Surekha over the last decade has been exploring how video as an artistic form negotiates contemporary public and private space. She uses photography and video installations to interrelate the domains of archiving, documenting and performing. In her work, she also explores the wider cultural, political and subjective connotations in the context of art and its historicity. Altogether, this amounts to a specific artistic modality and art activism that she is deeply involved with, in Bengaluru.
She studied art in Ken School of art Bangalore and Post graduation in Santiniketan and short term film workshops in No.w.here London.
Her work has been included in curated shows at Kastrupgard Samlingen Museum, Copenhagen (2012),Herbert J.Foundation Museum(Cornell University -2012), Central Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (2011-12), Museum Guimet(Paris- 2011), Fondacio La Caixa , Barcelona (2011), Bucharest Biennale(2010), Pleasure dome, Toronto(2011), Loveland Museum(USA-2010),New media festival, Dhaka (2010), Minneapolis art Institute/Newark Museum (2010), Ivam Museum, Spain (2010), Malmo Konstal & Haus der Kultren der Wel, Berlin (2009), Jerusalem Show, Al'mamal foundation (2009), Asia Triennale, Corner House , Manchester (2008), Devi Art foundation , New Delhi (2008), Royal academy, London (2008), Fluss (Austria, 2008), Kunst Museum, Bern (2008), Ecole Beaux Arts-Paris 2005, Boras Museum, Sweden / Dakshina chitra(2003), Hartell Gallery, Cornell (2003), Ethnographic Museum, Geneva (2003), Aboa Arsanova/Lappenrenta Museum, Finland (2003), IMA- Brisbane (2001) etc
Her selected solo exhibitions include, at Eawag/Artist in labs ,Switzerland (2011), Bar1 (2011), Samuha/Chancery lane Gallery-2010, Chemould Prescott Road (2007), Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore (2007), Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore (2003/5), Spike Island, Bristol (2001), Taide halli Museum, Helsinki (2001), Chitrakala Parishat /Lakeeren Art gallery, Mumbai/ IFA , Amsterdam (1999), Aarau, Switzerland (1999), Sistas Kalayatra, Bangalore(1997).
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