LALITHA
SHANKAR
Education
Master in Fine Arts - Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, New Jersey, USA
Diploma in Studio Art - Madras College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, India
Bachelor in Fine Arts - Stella Maris College, Chennai, India
Apprenticeship
Foundry - Johnson Atelier, Fine Arts Foundry, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Art Camps, Residencies & Workshops:
Stone Sculpture Camp - Lalit Kala Academy, India, 2015
All India Sculptors Residency - MSPL, Hospet, India, 2006
International Artists Residency - Central Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India, 1997
Karnataka State Sculptors Camp - Karnataka Shilpa Kala Academy, India, 1997
Bronze Casting Workshop - Central Lalit Kala Academy, India, 1986
Awards & Honours:
Intersection for the Arts, Artists Incubator Program and Artist Fiscal Sponsorship - San Francisco, USA
Recipient of the Senior Fellowship from the Ministry of Culture - India, 2012
Honoured by the Shilpa Kala Academy - India, 2005
Rinehart Award from the Maryland Institute College of Art - Baltimore, USA, 1990
Junior Fellowship from the Central Lalit Kala Academy - New Delhi, India, 1988
Scholarship to a Bronze Casting Workshop Organized by the Central Lalit Kala Academy - India, 1986
Award from the Tamil Nadu State Art Organization - Chennai, India, 1983
Collections:
RMZ Foundation - Bangalore, India
MSPL - Hospet, India
Private Collection - Bangalore, India
Private Collection - Bangalore, India
Private Collection - Bangalore, India
Gallery Beyond - Mumbai, India
The Sculpture Foundation, Inc., Grounds for Sculpture - New Jersey, USA
Private Collection - Belgium
Alliance Francais - Bangalore, India
Madras Museum - Chennai, India
Central Lalit Kala Academy - New Delhi, India
Regional Lalit Kala Academy - Chennai, India
NIRMITEE Industrial Architects - Bangalore, India
National Institute of Biological Sciences - Bangalore India
The Karnataka Shilpa Kala Academy - Bangalore, India
Exhibitions:
2019 - 3rd Space Lab Collective
Social Weavers Stories: Projection Mapping Narrative & Performance
Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai, India
2018 - 3rd Space Lab Collective
Home Making Space for Radical Love and Struggle: Collective Conversation No.2
Oliver Gallery at the California College of the Arts, Oakland, USA
2017 - 3rd Space Lab Collective
Social Weavers Stories: Video Mapping Projection, Narrative and Performance
Museum of Goa and the Premanand Hall at the Maharaja, Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda, India
2017 - 3rd Space Lab Collective
Concept of the Earth as a Commons Space That Everyone Has the Right to Access and Enjoy: Collective Conversation No. 2
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), San Francisco, USA
2017 - 3rd Space Lab Collective
City as a Live Creature: Public Work Community Mapping Engagement, Commissioned by Intersection for the Arts
South of Market Neighbourhood, San Francisco, USA
2016 - 3rd Space Lab Collective
Social Weavers Project: Natural Dye Studio Working With the Weavers and Master Dyers of Two of the Weavers’ Societies
Bangalore & Gajendragad, India
2016 - 3rd Space Lab Collective
Social Weavers Stories: Video Mapping Projection, Narrative and Performance
National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore, India.
2016 - 3rd Space Lab Collective
Seed Mapping with Redwood and Banyan Trees, in Collaboration with Dr. Yellappa Reddy and the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens
Bangalore, India
2016 - Private Collection
Public Museum: Curated Show
Venkatappa Gallery, Bangalore, India
2015 - Private Collection
The 377191 Wall: a Group Show of 238 Artists
Gallery Beyond, Mumbai, India
2014 - 3rd Space Lab Collective
Cultural Perceptions of the Landscape: Public Presentation, Performance, Interactive Participation & Video Projection Mapping
Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2014 - 3rd Space Lab Collective
Intersections of Culture and Environment: Discussion with the Region’s Cultural Thinkers, Artists and Academics
National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore, India
2013 - Private Collection
Looking In
Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India
2007 - Private Collection
In Search of Consciousness
Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India
2004 - Private Collection
Energies in Space
Galerie Bortier, Brussels, Belgium
2002 - Private Collection
Energies in Space
Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India
2000 - Private Collection
A Visual Experience
Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India
1999 - Solo Show
Upon Invitation by the Stratmon Group
Brugge, Belgium
1996 - Participation
The Rinehart Hundred: The Contemporary Years
Baltimore, USA
1996 - Solo Show
Alliance Francaise
Bangalore, India
1993 - Solo Show
Johnson Atelier
New Jersey, USA
1991 - Participation
The South of the World: The Other Contemporary Art, Organised by the Ente Mostro Nazionale di Pittura
Marsala, Italy
1990 - Participation
Asian American Art Centre Annual Exhibition
New York, USA
1990 - Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Maryland Institute, College of Art
Baltimore, USA
1987 - Juried All India Sculpture Exhibition
Henry Moore in India Programme, Organized by the British High Commission
New Delhi, India
1987 - Participation
Exhibition of Works by Indian Women Sculptors
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1986- Solo Show
Sakshi Gallery
Chennai, India
1984 - Juried Exhibition
Contemporary Print Making in India: Festival of India in USA
San Diego, USA
1984 - Juried Exhibition
Central Lalit Kala Academy
New Delhi, India