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Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm Scape III, 2013, 152×97×58cm

2013
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Mrinalini Mukherjee

Mound I, 2009, 66×64×36cm

2009
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Mrinalini Mukherjee

Cluster IV

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Mrinalini Mukherjee

Cluster V, 2008. 64×97×46cm

2008

Mrinalini Mukherjee Bombay (Mumbai), India, b.1949

Born in 1949

Education:

1978 British Council Scholarship for Sculpture, West Surrey Collage of Art and Design, UK
1970-72 Post Diploma in Mural Design under Prof. K G Subramanyan, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda
1965-70 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda
1952-65 Studied in Dehradun and spent summers in Santiniketan

Mrinalini Mukherjee’s parents were both artists and she spent part of her childhood at Santiniketan, the educational institute in rural West Bengal started by Rabindranath Tagore. In art school, she majored in mural painting, but a chance encounter with local craftsmen ignited her interest in using jute and hemp fibers to create what began as wall-hangings and developed, over the course of thirty years, into elaborate sculptures. Subsequently, she also worked in ceramics and bronze and career retrospectives have been mounted at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi (2015) and the Met Breuer in New York (2019).

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Selected Artworks

Rudra

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Rudra, 1982
Fibre
125×88cm (49×35")
Yogini

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Yogini, 1986
Fibre
73×199×71cm (29×78×28")
Vanshree

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Vanshree, 1994
Fibre
130×250×9cm (51×98×4")
Palm Scape I

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm Scape I, 2013
Bronze
157×57×122cm (62×22×48")
Palm Scape-II

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm Scape-II, 2013
Bronze
101×111×91cm (40×44×36")
Palm Scape III

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm Scape III, 2013
Bronze
152×97×58cm (60×38×23")
Palm Scape IV

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm Scape IV, 2013
Bronze
140×66×30cm (55×26×12")
Palm Scape V

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm Scape V, 2013
Bronze
175×124×76cm (69×49×30")
Palm Scape-V, (Detail)

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm Scape-V, (Detail), 2013
Palm Scape-VII

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm Scape-VII, 2013
Bronze
91×83×33cm (36×33×13")
Palm Scape-VII, (Detail)

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm Scape-VII, (Detail), 2013
Bronze
Palm Scape VIII

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm Scape VIII, 2013
Bronze
107×218×107cm (42×86×42")
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Exhibitions

Markers of Time & Space Group Exhibition
Dhan Mill

Anita Dube

Markers of Time & Space Group Exhibition

1 August–12 September, 2021
Palm - Scapes Mrinalini Mukherjee
New Delhi

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Palm - Scapes Mrinalini Mukherjee

29 October–30 November, 2013
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Solo Exhibitions

2019
Phenomenal Nature- The Met Breuer, 2019

2015
Transfigurations - National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi

2013
Palm Scapes - Nature Morte, New Delhi
Bronze -Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai

2010
Works By Mrinalini Mukherjee - Gallery Espace, New Delhi

2007
Sculpture In Bronze - Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

2004
Bronzes And Fiber Works - Nature Morte, New Delhi

2001
Night Bloom - Nature Morte, New Delhi
Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

1997
In The Garden - Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

1996
Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
European Ceramics Work Center, Hertogenbosch

1995
British Council Gallery, New Delhi

1994
Mrinalini Mukherjee Sculpture - Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Pavilion Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, Wakefield
Royal Festival Hall Galleries, London

1986
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai

1985
Pantheon Of Images - Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1977
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai.

1973
Triveni Gallery, New Delhi

1972
Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi

Group Exhibitions

2018
Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi

2015
India Art Fair, New Delhi
Unorthodox - The Jewish Museum, New York

2014
Burning Down The House – Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju

2013
The Body In Indian Art - BOZAR, Brussels

2012
Crossings: Time Unfolded (Part II) - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi

2008
India Moderna - Institut Valencia D’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Mapping Memories: Painted Travelogues - Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi

2006
The Art Mill at Berkeley Square Gallery, London
Akar Prakar, Kolkata

2001
Bollywood Lounge - Arrival Passengers Terminal, Amsterdam

1999
Edge Of The Century- Nature Morte, New Delhi

1998
Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Contemporary Indian Art - Kunsthallen Goteborg, Milles Garden, Stockholm

1997
Rediscovering The Roots: Contemporary Indian Art - Muses de la Nacion, Lima, Peru
Major Trends In Indian Art - Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Indian Contemporary Art: Post Independence, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

1996
Shilpayan - National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Samkaleen Bharatiya Kala Ek Sanchayan - Festival of India, Russia
Asia Pacific Triennale of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

1995
The Other Self - National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1994
100 Years: From The NGMA Collection - National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

1991
Words And Images: Artists Against Communalism - National Gallery Art, New Delhi

1990
National Gallery Art, New Delhi

1989
Timeless Art - The Times of India Exhibition, Chhattrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai
Artist's Alert - Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1988
Indian Contemporary Art, Festival of India, Japan: Merugo Museum of Art, Tokyo
Takaoka Municipal Museum of Art; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts

1987
Contemporary Women Artists, Festival of India, USSR
The Sculpted Image - Bombay Arts Festival, Mumbai

1986
Origins, Originality And Beyond - Sydney Biennale, Sydney
Second Biennale of Havana, Havana
First Biennale of Contemporary Indian Art, Roopankar Museum, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal

1985
Some Aspects Of Indian Art Today - Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal

1982
Festival of India, Contemporary Indian Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London
All India Print Exhibition, Government Museum, Chandigarh

1981
India: Myth And Reality - Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
Fifth Triennale of Contemporary Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Inaugural Exhibition, Roopankar Museum, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal

1980
Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere
Paris Biennale, Paris
Anthology of Paris Biennale, Nice; National Gallery of Modern Art, Lisbon

1979
Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Sculpture, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1978
Six Who Declined To Show In The Triennale - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi

1977
National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1975
Annual Exhibition, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi

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