L.N. Tallur

Tallur was born in Koteshwara, a coastal town located in the Kundapur taluk of Karnataka's Udupi district. His father worked with the Sales Tax Department and traveled often.{{cite web|url=http://tallur.com/text/index.php?/chirag-e-ai/ |title=Text - Dr Rahamath Tarikere }}

After completing a BFA in painting from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysuru in 1996, he received the Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship to pursue an MFA in museology from the from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. During this time, he was also awarded the National Scholarship by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. In 2001-02, Tallur received the Commonwealth Scholarship to study Contemporary Fine Art Practice at Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.{{cite web | url=http://tallur.com/about | title=About - C.V. }}{{cite web | url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/artists/48-tallur-ln/ | title=Tallur LN }}

Tallur's early work, such as Unicode (2011), Obituary (2013) and Milled History (2014), is characterised by a recurring theme of value—monetary or otherwise—as a historical gauge of intersocietal and interpersonal relationships. Unicode features a Chola-era bronze of Nataraja obscured by a concrete lump embedded with coins. The sculpture, named after the universal coding protocol used across all computing devices, is a commentary on "the homogenising potential of globalisation and the elevation of money to the status of God." In Obituary, we see a palanquin bearing a wooden log, into which a number of coins have been hammered. The viewers can add more coins to increase the value of the sculpture. However, with incense smoke engulfing the palanquin, the sculpture is reminiscent of both an altar and a funeral pyre, gently reminding us of the transient nature of wealth. To create Milled History, Tallur digitally scanned a wooden copy of a termite-ravaged temple figurine and then milled a replica from teakwood sandstone. The sculpture embodies conventional markers of age, making pointed references to the value we usually attribute to such signs of wear and tear.{{Cite web |last=Vali |first=Murtaza |date=2019-11-01 |title=Tallur L. N. |url=https://www.artforum.com/events/tallur-l-n-2-245882/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Artforum |language=en-US}}

• Neti-Neti;Glitch in the Code Nature Morte, New Delhi, India (2024)
• Data Mining Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, India (2024)
• Vidi Vini Vici Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (2023){{cite web|url=https://lindenmuseum.de/veni-vidi-vici/ |title=Veni, Vidi, Vici |date=26 March 2024 }}
• V+Mana Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, India (2023){{cite web|url=https://www.bengaluruairport.com/terminal2/art-and-culture/v+mana}}
• Chirag-e-AI Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), Bengaluru, India (2022){{cite web|url=https://map-india.org/exhibition/chirag-e-ai/ |title=LN Tallur: Chirag-e-AI }}
• Interference Fringe Grounds For Sculpture, New Jersey, United States of America (2019){{cite web|url=https://www.groundsforsculpture.org/exhibitions/interference-fringe-tallur-l-n/ |title=Interference Fringe | TALLUR L.N. - Grounds for Sculpture |date=23 July 2019 }}
• Coinage UPM Circle, Manipal, India (2018){{cite web|url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/artists/48-tallur-ln/works/3023-tallur-ln-coinage-2018/ |title=Tallur LN, Coinage, 2018 }}
• Smoke Out Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India (2017){{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/smoke-and-megaliths/articleshow/62077134.cms |title=Smoke and Megaliths }}
• The Threshold Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (2015){{cite web|url=https://www.arariogallery.com/artists/149-tallur-l.n./ |title=Tallur L.N. }}
• UKAI (Cormorant Fish Hunting) Nature Morte, New Delhi (2014)
• Balancing Act SCAD Museum of Art, Georgia, United States of America (2013){{cite web|url=https://www.scadmoa.org/exhibitions/2013/balancing-act |title=Balancing Act | SCAD Museum of Art }}
• New Yorked Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, United States of America (2013){{cite web|url=https://jackshainman.com/exhibitions/new_yorked |title=New Yorked « Exhibitions « Jack Shainman Gallery }}
• Montessori: Lessons in Economics Nature Morte, Berlin, Germany (2012){{cite web|url=https://www.naturemorte.com/artists/lntallur/}}
• Password Nature Morte, New Delhi, India (2012)
• Quintessential Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, India (2011){{cite web|url=https://www.bdlmuseum.org/exhibitions/2011/quentesential.php}}
• Chromatophobia—The Fear of Money (Part 2) Nature Morte, New Delhi (2011)
• Chromatophobia—The Fear of Money (Part 1) Arario Gallery, South Korea (2011)
• Chromatophobia—The Fear of Money (Part 1) Arario Gallery, Beijing, China (2011)
• PLACEBO Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India (2009){{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/that-placebo-effect/story-4TtCt2aGlLG2wQuY06nn2K.html}}
• Antimatter Arario New York, New York, United States of America (2008){{cite web|url=http://sharmistharay.com/uncategorized/l-n-tallurs-solo-exhibition-placebo-at-chemould-prescott-road-mumbai-in-artasiapacific-issue-65-septoct-2009/ |title=L.N. Tallur's solo exhibition "Placebo" at Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, in artasiapacific, Issue 65, Sept/Oct 2009 |date=20 October 2009 }}
• Bon Appetite Arario Seoul, Korea (2007)
• Past Modern, Interactive Art Objects Bose Pacia Modern, New York, United States of America (2000){{cite web|url=http://www.bosepacia.com/exhibitions/1999-04-24_ln-tallur/press-release/ |title=Bose Pacia - LN Tallur, - Press Release }}
• Past Modern Interactive Art Objects Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India (1999){{cite web|url=https://thefederal.com/category/features/archival-show-set-to-celebrate-60-years-of-chemould-mumbais-iconic-art-gallery-95279 |title=Archival show set to celebrate 60 years of Chemould, Mumbai's iconic art gallery |date=31 August 2023 }}

• Move Sound Image Ground Seoul, South Korea{{cite web|url=https://www.stephaniekimgallery.com/exhibitions/move-sound-image-ground-seoul |title=Move Sound Image - Ground Seoul |date=22 August 2024 }}
• Money Talks: Art, Society & Power Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/money-show-ashmolean-museum-2523130 |title=A New Show Explores How Artists Have Left Their Mark on Money |date=20 August 2024 }}
• My World Singer Laren Museum, Laren, Netherlands

• Find X Frida Art House, Pune, India{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/fridaarthouse/reel/C50wKiesd4Z/ |title=Instagram }}
• Things are Vanishing before us Gallery Dotwalk, Bikaner House, Delhi, India
• Part 2 - Futuring | CheMoulding: Framing Future Archives Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India{{cite web|url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/exhibitions/132-part-2-futuring-chemoulding-framing-future-curated-by-shaleen-wadhwana-60-years-of/ |title=Part 2 - Futuring | CheMoulding: Framing Future Archives | 15 November - 23 December 2023 }}
• Multiple Realities - Voices in Contemporary Indian Ceramics Clayarch Gimhae Museum, South Korea{{cite web|url=https://www.ceramicsnow.org/exhibitions/multiple-realities-voices-in-contemporary-indian-ceramics-at-the-clayarch-gimhae-museum-gimhae/ |title=Multiple Realities: Voices in Contemporary Indian Ceramics at the ClayArch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae |date=15 January 2024 }}
• A Demonstration of Ornamentation Nature Morte, New Delhi, India{{cite web|url=https://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions/ademonstrationofornamentation/}}
• Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi, India{{cite web|url=https://www.knma.in/pop-south-asia-artistic-explorations-popular |title=Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular |date=10 November 2022 }}

• Kiaf Seoul Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
• Frieze-Seoul Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea and Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
• Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates{{cite web|url=https://www.v1.sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions/pop-south-asia-artistic-explorations-in-the-popular |title=Exhibitions - Sharjah Art Foundation }}
• Earth Chronicles 1X1 Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/show/1x1-art-gallery-earth-chronicles |title=Earth Chronicles }}
• Modus Operandi III: Together Alone Chemould Prescott Road Mumbai, India{{cite web|url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/exhibitions/117-modus-operandi-iii-together-alone-group-show/ |title=Modus Operandi III: Together Alone | 11 August - 10 September 2022 }}
• Manicured Techniques Nature Morte, New Delhi, India{{cite web|url=https://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions/manicuredtechniques/}}

• Reimagining the Object Chemold Prescott Road, Mumbai, India
• On | Site Bikaner House, New Delhi with Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India and Nature Morte, New Delhi, India{{cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/story/bikaner-house-delhi-4-leading-galleries-from-the-country-come-together-for-special-show/ |title=Bikaner House, Delhi: 4 leading galleries from the country come together for a special show |date=3 March 2021 }}
• Markers of Time & Space Nature Morte, New Delhi, India{{cite web|url=https://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions/markersoftimespace/}}

• The Idea of the Acrobat Bikaner House, New Delhi, India{{cite web|url=https://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions/theideaoftheacrobatandterranumnuncius/}}
• Erasure Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, India{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/naturemorte_india/p/B7WFI6Hls7-/ |title=Instagram }}
• Game of Chance Center for Arts, Goa, India
• Out-site / Insight Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India{{cite web | url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/exhibitions/17-out-site-insight-group-show-in-touch-edition-i/ | title=Out-site / Insight | 24 April - 23 July 2020 }}

• Modus Operandi Chemould Prescott road, Mumbai, India{{cite web|url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/exhibitions/28-modus-operandi-group-show/ |title=Modus Operandi | 13 July - 18 August 2018 }}

• India and the World: History in Nine Stories, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai and National Museum, New Delhi, India{{cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/ugVRTfMuEgnNJA |title=India and the World: A History in Nine Stories }}
• Contemporary Art Acquisitions Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, India{{cite web|url=https://www.bdlmuseum.org/exhibitions/2017/exhibition-of-contemporary-art-acquisitions.php?php%20echo%20BASE_URL;%20?%3Ecollections/galleries.php}}
• Sub-Plots: Laughing in the Vernacular National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India{{cite web|url=https://artguide.artforum.com/uploads/guide.004/id18122/press_release.pdf}}
• Art in Counting House 21C Durham Museum Hotel, United States of America{{cite web|url=https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/museum/exhibit/foundcounting-house/ |title=Art in Counting House }}
• Persevering Traditions Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India and Art DistrictXIII, New Delhi, India{{Cite web |title=Persevering Traditions: The weft and the warp – Sakshi Gallery |url=https://sakshigallery.com/exhibition/persevering-traditions-the-weft-and-the-warp-2/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |language=en-US}}

• The Dream Must Turn Speculative Nature Morte, Mumbai, India

• Constructs / Constructions Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India{{Cite web |title=CONSTRUCTS CONSTRUCTIONS |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/incognito/story/constructs-constructions-kiran-nadar-museum-of-art/8AVxyWAh7IGlIA?hl=en |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}
• After Midnight: Indian Moderns and Contemporary Indian Art Queens Museum, New York, United States of America{{Cite web |last=Museum |first=Queens |title=Queens Museum {{!}} After Midnight: Indian Moderns and Contemporary Indian Art |url=https://queensmuseum.org/exhibition/after-midnight/#:~:text=After%20Midnight:%20Indian%20Modernism%20to,from%201997%20to%20the%20present. |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Queens Museum {{!}} After Midnight: Indian Moderns and Contemporary Indian Art |language=en-US}}
• Encounters Art Basel, Hong Kong, China{{Cite web |last=Article |first=Sarah Cascone ShareShare This |date=2015-01-31 |title=Art Basel in Hong Kong Encounters 2015 Exhibits |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-in-hong-kong-2015-encounters-artists-announced-238925 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}

• Mise En Scène, The School, Kinderhook, New York, United States of America{{Cite web |title=Mise En Scène « Exhibitions « Jack Shainman Gallery |url=https://jackshainman.com/exhibitions/mise_en_scne |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=jackshainman.com |language=en}}
• Beyond the Classical: Imagining the Ideal Across Time The National Academy Museum, New York, United States of America{{Cite web |title=NAD |url=https://nationalacademy.org/calendar/beyondtheclassical |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=nationalacademy.org}}
• By Destiny Arario Museum, Jeju island, South Korea
• Universal Studios, Seoul: An Exhibition of Works by Foreign Artists Seoul Art Museum, South Korea{{Cite web |date=2014-06-16 |title=Universal Studios, Seoul: An Exhibition of Works by Foreign Artists - |url=https://english.seoul.go.kr/universal-studios-seoul-exhibition-works-foreign-artists/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Official Website of the |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Archive |first=Asia Art |title=Universal Studios Seoul |url=https://aaa.org.hk/en/collections/search/library/universal-studios-seoul |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=aaa.org.hk |language=en}}
• The Armory Show, representing Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, United States of America{{Cite web |date=2014-03-07 |title=Top 5 sculpture recommendations from The Armory Show 2014 |url=https://galleryintell.com/5-sculptures-armory-show/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=galleryIntell |language=en-US}}
• India Art Fair, representing Nature Morte Gallery New Delhi, India

• D Devaraj Urs Award, Chitrakala Samman Awards, Chitrakala Parishat, Bengaluru, India (2024){{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/four-artists-honoured-at-chitrakala-samman-awards-2838483 |title=Four artists honoured at Chitrakala Samman Awards }}
• The SKODA Prize Delhi, India (2012){{cite web|url=https://mapacademy.io/article/tallur-ln/ |title=Tallur LN }}
• Sanskriti Award, Sanskriti Foundation, Delhi, India (2003)
• Emerging Artist Award, Bose Pacia Modern, New York, United States of America (1999)
• Inlaks Fine Art Award, Inlaks Foundation, Delhi, India (1997)

Tallur splits his time between his family home in Karnataka, India and Daegu, South Korea, where his wife is from.

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• [http://www.tallur.com/ L.N. Tallur website]
• [http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/ln_tallur.htm?section_name=new_india Saatchi gallery website]
• [https://www.gallerychemould.com/artists/48-tallur-ln/ Chemould gallery]

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