POOJA IRANNA

QUALIFICATIONS

M.F.A. in PAINTING, College of Art, New Delhi, 1995
B.F.A. in PAINTING, College of Art, New Delhi, 1991

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2020: ‘Silently - A proposed plan for rethinking the urban fabric’, curated by Priya Pall for AICON Gallery, NY in New Delhi.
2019: ‘Contemplating the urban’, curated by Sandeep Biswas, solo project for vasa-projects.com, online center for media studies, USA
2010: ‘In The Waves And Underneath’, wall text by Ina Puri, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2009: ‘Of Human Endeavor’, The Guild, Mumbai, essay by Deeksha Nath.
2003-2004: ‘Metamorphic Mathematics’, at Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi by The Guild Art gallery, essay by Peter Nagy.
2002: ‘Reflections’, Wimbledon School Of Art, London,
1999: House Of Cards’, Art Inc, New Delhi ,essay by Roobina Karode.
1996: ‘Paper Works’, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2020:
‘Erasure’, curated by Gayatri Sinha, at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata.
‘The sundry effect’, curated by Meena Vari, for Gallery Ragini, New Delhi.
2019:
‘Karachi Biennale’, Karachi, Pakistan
‘Burnish/Tarnish’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi.
‘Silent conflicts’, curated by Ashna Singh, Gallery Studio Art, New Delhi.
‘Voiceover’, curated by Meena Vari, for Gallery Ragini, New Delhi.
2018:
‘The Urban Re-imagined’, curated by Ravi Agarwal, Serendipity arts festival, Goa, India.
‘Negotiation In Contested Space’, The Guild, Mumbai and Art Heritage, New Delhi.
2017:
‘7th Bharat Bhavan Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art’, Bhopal India.
2016:
‘The Eye And The Mind: New Interventions In Contemporary Art’, Gaungdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China and National Gallery of Modern Art
2015:
‘constructs/constructions’, curated by Roobina Karode, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi.
Retina-Rome video art festival, at Macro, Contemporary Art Museum of Rome.
‘Working space around memory and perception’, curated by Roobina Karode, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi
‘My memory, your history: narratives on the north’, curated By Priya Pall, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, India
2014:
’The C(H)Hroma show’, organized by Marialaura Ghidini and Tara Kelton, for T.A.J. Residency and Ske Projects, Bangalore, India.
‘Archiving, chapter 2’, curated by Ranjita Chaney, Exhibit 320, New Delhi.
‘Nothing, no thing’, curated by Bose Krishnamachari , Indian Platform for Art Stage, Singapore.
‘Ode to the monumental’, by Saffron Art, New Delhi.
2013:
‘Imagining the past, envisioning the future’ curated by Priya Pall, Transport Museum, Manesar, India.
‘Creative Rising’, artwork projected on Linc LIC building and See.Me Gallery, New York.
‘Up Above The World’, Contemporary South Asian photography, Aicon Gallery, New York.
‘Time, Space, Memories’, Exhibit 320, New Delhi.
‘Organic dreams of electric sheep’- ‘Focus’, photography festival, The Guild, Mumbai.
2012:
15th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh.
‘Spell of Spill Utopia of Ecology’, curated by Veerangana Solanki, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
‘Video Wednesday II’ curated by Gayatri Sinha, Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
‘Cynical Love: Life In The Everyday’, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, India.
‘2 +2 =5’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi.
‘The Contemporary Sultanate’, curated by Veerangana Solanki for Exhibit 320, New Delhi.
2011:
‘Fragility’, curated by Rakhee Balram, by Gallery Art Alive, India
‘Fragile’,1x1 Gallery, Dubai
‘In you is the illusion of each day’, curated by Maya Kovskaya, Latitude28, New Delhi.
‘Fabular Bodies’, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Harmony art foundation, Mumbai.
‘Palimpsest', Exploring Compound Identities in contemporary south Asian art’.
'Miniscule Marvel', by Contemplate at Gallery BMB, Mumbai.
'Time Unfolded', curated by Roobina Karode, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi.
'The Intuitive: Logic Revisited', from The Osians collection at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland.
‘Milange’, The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata.
‘Writing Visuals’, curated by Priya Pall at W + K Exp, New Delhi
2010:
'Art Celebrates 2010: Sports And The City', curated by Roopika Chawla, for Commonwealth Games, New Delhi.
International Streaming Festival, 6th Edition, The Hague, Netherlands.
Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities, Video Art & Architecture Event, Netherlands
‘Feminine Recitals’, curated by Veerangana Solanki, Exhibit 320, New Delhi
‘Invisible cities’, AICON gallery, New York
2009:
‘On Canvas -1', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi.
'Vicissitudes Of The Constructed Image', Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore.
‘Lost in an urban maze’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi.
‘The landscapes of where', curated by Nancy Adajania for Galerie Mirchandani+Steinruecke, Mumbai.
'Think Small', Art Alive gallery, New Delhi
'Art Hk 09', presented by The Guild, Mumbai
'The Miniature Format Show', Sans Tache Gallery, Mumbai.
‘Zip Files’, curated by Ranjit Houskote, New Delhi & Tao Gallery, Mumbai
2008:
‘Miart 2008’, Fiera Milano International Spa, Milan represented by The Guild,Mumbai Group Show at Gallery 1x1, Dubai.
‘Das Mahavidyas: Ten Creative Forces’, four galleries across India
Recent Works by Pooja Iranna & Sojwal Sawant, Gallery Espace, Delhi.
‘Trends & Trivia’ curated by Bhavna Kakkar at Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong.
‘Walk The Line’, curated by Ranjita Chaney, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich.
2007:
‘Telling It Like It Is’, group show at The Gallery, in Cork Street, London by Gallery Espace.
‘India Revealed’, curated by Antonio Manfred, at Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy.
‘Reading Paint’, by Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok.
Korea-India Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, Seoul, Korea.
‘Paper Flute’, curated by Johny M.L. at Gallery Espace, Delhi.
‘Emerging India’, by Art Alive, at The Henry Moore Gallery, London.
‘Does Size Matter I & II’, curated by Bhavna Kakar, New Delhi & Mumbai.
2006:
‘Avatars Of The Object’, curated by Nancy Adajania, for The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
‘Making Of Divinity’, curated by Ina Puri, for Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai.
‘Around Architecture’, curated by Marta Jakimowicz, for Colab Art & Architecture, Bangalore.
‘New Paradigms III’ by Gallery Threshold, New Delhi.
2005:
‘Bridges, Exploring New Paradigms’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi.
‘Towards Abstraction’, curated by Marta Jakimowicz for Gallery Threshold, New Delhi.
‘Negotiating Matters/s’, curated by Roobina Karode for Anant Gallery, New Delhi.
‘Resonance’, curated by K.T.Ravindran, for golden jubilee of Lalit Kala Academy, India
2004:
‘Dots And Pixels’ digital art, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, & Gallery Sumokha, Bangalore
2003:
‘Dreams :projects unrealized’, curated by Johny M.L. & Mrinal Kulkarni, New Delhi
‘Migration, City, Home’ curated by Amit Mukhopadhaya, Kolkata.
2002:
‘Words And Images’, National Gallery Of Modern Art, Mumbai.
‘Closet/Closets’ Curated by Mrinal Kulkarni, New Delhi.
2001:
Two Painter’s Show, with Iranna G.R. at Apparao Galleries, Chennai.
‘North Zone Group’, curated by Probir Gupta at Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai.
‘Kaleidoscope’, ISU International Art Gallery, Singapore
‘Art in Heredity’, Habiart Gallery, New Delhi.
‘Engendering – Images Of Women’, at The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1999:
‘Edge Of The Century’, curated by Amit Mukhopadhaya, New Delhi.
‘Two Women Artists’, The Guild, Mumbai
'Women For W.I.S.E.’, Exhibition at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
1998:
Group Show By Five Artists, at Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
1995:
16th All India Exhibition by Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore
1994,97:
Kala Mela, New Delhi
1993:
Two Women Artist Show, at Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi.
1992,98:
Annual Exhibition of All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi
1991:
‘Search For Young Talent’ by Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi.

VIDEOGRAPHY

Silently’ 2020

single channel projection in loop with sound, 9.14 min duration

2020: ‘Silently- A proposed plan for rethinking the urban fabric’, curated by Priya Pall for AICON Gallery, NY, in New Delhi.

‘Towards A Chocking Presence’ 2012

single channel projection in loop with sound,5.55 min duration

2013: ‘Imagining The Past, Envisioning The Future’, curated by Priya Pall, Transport Museum, Manesar, Gurgaon.
2012: 2013: 15th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh.
2012: India Art Fair, New Delhi.
2013: Cynical love-life in the everyday, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida

‘We Are Going Green’ 2012

single channel projection in loop with sound,9 min duration

2012: ‘Video Wednesday II’, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
2014: ‘Nothing, No Thing’ curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Indian platform for Art Stage, Singapore.

‘Another New Beginning’ 2010

Single Channel Projection In Loop With Sound,7.50 Min Duration

2019: ‘Karachi Biennale’, Karachi, Pakistan
2018: ‘The Urban Re-imagined’, curated by Ravi Agarwal, Serendipity arts festival, Goa, India
2012-2013: 15th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh
2013: India Art Fair, New Delhi
2011: ‘New Indian Film And Animation’, institute of Contemporary Arts Lasalle, Singapore
2011: 'Time Unfolded' curated by Roobina Karode, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art’, New Delhi
2010: Finalist for Celeste Prize 2010, exhibiting In New York,
2010: International Streaming Festival, 6th Edition, The Hague, Netherlands.
2010: Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities, Video Art & Architecture event, The Hague, Netherlands.
2010: ‘In The Waves And Underneath’, solo show Palette art gallery, New Delhi

‘Swaas’ 2010

single channel projection in loop with sound,3.45 min duration

2015: ‘Activating space: a sculptural enquiry’, at Khoj Studios, New Delhi
2014: The C(H)Hroma Show, organized by Marialaura Ghidini and Tara Kelton for T.A.J. Residency and Ske projects, Bangalore, India
2011: ‘New Indian Film And Animation’, Institute Of Contemporary Arts Lasalle, Singapore
2010: 'Art Celebrates 2010: Sports And The City', curated by Roopika Chawla, New Delhi
2010: International Streaming Festival, 6th Edition, The Hague, Netherlands,
2010: Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities, Video Art & Architecture Event, The Hague, Netherlands.

‘Standing Strong’ 2010

single channel projection in loop with sound,6.30 Min Duration

2012 - ‘Video Wednesdays-II’, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2012 - ‘India Art Fair’, New Delhi
2010 - ‘Feminine Recitals', curated by Veerangana Solanki, Exhibit 320, New Delhi,

‘From the end to the end’ 2009

single channel projection in loop with sound,5.40 min duration

2015: Retina-Rome Video Art Festival, at Macro, Contemporary Art Museum of Rome.
2010: ‘A tribute to the lens’, to commemorate the world photographical day, curated by Sandeep Biswas, M.F. Hussain Gallery, New Delhi
2009: ‘Of Human Endeavor’, solo exhibition, The Guild, Mumbai

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Junior Fellowship by Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India, 1998-99
National Scholarship by Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India, 1992-95
Charles Wallace India Trust Award,2002
Outstanding Women Achievers Award by (YFLO), A wing of FICCI, India, 2009
CELESTE Prize Finalist, 2010 for Video ‘ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING’
SCODA Prize, First 20 Finalist, for 2010 & 2011.

SELECTED PUBLISHED WRITINGS BY POOJA IRANNA

1999 : Catalogue for Manjunath Kamath’s solo show at Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi.
2000 : ‘Through Another Journey’, Two Artist Show, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2002 : ‘Metamorphoses Of Existence’, Lalit Kala Contemporary 45, A publication of Lalit Kala Contemporary, India
2002 : ‘We Come, We Eat, We Sleep’, essay on work of N.S. Harsha which represented India at The Fukuoka Festival, published in Lalit Kala Contemporary, a publication of Lalit Kala Academy, India.
2009 : ‘I Seldom Take Images At Random’-published in Art Inc,Vol.1,No.1

Pooja Iranna, born in 1969, lives and works in New Delhi, India.