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About N. S. Harsha

Born 1969 in Mysuru, Karnataka in Southern India, N. S. Harsha continues to live and work in Mysuru. He received a Masters Degree in Painting in 1995 from the Maharaja Sayajirao (MS) University of Baroda [Vadodara]. The artist is a recipient of prestigious awards including the DAAD Scholarship (2012) and Artes Mundi Prize (2008). He has participated in a number of international exhibitions such as the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (India, 2014); Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (2013); Dojima River Biennale (Osaka, 2013); Adelaide International Biennial (Australia, 2012); the Yokohama Triennale (2011) and the Bienal de São Paulo (Brazil, 2010). He also held solo exhibitions at Institute of International Visual Arts (INIVA), London in 2009, and Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum, Tokyo in 2008. He was also a participant in the major international touring exhibition “Indian Highway” at the Serpentine Gallery, London in 2008 (followed by five major museums all over the world through 2012), and “Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art” at the Mori Art Museum in 2008 (touring to Seoul and Vienna in 2009).

Photo: Mallikarjun Katakol

Artist Interview


Works


Punarapi Jananam Punarapi Maranam (again birth - again death) (detail)
2013
Acrylic on canvas, tarpaulin
365.8 x 2,407.9 cm

1000 hands void space
1995

Come give us a speech (detail)
2008
Acrylic on canvas
182.9 x 182.9 cm (x 6)

Nations
2007
Installation view: “SH Contemporary 2007,” Shanghai, China
Courtesy: Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

Punarapi Jananam Punarapi Maranam (again birth - again death)
2013
Acrylic on canvas, tarpaulin
365.8 x 2,407.9 cm
Installation view: The Fifth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, 2013

Raah Dhikhanaywale Thay, Hai, Rahengay (Those who show us the path were there, are here, will be there) (detail)
2014
Acrylic on canvas
190 x 150 cm
Courtesy: Victoria Miro, London

Matter
2015