Raqib Shaw
Raqib Shaw (* 1974 in Calcutta , India ) is an Indian painter.
Shaw was born in Calcutta and spent his teenage years in Kashmir . He studied art in London at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design since 1998 and graduated with a BA and an MA in 2002 .
His paintings, some of which are large-format, depict exotic fantasies with a lot of sheen and shimmer. No references to reality are discernible; Since 2004 Shaw's paintings have been exhibited in the USA and London, as well as auctioned for example.
Solo exhibitions
- 2004: Garden of Earthly Delights , Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 2005: Garden of Earthly Delights , Deitch Projects, New York City
- 2006: Garden of Earthly Delights , Museum of Contemporary Art (North Miami) , North Miami , Florida
- 2006: Art Now: Raqib Shaw , Tate Britain , London
- 2008/2009: Raqib Shaw , Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City
- 2010: Raqib Shaw , White Cube Gallery, Hoxton Square, London
- 2013: Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost . Manchester Art Gallery , Manchester, England; then Rudolfinum , Prague and Pace Gallery, New York City, USA.
Group exhibitions
- 2018: Raqib Shaw Summer Acchrochage , Galerie Frank Fluegel , Obere Woerthstrasse, Nuremberg
swell
- ↑ Christie's London
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shaw, Raqib |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calcutta , India |