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Ayesha Singh

Bio CV Exhibitions

Frayed Continuum, Delhi
Hybrid Amalgamations, Delhi
Hybrid Amalgamations, Delhi
Hybrid Amalgamations, Delhi
Hybrid Amalgamations, Mumbai
Hybrid Amalgamations, Mumbai
Hybrid Amalgamations, Mumbai
Hybrid Amalgamations, Mumbai
Hybrid Drawing
Hybrid Fragments
Hybrid Fragments
Hybrid Fragments
Hybrid Fragments
Hybrid Fragments
Frayed Continuum, Delhi
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Hybrid Amalgamations, Delhi
Hybrid Amalgamations, Delhi
Hybrid Amalgamations, Delhi
Hybrid Amalgamations, Delhi
Hybrid Amalgamations, Delhi
Hybrid Amalgamations, Delhi
Hybrid Drawings

Education

MFA, Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA (International Student Scholarship)

BFA, Slade School of Fine Art, University College of London, UK

Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2019
Provisional Obstruction, Miami, in collaboration with Misael Soto, supported by Oolite Arts’
Ellies Creator Award and programming supported by Bas Fisher Invitational (BFI) Miami, installed at 6041 NE 2 Avenue, Little Haiti, Miami, Florida, USA
It was Never Concrete, solo show, curated by Anushka Rajendran, Shrine Empire, New Delhi, IN

2017
Ghost Lines, solo show, curated by Reha Sodhi, Mumbai Art Room, Mumbai, IN
Provisional Obstruction, in collaboration with Misael Soto, Acre Projects, Chicago, USA
Stone, Paper, Pillar, solo show, The Gujral Foundation, New Delhi, IN

2016
As You Can See, solo projects, curated by Meenakshi Thirukode, Exhibit 320, New Delhi, IN

Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects

2020
The Idea of the Acrobat, Bikaner House, hosted by Nature Morte, curated by Peter Nagy, New Delhi, IN
India Art Fair, presented by Shrine Empire, New Delhi, IN

2019
Inaugural Edition of the Sculpture Park at CEPT University in collaboration with the Gujral
Foundation, curated by Reha Sodhi, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, IN
Slow, India Art Fair, presented by Shrine Empire, curated by Anushka Rajendran, New Delhi, IN
The Future is Here: Art and Technology, Bajaj Gallery, curated by Arshiya Lokhandwala, Mumbai, IN

2018
Edition Two, The Sculpture Park Jaipur, curated by Peter Nagy, Rajasthan, IN (ongoing till July 2020)
Encounter Asia — Multi-vision, Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Museum, curated by
Huang Du and Yu Ke, supported by China National Arts Fund, Chongqing, China
Post Show, curated by Misael Soto, Target (State Street, Chicago), USA
Capital Formation, organized by Cat Bluemke, Comfort Station, Chicago, USA

2017
Occasional Geometries, curated by Rana Begum, supported by The Arts Council, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
Windows, curated by Amrita and Priya Jhaveri, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, IN
New Blood, curated by Maria Luisa Conlon, Frederikke Christensen, Misael Soto and Lindsey Thornton, Links Hall, Chicago, USA
Rise from the Rubble: Fundraiser for Mexico and Puerto Rico, organized by Mev Luna and Emilio Rojas, Chicago Artist Coalition, USA
Rumbles in the Playpen, curated by Tarini Sethi, India International Center, New Delhi, IN
The India Story, Space at 9/2, curated by Anahita Kayan, Kolkata, IN
Not in My Name, EXPO Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, curated by Sadie Woods, Chicago, USA
Shifting the Center, curated by Adia Sykes and Lindsay Allison Hutchens, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, USA
The Biography of a Thing, curated by Lan Tuazon, Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago, IL, USA
Trace, curated by Sarojini Lewis, School of Arts and Aesthetics Gallery, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, IN
Cit•i•zen, curated by Pia Singh, School of the Art Institute Chicago, IL, USA

2016
India Art Fair, curated by Meenakshi Thirukode, Exhibit 320’s booth, New Delhi, IN

2015
Delhi Photo Festival, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, IN
Twenty Twenty, curated by Sakhshi Mahajan, The Portret Project, New Delhi, IN
Home, curated by Paola de Ramos, Casa de Dona Gisele, Curitiba, Brazil, SA
Grounded, Curated by Kanika Anand, Garden of the Five Senses, New Delhi, IN

2014
Make/Do, curated by Sayantan Mukhopadhyay, GallerySke, New Delhi, IN
Image|Object|Image: New Modes of Representation, ‘Notes’ publications, University of Cambridge, UK
Enter13, curated by Irini Papadimitriou, Waterman’s Gallery, London, UK

2013
Dovetail, India-UK Creatives Collective, The Hidden Gallery, New Delhi, IN.
Slade Degree Show, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
Group Show, The Central Gallery, Reading University, Reading, UK

Grants/ Awards / Residencies

2020
Emerging Artist of the Year Award, India Today, IN

2019
30Under30 Special Mentions List, Forbes India, IN

2018
The Ellies: 2018 Creator Award Winner, 10,000 USD grant for “Provisional Obstruction” in collab with Misael Soto, Art Centre South Florida, Miami, USA
Vermont Studio Centre Residency with Civil Society Institute Fellowship, Vermont, USA
Leadership Honorary Mention, SAIC, Chicago, USA
Travel Grant, SAIC, Chicago, USA

2017
Arts, Science & Culture Initiative Grant, for “Power Structures: Connotations of the Facade in State Architecture” in collaboration with Elizabeth Jordie Davies (PhD Political Science). The Arts, Science + Culture Initiative, University of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
Deans Professional Development Award, SAIC, Chicago, USA
International Student Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, USA

Selected Talks

2019
Waterproof, panel talk, Bas Fisher Invitational (BFI) and Bridge Initiative in partnership with The Standard, Miami, Florida, USA, November 12
Redesign, Remake, Reform, artist talk, invitation by Achia Anzi and Sarover Zaidi for Jindal School of Art and Architecture and Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Jindal University, Sonipat, Haryana, IN, October 30
Artist Talk at the inaugural edition of the Sculpture Park, at CEPT University in collaboration with the Gujral Foundation, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, IN, September 14

2018
Artist Talk, invitation by Kelly Kaczynski for “Intro to Sculpture” class, SAIC Sculpture Department, Chicago, USA, October 12
Artist Talk, invitation by Jefferson Pinder for “Installation Art” class, SAIC Fibers Department, USA, Chicago, October 12
Sharing Shovels, a conversation about collaboration, SITE galleries, SAIC, Chicago, USA, March 20

2017
Sculpture Dialogues, Artist Talk, SAIC, Chicago, USA, October 11
Provisional Obstruction: Misael Soto and Ayesha Singh in conversation with Daniel Quiles, ACRE Projects, Chicago, USA, October 82
Artist Talk, Sculpture Dialogues, SAIC, Chicago, USA, March 15

2016
Artist Talk, The Creative Community, Hidden Gallery, New Delhi, IN, February 11

Ayesha Singh (born in New Delhi, India), completed her MFA in Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2018) and BFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK (2013.) Through an interdisciplinary practice that lays emphasis on movement and displacement; Singh questions social hierarchies, political agendas and subconscious value systems placed on ornamentation, design and material in architectural pastiches that construct our cities and homes.

Singh has exhibited solo shows and projects at Little Haiti (public project) with support from BFI Miami and Oolite Arts(2020); Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India(2019); The Gujral Foundation, New Delhi, India(2017); Mumbai Art Room, India(2017); and Acre Projects, Chicago, USA(2017). Singh has participated in several group shows internationally including recently at Bikaner House with Nature Morte, New Delhi, India(2020); Inaugural Edition of the Sculpture Park at CEPT University, Gujrat, India(2019); The Sculpture Park Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (2018); Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK(2017); Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, India (2017); Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago, USA(2017); Casa de Dona Gisele, Curitiba, Brazil(2015); and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK(2014).

Singh has been recently awarded the “Emerging Artist Award” from India Today in 2020, and was named under the “Forbes India 30under30 Special Mentions” list in 2019. She has won the “Ellies Creator Award” from the Art Centre/South Florida, USA; the “Civil Society Institute Fellowship” at Vermont Studio Centre, USA; and the “Science & Culture Initiative Grant” from the University of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018. Her work has been published in Art Review, Hyperallergic, Architectural Digest, Art India Magazine, Domus, Stir, Cosmopolitan, Elle India, Elle Décor and Femina magazine, to name a few.