Saturday 20 June 2015

N S Harsha


Artville artist of the day: N S Harsha

Title: Spot an innocent civilian
Year: 2009
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 6x12 ft

Born in 1969, NS Harsha lives and works in Mysore, India. He was a recipient of the prestigious DAAD Scholarship in 2012, and was awarded the Artes Mundi Prize in 2008. Harsha has taken part in a variety of collaborative projects and exhibitions internationally. He has had recent solo presentations with DAAD, as part of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program (2012 - 2013); INIVA, London (2009); and at Maison Hermes Tokyo (2008). His work has been included in various group exhibitions including the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India (2014); Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art (2013); Dojima Biennial, Osaka (2013); Adelaide International Biennial (2012); Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (2012); the Yokohama Triennial (2011) and the Bienal de Sao Paulo (2010). He was also a participant in the major touring exhibition Indian Highway, which was staged at the Serpentine Gallery, London (2008); Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (2009); Herning Art Museum, Denmark (2010); Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon (2011); MAXXI, Rome (2011-12) and Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2012).
courtesy: www.artslant.com

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