Atul Dodiya

Atul Dodiya ( Hindi अतुल डोडिया IAST Atul Ḍoḍiyā ; born January 20, 1959 in Ghatkopar near Bombay ) is an Indian artist . He uses the means of painting and drawing to depict traditional and modern themes in India. He is particularly dedicated to depictions of his hometown, the mega-city of Mumbai. Works by Dodiya have been exhibited at the documenta and the Venice Art Biennale .

Life

Atul Dodiya studied art at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Bombay (now Mumbai), and graduated in 1982 with a diploma. 1991–1992 he stayed to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His first exhibition outside of India took place in Amsterdam in 1993. Dodiya's style is realistic, his technique ranges from oil painting to watercolor to drawing. Recurring elements are references to religious representations and the conflict-ridden history of India and Pakistan. The images are often structured by writing. Dodiya lives and works in Mumbai . His wife Anju Dodiya (* 1964) is also an artist, her work is exhibited internationally.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 2002: Atul Dodiya - ET y los otros , Museo Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid.
• 2001: Atul Dodiya - Bombay: Labyrinth / Laboratory , Japan Foundation , Tokyo.

Participation in group exhibitions (selection)

• 2007: Horn Please. Storytelling in contemporary Indian art , Kunstmuseum Bern .
• 2007: documenta 12 , Kassel. Twelve large-format watercolors with animal and plant motifs as well as overwriting of poems were shown.
• 2006–2007: Hungry God - Indian Contemporary Art , Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto. The exhibition was previously shown in Busan (South Korea) and Beijing .
• 2006–2007: Edge of Desire - Recent Art in India , shown in the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, in the Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley (CA) and in the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey .
• 2005: 51st Venice Art Biennale , Indian Pavilion.
• 2003: body.city - New Perspectives from India , House of World Cultures , Berlin.
• 2002: Kapital & Karma - Contemporary Art from India , Kunsthalle Wien .
• 2002: Secular Practice: Recent Art from India , Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG), Vancouver .
• 2001: Yokohama 2001 - International Triennale of Contemporary Art , Tokyo .
• 2001: Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis , Tate Modern , London.
• 1997: Out of India , Queens Museum of Art, New York .

Web links

• Search for Atul Dodiya in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
• Materials by and about Atul Dodiya in the documenta archive
• Atul Dodiya on kunstaspekte.de
• CV of Atul Dodiya at The Arts Trust , Mumbai
• Atul Dodiya at Google Arts & Culture
• Works, publications and exhibitions by Dodiya at the Bose Pacia Gallery, New York

Individual evidence

1. ^ Conversation with artist Atul Dodiya from September 22, 2006 at the Indo-American Arts Council, New York.
2. ↑ CV Anju Dodiya at the Bose Pacia Gallery (accessed on July 5, 2009)
3. ^ Atul Dodiya , Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, June 11th - August 25th, 2002. Curated by Enrique Juncosa. Catalog published by MNCARS (DL), Madrid 2002. ISBN 84-8026-170-6 .
4. ↑ Atul Dodiya , Japan Foundation, Tokyo, June 30 - August 4, 2001. Curated by Ranjit Hoskote.
5. ↑ Horn Please , Kunstmuseum Bern, September 21, 2007 - January 6, 2008. Curated by Bernhard Fibicher and Suman Gopinath. Catalog published by Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2007. ISBN 3-7757-2016-2 . Online ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 3, 2008.) 
6. ^ Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. About the works by Atul Dodiya shown on the official documenta blog: Online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 3, 2008)  
7. ↑ Hungry God , Art Gallery of Ontario, June 23 - October 7, 2007. Catalog published by Arario, Seoul 2007. Online ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 3, 2008.) 
8. ↑ Catalog in Spanish ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Press release from March 2005
10. ↑ body.city , House of World Cultures, Berlin, 20 September to 16 November 2003. Catalog published by Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2003. ISBN 3-9808851-9-4 . Online (Accessed November 3, 2008)
11. ↑ Kapital & Karma , Kunsthalle Wien, March 29 - June 9, 2002. Curated by Angelika Fitz and Michael Wörgötter. Catalog published by Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 2002. ISBN 3-7757-1216-X . Online ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 3, 2008.) 
12. ↑ Secular Practice , Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver, February 16 - March 31, 2002. Online ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 3, 2008.) 
13. ↑ Yokohama Triennial , September 2 - November 11, 2001. Online ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 3, 2008.) 
14. ^ Century City , Tate Modern, February 1 - April 29, 2001. Catalog published by Tate, London 2001. ISBN 1-85437-344-7 . Online ( Memento of the original from September 7th, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 3, 2008.) 
15. ↑ Out of India , Queens Museum of Art, November 21, 1997 - March 22, 1998. Online ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 3, 2008.)