Resume
Madhvi Subrahmanian
Selected solo exhibitions (2010 to present)
2020 walk and chew gum..., Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, NYC, USA
2017 Mapping Memory, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India
Ode to the Unknown, Special commissioned project for India Heritage Centre, Singapore
2012 Absorbing Japan, Japan Creative Center, Singapore
2011 <Connections>, Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore
2010 Organic/Abstract, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA, USA
2010 Organic/Abstract, Chemould Prescott Road Mumbai, India
Selected two person and group exhibitions (2013 to present)
2022
Shadows, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Chemould MOIII, Chemould Presscot RD, Mumbai
2021
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 artworks, Gillman walkway and Alexandra Road bus stop
2020
Quartz Inversion, online exhibition- artists response to the pandemic
Ceramic Sculptures, 079 Stories, Ahmedabad, India
2019
Elements of Mythology, Gallery Ark, Baroda, India
Architectural Digest Show, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India
Gyeonggi International Ceramics Beinnale, Icheon, South Korea
Modus Operandi II: In Situ: an artist studio, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India
From Lost Roots to Urban Meadows, The Private museum, Singapore
2018
Breaking Ground, Indian Ceramics Triennale, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur
Architectural Digest Show, represented by Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
New Orientalia, Yingee Ceramic Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Modus Operandi, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
Printing, Drawings Ceramics, Art Motif Gallery, New Delhi
Special Projects Booth, Chemould Prescott Road, India Art fair, New Delhi
2017
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
2016
Cont(r)act Earth, First Central Ceramic Biennale, Henan Museum, Zhengzhou, China
Tree of Life, Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines
Across the Table, Across the Land, NCECA, Kansas City, USA
Ceramic View: International Exhibition, National Gallery Bangkok, Thailand
2015
Chawan International Exhibition, Belgium
Unfolding Perspective, The Deck, Singapore
Six By Six, Australia Ceramics Triennale, Canberra, Australia
An Artist Inspired Space, Playeum, Affordable Art Fair Singapore
SingaPlural : Celebrating Design, Singapore
Indo-Korean Collaboration, Chennai, India
Raindrops, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2014
India Art Fair, Chemould Prescott Road, New Delhi, India
Singapore-Taiwan Shoe Box Sculpture, Singapore
Chawan International Exhibition, Singapore
Bridges, Stainless gallery, New Delhi, India
3rd Jakarta Contemporary Ceramic Beinnale, Jakarta, Indonesia
8th Naori Eco- Art Festival, South Korea
2013
Indian Contemporary Ceramics, FuLe International Ceramic Museum, Fuping, China
The Black Frame Project, Indigo Blue Art Gallery, Singapore
Forum Art Gallery, Chennai, India
Traditions Evolving, NCECA, Houston TX, USA
4th ASNA triennale, Karachi, Pakistan
Large scale works / Public art installations:
2022:
Birds Eye View, 2 large wall installations of 20 ft x 40ft each installed on South Wall at departure, Bangalore International Airport
2021
Liminal Space:Singapore, Bus Stop Art, Kolam inspired drawings at the Alexandra Road bus stop and Gillman walkway
2020
Liminal Space:NYC, Kolam inspired drawings on the pavements in NYC
2018
Towers of Ours, UWSEA, Tampanies, Singapore, a collaborative project with students
2017
Ode to the Unknown, Indian Heritage Center, Singapore
Bellyhives, Dhoby Ghaut Green, Singapore
Night festival, Dhoby Ghaut Green, Singapore
2016
Art Ichol, Sculpture Garden, Ichol, Madhya Pradesh, India
2015
St Regis Hotel, Maldives, Wall installations in 18 villas
Cocoon and Tree houses at Villa Shanti, Ubud, Bali
2014
Ahead, Drive Public Art Project, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Threesome: A Sculptural Bench, Dhoby Ghaut, Singapore
2013
India Ceramic Museum, Fule international Ceramic Museum, Fuping, China
2012
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
JSW Foundation, Karnataka, India
2011
Web-bursts, Fort Canning park, Singapore
Mumbai Airport Authority, Domestic Terminal, Mumbai, India
2002
Contemporary Ceramics in Collaboration- temporary interactive installation, on pavement outside the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India. Supported by IFA.
Curatorial
2024
Curatorial team for Common Ground, Indian Ceramic Triennale, Arthshila, New Delhi
2018
Curatorial team for the first India Ceramic Triennale, Breaking Ground at Jawahar Kala Kendra inJaipur.
https://indianceramicstriennale.com
2016
Curator of residency at Art Ichol: Exploration, Experimentation and Examination 7 artists from 7 countries, Ichol/Maihar, Madhya Pradesh, India
https://www.youtube.com/embed/1h4EFojjycU
2013
Curator of Traditions Evolving: Golden Bridge Pottery and Indian Contemporary Ceramics exhibition as part of concurrent show in NCECA Houston, TX
Lectures (2013 to present)
2021
Between Myth and Ritual: Clay in India, NCECA virtual conference
2020
Process, Practice and Inspiration, Virtual Clay: Artists talk, Clay Arts Center, Port Chester, NY
2018
Artist Talk: 48th General assembly and congress at the International Academy of Ceramics, Taipei, Taiwan
Artist Talk and workshop at Greenwich House Pottery, Soho , New York, USA
Word and the Image, Art and Society Conference, Asian Civilization Museum, Singapore
2017
Ode to the Unknown, Indian Heritage Center, Singapore
2016
Artist Talk, Henan Museum, Zhengzhou, China
Lecture and workshop at San Diego State University
Artist Talk, Ceramic View conference in Bangkok, Thailand
Artist Talk, Greenwich House Pottery, NYC, USA
Artist Talk: Symposium: Exploration, Experimentation and Examination, Habitat Center, New Delhi
2015
Tradition and Transition lecture at Austrailian Triennale, Canberra, Australia
2014
Artist Talk: Jakarta Contemporary Ceramic Beinnale symposium
Indian Contemporary Ceramicsf, Chawan international expo,
Ceramics and Community In the Indian Context, Post Museum, CCA, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Traditions and Transitions: Ceramics in India from traditional to contemporary at the Asian Civilization Museum, Singapore.
2013
Artist Talk, Presentation at Gyeonggi International Ceramic biennale, Icheon, Korea
Professional affiliations:
Curator and committee member Indian Ceramic Triennale, India
Singapore Sculpture Society, Singapore
International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, a UNESCO affiliated organisation
ArtAxis, USA
NCECA, USA
Selected residencies
2019-20 Visiting Artist at Hunter College, Department of Art and Art History, NYC, USA
2018 UWSEA East campus, Singapore
2016 Ceramic View: International residency at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2016 Art Ichol, Maihar, Madhya Pradesh, India
2014 Naori Eco-Art Festival, invited artist-in-residence, Naeri, South Korea.
2013 Artist-in-residence at FLICAM-Fule International Ceramic Museum, Fuping, Shaanxi, China
2012 Artist-in-residence at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
2010 Artist-in-Residence Watershed Center of Ceramic Arts, Maine, USA
2009 Artist-in-Residence Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry, India
Education/Awards
2010 Merit award, Space-Shape, 1st Ngee Ann distinguish sculpture award
2002 Charles Wallace Scholarship work/study with Kate Malone, London, UK
2000-02 India Foundations of the Arts Grant for production of public art work, India
1994 Assistant to William Daley, Haystack School of Crafts, Maine, USA
1993 Summer school with Val Cushing and Marilyn Lysohir, Alfred University, NY, USA
1993 Masters in Fine Arts, Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX, USA
1990 Assistant to Warren Mackenzie, Peters Valley, Layton, NJ, USA
1985 Work/Study with Ray Meeker and Deborah Smith, Pondicherry, India