NARESH KUMAR
Born 1988 in Patna, India
Lives and works in Bombay and Paris.
Qualifications
2014-15(Received fellowship), École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, France.
2010-11 Art appreciation short term course by National Museum New Delhi, India. Naresh kr.
2008-10 Masters in Fine Arts, Lalit Kala Sansthan of Visual and Performing Arts, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, India.
2003-08 Bachelors in Fine Arts (Painting) College of Arts & Arafts, Patna University, India.
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2019-2021 – HOMETOWN ANATOMY, 2020-21at Gandhi museum, Patna
supported by Takshila Educational Society, Gandhi museum and culture department,
Press: https://livewire.thewire.in/tag/hometown-anatomy/
https://aalekhan.in/art-news/kala-dirgha/hmn/?fbclid=IwAR2p-NgryLNd-eifu4B684gUGoF6SssRztOLNSKfijLAtJF5QIeyZPf9dHo
2019-21- Reside of future 2020-21- currently working on project
supported by Dutch Culture. Netherlands and krishnareddy foundation.
Press- https://www.bdlmuseum.org/exhibitions/2019/mindful_circulations.php
2015 ‘Choque-Parisien’ duo exhibition with Shinichiro Koromo at the Maison du Japon, Paris, France.
supported by mejo the japon, Paris.
2015 ‘The Moon with a Crooked Smile’ at Schmall Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2015 ‘Black Rice’ at Foundation Lucien Paye, Paris, France.
supported by Alliance française and Krishan Kriti foundation, Lucien Paye, Paris
2014 ‘Neo-Dynamisms’ at Clark House Initiative, Bombay, India.
supported by Clark House Initiative, Bombay
Resent Project
2019 ‘Mindful Circulations’
At the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai/Bombay City Museum
www.bdlmuseum.org
2019 Ephemeral Territories
Darat Al-Funun , Museum, Amman, Jordan
http://daratalfunun.org/?event=junctions
Group Exhibitions
2021- PAWA at Wellington, New Zealand 2020- Bunch of Kunst in Quarantine, saloon. London 2020-Our Gandhi at Gandhi museum Patna
2018-D'un Monde à l'autre at Fondation Art Contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon.,Annecy,,France
2018- Edit Drawer opens at Galerie Frachon Felix in Brussels
2018 ART BAT FEST at Almaty, Kazakhstan.
2017 ‘Historicode: Scarcity and Supply’ at New Baijia Lake Museum, Nanjing, China, curated by Lu Peng, Letizia Ragaglia and Heidi Ballet
2017 ‘D’un monde à l’autre’ at Fondation Salomon, Annecy, France.
2016 ‘Stories My Country Told Me’ at Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea.
2016 ‘Historica - Republican Aesthetics’ for the Irish Museum of Modern and Contemporary, Art, Dublin, Ireland.
2016 ‘When Estelle Met Parker’ at Para Site, Hong Kong. 2016 ‘Revolt of the Monkeys – Tardis’ at New Gallery, Paris, France.
2016 ‘The City in the Blue Daylight’ Dak’Art, Dakar, Senegal.
2016 ‘Groupe Mobile’ bringing together international artists and researchers.at Villa Vassilieff, Paris France
2015 ‘Open Space’ curated by Serena Trichero & Fausto Forte at Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy.
2015 ‘We Are Not Your Native Informants’ at Clark House Initiative, Bombay, India.
2014 ‘Portage’ hosted by Laurence Nicod at cole nationale sup rieure des beaux-arts de Paris, France.
2015 ‘Bunting’ at Chemould Prescott Road, Bombay, India.
2014 ‘Panic Room’ curated by Florian Mermin at École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, France.
2014 ‘INSERT - The Sharp Edge of the Global Contemporary’ curated by Raqs Media Collective at IGNCfor the Arts, New Delhi, India.
2014 ‘And I laid Traps for Troubadours’, curated by sumesh sharma, Emilie Villez, Zasha Colah Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France.
2014- ‘PORTAGE’ Hosted by Laurence Nicod at École nationale supérieure des beaux- Arts de Paris
Screenings & Performances
2019- To the black sun Ephemeral Territories Darat Al-Funun , Museum, Amman, Jordan 2018- Which Destination film at ART BAT FEST at Almaty, Kazakhstan
2017- ‘Performance and film screening at Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
2017- ‘TAKE / THE / CITY’ Bombay, project Curated by- Niccolò Moscatelli Performance title - The story my country told me. Bombay
2016- ‘Appetency’ performance at Villa Vassilieff, 21 avenue du Maine, Paris, France
2015-‘Darkness and Sound’ Kamarado at Global collaboration SMBA, Stedelijk museum, Amsterdam
2015-‘Manifestation’-(ii) Performances, Duration-3Happroximately, René Viviani Montebello Square, 2 rue Fouarre, Paris
2015- ‘The Moon with a Crooked Smile’ at the River bank of Arno, Casa Masaccio Contemporary Art Museum
2015- ‘Manifestation’- (i) Performance Duration- 12 H. approximately, Paris
2014- ‘Songs of the Past’ at École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, France.
2014- ‘Reflection’,Performance experiment Sarai Research Associates – CSDS
2014- ‘To the Black Sun’ Duration- 12 H. approximately, curated by Raqs Media Collective at IGNC for the Arts, New Delhi, India.
2013- Which destination at art centre, ignou university, new Delhi
Awards, Fellowships & Residencies
2021-The 2021 Sovereign Asian Art Prize- Hong Kong
2019- Travel grant to support research visit Bali and Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Dutch Culture. Netherlands
2019- travel grant to attend final interview at Rijksakademie residency,Amsterdam, prince cloud fund.
2016-Shortlisted for Pernod Ricard Fellowship, Paris
2014-15, Receive Fellowship of French Government for Beaux-arts de Paris, l'écol National supérieure, Paris, France co- financed by Krishnakriti Foundation,
2015 Residency at Casa Masaccio Centre for Contemporary Art,San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy.
2011-13, Young Artist Scholarship by Ministry of Culture, N. Delhi, Gov. of India.
2011 Artist in Residence at Niv Art Centre, New Delhi, India.
Collections
> Institution and private
> Marie Helene Pereira, Senegal, west Africa
> Kadist art foundation, Paris, France https://kadist.org/work/relation-black-blood/ Thapar group, Kolkata / Bombay, India
> Saleem karimjee, collection, Mauritius Wadhwani family, san Francisco Colette Barbier, Paris, France Frédéric SIMON, collection, Paris
> Fondation Art Contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon., Annecy, France, Rozzen path collection, Paris
> Thakur sipping company, Bombay Rebecca Loyd, Bristol, UK
> Siddiqui family collection, Bombay
> Lany Pradjarahardja collection in Amsterdam
> National academy of art Lalit kala academy, new Delhi ,Shimla and Madhya Pradesh
> Few more Private Collections in Singapore, Tokyo, Paris, Nice, Amsterdam, Florence, Mauritius, and Chicago, Brisbane, Madras, Shimla, New Delhi, Bombay and Kolkata.