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Bharti Kher

Biography

Born

London, UK, 1969

Education

Studied at the Middlesex Polytechnic, Cat Hill, London, UK 1987 – 1988

BA Honours, Fine Art, Painting at the Foundation Course in Art & Design Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle, UK 1988 – 1991

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 'Bharti Kher. Alchemies', Wakefield, UK

Hayward Gallery, 'Bharti Kher. Target Queen', London, UK

2022

Arnolfini, 'Bharti Kher. The Body is a Place', Bristol, UK

Public Art Fund, Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, 'Bharti Kher. Ancestor', New York NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, 'Connecting Bodies. Asian Women Artists', Seoul, South Korea

Levy Gorvy Dayan, 'Enchanted Alchemies. Magic, Mysticism, and the Occult in Art', London, UK

Aspen Art Museum, 'In the House of the Trembling Eye. An exhibition staged by Allison Katz', Aspen CO

2023

The Design Museum, 'The Offbeat Sari', London, UK

Awards

2015

Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters)

2010

ARKEN Art Prize

Bibliography

Publications

2024

Coulson, Sarah (ed.), 'Bharti Kher. Alchemies', West Bretton: Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2024, ill. (exh. cat.)

Murphy, Maia, Clark, Olivia, Flint, Charlotte (eds.), 'Great Women Sculptors', London: Phaidon, 2024, p. 163, ill.

Clark, Victoria (ed.), 'Tree. Exploring the Arboreal World', New York and London: Phaidon, 2024, p. 55, ill.

Judah, Hettie, 'Acts of Creation. On Art and Motherhood', London: Thames & Hudson, 2024, pp. 44-45, ill.

2022

Brace, Gemma (ed.), 'Bharti Kher. the body is a place', Bristol: Arnolfini, 2022, ill. (exh. cat.)

Sen, Aveek (ed.), 'Bharti Kher. The Trick is Living', New Delhi: Nature Morte Arts Limited, 2022, ill.

Hessel, Katy, 'The Story of Art without Men', London: Penguin Random House, 2022, p. 431, ill

Chatterjeee, Mortimer, 'Moving focus, India. New perspectives on modern and contemporary art', New York: ACC Art Books, 2022, pp. 236-237, 489, ill.

Articles

2021

Kakar, Bhavna, ‘From body casts to bindis: in the studio with artist Bharti Kher’, Art Basel, 2021

2019

Roberts, Cleo, ‘A Wonderful Anarchy’, Art Asian Pacific Magazine, 2019

Anand, Keshav, ‘Interview: Artist Bharti Kher On Her New Exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Somerset’ on: www.somethingcurated.com, London/UK, 9 August 2019

‘5 Modern Residences That Preserve and Showcase Artisanship’ in ‘Global Banking & Finance Review’, London/UK, 26 April 2019

___, ‘Rosewood Hong Kong: How Sonia Cheng is Bringing Ultra-Luxury Hospitality Home’, in ‘Hong Kong Tatler’, Hong Kong/CN, 1 April 2019

___, ‘Wenn Galeristen ein Hotel aufmachen’, in ‘Monopol’, Berlin/DE, 26 March 2019

De Guise, Lucien, ‘Female Flag Bearers in the world of Art’, in ‘New Straits Times’, Kuala Lumpur/MY, 24 March 2019

___, ‘7 Indian Women Artists known for their Art’, in ‘Desiblitz’, Birmimgham/UK, 18 March 2019

Armstrong, Annie, ‘New Delhi’s Nature Morte Gallery to Stage Pop-Up Show in New York in April’, in ‘ARTnews’, New York NY, 11 March 2019

Sinha, Chinki, ‘A feminist biennale’, in ‘India Today’, Mumbai/IN, 1 February 2019 Das, Ranjabati,

‘Top Picks From India Art Fair 2019’, in ‘verve Magazine’, Mumbai/IN, 31 January 2019

Crochet, Alexandre, ‘In Pictures: Notre sélection sur les stands du salon artgenève’, in ‘The Art Newspaper Daily France’, Paris/FR, 31 January 2019

___, ‘Mumbai opens its doors to Soho House’, in ‘Architectural Digest’, New York NY, 15 January 2019

Dalley, Jan, ‘Take a look at this: 2019’s essential exhibitions’ on: www.ft.com, London/UK, 1 January 2019