french below

SHANTA RAO
Lives and works in Paris

EXHIBITIONS (selected)

UPCOMING 2023-2024

CAPC, Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Residency program, curated by Marion Vasseur-Raluy, Bordeaux, France

TURBID EYES
, solo exhibition as part of Normandie Impressionniste 2024
curated by Marie-Laure Lapeyrère, Maison des Arts de Grand Quevilly and municipal Parc des Provinces, Grand Quevilly, France

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2022

DANS LA NUIT FAUVE, group exhibition curated by Magalie Meunier, MLIS, Villeurbanne, France

2021

THIS MANY-COLOURED SHEEN, solo exhibition curated by Eloise Sweetman (Shimmer/Rotterdam), Treignac Projet, Treignac, France

DUST - THE PLATES OF THE PRESENT, by invitation of Thomas Fougeirol and Jo-ey Tang, group exhibition
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

VATA, by invitation of JOY + Ygrec-ENSAPC, Aubervilliers, France

SAGA, group exhibition, La Station, Nice, France

2020

MY MEMORY'S SKY (in resonance with Fiac), curated by Eloise Sweetman (Shimmer/Rotterdam), with Jason Hendrik Hansma and Gwenneth Boelens, Salon de Normandy, Paris, France

FLUID DESIRES, curated by Nanda Janssen, group exhibition, Nest, The Hague/ NL

RESTONS UNIS : sous le soleil exactement, with Joseph Tang, group exhibition
Gallery PERROTIN, Paris

2019

NAMINGUTTERRINGGESTURING, solo exhibition, galerie Joseph Tang/ Paris

HIGHER! HIGHER! LOWER, LOWER. LOUDER! LOUDER! SOFTER, SOFTER
a three-person exhibition with Gwenneth Boelens and Liu Chao-tze, Shimmer, Rotterdam/NL

PULPE, two-person show W/ Mimosa Echard curated by Raphaël Brunel
Galerie Edouard Manet (institution), Gennevilliers, France

METAMORPHOSIS AND CONTAMINATION, THE PERMANENCE OF CHANGE
a proposition by Raphaël Brunel and Julien Discrit, group exhibition
Lyon Biennal/ Jeune création internationale, Laboratory space brain, Contemporary Art Institute, Villeurbanne/FR

NATURAL STUPIDITY, three-person exhibition W/ David Cousinard and Samuel Boutruche, Petit Ami Space, Paris

AN AUTUMN PANTOMIME, group exhibition, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris/FR

LAPIN-CANARD RETROSPECTIVE, Festival Less Playboy is more Cowboy, Confort Moderne, Poitiers/FR

RAMAPANO at CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL, group exhibition, Istanbul/TR

I-N-T-O-T-O 7, curated by Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, group exhibition, Kunstverein am Rosa–Luxemburg–Platz, Berlin/DE

2018

THE CALANQUES : LAND OF SCIENCE AND SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, curated by David Moinard, group exhibition
by invitation of the Camargo Foundation/ the Calanques National Park/ the Pytheas research institute in association with Gilles Clément and the support of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation
FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Regional Found for Contemporary Art), Marseille, France

INTOTO 6, curated by Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, group exhibition, Fondation Ricard, Paris, France

ORANGE ROUGE, curated by Barbara Siriex and Corinne Digard, group exhibition, le Chai de Bercy, Paris, France

2017

ROY DA PRINCE, curated by Michal Novotný, group exhibition, Center For Contemporary Art Futura, Prague, Czech Republic

I-N-T-O-T-O-4, by invitation of Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, group exhibition, Essex Flowers gallery, NY-NY, USA

6 OF CUPS, co-curated group show by Julie Béna & Shanta Rao
With Julie Béna, Christiane Blattman, Rada Boukova, David Cousinard, Anna Hulacová, Than Hussein Clark, Thomas Jeppe, Shanta Rao, Gonçalo Sena, Anna Solal, Adéla Soucková, Jo-ey Tang, La Pétanque, Paris/FR.

LAPIN-CANARD #27, group show, Spike Berlin, Germany

UNE LIGNE DROITE BIEN TOUCHÉE VAUT MIEUX QU'UN CERCLE MAL VU, two-person exhibition W/ David Cousinard
Glassbox/Grande Forme, Paris, France

I-N-T-O-T-O-3, by invitation of Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, group exhibition
Le Molière, Paris, France

THE PLATES OF THE PRESENT, SO FAR, by invitation of Thomas Fougeirol and Jo-ey Tang, group exhibition
Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France

2016

A STRAIGHT LINE TO THE TOUCH IS WORTH A CIRCLE TO THE SIGHT, two-person exhibition W/ David Cousinard
Babel Art Space, Trondheim, Norway

MORE MORE THAN THAN LOVERS LOVERS,, MORE MORE THAN THAN FRIENDS FRIENDS
Film screening, organized by Jo-ey Tang, in collaboration with Rupert/Vilnius
Ozo kino salé, Vilnius, Lithuania

I-N-T-O-T-O, by invitation of Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, group exhibition
Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris, France

MORE THAN LOVERS, MORE THAN FRIENDS, curated by Jo-ey tang, group exhibition
Center For Contemporary Art Futura, Prague, Czech Republic

ART PROTECTS, group exhibition
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

LAPIN-CANARD, group exhibition
Galerie Triple V, Paris, France

BAU at CAMARGO , group exhibition
FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY, USA

QUELLE ÉNERGIE METTONS-NOUS À TRANSFORMER LES CHOSES, AVEC UN PLAISIR NON DISSIMULÉ
two-person exhibition W/ Rada Boukova
Popkimoto/ Coordonnées, Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France

4 PIÈCES, curated by Stéphanie D'Orglandes & Julia Van Hagen, group exhibition
Atelier Relief, Brussels, Belgium

2015

PATCH, two-person exhibition W/ Jo-ey Tang
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France

OM, by invitation of Michal Novotný/Futura
Karlin studios, Prague, Czech Republic

CURATORS STATEMENT, curated by Michal Novotný, group exhibition
Parallel Vienna, Artfair, Vienna, Austria

YES TO ALL, curated by Gallien Déjean, group exhibition
Treize, Paris, France

DUST : THE PLATES OF THE PRESENT, curated by Sonel Breslav, group exhibition
Baxter St/ Camera Club of New York, NYC, USA

LITURGIE, curated by Michal Novotný, group exhibition
Czech Center, Paris, France

PRESENTE, curated by Eva Nielsen et Joël Riff, group exhibition
La Traverse, CAC (Contemporary Art Center), Alfortville, France

2014

LES PIERRES SE BATTENT ENTRE ELLES, curated by Allison Somers & Emmanuelle Day, group exhibition
Motor cross park, Auvers Saint Georges, France

EAT THE BLUE, invited by Jagna Ciuchta, group exhibition
Le 116, Center for contemporary art, Montreuil, France

2013

DRAWING QUOTE, invited by Nick Oberthaler, group exhibition
Pigna Project space, Rome, Italy

WHFT/The plates of the present, photogram project curated by Thomas Fougeirol and Jo-ey Tang, group exhibition
Le Chalet, Paris, France

PLUS JAMAIS SEUL, group exhibition
Standards, Rennes, France

ART PROTECTS, group exhibition
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

2012

5C5C, curated by Clodagh Keogh, group exhibition
CIAC, Centro Internationale per l’Arte Contemporanea, Gennazzano, Italy

*DUUU, launch at Treize, Paris, France

BRAINBOW I, group exhibition
Le Chalet/Belleville, Paris, France

ANYWHERE MULTIPLES, curated by Alain Coulange, group exhibition
ALB gallery, Paris, France

L’ASCENSION D’UNE MONTAGNE COMMENCÉE DANS LE SALON, invited by Rada Boukova, group exhibition
PLOT HR/ ESADHaR, Rouen, France

2011

WINTER OR THE DELUGE, group exhibition
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France

ART PROTECTS, group exhibition
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

DUSK, curated by Julia Van Hagen, two-person exhibition W/ Yann Coleno
Espace Lhomond, Paris, France

5C5C, curated by Clodagh Keogh, group exhibition
Sangsangmadang gallery (institution), Seoul, South Korea

SHOW, curated by Nicolas Milhé, group exhibition
HBC, Berlin, Germany

INSIDE STUDIO E1, curated by Gabriel Jones, group exhibition
Cité des Arts, Paris, France

100 DRAWINGS AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR, curated by Damien Airault, group exhibition
Le Commissariat, Paris, France & Komplot Brussels, Belgium

HELP, organized by Kana Sunayama & Asami Nishimura, group exhibition
Galerie Premier Regard, Paris, France

OUTRE-FORÊT, curated by Jöel Riff et Mathieu Buard, group exhibition
6B, Saint-Denis, France

2010

SHANTA RAO & RADA BOUKOVA, two-person exhibition
National School of Architecture Paris-Belleville, Belleville Biennale & Nuit Blanche, Paris, France

INVISIBLE ?, group exhibition
Le Chalet/Belleville, Belleville Biennale, Paris, France

IMAGE, EDGE, MEDIUM, curated by Joseph Tang, three-person exhibition
La Générale en Manufacture, Sèvres, France

2009

ART PROTECTS, group exhibition
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

LIGNE A LIGNE, curated by Michel Nuridsany, group exhibition
Drawing Biennal, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

2007

25 CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ARTISTS, MMOMA - Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia

ART PROTECTS, group exhibition
Galerie Yvon Lambert , Paris, France

DEATH BEHIND THE STRAW, group exhibition
Galerie Synopsis M, Lausanne, Switzerland

PREMIERE VUE, curated by Michel Nuridsany, group exhibition
Hôtel de Retz, Paris, France

THE ICEBERG (Xploitation, Love etc./volet 1), group show, invited by & nbsp
Module, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

2006

THE END, group exhibition
& nbsp gallery, La Générale/Belleville, Paris, France

COLLECTIVE, group exhibition
Galerie Synopsis M , Lausanne, Switzerland

2005

LIGHT MY FIRE, solo exhibition
& nbsp gallery, La Générale/Belleville, Paris, France

APPAH & CO, curated by Jérôme Neutres, solo exhibition
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India

APPAH & CO, curated by Jérôme Neutres, solo exhibition
Alliance Française, New-Delhi, India

BANG BANG PARTNER, solo exhibition
& nbsp gallery, La Générale/Belleville, Paris, France

2004

ALL EUROPEANS WHO HAVE HAD RELATIONS WITH INDIAN WOMEN HAD BEEN DISAPPOINTED, group exhibition
Center for Contemporary Art, Royan, France

2003

THE PRETENDERS, solo exhibition
Images au Centre, Cheverny Castle, France

2002

EUROPEANS IN PARIS/ DES EUROPEENS A PARIS, commissioned by the City of Paris, group exhibition
Month of Photography, Paris City Hall, Paris, France

FATHER FIGURE, group exhibition
Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece

2001

SHANTA RAO, solo exhibition
Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Netherlands

TEMOINS OCULAIRES, group exhibition
CAUE 92, Galerie du Petit Château, Sceaux, France

ADOLESCENCES URBAINES, group exhibition
CAUE 92, Galerie du Petit Château, Sceaux, France

1998

MON VISAGE FAIT LOI, solo exhibition
commissioned by the French State/Ministry of culture & FRAC Midi-Pyrénées/ France (Regional Found for Contemporary Art)
Le Parvis, center for contemporary arts, Ibos/Tarbes, France

1995

ETHIOPIA, solo exhibition, Photographers’s gallery, Londres, UK

EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED BY SHANTA RAO & GUESTS

2012

22, in collaboration with Nicolas Milhé
Le Chalet/ Belleville, The Belleville Biennale, Paris, France

2011

WINTER OR THE DELUGE, in collaboration with Rada Boukova & Thomas Fontaine
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France

BRAINBOW , in collaboration with Rada Boukova & Thomas Fontaine
Le Chalet/ Belleville, Paris, France

2010

INVISIBLE ?, in collaboration with Rada Boukova & Thomas Fontaine
Le Chalet/ Belleville, The Belleville Biennale, Paris, France

AWARDS/GRANTS (selected)

DICRéAM/ CNC (National Film and Moving Image Centre), development aid (2015)

KODAK Critic’s Prize (2000)

EUROPEAN PUBLISHERS AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY (1995)

VILLA MEDICI Extramural Prize (1993)

FIACRE/ French Ministry of Culture and Communication (1992)

RESIDENCIES/ PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

THE CAMARGO FOUNDATION/ THE CALANQUES NATIONAL PARK/ THE PYTHEAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
art & science residency program (2018)

THE CAMARGO FOUNDATION CORE PROGRAM, Cassis, France (2017)

LKV, residency program, Trondheim, Norway (2016)

A.I.R. FUTURA : artists in residence program, Prague, Czech Republic (2015-2016)

BAU Institute/ Camargo Foundation, Summer residency program, Cassis, France (2015)

SoART Millstättersee, Artists in Residence, Austria (2014)

Artists in Residency Programm, French Embassy in India (2005)

Residency, Center for Contemporary Art, Royan, France (2004)

Public commission Images au Centre/ FRAC Centre (Regional Found for Contemporary Art), (2003)

MON VISAGE FAIT LOI, commissioned by Le Parvis, National Center for Contemporary Art, Frac Midi-Pyrénées (Regional Found for Contemporary Art) & French Ministry of Culture and Communication (1998)

COLLECTIONS (selected)

CENTRE POMPIDOU, Paris

CNAP - Collection Centre national des arts plastiques

FRAC Centre (Regional Found for Contemporary Art)

FRAC Poitou-Charentes (Regional Found for Contemporary Art)

FINNISH MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Helsinki, Finland

MUSEUM OF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Turin, Italy

Private collections

EXHIBITION CATALOGS AND ARTIST BOOKS (selected)

DUST - THE PLATES OF THE PRESENT, Spector Books/Centre Pompidou, collective book (Germany-France/2020)

YEAR 2012, annual magazine by KOMPLOT & David Evrard (Belgium/2012)

5C5C, published by Workroom press, catalog (South Korea/2011)

INSIDE STUDIO E1, book (France/2011)

25 CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ARTISTS, foreword by Nicolas Bourriaud, Ravi Kumar publisher, book (2007)

DEATH BEHIND THE STRAW, John Lippens, Cqfd Editions, book (Switzerland/2007)

APPAH & CO, monograph (India/2004)

VERSO, N°34, Portfolio, Art & literature magazine (France/ 2004)

IMAGES AU CENTRE, Monum, Editions du Patrimoine, text by Laurent Martin, catalog (France/2003)

THE MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY/ PARIS, catalog (2002)

MON VISAGE FAIT LOI,monograph, published by Le Parvis, National Center for Contemporary Art,
FRAC Midi-Pyrénées (Regional Found for Contemporary Art) & French Ministry of Culture and Communication, catalog (France/1998)

EDUCATION

MFA (top honors of the Jury), Paris-Cergy National Graduate School of Arts, France

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SHANTA RAO

EXPOSITIONS (sélection)

À VENIR 2023-2024

CAPC, Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, programme de résidence "Les Furtifs"
commissariat Marion Vasseur-Raluy, Bordeaux, France

LES YEUX TURBIDES, exposition personnelle dans le cadre de Normandie Impressionniste 2024
commissariat Marie-Laure Lapeyrère, Maison des Arts de Grand Quevilly et Parc des Provinces, Grand Quevilly, France

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2022

DANS LA NUIT FAUVE, commissariat Magalie Meunier, exposition collective, MLIS Artothèque, Villeurbanne/FR

2021

THIS MANY-COLOURED SHEEN, exposition personnelle, commissariat Eloise Sweetman (Shimmer/Rotterdam), Treignac Projet, Treignac, France

DUST - THE PLATES OF THE PRESENT, sur une invitation de Thomas Fougeirol et Jo-ey Tang, exposition collective
Centre Pompidou, Paris

VATA, sur une invitation de JOY + Ygrec-ENSAPC, vitrine et affichage public, Aubervilliers

SAGA, exposition collective, La Station, Nice

2020

MY MEMORY'S SKY (en résonance avec la Fiac), commissariat Eloise Sweetman (Shimmer/Rotterdam), avec Jason Hendrik Hansma et Gwenneth Boelens, Salon de Normandy, Paris

FLUID DESIRES, commissariat Nanda Janssen, exposition collective , Nest, La Haye/ NL

RESTONS UNIS : sous le soleil exactement, avec la galerie Joseph Tang, exposition collective
Gallery PERROTIN, Paris

2019

NAMINGUTTERRINGGESTURING, exposition personnelle, galerie Joseph Tang/ Paris

HIGHER! HIGHER! LOWER, LOWER. LOUDER! LOUDER! SOFTER, SOFTER, avec Gwenneth Boelens et Liu Chao-tze
Shimmer, Rotterdam/NL

PULPE, en duo avec Mimosa Echard, commissariat Raphaël Brunel
Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers

METAMORPHOSE ET CONTAMINATIONS, LA PERMANENCE DU CHANGEMENT,
sur une proposition de Raphaël Brunel et Julien Discrit, exposition collective
Biennale de Lyon/ Jeune création internationale, Laboratoire espace cerveau, Institut d'art contemporain de Villeurbanne/FR

NATURAL STUPIDITY, avec David Cousinard et Samuel Boutruche, Petit Ami Space, Paris

AN AUTUMN PANTOMIME, exposition collective, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris/FR

RETROSPECTIVE LAPIN-CANARD, Festival Less Playboy is more Cowboy, Confort Moderne, Poitiers/FR

RAMAPANO at CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL, exposition collective, Istanbul/TR

I-N-T-O-T-O 7, commissariat Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, exposition collective
Kunstverein am Rosa–Luxemburg–Platz, Berlin

2018

LES CALANQUES, TERRITOIRE DES SCIENCES, SOURCE D'INSPIRATION, commissariat David Moinard, exposition collective, sur une invitation de la Fondation Camargo, le Parc National des Calanques, l’Institut Pytheas/ Observatoire des sciences de l’Univers, en association avec Gilles Clément et le soutien de La Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso
FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille

INTOTO 6, commissariat Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, exposition collective, Fondation Ricard, Paris

ORANGE ROUGE, commissariat Barbara Siriex et Corinne Digard, exposition collective, le Chai de Bercy, Paris, France

2017

ROY DA PRINCE, commissariat Michal Novotný, exposition collective
Futura, centre d'art contemporain, Prague, République Tchèque

I-N-T-O-T-O-4, commissariat Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, exposition collective
Essex Flowers gallery, New-York, USA

LAPIN-CANARD #27, exposition collective, Spike Berlin, Allemagne

6 OF CUPS, exposition collective, commissariat Julie Béna & Shanta Rao
Avec Julie Béna, Christiane Blattman, Rada Boukova, David Cousinard, Anna Hulacová, Than Hussein Clark, Thomas Jeppe, Shanta Rao, Gonçalo Sena, Anna Solal, Adéla Soucková, Jo-ey Tang, La Pétanque, Paris.

UNE LIGNE DROITE BIEN TOUCHÉE VAUT MIEUX QU'UN CERCLE MAL VU, en duo avec David Cousinard
Glassbox, Paris

I-N-T-O-T-O-3, commissariat Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, exposition collective
Le Molière, Paris

THE PLATES OF THE PRESENT, SO FAR, commissariat Thomas Fougeirol et Jo-ey Tang, exposition collective
Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France

2016

A STRAIGHT LINE TO THE TOUCH IS WORTH A CIRCLE TO THE SIGHT, en duo avec David Cousinard
Babel Art Space, Trondheim, Norvège

MORE MORE THAN THAN LOVERS LOVERS,, MORE MORE THAN THAN FRIENDS FRIENDS
Projection filmique, commissariat Jo-ey Tang, en collaboration avec Rupert/Vilnius
Ozo kino salé, Vilnius, Lituanie

I-N-T-O-T-O, commissariat Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, exposition collective
Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris

MORE THAN LOVERS, MORE THAN FRIENDS, commissariat Jo-ey tang, exposition collective
Futura, Centre d'art contemporain, Prague, République Tchèque

LAPIN-CANARD, exposition collective
Galerie Triple V, Paris

ART PROTECTS, exposition collective
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris

BAU at CAMARGO, exposition collective
FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY, USA

QUELLE ÉNERGIE METTONS-NOUS À TRANSFORMER LES CHOSES, AVEC UN PLAISIR NON DISSIMULÉ, en duo avec Rada Boukova
Popkimoto/Coordonnées, Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France

4 PIÈCES, commissariat Stéphanie D'Orglandes & Julia Van Hagen, exposition collective
Atelier Relief, Bruxelles, Belgique

2015

PATCH, en duo avec Jo-ey Tang
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France

OM/, sur une invitation de Michal Novotný/Futura
Karlin studios, Prague, République Tchèque

CURATOR STATEMENT, commissariat Michal Novotný, exposition collective
Parallel/ Vienna, Foire d'art contemporain, Vienne, Autriche

YES TO ALL, commissariat Gallien Déjean, exposition collective
Treize, Paris

DUST : THE PLATES OF THE PRESENT, commissariat Sonel Breslav, exposition collective
Baxter St/ Camera Club of New York, NYC, USA

LITURGIE, commissariat Michal Novotný, exposition collective
Centre Tchèque, Paris

PRÉSENTE, commissariat Eva Nielsen & Joël Riff, exposition collective
La Traverse, Centre d’art contemporain, Alfortville

2014

EAT THE BLUE, sur une invitation de Jagna Ciuchta, exposition collective
Le 116, Centre d’art contemporain, Montreuil

LES PIERRES SE BATTENT ENTRE ELLES, commissariat Allison Somers & Emmanuelle Day, exposition collective
terrain de motocross, Auvers-Saint-Georges, France

2013

DRAWING QUOTE, sur une invitation de Nick Oberthaler, exposition collective
Pigna Project space, Rome

PLUS JAMAIS SEUL, exposition collective
Standards, Rennes, France

ART PROTECTS, exposition collective
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris

WHFT, commissariat Jo-ey Tang & Thomas Fougeirol, exposition collective
Le Chalet/ Belleville, Paris

2012

5C5C/ ROMA, commissariat Clodagh Keogh,
CIAC, Centre International d’Art Contemporain, Genazzano, Italie

*DUUU - unités radiophoniques mobiles, lancement, Treize, Paris

BRAINBOW I, exposition collective
Le Chalet/ Belleville, Paris

ANYWHERE MULTIPLES, commissariat Alain Coulange, exposition collective, ALB gallery, Paris, France

L’ASCENSION D’UNE MONTAGNE COMMENCÉE DANS LE SALON, sur une invitation de Rada Boukova , exposition collective
PLOT HR/ ESADHaR, Rouen

2011

L’HIVER OU LE DELUGE, exposition collective
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris

DUSK, en duo avec Yann Coleno, commissariat Julia Van Hagen
Espace Lhomond, Paris

5C5C/ SEOUL, commissariat Clodagh Keogh, exposition collective
Sangsangmadang gallery, Séoul, Corée du Sud

SHOW, commissariat Nicolas Milhé, exposition collective
HBC, Berlin, Allemagne

INSIDE STUDIO E1, commissariat Gabriel Jones, exposition collective
Cité des Arts, Paris

ART PROTECTS, exposition collective
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris

100 DESSINS CONTRE LA GUERRE DU VIETNAM, commissariat Damien Airault, exposition collective
Le Commissariat/ Paris & Komplot/ Bruxelles

HELP, commissariat Kana Sunayama & Asami Nishimura, exposition collective
Galerie premier regard, Paris

OUTRE-FORÊT, commissariat Jöel Riff et Mathieu Buard, exposition collective
6B, Saint-Denis

2010

IMAGE EDGE MEDIUM (+ Chloé Quenum & Jason Hwang), commissariat Joseph Tang
La Générale en Manufacture, Sèvres

INVISIBLE ? exposition collective
Le Chalet/ Belleville, Biennale de Belleville, Paris

SHANTA RAO & RADA BOUKOVA, en duo avec Rada Boukova, Biennale de Belleville/ Nuit Blanche,
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville, Paris

2009

LIGNE A LIGNE, commissariat Michel Nuridsany, exposition collective
National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonésie

ART PROTECTS, exposition collective
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris

2007

25 CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ARTISTS, MMOMA - Musée d'Art Moderne, Moscou, Russie

LA MORT DERRIERE LA PAILLE, exposition collective
Galerie Synopsis M, Lausanne, Suisse

ART PROTECTS, exposition collective
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris

PREMIERE VUE, commissariat Michel Nuridsany, exposition collective
Hôtel de Retz, Paris

L’ICEBERG ( Xploitation, Love etc./volet 1), exposition collective, sur une invitation d’& nbsp  
Module, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

2006

COLLECTIVE, exposition collective
Galerie Synopsis M, Lausanne, Suisse

THE END, exposition collective
Galerie & nbsp, La Générale/Belleville, Paris

2005

APPAH & CO, commissariat Jérôme Neutres, exposition personnelle
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Inde

LIGHT MY FIRE, exposition collective
Galerie & nbsp, La Générale/Belleville, Paris

APPAH & CO, commissariat Jérôme Neutres, exposition personnelle
Alliance Française, New-Delhi, Inde

BANG BANG PARTNER, exposition personnelle
Galerie & nbsp, La Générale/Belleville, Paris

2004

TOUS LES EUROPEENS QUI ONT EU DES RELATIONS AVEC DES FEMMES INDIENNES ONT ETE DECUS, exposition collective
Centre d’Arts Plastiques, Royan

2003
THE PRETENDERS, exposition personnelle
Images au Centre/ FRAC Centre, Château de Cheverny

2002

DES EUROPEENS A PARIS, exposition collective
Mois de la Photo, Mairie de Paris, Paris

FATHER FIGURE, exposition personnelle
Musée de la Photographie, Thessalonique, Grèce

2001

SHANTA RAO, exposition personnelle
Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Pays-Bas

TEMOINS OCULAIRES
, exposition collective
CAUE 92, Galerie du Petit Château, Sceaux

ADOLESCENCES URBAINES
, exposition collective
CAUE 92, Galerie du Petit Château, Sceaux

1998

MON VISAGE FAIT LOI, exposition personnelle
avec le soutien du FRAC Midi-Pyrénées et le Ministère de la Culture et de la communication
Le Parvis, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Ibos/Tarbes

1995

ETHIOPIA, exposition personnelle, Photographers’s gallery, Londres, UK

PROPOSITIONS CURATORIALES

2012

22, en collaboration avec Nicolas Milhé
Le Chalet/ Belleville, Paris

2011

L’HIVER OU LE DELUGE, en collaboration avec Rada Boukova et Thomas Fontaine
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris

BRAINBOW , en collaboration avec Rada Boukova et Thomas Fontaine
Le Chalet/ Belleville, Paris, France

2010

INVISIBLE? , en collaboration avec Rada Boukova et Thomas Fontaine
Le Chalet/ Belleville, Paris

DISTINCTIONS/ BOURSES (sélection)

DICRéAM (dispositif pour la création artistique multimédia et numérique-CNC), aide au développement (2015)

Prix KODAK de la Critique Photographique (2000)

PRIX EUROPEEN DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE (1995)

VILLA MEDICIS HORS LES MURS (1993)

FIACRE/ Ministère de la Culture et de la communication (1992)


RESIDENCES/ COMMANDES PUBLIQUES

FONDATION CAMARGO/ PARC NATIONAL DES CALANQUES/ INSTITUT PYTHEAS, OBSERVATOIRE DES SCIENCES DE L'UNIVERS, programme de résidence art-science (2018)

FONDATION CAMARGO, programme de résidence principal, Cassis, France (2017)

LKV, programme de résidence, Trondheim, Norvège (2016)

A.I.R. FUTURA : artists in residence program, Prague, République Tchèque (2015-2016)

BAU Institute/ Fondation Camargo, résidence d'été, Cassis (2015)

SoART Millstättersee, Artistes en Residence, Autriche (2014)

Programme Artistes en Résidence, Ambassade de France en Inde (2005)

Résidence, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Royan (2004)

Commande publique Images au Centre/ FRAC Centre (2003)

MON VISAGE FAIT LOI, commande publique Le Parvis/Ibos, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, FRAC Midi-Pyrénées et Ministère de la Culture et de la communication (1998)

COLLECTIONS (sélection)

CENTRE POMPIDOU, Paris

CNAP - Collection Centre national des arts plastiques

FRAC Poitou-Charentes

FRAC CENTRE

MUSÉE FINLANDAIS DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, Helsinki, Finlande

MUSÉE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE HISTORIQUE ET CONTEMPORAINE, Turin, Italie

Collections privées


PUBLICATIONS
(sélection)

DUST - THE PLATES OF THE PRESENT, Spectors Books/Centre Pompidou, publication collective (Allemagne-France/2020)

YEAR 2012 par KOMPLOT & David Evrard, magazine annuel (Belgique/2012)

5C5C, Workroom press éditions, catalogue (Corée du Sud/2011)

INSIDE STUDIO E1, livre d’artiste (France/2011)

25 CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ARTISTS, préface de Nicolas Bourriaud, Ravi Kumar éditions, livre (Inde/2007)

LA MORT DERRIERE LA PAILLE, John Lippens, Cqfd Editions, livre (Suisse/2007)

APPAH & CO
, catalogue (Inde/2004)

VERSO N°34, portfolio, revue d’Arts et Lettres, (France, 2004)

IMAGES AU CENTRE, Monum, Editions du Patrimoine, texte de Laurent Martin, catalogue (France/2003)

LE MOIS DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE /PARIS, catalogue (2002)

MON VISAGE FAIT LOI, Le Parvis/ Ibos, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, FRAC Midi-Pyrénées,
Ministère de la Culture et de la communication, catalogue (France/1998)

EDUCATION

DNSEP (avec félicitations du Jury), Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Paris-Cergy