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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Squaring the Circle”, Arthshila, Shantiniketan (Ceramic group show)
2023 "Ceramic Laboratory”, Rothko Centre, Latvia (Ceramic group show)
2023 "The Art of India”, Bikaner House, New Delhi (The Times of India group show)
2023 “True Blue”, Ashram Gallery, Pondicherry (Ceramic group show)
2023 "One Pot”, IIC, New Delhi (Delhi Blue Pottery Trust group show)
2023 "The Art of India”, Snowball Studios, Bombay (The Times of India group show)
2022 "Clay Carrots”, Gallery 079 Stories, Ahmedabad (Ceramic group show)
2021 "Spirit of India", Sarala Art Gallery, Bharat Niwas, Auroville (Group show, ceramic work)
2020 “Clay – Off the Wall”, Gallery Art & Soul, Bombay (co-curator with Shayonti Salvi & exhibitor)
2020 “Table Manners – 2”, Gallery Art & Soul, Bombay (co-curator with Shayonti Salvi & exhibitor)
2020 “International Macsabal Competition“, Turkey ( 2 selected bowls)
2019 “A Resolute Witness”, Gallery Manora, Bangalore (Ceramic group show)
2019 “Bowl’d Over”, Gallery Manora, Bangalore (Ceramic group show Ceramics and clay paintings)
2018 “Breaking Ground”, 1st Indian Ceramic Triennial, Jaipur, India. (Invitational event)
2018 “Morningstar”, Charlestown Gallery, Nevis. (Ceramic group show)
2018 “International Ceramic Boxes”, Loes & Reinier, Deventer, Netherlands. (Ceramic group show)
2018 “New Orientalia”, IAC Delegates Show, Taipei, Taiwan. (Ceramic group show)
2018 “Six by Six”, Tai-Hwa Gallery, Yinnge, Taiwan (Ceramic Indo-Australian group show)
2018 “Diagonal Eleven”, Gallery Mimo, Faenza, Italy. (Ceramic group show)
2018 “Symbols & Scripts”, Indian Heritage Centre Museum, Singapore (Ceramic participation)
2018 “Transitional Spaces”, Pilgrim Art Gallery, Bikaner House, Delhi (Ceramics and clay paintings)
2018 “Porcelain”, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. (Co-curator, show by Delhi Blue Pottery Trust)
2018 “Animal, Planet”, Gallery Art & Soul, Bombay. (Ceramic group show)
2017 “Golden Sunbeams-1”, Martimandir Gardens, Auroville (Curator-mixed media group show)
2017 “Journey of Transformation”, VAG, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi (ceramic group show)
2017 “Fired Frequencies”, Nazar Art Gallery, Vadodara. (Ceramic group show)
2017 “Sentinels”, The Cube Gallery, Goa. (Solo show, ceramics and unfired clay paintings)
2016 “Art Bengaluru”, U B City, Bangalore (mixed media group show)
2016 “Luminous”, Gallery Nvya, New Delhi (ceramic group show)
2016 “Ceramics in Architecture”, Delegates’ Show at the IAC convention, Barcelona 2016.
2016 “In Collaboration”, duo show with Laxma Goud, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2016 “Ceramic Spectrum”, Cube Gallery, Goa. (Group show, mixed media participation)
2015 “Six by Six: Reinterpreting Craft in Gondwana”, (Indo-Australian group show at Stepping Up, Australian Triennial, Canberra.)
2015 “Art Bengaluru”, U B City, Bangalore (Mixed media group show)
2015 “Once were Barcodes”, installation, Art Bengaluru, Bangalore. (Unfired clay-acrylic paintings)
2015 “Ceramic Connect”, an Indo-Korean group show, INKO centre, Chennai.
2015 “Touching Earth, Soaring Skies”, Terra Forma Gallery, New Delhi (Ceramic group show)
2015 “What is Auroville?” Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai (Mixed media group show)
2015 “Akshara, Crafting Indian Scripts”, CSM museum, Bombay (Mixed media group show)
2015 “Transformation”, Savitri Bhavan, Auroville. (Unfired clay paintings, barcode series)
2015 “Terra Forma”, Vivanta Gallery, Gurgaon. (Ceramic group show)
2015 “Unity Barcode”, Unity Pavilion, Auroville (Unfired clay paintings, barcode series)
2015 “Codes”, Dakshinachitra Gallery, Chennai. (Duo-show of painted media)
2015 “Akshara, Crafting Indian Scripts”, CSMVS Museum, Mumbai (Ceramic participation)
2015 “4 Expressions of Auroville”, Apparao Galleries, Chennai. (Group show, ceramic & paintings)
2015 “The Art of Chess”, Apparao Galleries, New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai. (Grp show, ceramic)
2014 “International Ceramic Exchange”, Naori, S. Korea (Group show)
2014 “Shades of Grey”, Gaya Design Centre, Bali, Indonesia (Solo, ceramics and batik)
2014 “Bridges”, Stainless Gallery, New Delhi. (Group ceramic show)
2013 “Secrets & Lies”, Gallery Art & Soul, Bombay. (Solo, ceramics & painted media)
2013 “Akshara, Indian Calligraphy redefined”, Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo, Egypt. (Ceramics)
2013 “Indian Pavilion”, Fule International Ceramic Art Museum, Fuping, China
2013 “Premonitions”, Citadyn Centre d’Art, Auroville. (Solo; ceramics/unfired clay paintings)
2013 “Akshara, Crafting Indian Scripts”, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France (Ceramics)
2013 “Traditions Evolving”, NCECA conference, Houston, USA. (Group show)
2013 “The Bucket Show”, Forum Gallery, Chennai. (International group show)
2012 “Akshara”, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi (Mixed media group show)
2012 “4 Continents Ceramic Exhibition”, the Studio Gallery, Yallingup, W Australia.
2012 “Collection from Sasama”, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Mino, Gifu, Japan (Group show)
2012 “Qalam-Atma International Calligraphy Exhibition, Jaipur. (Ceramic participation)
2012 “Art On Sunday”, Petite Ferme, Auroville (Solo show, paintings & ceramics)
2012 “International Group Show”, Gallery Hu, Nagoya, Japan. (Ceramic group show)
2012 “Jeff Shapiro & Friends”, Kala Kendra, Auroville, India. (Ceramic group show)
2011 “Delegate’s Master Show”, Verkehr Shimizu Museum, Shizoka, Japan. (Ceramic group show)
2011 “Himitsu Te Uso”, SCCP, Shigaraki, Japan. (Solo ceramic show)
2011 “Continental Drift”, Deloraine Gallery, Tasmania, Australia. (Anagama/woodfired group show)
2011 “Atmos-fire”, Artifakt Gallery, Australia. (International invitational group show)
2011 “International Tea Pot Show”, Shanghai, China. (Also in 2010, 2009 & 2008)
2011 “Firebox”, anagama ceramics, #1 Shanthiroad Gallery, Bangalore. (Ceramic group show)
2010 “Treasures”, Gallery Time & Space, Bangalore. (Solo show, ceramics & painted media)
2010 “ICMEA Emerging Ceramic Artist Competition”, Fuping, Shaanxi, China. (Selected entry)
2010 “10 Years of Wood-fire”, Knighthood’s Assembly, Tallinn, Estonia. (Ceramic group show)
2009 “The White Rabbit”, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
(Solo show, sponsored by Delhi Blue Pottery Trust, ceramics & painted media)
2009 “2nd Shanghai-Shenyao International Wood-kiln Exhibition”, Gallery Shenyao, Shanghai.
2009 “5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009”, CEBIKO, S. Korea. (Selected entry)
2009 “Small Objects - Fete Picasso Auction”, Vallauris, France.
2009 “Maati - Explorations in Terracotta”, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
(Delhi Blue Pottery Trust’s international show)
2008 “Table Manners”, co-curator and participant, Kala Kendra, Auroville. (Ceramics)
2008 “Mad Hatters Tea Party”, ICIA Gallery, Bombay. (All India teapot show)
2008 “International Ceramics”, Sanbao Ceramic Studio, Jingdezhen, China. (Ceramic group show)
2008 “Resonances”, Provence, France. (Auroville artists’ mixed media by Marie Claire Barsotti)
2008 “Threshold”, Gallery Art & Soul, Bombay. (Solo, ceramics & painted media)
2008 “Miniatures”, Artist Centre, Bombay. (Solo, ceramics & paintings)
2008 “Harmony 2008”, Nehru Centre, Bombay. (Mixed media, All India Art shows hosted by
Reliance Industries in 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008)
2007 “Contemporary Ceramics”, Lemongrasshopper Gallery, Ahmedabad. (Ceramic group show)
2007 “Masters Show, Clay Edge 2007”, Cudgegong Gallery, Australia. (Invitational ceramic show)
2005 “Stoneware”, Hatworks Boulevard, Bangalore. (Solo show, ceramics)
2004 “Peace and Harmony”, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
(Delhi Blue Pottery Trust’s international biennale)
2003 “Potters in Peril”, National Gallery of Modern Art, Bombay. (Indo-US show)
Bachelor of Architecture, Sir J.J. College of Architecture, Bombay, India
Master of Architecture, University of Houston, Texas, USA
Architect at Gensler & Associates, San Francisco, California, USA
Associate Architect at Talati & Panthaky Pvt. Ltd., Bombay, India
Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry, India, with Ray Meeker and Deborah Smith
Since 2001, partner at Mandala Pottery, Auroville, India (Production and studio pottery)
Member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, Switzerland
Selected RESIDENCIES / WORKSHOPS attended / conducted
2023 Ceramic Laboratory, Mark Rothko Centre, Latvia (invited residency)
2023 “John Dix & Nick Schwartz Chinnagama workshop”, Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry.
2022 Presentation of my movie, “Golden Bridges” at the 50 th Congress of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva.
2022 Presentation of “Pandemic works of Southeast Asian IAC Members”, at the 50 th Congress of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva.
2020-2021 Quartz Inversion, Web-“Zibit” showcasing international pandemic ceramics by 64 artists from 16 countries (co-curated with Janet Abrams)
2019 “International Soda-firing Symposium”, Fule International Ceramic Art Museum, Fuping, China.
2018 “Morningstar Ceramic Residency”, Nevis.
2018 “Bottega Morigi”, Residency in Faenza, Italy.
2018 “La Meridiana”, Soda-firing workshop in Tuscany, Italy
2018 “Porcelain”, All-India group show organised by Delhi Blue Pottery Trust, curator for south India.
2018 Symbols & Scripts, Indian Heritage Centre, Singapore (invited artist for demos & workshops)
2017 Golden Sunbeams, curator and participant, Matrimandir Gardens, Auroville.
2016 Diagonal Eleven, Invited artist at workshop at El Torn, Barcelona.
2015 Hosted Laxma Goud at Mandala Pottery for two ceramic residencies.
2015 Co-organised a soda firing workshop with Ruthanne Tudball in Auroville.
2015 Attended anagama workshops at Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry, with Jack Troy, Jeff
Shapiro, Peter Thompson, Betty Woodman, Sandy Brown, Mike Dodd, Jane Perryman & Jim Danisch.
2015 Guest speaker at Stepping Up, International Ceramic Triennial in Canberra, Australia.
2014 Residency at Naori Eco-Art Festival, Naori, S. Korea.
2014 Residency at Gaya Ceramic Centre, Bali, Indonesia.
2013 Organiser & invited artist, Fule International Ceramic Art Museum, Fuping, China for making
works for the 1st Museum of Indian Ceramic Art in China.
2012 “Not Only Elephants & Horses!!!” a presentation of contemporary Indian ceramics at “Subversive Clay”, Australian Ceramics Triennial, Adelaide, Australia.
2012 “Fired Stacks”, demonstrated the building & firing the fired-house technique, Perth, Australia.
2012 “The Road Less Taken”, an installation of 500 treasure boxes at the Hyatt Regency, Chennai.
A part of the ceramic sculpture garden envisioned and curated by Rajeev Sethi and Ray Meeker.
2011 Invited artist to International Ceramic Festival in Sasama, Japan.
2011 Selected Artist-in-residence at Shigaraki Cultural Park, Japan.
2010 International Wood-firing Ceramics Symposium, Kohila, Estonia.
2008 Table Manners, co-curator and participant, Kala Kendra, Auroville.
2007 Clay – Edge 2007, invitational ceramic event. Demonstrated the building and firing of a fire-
stabilised mud-brick dome at Janet Mansfield’s residence in Gulgong, Australia.
2001 “Woodstoke 2001”, Paul Soldner, Rudy Autio, Tom Collins, Rodney Mott at Penryn, USA.
