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My Land, Your Land
My Land, Your Land
Sugar Rush
Weathered Warriors I
Lollipop Rebels in adventure Playgrounds
Weathered Warriors II
Celebration of Innocence
When War Intrudes into Table Talk
A Muted Existence
Adolescence
Children of War
Spot Fazli
Between Adela and Dr. Aziz
Spot Fazli
Great White Mother, Karachi The Queen’s Statue, Karachi, India
Great White Mother, The Queen’s Statue, Rawalpindi, India
Between Adela and Dr. Aziz

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EDUCATION

1995-1999 B.F.A, College of Art, New Delhi
1991-2001 M.F.A, from M.S. University, Baroda
2002-2003 M.F.A, Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts, London UK 2002-2003 British Chevening Scholarship by the British Council
She qualified at the UGC NET Examination for Lectureship in Visual Art. University Grants Commission. She was visiting lecturer, Department of Printmaking at College of Art, New Delhi between 2006-2007.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Lapses II curated by Anushka Rajendran, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai in collaboration with Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi.
Reviving the Retinal curated by Kathleen Wyma, Gallery Open Eyed Dreams, Cochin, 2015.
(in) to the middle of the stories, Gallery Open Eyed Dreams, Cochin, 2014.
Palimpsest, exploring compound identities in South Asian Art, Aicon Gallery, New York, 2011.
Her Work is Never Done curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Gallery BMB, Mumbai, 2010.
Border Lines curated by Johny ML, Art Home, Baroda, 2010.
The People, two person show with artist Josh PS, curated by Johny ML, Shrine Empire Gallery, 2009.
Footprints, Women in Printmaking, curated by Kavita Shah, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai & Southern Graphics Council, Kansas City, Missouri, US, 2006. Rock curated by Himanshu Desai, Gallery Art Resource Trust, Mumbai, 2006.
Unfolding Grace, Lanxess ABS gallery, Vadodara, 2006.
The Second Coming curated by Himanshu Desai, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2005.
‘A/P’ artist proof curated by Archana Handa, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, 2003.
[not] from here curated by Ric Spencer, Chelsea College of Art, London, 2002.
The “Quotable” Stencil curated by Himanshu Desai, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2002.
‘Carry on Drawing’ curated by Awantika Bawa, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2002.
5th Bharat Bhawan International Biennial of Print Art, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, 2001.

Puja’s work was also shown at India Art Fair, New Delhi 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018, Art Chennai 2011 and the India Art Summit 2008 & 2009 at The Shrine Empire Gallery booth.

Born, Kolkata 1976
Puja completed her BFA, from College of Art, New Delhi, 1995-1999 and MFA, from M.S. University, Baroda, 1991-2001. MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts, London, 2002-2003.
Puja has been awarded the British Chevening Scholarship by the British Council in 2002-2003. She qualified at the UGC NET Examination for Lectureship in Visual Art, University Grants Commission. She was visiting lecturer, Department of Printmaking at College of Art, New Delhi between 2006-2007.
In 2005, Puja has been involved with documentary photography, Project Aparajita, Voluntary Health Association of India, Andaman Islands.

She currently resides and works in Mumbai.