists Collective, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The Right to Look, Saloni Doshi Collection, Mumbai, 2024
Butalia, Anamika, Saloni Doshi, founder of Mumbai based space 118 studios shares the top 10 artists to watch out for in 2020, Elle Décor, April 10, 2020
https://elledecor.in/article/saloni-doshi-founder-of-mumbai-based-space-118-studios-shares-the-top-10-artists-to-watch-out-for-in-2020/