Avantika Bawa
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![]() Bawa at the Portland Art Museum, 2018 | |
Born | Ootacamund, India |
Alma mater |
Avantika Bawa (born 1973) is an
Education
Bawa has an MFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from the Maharaja Sayajirao University.[5]
Career
Bawa is an associate professor of art at
Bawa is also one of the founders of Drain - A Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture, an online journal that explores creative perspectives on contemporary culture.[9] In 2019, she was commissioned to make a game day poster for the Portland Trail Blazers January 9 game against the Chicago Bulls.[10]
Work
Themes
Bawa's work responds to and incorporates architectural spaces and styles.
Exhibitions
In 2018, Bawa had a solo exhibition of drawings and prints of the Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Portland Art Museum, as part of the APEX series curated by Grace Kook-Anderson.[11] She also had a concurrent exhibition at Ampersand Gallery that culminated in the publication of an artist's book.[3] In 2017 she exhibited Parallel Faults at Los Angeles Valley College in Valley Glen, California[13] Her work was included in the 2016 Portland Biennial, curated by Michelle Grabner.[1] Between 2014 and 2015, Bawa showed her project Aqua Mapping in the Whitebox Gallery in Portland, Oregon and Saltworks Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia.[14][15] In 2012, Bawa exhibited a large scale, site-specific installation called At Owner's Risk at Suyama Space in Seattle, Washington, that responded to the current and historical uses of the space: an architecture firm, an auto body shop, and a livery stable.[16] In 2009, her show Mathesis: dub, dub dub, was exhibited at Gallery Maskara, in Mumbai, India[17]
Personal life
Bawa was born in Ootacamund, India.[18] She lives and works in Portland, Oregon, also frequently spending time in New Delhi.[19]
References
- ^ a b "Avantika Bawa | Portland2016". Portland2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "Coliseum - Avantika Bawa". Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Avantika Bawa | Oregon Arts Commission". www.oregonartscommission.org. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Artist Talk: Avantika Bawa". portlandartmuseum.org. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Avantika Bawa - Directory - WSU Vancouver". directory.vancouver.wsu.edu. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ Dispatches, News. "Avantika Bawa Named to Oregon Arts Commission". India West. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Avantika Bawa | Oregon Arts Commission". www.oregonartscommission.org. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "About | Drain Magazine". drainmag.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Gameday Posters". Portland Trail Blazers. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ a b "APEX: Avantika Bawa". Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "The cellular memory of place, Part Two | Oregon ArtsWatch". www.orartswatch.org. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "LAVC Art Gallery: Los Angeles Valley College". www.lavc.edu. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "White BoxAvantika Bawa | White Box". whitebox.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Aqua Mapping | SALTWORKS". SALTWORKS. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Suyama Space | Installations | Avantika Bawa At Owners Risk". www.suyamaspace.org. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Gallery Maskara: Exhibition: Mathesis: dub, dub, dub". www.gallerymaskara.com. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Gallery Maskara: Artist: Avantika Bawa". www.gallerymaskara.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Avantika Bawa | pdx contemporary art". pdxcontemporaryart.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.