Akshay Raj Singh Rathore

About Me

Name
Akshay Raj Singh Rathore
Country
India
Profession
Artist
Bio

Born in 1978 in Madhya Pradesh, India

EDUCATION

1997-2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts, M.S University, Baroda, India
2001-04 PG Diploma in Animation Film Design from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India

EXHIBITIONS AND RESIDENCIES

2012
MIP/IMP, Presented by Beyond Pressure, Moe Satt, Dagaung art gallery, Yangon, Myanmar

2011
Breaking stereotypes, Haryana Arts Council, Kurukshetra, India (workshop)
The Beauty and the Beast, curated by Anne Maniglier, Matthieu Foss Gallery, Mumbai, India (group exhibition)
Generation in transition, New Art from India, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland (group exhibition)
Tolstoy Farm: Archive of Utopia, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India (group exhibition)
To be continued…FICA Award Show, Gallery Volte, Mumbai, India (group exhibition)
Sculpture Park, India Art Summit, New Delhi, India (art fair)
What Rules?, curated by Deeksha Nath, Nature Morte, Berlin, Germany (group exhibition)
Hybrid arts projects, by Camila Sol, El Salvador (residency)

2010
Drifters, curated by Rahul Bhattacharya, Gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi, India (group
exhibition)
Urban Typhoon, Khoj Studios, New Delhi, India (workshop)
Scratch, curated by Swapan Seth for Sakshi Gallery, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India (group exhibition)
Slick 2010, Paris, France (art fair)
Monsoon Festival 5, Latitude 28 Gallery, New Delhi, India (group exhibition)
Art Makers circa 2010, Exhibit 320 gallery, New Delhi, India (group exhibition)
The Infinite Form of Rainbows, The Viewing Room, Mumbai, India (group exhibition)
Morphosis, Wills lifestyle Fashion week, New Delhi, India (group exhibition)
When she is away, Gallery Seven Art Limited, New Delhi, India (solo exhibition)
Engineering art, curated by Dr. Alka Pande, Mercedes Benz Art Space, New Delhi, India (group exhibition)

2009
Khoj International Artist workshop, SOILBITE, Khoj Bihar, Patna, India (workshop)
Sandarbh International Artist Residency, Partapur, Rajasthan, India (residency)
Satyagraha, A Soul Force, ARCO, Madrid, Spain (group exhibition)

2008
Outer Circle, Arts.i Gallery, Connaught Place, New Delhi, India (group exhibition)
Satyagraha, A Soul Force, Johannesburg & Durban, South Africa (group exhibition)

RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
Sankriti Kendra, New Delhi (residency)
Negotiating Routes:Ecologies of the Byways, KHOJ project
Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council (residency)
Sally and Don Lucas Artists residency, Montalvo Arts Centre, Saratoga, California (residency)
Breaking stereotypes, Haryana Arts Council, Kurukshetra, India (workshop)
Hybrid arts projects, by Camila Sol, El Salvador (residency)
Urban Typhoon, Khoj Studios, New Delhi, India (workshop)
Sandarbh International Artist Residency, Partapur, Rajasthan, India (residency)
Khoj International Artist workshop, SOILBITE, Khoj Bihar, Patna, India (workshop)

AWARDS
Finalist, FICA Emerging Artist Award, 2010
Nominated, Sanskriti Award 2011
Best Designed and Produced Art Catalog, India International Book Fair, 2008

COMMISION
Mumbai International Airport
Private Collections

SELECTED ANIMATION FILMS
Will there be snow in Christmas, 2010
Swayambhuva, 2004
Face Off, 2005
Karam, (feature film) 2005

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