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Talha Rathore
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Talha Rathore, born 1970 in Gujranwala, Pakistan, graduated from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 1995, specializing in miniature painting. Currently based out of New York, where she moved in 1998, her work often poetically explores dichotomies and anxieties – of being an immigrant or belonging; of the natural and the manmade, especially in the series of works made on New York subway maps.
In her words, “I seek to unravel the...
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Talha Rathore, born 1970 in Gujranwala, Pakistan, graduated from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 1995, specializing in miniature painting. Currently based out of New York, where she moved in 1998, her work often poetically explores dichotomies and anxieties – of being an immigrant or belonging; of the natural and the manmade, especially in the series of works made on New York subway maps.
In her words, “I seek to unravel the mysteries of cellular forms, viruses, and bacterias as they appear, disappear, and metamorphose. I put life itself under the microscope and is struck by the metaphorical possibilities of these encounters. Navigating these enigmas, I invest such forms with anxieties that threaten to engulf me. I invent conversations, skirmishes, rivalries, and alliances between battalions of minuscule forms, which become actors in these narratives. I try to employ marks in fluid ways. Some hark back to early lessons in the miniature studio at the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan.”
In 1997, Rathore was awarded the UNESCO Bursary for young artists, and given the opportunity to take up a residency at the Sanskriti Kendra in New Delhi, India. Her work has been exhibited widely, including at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan; the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut; and World Bank Art Gallery, Washington DC. Among the exhibitions her work has been featured in are those at Aicon Gallery, New York, in 2008; Rohtas Gallery, Lahore, in 2007; Nature Morte, New Delhi, in 2004; Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, in 2003; and Gallery Espace, New Delhi, in 1998. Her works have also been exhibited in various other galleries in the UK, Malaysia, India, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Germany, Japan, Morocco, Canada, Dubai, and the USA.
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Born
1970
Gujranwala, Pakistan
Education
1997 UNESCO Bursary for young artists
1995 Bachelor of Fine Art (Miniature Painting), National College of Arts, Lahore
Exhibitions
Select Solo Exhibitions
2011 Chawkandi Art, Karachi
2008...
Select Solo Exhibitions
2011 Chawkandi Art, Karachi
2008 ‘Unclaimed Territories’, Aicon Gallery, New York
2007 ‘Seeking, Seeping, Spreading’, Rohtas II Gallery, Lahore
2004 ‘Between Worlds’, Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi
2003 ‘Between Worlds’, Bose Pacia Modern Gallery, New York
1998 Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1996 Alliance Francaise Gallery French Center, Lahore
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 ‘Threshold, Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art’, Aicon Gallery, New York
2008 ‘Conversations Across Cultures: South Asian Imaginaries’, Columbia University, New York
2007 ‘Continuity and Change: Islamic Tradition in Contemporary Art’, The Williamsburg
Art and Historical Center, New York
2006 ‘Gendering Details’, Art Square Gallery, Toronto,
2006 ‘Karkhana: A contemporary Collaboration,’, The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
2005 ‘Karkhana: A Contemporary Collaboration’, The Aldrich, Contemporary Art Museum,
Connecticut,
2005 ‘Beyond Borders’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2005 ‘Re-Inventing Narratives’, La galerie Mohamed el Fassi, Rabat, Morocco
2004 ‘Contemporary Miniature Paintings from Pakistan’, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
2004 Karkhana Show, Rochedale, UK
2004 Fine Art Resource Gallery, Berlin
2003 Siddhartha Gallery, Katmandu
2002 ‘Borderless Terrain’, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2002 ‘Transforming Tradition: Contemporary Visions from Pakistan’, World Bank Art
Gallery, Washington D.C.
2001 ‘In an Exuberant and Profuse Manner’, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
2000 ‘Pakistan Another Vision’, Brunei Gallery, London; Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, UK; Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, UK; Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK
1998 Sanskrit Kendra Village, New Delhi
1997 Art Connoisseur Gallery, London
1997 Gallery Martini, Hong Kong
1997 Hong Kong Art Centre Gallery, Hong Kong
1997 Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Gallery, Hong Kong
1992-2002 Participated in several group show in Islamabad (Offset Portfolio Center, Rohtas Gallery, Lok Virsa Gallery, National Arts Council Gallery), Lahore (Alhamra, Gallery NCA, Sim Sim Gallery, Alliance Francaise Gallery, Punjab Art Council) and Karachi ( Chawkandi Art Gallery, Zannani Art Gallery)
Joint Exhibitions
2007 ‘Lahore Lovelies’, Aicon Gallery, London
2002 United Nation Gallery, New York
Participations
1999 International Exhibition of Common Wealth, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Honours and Awards
1997 UNESCO Bursary for young artists
1997 UNESCO Bursary for young artists
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Lot 77
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No-reserve Auction of Art
7-8 July 2015
Untitled
Gouache on handmade paper
9 x 8 in
Winning bid
$1,740
Rs 1,09,620
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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