Archana Hande
www.arrangeurownmarriage.com
archana_hande@yahoo.com

Educational Qualification:

1986-1991            B.F.A, Printmaking, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
1991-1993            M.F.A, Printmaking, M.S. University, Baroda

Solo Exhibitions:

2007                 Relics of Grey, Chemould Prescott, Road, Mumbai
2005                 www dot arrange your own marriage dot com, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2003                 The Journal, Sumukha Art Gallery, Bangalore
1999                 The Veil-Shop, Sumukha Art Gallery, Bangalore and Lakeeren, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998                 Play House, Lakeeren, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997                 Gallery Art Inc, New Delhi

Selected Exhibitions:

2007                

India Bollywood and Living Gods, The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden
Horn Please, Narratives in  Contemporary Indian Art, curated by Bernhard Fibicher and Suman Gopinath, Kunstmuseum Bern
Tales of Patachitrakar & Victoria TV, Film screening: Gävle Konstcentrum, Sweden
Tales of Patachitrakar & Victoria TV, Film screening: 007 Gallery, Oslo
First Anniversary Show, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai

2006

India Express, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Rethinking Nordic Colonialism / A Postcolonial Exhibition, Project in Five Acts, curated by Frederikke Hansen and Tone Olaf Nielsen (Kuratorisk Aktion) for NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Finland
Women in Contemporary Printmaking, curated by Kavita Shah, Baroda, Mumbai, Bangalore & Hyderabad

2004-07

The Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Asia Society and Museum, New York; Tamayo Museum, Mexico City; Museum of Contemporary Art (Marco), Monterrey; The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, USA; National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai & New Delhi, India
Ideas & Images, NGMA, Mumbai

2005                

Are we like this only? Vadehra Art Gallery, curated by Vidya Shivadas                      
Art Circus, Yokohama Triennial 2005, Japan               
The Quotable Stencil - II, contemporary painting and graphics with photographic reference, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2003                

Sites of Recurrence, curated by Tamara Malmestrom for Boras Konstmuseum, Sweden, and Dakshinachitra, Madras, exhibition site Dakshinachitra Madras
Sites of Recurrence - II, curated by Tamara Malmestrom, Boras Konstmuseum, Sweden

2002                

Indian Printmakers, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
The Quotable Stencil, contemporary painting and graphics with photographic reference, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2000             

Concept Shop, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
Premio Internazionale Biella Per l'incisione, Italy
I (As in India) an installation show with the Austrian and Indian artists, Bangalore
Icons of the Millennium, Lakeeren, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Mumbai

Awards

2007-2008         Majlis Fellowship for Visual Arts, Mumbai
2000-2001         Charles Wallace India Trust Arts Awards, Residency in Glasgow School of Arts, UK
1995-97             Junior Fellowship, Human Resource Development, Government of India

Workshops, Curated Shows and Organised events:

2007                

Curated an exhibition titled Follow the Arrows: Investigating Movement for World Social Forum, Nairobi
Designed the book: Sites and Practices edited by Madhusree Dutta and Smriti Nevatia, Majlis production, Mumbai

2006              

Khoj International Artists Workshop, Kolkata
Panchamari Camp, Madhya Pradesh

2005-06            

Delegation leader for Seeds of Peace (SOP), conducted workshops for SOP with children from Afghanistan in Kabul; Workshop with Pakistani and Indian Children, in Karjat, India

2003 - 04           

Participated and Organiser in World Social Forum 2004, Mumbai
Conducted a video workshop, Bridging Gaps, Max Muller Bhavan, Mumbai

2002  2005       

Organised and participated in Reclaim our Freedom Week & India Sabka as part of Open Circle member
Curated A/P artist proof, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

The artist lives and works in Mumbai