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    Vanita Gupta

    Black is Light – 1 (a)
    Acrylic on canvas
    72 x 48 inches

    Vanita Gupta

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    Vanita Gupta

    Black is Light – 1 (b)
    Acrylic on canvas
    72 x 30 inches (each)

    Vanita Gupta

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    Vanita Gupta

    Black is Light – II
    Digital (MP4)
    Edition 5 + 1 Artist Proof
    in collaboration with Studio NewArtX

    Vanita Gupta

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    Vanita Gupta

    Black is Light – III
    Mild Steel
    23 feet

    Vanita Gupta

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    Vanita Gupta

    Vanita Gupta

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    Vanita Gupta

    • Vanita Gupta

      Black is Light – 1 (a)
      Acrylic on canvas
      72 x 48 inches

    • Vanita Gupta

      Black is Light – 1 (b)
      Acrylic on canvas
      72 x 30 inches (each)

    • Vanita Gupta

      Black is Light – II
      Digital (MP4)
      Edition 5 + 1 Artist Proof
      in collaboration with Studio NewArtX

    • Vanita Gupta

      Black is Light – III
      Mild Steel
      23 feet

    • Vanita Gupta

    Vanita Gupta’s artistic practice explores minimal, timeless, and compelling forms. She challenges conventional definitions of art by blending various genres and pictorial languages. Vanita studied fine arts in 1992 from LS Raheja
    school of Arts.

    Vanita’s career includes numerous prestigious awards and opportunities. In 2014, she received the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant and was also an artist-in-residence at the Vermont Studio Centre in the USA. From 2014 to
    2015, she was awarded the J.D. 3rd Rockefeller Fellowship Grant by the Asian Cultural Council in New York. In 2015 she was selected at an artist-in-residence at “Residency Unlimited” in New York. Her video work, “The Balloon Trilogy:
    Liberation,” was featured at the 16th International Media Art WRO Biennale in Poland in 2015. Earlier in her career, she was honored with the Raza Award for excellence in art in 2008 and had her video works selected by the Videoholica
    International Video Art Festival in Bulgaria in 2012.

    In 2008, she had solo show at Red Church Street Gallery in London, presented by Pundole Art Gallery and Rob Dean Art. She has had 5 solos exhibitions with Pundole art Gallery since 2004 including the latest in 2019. In 2017 a special
    project at the India Art Fair in Delhi, was presented by Art Heritage Gallery in Delhi. In 2020, her sculpture/video/performance was exhibited at Waterman’s
    Gallery in London. Vanita recently created the 30-foot sculpture “Silhouette in Flight” for India’s first sculpture park at Art Ichol in Maihar.

    Vanita is selected for a residency at Sculpture space, Utica, New york 2025. Born and raised in Mumbai, Vanita Gupta now lives and works between Mumbai and Bangalore.

    Born
    1967 Mumbai, India

    Education
    1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai

    Selected Solo Exhibitions
    2022 ‘Untitled Symphony’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
    2018 ‘Memory is a Map’, Aicon Gallery, New York

    Selected Group Exhibitions
    2023 ‘Mapping Silence’, India Art Fair, New Delhi
    2019 ‘Abstract Narratives’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

    Participations
    2017 Residency at Vermont Studio Center, USA
    2015 Art Camp, Dubai with Indian Contemporary Artists

    Honours and Awards
    2020 Jury Commendation, Florence Biennale
    1999 Honourable Mention, Bombay Art Society

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