N. S. Harsha
{{short description|Indian contemporary artist from Mysore (born 1969)}}
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N. S. Harsha (born 1969) is an Indian contemporary artist from Mysore.{{Cite web|url=https://www.victoria-miro.com/artists/36-ns-harsha/|title=NS Harsha|website=Victoria Miro|language=en|access-date=2018-03-04}} He works in many media including painting, sculpture, site-specific installation, and public works.
A major retrospective of the artist took place at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, in 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mori.art.museum/english/contents/n_s_harsha/|title=MORI ART MUSEUM [N. S. Harsha: Charming Journey February 4, 2017 - June 11, 2017|work=Mori Art Museum|access-date=2018-03-04|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://artradarjournal.com/2017/05/09/charming-journey-indias-n-s-harsha-at-mori-art-museum-artist-profile/|title="Charming Journey": India’s N. S. Harsha at Mori Art Museum – artist profile {{!}} Art Radar|website=artradarjournal.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-04}}
Early life
Harsha earned a BFA in painting from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore in 1992 and an MFA in painting from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda in 1995.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gallerychemould.com/artists/harsha-home/|title=Gallery Chemould's page on N. S. Harsha}}
Work
His works "depict daily experiences in Mysore, southern India, where he is based, but also reflect wider cultural, political and economic globalization issues" and explore the "absurdity of the real world, representation and abstraction, and repeating images".{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/01/31/arts/openings-in-tokyo/n-s-harsha-charming-journey/|title='N.S. Harsha: Charming Journey' {{!}} The Japan Times|work=The Japan Times|access-date=2018-03-04|language=en-US}} His practice has been inspired by Indian popular and miniature painting.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dma.org/art/exhibitions/n-s-harsha-sprouts-reach-reach-out|title=N S Harsha: Sprouts, reach in to reach out {{!}} Dallas Museum of Art|website=www.dma.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-04}}
Collections
- Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Pallavi |date=2011 |title=The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/people-places/the-kiran-nadar-museum-of-art/articleshow/7344989.cms |access-date=2018-03-04}}
- Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/creators/harsha-ns
Exhibitions
= Solo exhibitions =
- Maison Hermes Tokyo (2008)
- INIVA, London (2009)
- DAAD, as part of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program (2012–2013)
- Dallas Museum of Art (2015–2016)
- Mori Art Museum (2017)
= Group exhibitions =
- Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Arts, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia (1999)
- Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial (2002)
- Singapore Binenale (2006){{Cite web|url=http://www.artesmundi.org/artists/n-s-harsha|title=Artes Mundi - N.S.Harsha|website=www.artesmundi.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-04}}
- Indian Highway. Traveled to the Serpentine Gallery, London (2008), Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (2009), Herning Art Museum, Denmark (2010), Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon (2011) and MAXXI, Rome (2011–12).
- Bienal de São Paulo (2010)
- the Yokohama Triennial (2011)
- Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (2012)
- Adelaide International Biennial (2012)
- Dojima Biennial, Osaka (2013)
- Moscow Bienniale of Contemporary Art (2013)
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India (2014)
- Biennale of Sydney (2018)
Awards
- Vasudev Arnawaz Award (1992)
- Sanskriti Award (2003){{Cite web|url=http://www.sanskritifoundation.org/awardees-list.pdf|title=Recipients of Sanskriti Awards (1979-2011)}}
- Artes Mundi Prize (2008){{Cite web|url=http://www.artesmundi.org/en/exhibitions-prizes/artes-mundi-three|title=Artes Mundi - Artes Mundi 3|website=www.artesmundi.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-04}}
- DAAD Scholarship in (2012)
References
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Category:Indian contemporary painters