Ram Rahman is a noted contemporary Indian photographer and curator. based in Delhi. He is one of the founding members of the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust in New Delhi, a leader in the resistance to communal and sectarian forces in India through its public cultural action.
Ram Rahman received the prestigious in the year 2014 for best "exhibition of Indian art curated on an international stage". Ram Rahman had curated "The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989" at the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago which showcased work of more than 60 artists showcasing two decades of contemporary Indian Art within the political sphere.
Exhibitions
Ram Rahman has shown his photographs in individual and group shows in India and around the world. His works have been exhibited at the India International Centre, Delhi ; Duke University, Raleigh ; Bodhi Art, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi ; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio ; Admit One Gallery, New York ; Triveni Gallery, New Delhi ; Brunswick Public Library, Brunswick, Maine ; Rotch Visual collections, MIT, Cambridge and many other galleries and institutions around the world. His works have been exhibited as part of many groups shows in India and abroad. Ram's most recent group show was 'Touched by Bhupen', exhibited at Galerie Mirchandanni and Steinruecke, Mumbai, 2013. Other prominent group shows include 'Where Three Dreams Cross', White Chappel Gallery, London ; 'Public Places, Private Spaces' at the Newark Museum ; 'I fear, I believe, I desire' at Gallery Espace, New Delhi; 'Woman / Goddess', British Council, New Delhi ;'Context as Content – Museum as Metaphor', The Museum of Fine Arts, Punjab University, Chandigarh, etc. Ram has curated several exhibitions including Rare Vintage Photographs – 1940s-1960s ; The SAHMAT Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989 exhibited at Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, and The Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina ; The United Art Fair, New Delhi ; Delhi Modern: The Architectural Photographs of Madan Mahatta, 1956–1984, Photoink Gallery, Delhi Goethe Institute, Bombay ; HEAT, Bose Pacia Modern, New York, etc.
Books authored
The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989. Co-edited with Jessica Moss. Published by Chicago: The Smart Museum of Art. Defending Husain in the Public Sphere: The SAHMAT Experience, Essay in Barefoot across the Nation, MF Husain and the Idea of India. Edited by Sumathi Ramaswamy. Published by Routledge, 2010 Edited by Sumathi Ramaswamy, Routledge, 2010.
