Vibha Galhotra, born 1978 is an Indian conceptual artist based in New Delhi. Her work includes large-scale installations, sculptures, drawings, films that explore themes of ecological and environmental concerns. Her works address the shifting topography of the world under the impact of globalization and growth. She sees herself as being part of the restructuring of culture, society and geography – of New Delhi, and the world.
Awards
Asia Art Future at 2019 Asia Art Game Changer Award India. A recipient of prestigious Rockefeller Grant at their Bellagio Center-2016 Asian Cultural Council Fellowship in the U.S.A.-2017. YFLO Woman Achiever of the Year Award in 2015 Inlaks Foundation Fine Arts Award in 2005-06, The National Scholarship from the Human Resource Department, Government of India in 2001-02, Artist Under 30 Award-Chandigarh State Lalit Kala Academy Award in 1998.
Career
Galhotra is a conceptual artist. According to Art in America, Galhotra's work is concerned with urban development, global concerns and ecological issues. The Hindu has called her work about environmental issues "sharp and cutting." One of her "trademark" artistic conventions is the use of ghungroos.
Solo Shows/ Projects/ Participations
2019:CLIMATERIC - PLKA Gallery - Punjab Kala Bhawan - Chandigarh - India 2018:FACING INDIA - Curated by Dr.Uta Ruhkamp - The Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg - Germany DELIRIUM // EQUILIBRIUM- Curated by Roobina Karode - Kiran Nader Museum of Art - Delhi
ART - POETRY: THE LAST INNOCENCES - Instituto Cervantes - Delhi Mutations - IndoFrench Image Encounters curated by Rahaab Allana & Francois Cheval - New Delhi 2017:Insanity in the Age of Reason - New Delhi - India Water Line: A Creative Exchange - Center for Visual Art | Metropolitan State University of Denver U.S.A. | The Darkened Mirror: Global Perspectives on Water ' San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, USA | Unfiltered: An Exhibition About Water - William Benton Museum of Art Connecticut U.S.A. | Kailash Cartographies - Sheila C. Johnson Design Center - Parsons School of Design/The New School, New York | Sculpture Park curated by Peter Nagy-Nahargarh Fort-Jaipur-India Hold…On. Buddha Enlightened Art & World Peace 2017 Buddha Enlightened, Art & World Peace 2017 Bodh Gaya India | 2016:Land Art Biennial LAM 360° Mongolia Where do we come from ? What are we ? Where are we going ? A Cook Book project India Meri Kahani Aankhon ki Jubaani a visual arts project with Apne Aap Women Worldwide. Garden of Dreams, a blindfold walk project, Kathmandu, Nepal 2015:Absur –City –Pity –Dity - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Winter in America - The School, Kinderhook, New York Piece by Piece- Building a Collection, Kemper Museum of Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri Walking on the Planet, Casa Masaccio / Centro per l’arte Contemporanea, Corso, Italy 2014:The Black Cloud Project- public participatory project, India Mise En Scène The School, Kinderhook, NY Past Tradition - Curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt,, New Delhi Forms of Activism- curated by Vivan Sundaram & Sasha Altaf, L K A, New Delhi Multiplicity- City as subject /Matter”, Curated by Marco Antonini, Nurture Art Gallery, New York Citizens of Time, curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki, Dhaka Art Summit Bright Noise- curated by Girish Shahane, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai Is there love in this air- Art Oxygen, Mumbai 2013:Sediments and Other Untitled…- Exhibit 320, New Delhi, India Alter - curated by Lucie Fontane, Mk search art gallery, Italy ICASTICA “Arezzo Biennial - Arezzo Italy Souvenir- curated by Lucie Fontane, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France Sculpture on the Beach- Art Dubai, 2013. Curated by Chus Martinez Haein Art project Curated by Art O2 Haeinsa temple, Korea 2012: Utopia of Difference- Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Metropia- Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Re-BirthDay- Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Piazza Cavour, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy 2011 Neo Monster - An on-going public art project, displayed at different locations, New Delhi, Hornbill Festival Nagaland India/“Becoming” curated by Suresh Jairam, Colombo Art Biennial, Sri Lanka /Art Riga Latvia/ San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy Contemporary Renaissance- Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno Italy Becoming- Colombo Art Biennale - Sri Lanka “Theertha International Artists Collective”- Colombo, Srilanka 2010India Awakening Under the Banyan Tree- Essl Museum, Austria 2009Aluminum - 4th BAKU Biennale, Azerbaijan Space Invader - Aicon Art Gallery, London,UK India Xianzai - Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China 2008: Metropia- Project 88, Mumbai, India Best of Discovery - Sh Contemporary, Shanghai, China Destination Asia: Flying over Stereotypes Conversation: Artists from Central Asia and South Asia, Dubai 2006: Where Do We Come From? What are we? Where Are We Going?-New Delhi, India Brazier International Artists Workshop UK 2005: Between Me and Delhi- Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India Unclaimed Luggage - Artrageous Group Cyprus Bag Factory'' Fordsburg Artist Studio -South Africa 2004 WHITE- MS University, Baroda, India 2002 Space within the Space- Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India
Her work has been shown or is in the collections of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Arts, Pizzuti Collection, Casa Masaccio Arte Contemporanea, the Singapore Art Museum, Essl Museum, Austria, Devi Art Foundation, India, and Europas Park.
