Murari Jha

Murari Jha

Education

  • 2012: MFA with specialization in Painting (Gold Medallist) from Dr B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra
  • 2010: BFA with specialization in Painting (Gold Medallist) from Patna University, Bihar

Solo Exhibition

  • 2023: Baggage from ‘The Longest March’ at Nature Morte (New Delhi)

Group Exhibitions

  • 2024: The Sculpture Park at Madhavendra Palace, Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur
  • 2023: Returning to Earth: A Kinder Search for Home @ KNMA, Saket (New Delhi)
  • 2023: Things Are Vanishing Before Us, Group Exhibition, Bikaner House, organized by Gallery Dotwalk, Delhi
  • 2023: Returning to Earth: A Kinder Search for Home @ DAS, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
  • 2019: Democracy As Football, Italian Culture Center Booth @ India Art Fair  
  • 2018: fondle/चिकट @ Mumbai Art Room
  • 2017: Contraband @ Gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi
  • 2016: Future Collaboration @ Italian Culture Center, New Delhi
  • 2016: Antarvention @ the Mithila Bhavan Akhara Ayodhya by Clark House Initiative
  • 2015: Men/e/pollution @ NIV (Delhi), by Shield Initiative
  • 2015: Body, Space & Structure @ 1Shanthiroad (Bangalore)
  • 2015: Untitled @ Fusion Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 2014: Untitled @ Lalit Kala Academy, Bihar
  • 2013: Untitled @ Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

Performances

  • 2023: A Magician from ‘The Longest March’ @ KNMA, Saket (New Delhi)
  • 2022: समय पहाड हो गया है @ Dutch Warehouse, Kochi, Curated by HH Artspace in collaboration with Kochi Biennale Foundation
  • 2022: Observation of Silence, Duration: 50 Minutes @ Rishihood University, Haryana
  • 2021: Observation of Silence, Duration: 20 Minutes @ Humayunpur Village (Chaurahaa)
  • 2020: Far from My Home: Machaan conceived for Five Million Incidents @ Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan (New Delhi)
  • 2019: Artist Unite @ Red Fort, Delhi
  • 2017: Good Sleep, Duration Performance (Live Art): 13 days @ Unidee/Inlaks, Biella, Italy
  • 2017: Dhaan (Repetition of Paddy), Duration Performance (Live Art): 24 Hours @ Theertha International Artist Collective, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 2016: Get Naked, Duration: 15 Minutes @ HH Art Space, Goa
  • 2016: Udhaar (Borrow), Installation + Durational Performance @ Adil Shah Palace Serendipity Art Festival, Goa, by HH Art Spaces
  • 2016: Carrying the History, Duration: 30 Minutes @ Bodhgaya Biennale, Bihar
  • 2016: Bhumi @ the Mithila Bhavan Akhara Ayodhya by Clark House Initiative
  • 2016: I Do Not Scream @ Morni Hills Performance Art Biennale, Chandigarh
  • 2015: Walking Up & Down @ 1Shanthiroad (Bangalore)
  • 2014: Illicit Body @ NSD, Bangalore
  • 2014: Minute of Poem @ IGNCA Delhi
  • 2014: Understanding Kabira @ Art Adda (Bangalore)
  • 2014: Ek Minute Ka Maun @ Kolkata (KIPAF)
  • 2014: Kanoon Ke Lambe Hath @ JNU, Delhi
  • 2013: In Between @ Crack International Camp Kusthiya (Bangladesh)
  • 2013: The Horizon Line @ Gati (Delhi)
  • 2012: Act of Victim @ Devi Art Foundation

Workshops

  • 2018: Art Performance Lab with Beatrice Didier @ FICA
  • 2017: Self-Construction of Wooden Furniture @ Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy
  • 2013: Body Temperature @ Gati (Delhi)
  • 2012: Performance Workshop with Nikhil Chopra @ KNMA
  • 2011: Performance Workshop with Inder Salim @ KNMA
  • 2009: Conservation of Painting @ College of Arts and Crafts, Patna University

Residencies/Others

  • 2022-2023: Returning to Earth: A Kinder Search for Home, Co-commissioned by Samdani Art Foundation and Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
  • 2022: Residency @ HH Artspace in collaboration with the Kochi Biennale Foundation
  • 2020: Far from My Home: Machaan conceived for Five Million Incidents @ Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan (New Delhi)
  • 2017: Residency @ Unidee/Inlaks, Biella, Italy
  • 2017: Residency @ Theertha International Artist Collective, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 2016: Residency @ HH Art Spaces, Goa
  • 2016: Residency @ Morni Hills Performance Art Biennale, Chandigarh
  • 2015: Residency @ 1Shanthiroad (Bangalore)
  • 2015: Residency @ Reflection International Art Residency, New Delhi
  • 2014: Residency @ Crack International Camp Kusthiya (Bangladesh)
  • 2013: Residency @ Crack International Camp Kusthiya (Bangladesh)

 

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