About
Born in Mumbai, Madhvi Subrahmanian lives between Singapore and Mumbai and has been showing with Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai since 2004. She is a founding member and co-curator of the Indian Ceramics Triennale and an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva. She has also served on the advisory board of Hampi Art Labs, India.
Driven by the transitions of her peripatetic life—the opportunities and challenges of constant relocation—Madhvi explores the shifting relationship between place, belonging, memory and identity. Drawing from her daily life and the world around her, she examines the intersection between personal and collective memories, exploring how familiar forms, patterns and ideas can be reinterpreted to take on new meanings and associations.
The rhythm of repetition is central to Madhvi’s practice. Her installations are often composed of multiples, creating immersive and experiential environments through scale, density, light, shadow and participation. Her practice moves between sculpture and installation, creating works that transform space and invite viewers to experience themselves within it.
Madhvi has several installations in public/private spaces. In 2021, she was invited to make a temporary installation at a bus stop on Alexandra Road in Singapore. The following year, she was commissioned to produce an installation titled Birds Eye View for Bangalore International Airport, featuring two expansive metal panels each measuring 40ft x 20ft. Her installation Anthill can also be seen at T1-Mumbai airport. Madhvi's upcoming projects include a public artwork for a subway station in Singapore, demonstrating her continued engagement with public spaces and the communities that inhabit them.
Madhvi has been invited to several biennales and triennials, among them are IOTA2021, Perth, Australia, Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2019, Korea, Indian Ceramics Triennale, 2018, Jaipur, India, China Ceramic Biennale, 2016, Henan Museum, China and Jakarta Ceramic Biennale, 2014, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Her works are in several private collections and in institutions such as India Heritage Centre, Singapore, Fule India Museum, China and Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Centre, Japan.
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Selected Solo (2010 to present) Exhibitions
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Selected Group (2013 to present) Exhibitions
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Walk and Chew Gum, Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, CUNY, NYC
From Lost Roots to Urban Meadows, two person show at The Private museum, Singapore
Mapping memory, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
Ode to the Unknown, Special commissioned project for India Heritage Centre, Singapore
Absorbing Japan, Japan Creative Center, Singapore
<Connections>, Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore (catalogue)
Organic/Abstract, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA, USA
Organic/Abstract, Chemould Prescott Road Mumbai, India (catalogue)
Cartography Of Identity, Apparao Gallery, Chennai
Rethinking Plastic:Returning to Clay, Sculpture Space , New York City
Art Mumbai, Gallery Chemould Prescott Road booth
Cartography Of Identity, Bikaner House, New Delhi
Jingdezhen Prize 2025, Jingdezhen, China
Lost and Found, curated by Jesal Thakker, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Voir Dire, Anupa Mehta Contemporary Gallery, Mumbai
Sangha: In Collective Existence, NCECA, Salt lake City, Utah
Translations: Afro-Asian Poetics, curated by Zoe Whitley, The Institutum, Gillman barracks, Singapore
India Art fair, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
A seed, a shift and a lost Pineapple, Curated by Clara Peh, The Institutum, Gillman barracks, Singapore
Art Mumbai, Chemould Prescot Road, Mumbai
CheMoulding:Framing Future Archives, curated By Shaleen Wadhwana, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
Things are Vanishing Before Us, curated by Premjish Achari, Bikaner House, New Delhi
Squaring The Circle, Arthshila, Santiniketan
India Art Fair, Chemould Prescott Road, New Delhi
Shadows, Pelham Art Center, NY, USA
Modus Operandi III, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
Passage of India, Northern Clay Center, Minnesota, Minneapolis
IOTA 2021, Indian Ocean Craft Triennale, Perth, Australia
Gray Scale, Art Porters Gallery, Singapore
Singapore Ceramics Now, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Bus Stop Art, public art, Alexandra Road Bus Stop, Singapore.
Quartz Inversion, Online show, Artist response to the pandemic
Ceramic Sculptures, 079Stories, Ahmedabad
Elements in Mythology, Gallery Ark, Baroda
Rules of Engagement, Substation, Singapore
Architectural Digest Fair, represented by Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
Modus Operandi 2, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, South Korea
Breaking Ground, Indian Ceramic Triennale, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur
Architectural Digest Fair, represented by Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai.
International Academy of Ceramics show, Yingee Ceramic Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Modus Operandi 1, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
Printing, Drawings Ceramics, Art Motif Gallery, New Delhi
Special Projects Booth, Chemould Prescott Road, India Art fair, New Delhi
From the Ocean to the Silver City, Australian High Commission, Singapore
Here Be Dragons and Other Coded landscapes, Curated by Meera Menezes, Sakshi gallery, Mumbai
Cont(r)act Earth, Ceramic Biennale, Henan Museum, China (catalogue)
Tree of Life, Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines.
Across the Table, Across the Land, NCECA, Kansas City.
Ceramic View: International exhibition at National Gallery Bangkok
Chawan International Exhibition, Belgium
Unfolding Perspective, The Deck, Singapore
6 x 6, A collaborative show between 3 Indian and 3 Australian artists,
Public Library, Australia Triennale, Canberra, Australia (catalogue)
An Artist Inspired Space, for Playeum at Affordable Art Fair Singapore.
SingaPlural : Celebrating Design, Singapore
Indo- Korean Center, Chennai, India
A collaborative installation -Raindrops with Playeum, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
Singapore-Taiwan Shoe Box Sculpture, Singapore (catalogue)
Chawan International Exhibition, Singapore 2014 (catalogue)
Bridges, Stainless gallery, New Dehli, India (catalogue)
3rd Jakarta Contemporary Ceramic Beinnale, Jakarta, Indonesia (catalogue)
8th Naori Eco- Art Festival, South Korea
India Ceramic Museum, FuLe International Ceramic Museum, Fuping, China
The Black Frame Project, Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore (catalogue)
The Bucket Show Forum Art Gallery, Chennai, India (catalogue)
Traditions Evolving, NCECA 2013 Houston TX, USA (catalogue)
4th ASNA Triennale, Karachi, Pakistan.
Birds Eye View, installation consisting of two panels 40ft x 20ft each. Commissioned and acquired.
Bus Stop art, drawings on Alexandra Bus stop and Gillman Walkway part of SEA focus, Singapore. Commissioned,temporary installation.
Seed Pod 5ft large bronze for private collector. Commissioned and acquired.
Towers of Ours, UWSEA East Campus, collaborative work with students.
Ode to the Unknown, Indian Heritage Center, Singapore. Commissioned and acquired.
Belly Hives, Dhoby Gahut Green, Singapore, temporary installation for 3 months.
Night Festival, Dhoby Ghaut Green, Singapore, temporary installation.
Art Ichol, Sculpture Garden, Madhya Pradesh, India. Commissioned and acquired
St Regis Hotel, Maldives. Wall installations in 18 villas. Commissioned and acquired
Cacoon and Tree Houses, Villa Shanti, Bali, Indonesia. Commissioned and acquired
Ahead, Drive, Public Art Project, Gillman Barracks, Singapore. Invited artist.
India Ceramic Museum, Fule International Ceramic Museum, China. Acquired.
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan. Acquired.
Web Bursts, Fort Canning, Singapore, Invited Artist.
Mumbai Airport Authority, Domestic Terminal, Mumbai. Acquired.
Contemporary Ceramic In Collaboration, temporary interactive installation on
pavement outside National Museum of Modern Art, Mumbai. Grant supported by India foundation of the art.
Advisory Board member Hampi Art Labs.
Co-curator of second iteration of Indian Ceramics Triennale, Common Ground, Arthshila, Okhla, Delhi.
https://www.indianceramicstriennale.com
Co-curator of Squaring the Circle, Arthshila, Santiniketan.
https://www.indianceramicstriennale.com/whats-new-1
Co- founder and co-curator for the first India Ceramic Triennale, Breaking Ground at Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur.
https://www.indianceramicstriennale.com/exhibition-1
Curator of residency at Art Ichol: Exploration, Experimentation and Examination 7 artists from 7 countries, Ichol/Maihar, Madhya Pradesh, India.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h4EFojjycU&t=42s
Curator of Traditions Evolving: Golden Bridge Pottery and Indian Contemporary Ceramics exhibition as part of Concurrent show in NCECA Houston, TX
United World College SEA-East Campus, Collaborative Public Artwork with students and community participation
A collaborative film with Lea Vidakovic based on the rubber tapping cups made for Ode to the Unknown my installation at Indian Heritage Centre, Singapore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMLhkCNmNKs
Hideaways, An interactive and collaborative program with kids at Playeum, Singapore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqtA_Rp029k
Curator of residency and a collaborative project at Art Ichol: Exploration, Experimentation and Examination, collaboration between 7 artists from 7 countries, resulting in large scale outdoor works.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/1h4EFojjycU
Rainforest, An interactive and collaborative program with kids at Playeum, Singapore
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=c7UT5BgzYuY
Public art-contemporary ceramics in collaboration- temporary interactive installation consisted of 4 large rotational columns set
on the pavement outside the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XAS9VVsv5&
Abhimanyu’s Chakravayu: temporary interactive installation, collaborative work in mixed media foyer of Meadows Museum Of the Arts-Dallas, TX, USA.
Ceramic department, School of the Art Institude of Chicago
Listening Louder with Clay: Conversation as a clay tool, NCECA panel, Richmond, Virgina, USA
Artist Talk, NCECA, Online Conference.
Artist talk, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Artist Talk, Hunter College, New York, New York, USA
Presentation at the 48th General assembly and congress at the International Academy of Ceramics, Taipei, Taiwan
Presentation and workshop at Greenwich House Pottery, Soho, New York, USA
Word and the Image in Art and Society Conference, Asian Civilization Museum, Singapore
Presentation on Ode to the Unknown at Indian Heritage Center, Singapore
Artist Talk at Henan Museum, Zhengzhou, China
Lecture and workshop at San Diego State University
Talk at Ceramic View conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
Lecture at Greenwich House Pottery, NYC, USA
Presentations at symposium, Exploration, Experimentation and Examination, Habitat Center, New Delhi,
organized by Madhvi Subrahmanian
Tradition and Transition lecture at Austrailian Triennale, Canberra, Australia
Lecture: At the Jakarta Contemporary Ceramic Beinnale symposium
Lecture: Indian Contemporary Ceramics for Chawan international expo,
Lecture: Ceramics and Community In the Indian Context, Post Museum, CCA, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Lecture Traditions and Transitions, talk on ceramics in India from traditional to contemporary at the Asian Civilization Museum Singapore.
Talk By Artists, Presentation at Gyeonggi International Ceramic biennale, Incheon, Korea
Charles Wallace Scholarship work/study with Kate Malone, London, UK
Assistant to William Daley, Haystack School of Crafts, Maine, USA
Summer school with Val Cushing, Alfred University, NY, USA.
Masters in Fine Arts, Meadows School of the Arts, SMU, Dallas, TX, USA
Assistant to Warren Mackenzie, Peters Valley, Layton, NJ. USA
Golden Bridge Pottery with Ray Meeker and Deborah Smith, Pondicherry, India
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