EDUCATION:
Latrobe College of Art and Design 2018
Diploma of Graphic Design
National Museum Institute 2013
India: Art & Culture
LASALLE College of the Arts 2008- 2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons)
(Skipped the first year of college due to credits from IB Programme)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- Sydney Contemporary with Lon Gallery, Sydney, September 2024
- Spreading the Wings, Angel Art Gallery, Taipei August 2007
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- Upcoming: “Three Steps of Land” Rajiv Menon Contemporary, Los Angeles, September 2024
- Ongoing: “Art of India Redux” Assemblage, Lincoln – Nebraska, August 2024
- Contextual Cosmologies, Trivandrum Fine Arts College, Trivandrum, November 2023
- Common Thread, Delhi Contemporary Art Week, Bikaner House, New Delhi, September 2023
- In our Veins Flow Ink and Fire, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, AspinWall, Kochi, December 2022-April 2023
- A Physical Reader by Jeremy Eaton, CAVES Gallery, Melbourne, July 2022
- Lokame Tharavadu’ by Bose Krishnamachari, Alappuzha, April – December 2021
- Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, October- December 2020 (Viewing room)
- Incinerator Art Award, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne, August- October 2020 (Symposium)
- This is (now) Online, Pulp Society, 2020
- Rustic Footmarks, Gallery D, Durbar Hall, Ernakulam, January 2020
- Mothertongues, Pepper House, Kochi, November 2019
- Horizont Amerika, Herbstsalon, Madgeburg, October – December 2019
- Darebin Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead, Melbourne, September- January 2020
- Monsoon Art Fest, Public Library – Art Gallery, Kottayam, September- October 2019
- Affordable Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, September 2019
- June, MARS Gallery, Melbourne, June – July 2019 (Catalogue)
- A Glimpse of India, Hannover Fair, Hannover, April – May 2019
- Southern Aesthetics, The Tagore Centre, Berlin, April 2019
- L’Inde Art -Episode I: Home Away from Home, La Foundation Maison de l’Inde, CIUP, Paris, October 2018
- Sobha City, Bangalore, November 2017
- Abu Dhabi Art, represented by Arthub, Abu Dhabi, November 2015
- Art Bahrain, represented by Art Select, Bahrain, October 2015
- Memories of Taiwan by Henosis, The Space, Abu Dhabi, May-June 2015
- Art is in the Air by Artzest, DUCTAC, Dubai, April 2015
- India Art Month, Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, December – January 2014
- Out of a Box, Quoz Art Fetival, Art*ry, Dubai, November 2014
- Art Fair Dubai, Dubai, October 2014
- Small is Big, Durbar Hall, Cochin October 2013
- Art in Industry 13 by TATA Steel, Jamshedpur February 2013
- India on Canvas, Blue Penny Museum, Port Louis (Mauritius) February 2013
- Exhibition Dedicated to K.C.S. Paniker, Nanappa Art Gallery, Cochin, January 2013
- Contemporary Indian Art – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Mauritius, Fine Arts Gallery, Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Moka (Mauritius) October 2012
- Launch of the Global Rainbow Foundation at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture, Phoenix (Mauritius) June 2012
- Southern Comfort, Open Palms Court, Habitat Center, New Delhi July 2011
- Degree Show, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore May 2011
- Affordable Art Fair, Singapore November 2010
- Additions, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore October 2010
- ARTsmart – a Gallery, Trivandrum June 2010
- Diploma Show, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore May 2010
- Pameran Poskad, Singapore April 2010
- Capital Art Center, Taipei October 2009
- Snappy Close-Ups, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore September 2008
- Fish Art Center, Taipei November 2007
- Visual Dialogues, Wendel’s, Taipei Sept- Nov 2007
- Art Beyond Words – An Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art by Viji Hashim, Bangkok May 2006
- United Nations Women’s Guild Art Exhibition, Geneva December 2002 (Youngest participant)
ART PRIZES:
- Finalist, Ora Art Competition, Mojarto, 2020
- Finalist, Incinerator Art Award, 2020
- Finalist, Darebin Art Prize, 2019
RESIDENCIES:
- India Art Month by Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, November 2014
- Art in Industry ‘13 a national art camp in Jamshedpur hosted by TATA Steel February 2013
- Art Camp by ARTsmart – a Gallery, Trivandrum June 2010
PRESS:
- FII Intervies: Devi Seetharam Talks About Women’s Exclusion from Public Spaces And Gatekeeping In The Art World, Feminism In India, 3 September 2023
- Artist Devi Seetharam Examines patriaarchy in public spaces through the men we see and the women we don’t, Vogue India , 18 July 2023
- Below the Belt, Vogue India, Print issue July-August 2023
- Devi Seetharam’s Paintings Highlight the Grim Politics of Gender in Pubic Spaces, Homegrown, 7 June 2023
- Mastercard Lauches Legacy book Celebrating 25 Women Leaders, Gulf Business, 15 March 2023
- Devi Seetharam’s paintings of mundu-clad men show absence of women in social spaces, The News Minute, 12 March 2023
- A Contemporary Art Survey Highlights the Multiple Identities of the Indian State of Kerala, Hyperallergic, 29 December 2021
- How Lokame Tharavadu in Alappuzha Takes Art Beyond the Urban Elite, News Nine Live, 30 October 2021
- Lokame Tharavadu is creating a new sensibility: Bose Krishnamachari, The Times of India, 20 September 2021
- The world is one family, The New Indian Express 23 April 2021
- Artist Devi Seetharam’s series of paintings at ‘Lokame Tharavadu’ portrays a stark picture of patriarchy, The Hindu, 20 April 2021
- Featured in Art India, Volume 24, Issue 3, Quarte 3, 2021
- A Visual Documentation of Patriachy in Kerala, The Hindu, 04 July 2019
ARTS ACTIVITES:
- Speaker at Hebbar Gallery and Art Centre, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, March 2024
- Speaker at TEDxKCMT Retrospective, Looking Back to Move Forward, Changanassery, February 2024
- Panel Speaker at Contextual Cosmologies, Moderated by Bose Krishnamachari, Trivandrum, December 2023
- Hosted an Open Studio for The Makers’ Trail, Unbox BLR, Bangalore, 3 December 2023
- Artist Talk, Cultural Influences in Art Education, by IADEA, Museum of Art & Photography, Bangalore, 7 October 2023
- Included in the book: Lasting Legacy: Honoring 25 Visionaries to Celebrate 25 Years of Priceless, Mastercard, March 2023
- Speaker, 5th Annual Art Educators Conference, by IADEA, Kochi Biennale Pavilion, Kochi, 16-17 February 2023
- Publication of ‘Brothers, Fathers and Uncles’ series by KINGS, Melbourne, August 2022
- Presentation for ‘Ni Talks’ March 2022
- Panelist in ‘Where are you from?: Making Alternative Homes | Panel 2’, Moderated by Premjish Achari, 8 May 2021
- Featured in AI Curates by Arts Illustrated Magazine, August-September 2013 (2nd issue)
- Organized a one-day painting workshop for the children of Mauritian migrant workers. The painting (1.5m x 7m) was exhibited at the Global Forum on Migration and Development, Swami Vivekananda Convention Centre, Pailles (Mauritius) November 2012
- Organized a painting submission and exhibition for the launch of the Global Rainbow Foundation (a Charitable Trust) The paintings were donated to be auctioned by the Trust June 2012
- Jury member for On-the-Spot Painting Competition in celebration of ‘Universal Day for the Children’ held at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture November 2011.
- Guest artist at NISH (The National Institute of Speech and Hearing) to interact and teach the Bachelor of Fine Arts students December 2009
- Represented Taipei American School’s fine arts department for 2008 IASAS Cultural Convention held in Bangkok
- Helped organise an art workshop and auction to raise funds for Bangkok Refugee Center. June 2006
ARTIST INFLUENCES:
- Private lessons in Oil painting from Huang Ming-Chun, in Taipei, Taiwan (2007)
- Private lessons in Chinese Ink painting from Wang Nan Hsiung, in Taipei, Taiwan (2007)
- Private lessons in Oil painting from Russell Fadavi, in Bangkok, Thailand (2004-2006)
- Private lessons in Watercolors from Khun Ari, in Bangkok, Thailand (2003-2004)
- Private lessons in Pastel, Watercolor, Acrylic and Oil painting from Mme. Shishine, in Geneva, Switzerland (2001-2003)
