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
• 2026: The Future of Nostalgia at Nature Morte (New Delhi)
• 2023: Baggage from ‘The Longest March’ at Nature Morte (New Delhi)

Group Exhibitions
• 2025: NEW INTERIORS: The Deceived Self’ State Art Gallery, Hyderabad Organized by Gallery Dotwalk
• 2024: Out of Turn, at Bikaner House (New Delhi) Organized by MAG
• 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, 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 Centre Booth @ India Art Fair
• 2018: fondle/चिकट , Mumbai Art Room, Mumbai
• 2017: Contraband, Gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi
• 2016: Future Collaboration, Italian Culture Centre, 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, @ Rishihood University, Haryana
• 2021: Observation of Silence, @ Chaurahaa, Humayunpur Village, New Delhi
• 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, Unidee/Inlaks, Biella, Italy
• 2017: Dhaan: Fields of Repetition, Duration Performance (Live Art) @ Theertha International Artist Collective, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 2016: Get Naked, @ HH Art Space, Goa
• 2016: Udhaar (Borrow), Installation + Durational Performance @ Adil Shah Palace Serendipity Art Festival, Goa, Curated by HH Artspace
• 2016: Carrying the History, @ 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 @ KIPAF, Kolkata
• 2014: Kanoon Ke Lambe Hath @ JNU, Delhi
• 2013: In Between @ Crack International Camp Kusthiya (Bangladesh)
• 2013: The Horizon Line @ Gati, New Delhi
• 2012: Act of Victim @ Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi

Workshops
• 2026 – SKAP Summer School: Landscape as Performance, Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation, Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India
• 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
• 2020: Far from My Home: Machaan conceived for Five Million Incidents @ Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan (New Delhi)
• 2022: Residency @ HH Artspace in collaboration with the Kochi Biennale Foundation
• 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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