Riyas Komu
Riyas Komu is an Indian artist and sculptor. Born in 1971 in a small town in Thrissur District in Kerala. He did Bachelors in Fine Arts & Masters in Fine Arts from the prestigious Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. As of 2015 he lived and worked from Mumbai.
Awards
- K. K. Hebbar Foundation Society Scholarship 1997 to 1999
- Bombay Art Society Award 1996
- Maharashtra State Art Prize 1995
- 'Critic's Choice' at NGMA 1999
Exhibitions
- 2011
- Inde, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Contemporary Art from India, Helsinki Art Museum – The Tennis Palace, Helsinki, Finland
- 2010
- 2009
- Beyond Globalization, Beyond Art Space, Beijing, China
- Arco Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
- Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York City
- Indian Popular Culture and beyond Alcala' 31, Madrid, Spain
- Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
- 2008
- Bodhi Berlin, Berlin, Germany (solo)
- MARK HIM (Second half), Gallery 88, Kolkata, India (solo)
- The Ghost of Souza, inaugural show in Bowery space, Aicon Gallery, New York City
- India Crossing, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
- Frontlines: Notations from the Contemporary Indian Urban, Bodhi Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- 2007–2008
- India Arte Oggi, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy
- 2007
- FRAME/GRID/ROOM/CELL, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Bodhi Art, Mumbai, India
- Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- I Fear, I believe, I desire, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
- Other, AICON Gallery, London, UK
- Annual show, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
- 52 International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
- Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense, 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale
- MARK HIM (First half), The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
- 2006
- Systematic Citizen, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, India (solo)
- Faith Accompli, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
- Bronze, sculpture show, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Art on the beach. Made by Indians, Plage de Pamplonne, Ramatuelle, St. Tropez, France
- On Difference #2, Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
- Singapore Art Fair, Singapore
- Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
- Red Earth And The Pouring Rain, Lanxess ABS Gallery, Baroda, India
- Viart, New Delhi, India
- Strangeness, Anant Art Gallery, Kolkatta, India
- 2005
- Span, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Endless Terrain, Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Double-Enders, Jehangir Art Gallery and Museum Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Present Future, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
- Configurations, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
- Are we like this only?, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Whose space is it anyway?, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
- Mannat Jali, Marine Drive, Mumbai, India
- Public Art Project, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India
- World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- KAAM, Aicon Gallery, New York and Palo Alto
- The Third Day, Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
- GRASS, photography show, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
- 2004
- Group show during VASL Residency, Karachi, Pakistan
- Bombay Boys, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
- A New Mediatic Realism, Bayer ABS Gallery, Baroda, India
- Generation I, Saffron Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Mumbai x 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin, India
- Anticipations, Jehangir Art Gallery and Museum Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- RED, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
- 2003
- Sarasu, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
- Unconditional, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
- Hilights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
- 2D/3D, Visual Art Center, Hong Kong
- Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
- Art for Art/Switzerland meets India, Kalaghoda Art Festival, Mumbai, India
- Crossing Generations :Diverge, 40 years of Gallery Chemould, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
- Sarasu, photography show on Raja Ravi Verma Press, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
- UNCONDITIONAL, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
- 2002–2003
- AMBULANCE, Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalor, Indiae (solo)
- Ambulance, Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore, India (solo)
- 2002
- Asian Art Festival, Singapore
- Harmory Shows (2004–1999), Nehru Center, Mumbai, India
- Tribute to Picasso, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Ways of Resisting 1992– 2002, Sahmat/ Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
- Creative Space, Sakshi Gallery and India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India
- Words and Images, Guild Art Gallery and National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
- Creative Space, Sakshi Gallery and India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India
- Harmory Shows (2004–1999), Nehru Center, Mumbai, India
- New Delhi Crosscurrents, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Engendering Images of Women, Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Excerpts from my diary, Fine Art Company, Mumbai, India
- The Human Factor, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- 2000
- Mumbai Metaphor, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Mumbai Metaphor, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Exile Longings, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
- Memos of the New Millennium – Artists from the Moulting World, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai, India
- Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
- Moulting World, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai
- 1999
- Critics Choice, Ideas and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
- 1998
- He used to believe that EMS planted coconut tree in Kerala, installation, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India
References
- "Riyas Komu on artnet". Artnet.com. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- "Metro Plus Delhi / Events : Art finds anchor". The Hindu. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- "artnet Magazine". Artnet.com. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- "Saffronart-Designated March by a 'Petrol Angel' by Riyas Komu". Saffronart.com. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- "Safe to Light | Riyas Komu at Azad Art Gallery – Parkingallery Projects | Tehran". Parkingallery.com. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
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