Parul Gupta India, b.1980
Parul Gupta (b.1980) is interested in movement in architectural spaces as a generator of perceptual experiences, primarily through parallax and also in an exploration of geometry and light in those spaces. In her sensitive perception that is intuitively moved by the silent suggestions of shifting lights, shadows, events and perspectives, she essentially morphs space into a dynamic entity. Through her works, one can consider several scientific as well as perceptual registers of space- time at once, that get translated into site-specific drawings and interventions.
In her site specific work, the site and its structural elements become active participants. The viewer leads the participatory role to decipher the experiential nature of the work. Her other works takes on a similar enquiry about the perception of the inhabited world in the form of drawing, sculptures, installations, photographs and recently through kinetics.
Parul studied MA in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University (2011) and Bachelor in Commerce from Delhi University (2000). She was the winner of Sovereign Asian Art Award 2023 and has been shortlisted for Shergill Sundaram Installation Art Award 2019.
She has had solo shows at Nature Morte (2021), Gallery Lakeeren (2014) and Exhibit 320 (2015). Selected projects include “When is Space?” at JKK (2018), “Let’s Proceed in Parts” at Instituto Cervantes (2016), “Sarai Reader 09” at Devi Art Foundation (2012).
Her works are in collections of numerous national and international private and museum collections including Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Devi Art Foundation, Eight Foundation, Sovereign Asian Art Foundation. Her work has been featured in a variety of national and international publications including Artforum, Asia Art Pacific, Marg, FUKT, Art India, Arts Illustrated and Field Review: South Asia. More recently, her work has been on the cover of LP Record by “Christina Vantzou, John Also Bennett and Michael Harrison” by Seance Centre, Ontario.
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Still, on the verge, Nature Morte, Delhi, India
2020
Space ; underscore, Red Studio, Mumbai, India
2016
Let's Proceed in Parts, Institute Cervantes, New Delhi, India
2015
Phenomenology of Perception, Exhibit320, Delhi, India
2014
Space Phrases, Lakeeren, Mumbai, India
2012
Drawing the Line, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
Group Exhibitions
2023
Prussian Blue, curated by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, India
The Armory Show, presented by Nature Morte, New York, USA
In Defence of Intuition, curated by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, Dhi Art Space, Hyderabad, India
India Art Fair, presented by Nature Morte, Delhi, India
2022
Infinite Reminders, curated By Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, Nature Morte, Delhi, India
Ufuq, Kamalnayan Bajaj Gallery, curated by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala, Mumbai, India
Lines (By) Lines, curated by Manmeet K Walia, Dhoomimal Gallery, Delhi, India
2021
Vaica, online video festival, www.vaica.org
Hub India, Artissima Fair, presented by Nature Morte, Turin, Italy
Viewing Room, Frieze, presented by Nature Morte, LA, USA
Delhi Contemporary Art Week, Bikaner House, Delhi, India
Spatial Dialogues, collaborative Project with Ar. Madhav Raman, Shrine Empire, Delhi, India
2020
All Is Not Lost - 20:20:20, curated by Saloni Doshi, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
In Touch, Digital collaboration, presented by Shrine Empire, www.artintouch.in
2019
Making Space, curated by Saloni Doshi, Space118 + Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
Delhi Contemporary Art Week, Visual Arts Gallery, Delhi, India
Shadow Lines, curated by Meera Menezes, Shrine Empire, Delhi, India
Distilled Blueprints, curated by Veerangana Solanki, Spacestudio, Baroda, India
2018
Delhi Contemporary Art Week, presented by Exhibit320, Visual Arts Gallery, Delhi, India
India art Fair, presented by Exhibit320, Delhi, India
When is Space?, curated by Prasad & Rupali Gupte, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, India
2017
Delhi Contemporary Art Week, presented by Exhibit320, Delhi, India
Project with Hemant SK, presented by Exhibit320, India Art Fair, Delhi, India
2016
Abstract chronicles, curated by Girish Shahane, Gallery OED, Kochi, India
Art Dubai, presented by Lakeeren, Dubai
India Art Fair, presented by Exhibit320, Delhi, India
2015
India Art Fair, Presented by Lakeeren, Delhi, India
Grounded, curated by Kanika Anand, Garden of Five Senses, Delhi, India
2014
Deep (Skin) Skin Deep, curated by Mayank Mansingh Kaul, Art Chennai, Chennai, India
2013
Peers Share, Khoj International Artist Association, Delhi
August Exhibition, curated by Reha Sodhi, Project Jan-Path, New Delhi, India
Lateral, April, curated by Heidi Fitchner, Kona Alternative Space, Delhi, India
2012
Sarai Reader 09, curated by Raqs Media Collective, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India
2011
Viewer Gallery, London, England, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham