Manisha Parekh was born in Gujarat in 1964 and raised in New Delhi. She holds a B.A. (Painting) from the M.S. University in Baroda. She has also completed an M.A. in painting from both the Royal College of Art in London (1991-93) and the M.S. University in Baroda (1983-1990). She has held several solo exhibitions of her works since 1991. Parekh has exhibited extensively in India, Germany and the United Kingdom. Aside from participating in the 2011 Artists’ Retreat held by Australia India Institute in Red Hill, Victoria; Manisha has also taken part in several residencies including a residency at Heinrich- Boll-Shifting Studio in Bonn, Germany in 1994-5. She has also completed a stint as a teacher teaching at the M. S. University in Baroda, and has acquired the Erasmus Award in 1993 and the Lalit Kala Academi Award in Printing in 1991.

WORK

Surfaced Out
by Manisha Parekh
Handmade paper and cord on board
2003

Beads on Silk
by Manisha Parekh
Chinese ink and gouache on paper
2008

Murmur
by Manisha Parekh
Jute rope on colored wall
2014

ESSAYS

Between Object and Subject

by Annapurna Garimella

Manisha Parekh’s work has engaged me for some years and I like her art. Because I like what happens to me in the process of looking, the catalogue essay for this exhibition is an opportunity to analyze how Parekh involves the viewer in her two major artistic preoccupations - how to understand and present

Manisha Parekh

Between Object and Subject

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