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Ranjani Shettar

Ranjani Shettar (born 1977) is a visual artist from Bangalore, India known for her large-scale sculptural installations.[1] Her work has been displayed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[2][3][4]

Ranjani Shettar
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Bangalore, India
NationalityIndian
Known forLarge-scale sculptural installations using combination of natural and industrial materials

Personal life and education

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Shettar received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Sculpture in 1998 and a Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture in 2000, from the College of Fine Art Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath and the Institute of Advanced Studies Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath in Bangalore, respectively.[citation needed]

Shettar currently lives and works in Karnataka, India.

Career

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Shettar’s first exhibition was in 2004 at the Talwar Gallery in New York.[5] Since then, her works have been featured in museums worldwide.[6]

Shettar's works have been the subject of various publications from the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne,[7] and galleries like the Talwar and [8]Marian Goodman Gallery.[9] Shettar was awarded the Hebbar Foundation award in 1999 and 2003, as well as the Charles Wallace Trust Award in 2004, the Sanskriti award in 2008, and the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskar in 2011 for her works.[citation needed]

In 2023, Shettar’s first major institutional show in Europe was commissioned by the Barbican Centre in London. Titled "Cloud songs on the horizon," the project features a series of expansive suspended sculptures spanning the Conservatory's space.[10]

Work

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In her works, Shettar combines natural and industrial materials, including beeswax, wood, organic dyes, vegetal pastes, lacquer, steel, and cloth, to create large-scale installations.[11] Shettar draws inspiration from India's history of craft traditions, incorporating many of their time-honored techniques into her creative process.[12]

 
Ranjani Shettar, Honeysuckle and Mercury in a Thick Midnight Plot (2016)

Shettar's hand-carved wood sculptures involve deliberate preservation of the natural textures of the material.[13][14]

 
Ranjani Shettar, Touch Me Not (2006-2007), from the collection of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

Shettar’s woodwork also exists as wall-mounted compositions. One example is Touch Me Not (2006-2007), now a permanent part of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art's collection.[15]

 
Ranjani Shettar, Seven ponds and a few raindrops (2017), from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shettar has created immersive installations, such as Seven Ponds and a Few Rain Drops (2017),[16] which entered the permanent collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2018. Other examples include Sing Along (2008-2009), now in the collection of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.[17]

Shettar has also created works connecting hand-molded wax beads with cotton thread.[18] In her work Just a bit more (2005-2006),[19] which is now in the permanent collection of MoMA New York, the artist really relied on the lightweight and translucent quality of the material to create an intricate web of threads.[20]

 
Ranjani Shettar, Me, no, not me, buy me, eat me, wear me, have me, me, no, not me, (2006-2007), from the collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

In addition to organic mediums, Shettar also uses industrial materials. One such piece, Me, No, Not Me, Buy Me, Eat Me, Wear Me, Have Me, Me, No, Not Me (2006-2007)[21] was featured at the inaugural exhibition of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's sculptural garden.[22]

Shettar's projects are mostly sculptural, however she has experimented in other forms as well. One such project is Varsha, an artist's book in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 2021, Shettar was invited to create a special print titled Alae alae to commemorate The Metropolitan Museum of Art's 150th anniversary.[23]

Solo Exhibitions

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2023

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Talwar Gallery, Wings of the river, New York, NY, US [24]

The Barbican, Cloud songs on the horizon, London, England [25]

2022

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Talwar Gallery, Summer garden and rain clouds, New Delhi, India [26]

2019

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The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, US

2018

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seven ponds and a few raindrops, NY [27]

Talwar Gallery, On and on it goes on, New York, NY, US [28]

2017

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Talwar Gallery, Bubble trap and a double bow, New Delhi, India [29]

2014

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Talwar Gallery, Night skies and daydreams, New York, NY, US [30]

Talwar Gallery, Between the sky and earth, New Delhi, India [31]

2012

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Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, High tide for a blue moon, Mumbai, India [32]

Museum of Modern Art, Varsha, Artist's book, New York, NY [33]

National Gallery of Victoria, Dewdrops and Sunshine, Melbourne, Australia [34]

Hermes Foundation, Flame of The Forest, Singapore [35]

Talwar Gallery, Present Continuous, New Delhi, India [36]

2009

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Talwar Gallery, New York, NY, US

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, New Work, CA, US

2008

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The Modern Art Museum, FOCUS, Fort Worth, TX, US

Institute of Contemporary Art, Momentum 10, MA, US

2007

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Talwar Gallery, Epiphanies, New Delhi, India [37]

2006

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Talwar Gallery, New York, NY, US

2004

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Talwar Gallery, Indian Spring, New York, NY, US [38]

Selected Exhibitions

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2024

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Afterimages: Echoes of the 1960s in the Fisher and SFMOMA Collections, CA [39]

2023

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The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, US

Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center, Confluence: Sangam, Mumbai, India [40]

2022

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Talwar Gallery, From Three, Two, New York, NY, US [41]

2021

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 150th Anniversary, New York, NY, US

Talwar Gallery, as the wind blows, New York, NY, US [42]

2017

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Pizzuti Collection, Visions from India, Columbus, OH, US [43]

2013

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5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Seven Contemporaries, New Delhi, India [44]

2012

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Henry Art Gallery, Now Here is also Nowhere, University of Washington, Seattle, WA [45]

Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Crossings, New Delhi, India [46]

2011

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Pizzuti Collection, Teasers, Columbus, Ohio [47]

Museum of Contemporary Art, barely there (Part II), Detroit, Michigan [48]

Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Time Unfolded, New Delhi, India [49]

Art Tower Mito, Quiet Attentions, Mito, Japan [50]

2010

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Museum of Modern Art, On Line, New York, NY [51]

10th Liverpool Biennial, Touched, Liverpool, England [52]

2009

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sculpture Garden Inaugural Exhibition, CA [53]

Carnegie Museum of Art, Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA [54]

9th Lyon Biennial, Lyon, France [55]

Sharjah Biennale, Sharjah

2006

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XV Sydney Biennale, Zones of Contact, Sydney, Australia [56]

Marian Goodman Gallery, Freeing the line, New York, NY, US [57]

ARTPACE, Artist in Residence, San Antonio, TX, US [58]

2005

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Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Transition & Transformation, MA, US

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, J'en rêve (Dream on), Paris, France [59]

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Out There, Norwich, UK

Talwar Gallery, (desi)re, New York, NY, US [60]

Wexner Center for the Arts, Landscape Confection, Columbus, Ohio [61]

Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, US

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, US

2004

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Khoj International, New Delhi, India

2003

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Walker Art Center, How Latitudes Become Forms, Minneapolis, MN [62]

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per L'Arte, Torino, Italy

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, US

2000

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Synergy Art Foundation, Concept Shop, Bangalore, India

References

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  45. ^ "Now Here is also Nowhere - Henry Art Gallery". Henry Art Gallery. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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  47. ^ "Teasers - Columbus Museum". Columbus Museum. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  48. ^ "barely there (Part II) - Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit". Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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  50. ^ "Quiet Attentions - Art Tower Mito". Art Tower Mito. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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  54. ^ "Life on Mars - Carnegie Museum of Art". Carnegie Museum of Art. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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  56. ^ "Zones of Contact - Museum of Contemporary Art Australia". Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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  1. Washington City Press, Ranjani Shettar's Earth Songs for a Night Sky, June 2019
  2. The New York Times Style Magazine, The South Asian Artists Making Their Mark on the Western Scene, December 2018.
  3. Artforum, Ranjani Shettar The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2018.
  4. Mint, Ranjani Shettar: Making Waves with Wood, July 2017.
  5. The New York Times, Ranjani Shettar: Night Skies and Daydreams, September 2014.
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