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:

• Spreading the Wings, Angel Art Gallery, Taipei August 2007

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

• Up Coming: Kings Artist-Run, Melbourne, October – November 2021

• On Going: ‘Lokame Tharavadu’ by Bose Krishnamachari, Kerala, March – June 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:

• 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, written by Saraswathy Nagarajan 04 July 2019

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)

 

ARTS ACTIVITES:

• Featured in AI Curates by Arts Illustrated Magazine, August-September 2013 (2^nd 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