Prabhavathi Meppayil

Dates

Born 1965, Bangalore, India

Lives and works in Bangalore

Education

1992, Ken School of Art, Bangalore, Diploma in Fine Arts

1986, Bangalore University, BA

2019

Prabhavathi Meppayil: Recent Works, Pace Gallery, 6 Burlington Gardens, London, April 26–May 25, 2019.

2018

Prabhavathi Meppayil: b/seven eighths, Esther Schipper, Berlin, June 8–August 11, 2018.

2017

Prabhavathi Meppayil, Galleryske, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, January 20–March 16, 2017.

2016

Prabhavathi Meppayil, Pace Gallery, 537 West 24th Street, New York, October 28–December 23, 2016.

2014

Prabhavathi Meppayil: berlinoneseven, Johnen Galerie, Berlin, September 17–November 15, 2014.

Prabhavathi Meppayil: nine seventeen, American Academy in Rome, April 2–May 12, 2014. Traveled to: Pace London, 6–10 Lexington Street, June 26–August 2, 2014. (Catalogue)

2013

Prabhavathi Meppayil: Recent Works 2013, Galleryske, Bangalore, December 14, 2013–February 8, 2014.

2010

Prabhavathi Meppayil: Recent Work, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, April 16–May 15, 2010. (Catalogue)

2007

Recent Works by Prabhavathi Meppayil, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, December 21–22, 2007.

2001

Prabhavathi Meppayil, Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, Switzerland, June 16–28, 2001.

1999

Prabhavathi Meppayil, Chitra Art Gallery, Bangalore, 1999.

2020

Fault Lines, Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 13–October 25, 2020.

Crafting Geometry: Abstract Art from South and West Asia, Sotheby’s, New York, February 28–March 16, 2020.

Seismic Movements: Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 7–15, 2020.

Scripting Time Memory Ecology, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi, January 29–June 30, 2020.

2018

Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence, Organized by Mao Jihong Arts Foundation in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou. Traveled to: Dong Jiao Ji Yi, Chengdu, November 3, 2018–January 6, 2019.

Superposition: Art of Equilibrium and Engagement, 21st Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, March 16–June 11, 2018.

2017

Everything We Do Is Music, Drawing Room, London, November 30, 2017–March 4, 2018. Traveled to: Pasquart Kunsthaus Centre d’art, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, April 15–June 10, 2018. (Catalogue)

Yokohama Triennale 2017: Islands, Constellations & Galapagos, Yokohama Museum of Art, August 4–November 5, 2017.

The Mulberry Forest Becoming Ocean, Esther Shipper, Berlin, January 20–February 25, 2017.

2016

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kochi, India, December 12, 2016–March 29, 2017.

The Mulberry Forest Becoming Ocean, Esther Schipper, Berlin, November 4–December 17, 2016.

The Horizontal, Cheim & Read, New York, July 6–August 31, 2017.

Dhaka Art Summit, Samdani Art Foundation, Bangladesh, February 5–8, 2016.

2015

Codes of Culture, Galleryske, New Delhi, January 22–March 18, 2015.

Approaching Abstraction, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, January 13–February 20, 2015.

2014

Carte Blanche, Pace Chesa Büsin, Zuoz, Switzerland, February 20–March 30, 2014.

2013

Delhi Inaugural Show, Galleryske, New Delhi, November 25, 2013–January 2014.

2012

Everything/Nothing, Galleryske, Bangalore, October 6–November 24, 2012.

The Encyclopedic Palace, 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, June 1–November 24, 2012. (Catalogue)

Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, May 18–September 2, 2012.

2011

Equator #1: Shadow Lines: Indonesia Meets India, Biennale Jogja XI 2011 [11th Yogyakarta Biennale], Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, November 25, 2011–January 8, 2012. (Catalogue)

2010

Orientations: Trajectories in Indian Art, Foundation De 11 Lijnen, Oudenburg, Belgium, 2010.

2008

Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art. Organized by Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, November 22, 2008–March 15, 2009. Traveled to: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, April 17–June 7, 2009; Essl Museum, Vienna, September 2–November 1, 2009. (Catalogues)

The Sakshi Show, Sakshi Gallery, Kochi, India, April 17–23, 2008.

2007

Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art, Kunstmuseum Bern, September 21, 2007–January 6, 2008. (Catalogue)

Inaugural Show: New Space: Colaba, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, February 18–24, 2007.

Soft Spoken, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2007. (Catalogue)

2006

The Inverted Tree, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi, 2007.

2005

Double-Enders. Organized by Jehangir Art Gallery and The Museum Gallery, Mumbai. Traveled to: Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore; Durbar Hall Art Gallery, Kochi.

Span, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 2005.

Ten Years, Ten Artists, Gästeatelier Krone, Aarau, Switzerland, August 2005. (Catalogue)

South Asian Women Artists Residency Show, Finomenal Space Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 10–23, 2005.

Are We Like This Only?, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, March 19–25, 2005. (Catalogue)

2004

Subtlety-Minimally, Sakshi Gallery, New Delhi, 2004. (Catalogue)

2003

Recent works, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi, 2003.

Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 2003.

2001

On the Edge of the Volume, Sakshi Gallery and Alliance Française, Bangalore, 2001.

Exile and Longing, Emerging Art Practices from Kerala, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, 20001.

2000

Bhoomi Geetha: Song of the Earth, Red Chair Gallery, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, 2000.

Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi

François Pinault Collection, Paris

Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum, Ahmadabad, India

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2019

LaBarge, Emily. “Prabhavathi Meppayil” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Artforum 58, no. 1, (September 2019): 270, illustrated.

Doupas, Vassilios. “Prabhavathi Meppayil at Pace Gallery, London” (exhibition review). Contemporary Art Society, 10 May 2019. http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/news/friday-dispatch-news/prabhavathi-meppayil-pace-gallery-london/

Frankel, Eddy. “Prabhavathi Meppayil: ‘Recent Works’” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Time out London, May 14–20, 2019: 72, illustrated.

Meppayil, Prabhavathi. “Prabhavathi Meppayil at Pace” (exhibition review). Phaidon, 10 May 2019. https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2019/may/10/prabhavathi-meppayil-at-pace/

Wullschläger, Jackie. “Visual Arts – Prabhavathi Meppayil: Recent Works” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Financial Times, 20–21 April 2019: 16.

2016

Droitcour, Brian. “Prabhavathi Meppayil” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Art in America, accessed 30 November 2016. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/exhibitions/prabhavathi-meppayil/

Enrico. “Prabhavathi Meppayil at Pace Gallery New York” (exhibition review). Vernissage.tv, 10 November 2016. Online video, 3:41. http://vernissage.tv/2016/11/10/prabhavathi-meppayil-at-pace-gallery-new-york/

“Galleries—Chelsea: Prabhavathi Meppayil” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). The New Yorker, 28 November 2016: 14.

Jayaram, Suresh. “What You See When You See: Prabhavathi M: Minimal Poetry Between Memory and Loss” (Kochi Biennale exhibition review). Bangalore Mirror, 26 December 2016. http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/what-you-see-when-you-see-prabhavathi-m-minimal-poetry-between-memory-and-loss/articleshow/56174310.cms

Khurana, Chanpreet. “In This Indian Artist’s Stunning Works, Chance Plays a Powerful Role” (Gallery SKE exhibition review). Scroll.in, 3 February 2017. https://scroll.in/magazine/828349/in-this-indian-artists-stunning-works-chance-plays-a-powerful-role

Lempesis, Dimitris. “Art-Presentation: Prabhavathi Meppayil” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Dream Idea Machine, 28 October 2016. http://www.dreamideamachine.com/en/?p=19940

Meppayil, Prabhavathi. “Prabhavathi Meppayil with Laila Pedro” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Interview with Laila Pedro. The Brooklyn Rail, December 2016. http://www.brooklynrail.org/2016/12/art/prabhavathi-meppayil-with-laila-pedro

Meppayil, Prabhavathi. “The Artists’ Artists: Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, India.” Artforum 56, no. 4 (December 2017): 66.

Riley, Charles A. “Art Review: Rothko’s ‘Dark Palette,’ Meppayil’s Bright Minimalism at Pace” (exhibition review). Hamptons Art Hub, 21 November 2016. http://hamptonsarthub.com/2016/11/21/reviews-art-review-rothkos-dark-palette-meppayils-bright-minimalism-at-pace/

2015

Bent, Siobhan. “Exhibitions: Once in a Lifetime: Prabhavathi Meppayil” (Pace London exhibition review). Art Asia Pacific, vol. X (Almanac 2015): 277, illustrated.

2014

Carabelli, Fabrizia. “I monocromi di Meppayil” (American Academy in Rome exhibition review). InsideArt.eu, 2 April 2014. http://insideart.eu/2014/04/02/i-monocromi-di-prabhavathi-meppayil

De Sanctis, Linda. “Gesso e fili di rame l’arte Indiana della Meppayil” (American Academy in Rome exhibition review). La Repubblica, 3 April 2014: XVI.

Edward, Sassi. “Meppayil, arte a fil di rame” (American Academy in Rome exhibition review). Corriere della Sera, 8 April 2014: 11.

“Indiana, ma non pop” (American Academy in Rome exhibition review). Exibart.com, 6 April 2014. http://www.exibart.com/notizia.asp?IDCategoria=52&IDNotizia=42061

Jhaveri, Shanay. “Prabhavathi Meppayil” (Pace London exhibition review). Frieze, no. 166 (October 2014): 261, illustrated.

Maestosi, Danilo. “La magia dei colori di gesso nelle opere di Meppayil” (American Academy in Rome exhibition review). Il Messaggero, 3 April 2014.

Stampa, Ufficio. “Prabhavathi Meppayil, Nine Seventeen” (American Academy in Rome exhibition review). Art Noise, 1 April 2014. http://www.artnoise.it/ai1ec_event/prabhavathi-meppayil-nine-seventeen/?instance_id=

2013

“55th Venice Biennale (Il Palazzo Enciclopedico – Arsenale Part 4)” (exhibition review). ART it, 2013.

Ananth, Deepak. “Influential and Emerging: Nasreen Mohamedi & Prabhavathi Meppayil.” Art Asia Pacific, no. 83 (May/June 2013): 165, illustrated.

“Asia: Prabhavathi Meppayil” (GALLERYSKE exhibition preview). Modern Painters 25, no. 11 (2013): 46.

Carabelli, Emilia. “Quando l’arte si combina con il turismo” (Pace at Chesa Büsin exhibition review). Corriere del Ticino, 13 March 2014: 34, illustrated.

2012

Shankar, Karin. “Dual Enquiry” (Galleryske exhibition review). Art India 17, no.2 (June 2012): 100, illustrated.

2011

Jakimowicz, Marta. “Made for Each Other.” Art India 16, no.3 (September 2011): 36–39.

Sareen, Hemant. “Break the Cycle of Seeing: Indian Minimalism.” Art Asia Pacific 75 (September/October 2011): 94–103.

2007

Frehner, Matthias, Suman Gopinath and Bernhard Fibicher, etc. “Horn Please: Erzählen in der zeitgenössischen indischen Kunst” (Kunstmuseum Bern exhibition review). Berner Kunstmitteilungen, October–December 2007: 2–6, illustrated.

2017

Everything We Do Is Music (exhibition catalogue). Text by Shanay Jhaveri. London: Drawing Room, 2017: 26–30, illustrated.

2016

“Prabhavathi Meppayil: tw/one, 2016.” In Art Basel Unlimited 2016. Ostfilden, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2016: 134–5, illustrated.

Prabhavathi Meppayil. Addendum to Prabhavathi Meppayil: nine seventeen: 2014. New York: Pace Gallery, 2016.

2014

Prabhavathi Meppayil: nine seventeen (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, and Deepak Ananth. London: Pace London, 2014.

2013

55th Venice Biennale, The Encyclopedic Palace (exhibition catalogue). Massimiliano Gioni, editor.

Venice: Marsilio, 2013.

2011

Biennale Jogja XI 2011 [11th Yogyakarta Biennale] / Equator #1: Shadow Lines: Indonesia Meets India (exhibition catalogue). Yogyakarta: Yayasan Biennale, 2011.

2010

Prabhavathi Meppayil: Recent Work (exhibition catalogue). New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2010.

2009

Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art (exhibition catalogue). Munich, London, and New York: Prestel, 2009.

Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art (exhibition catalogue). Seoul, Korea: National Museum of Contemporary Art, 2009.

2008

Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art (exhibition catalogue). Tokyo: Mori Bijutsukan, 2008.

2007

Horn Please, Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art (exhibition catalogue). Ostfldern, Germany and New York: Hatje Cantz, 2007.

Soft Spoken (exhibition catalogue). Mumbai: Bombay Art Gallery, 2007.

2005

Ten Years, Ten Artists (exhibition catalogue) Aarau: Gästeatelier Krone Aarau, c/o W.A. Haller, 2005.

Are We Like This Only? (exhibition catalogue) Texts by Vidya Shivadas. New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2005.

2004

Subtlety-Minimally (exhibition catalogue). New Delhi: Sakshi Gallery, New Delhi, 2004.