Vibha Galhotra

Vibha Galhotra(born 1978) is an Indian conceptual artist based in New Delhi. Her work includes large-scale installations, sculptures, drawings, and films that explore themes of ecological and environmental concerns. Her works address the shifting topography of the world under the impact of globalisation and growth. She sees herself as being part of the restructuring of culture, society and geography of New Delhi, and the world.

Early life and education Vibha Galhotra was born in Kaithal, Haryana, India in 1978. In 1999 she completed Bachelor in Fine Arts from the Government College of Arts, Chandigarh. In 2002 she completed her Master in Fine arts from Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan. According to Art in America, Galhotra's work is concerned with urban development, global concerns and ecological issues. One of her "trademark" artistic conventions is the use of ghungroos.

Awards and Fellowships

Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti Puraskar, 2024 Jerusalem International Fellows - Jerusalem, Israel, 2022 Asia Art Future at Asia Art Game Changer Award India – 2019 Rockefeller Grant at their Bellagio Center – 2016 Asian Cultural Council Fellowship in the U.S.A. – 2017. YFLO Woman Achiever of the Year Award – 2015 Inlaks Foundation Fine Arts Award – 2005-06 The National Scholarship from the Human Resource Department, Government of India – 2001-02 Artist Under 30 Award-Chandigarh State Lalit Kala Academy Award – 1998

Solo shows, projects, and participation 2022 - 23 Silent Seasons- Nature Morte, New Delhi, India Breathing- Hamburger-Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

2021 We Do Not Dream Alone- Asia Society Triennial, New York

2020 Beyond the Blue - Jackshainman Gallery New York, 2020 Down to Earth - Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany Zero Waste - Museum of Fine Arts -Leipzig, Germany

2019 Climateric - PLKA Gallery - Punjab Kala Bhawan - Chandigarh - India Brave New World - Jack Shainman Gallery – New York

2018 Facing India - Curated by Dr.Uta Ruhkamp - The Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg - Germany Delirium/Equilibrium- Curated by Roobina Karode - Kiran Nader Museum of Art - Delhi Art - Poetry: The Last Innocences - Instituto Cervantes - Delhi Mutations - IndoFrench Image Encounters curated by Rahaab Allana & Francois Cheval - New Delhi

2017 Insanity in the Age of Reason - New Delhi - India Water Line: A Creative Exchange - Center for Visual Art | Metropolitan State University of Denver U.S.A. The Darkened Mirror: Global Perspectives on Water San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, USA Unfiltered: An Exhibition About Water - William Benton Museum of Art Connecticut U.S.A. Kailash Cartographies - Sheila C. Johnson Design Center - Parsons School of Design/The New School, New York Sculpture Park curated by Peter Nagy-Nahargarh Fort-Jaipur-India Hold...On. Buddha Enlightened Art & World Peace 2017 Buddha Enlightened, Art & World Peace 2017 Bodh Gaya India

2016 Land Art Biennial LAM 360° Mongolia Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? a Cook Book project India Meri Kahani Aankhon ki Jubaani a visual arts project with Apne Aap Women Worldwide. Garden of Dreams, a blindfold walk project, Kathmandu, Nepal

2015 Absur–City–Pity–Dity - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Winter in America - The School, Kinderhook, New York Piece by Piece- Building a Collection, Kemper Museum of Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri Walking on the Planet, Casa Masaccio / Centro per l’arte Contemporanea, Corso, Italy

2014 The Black Cloud Project - public participatory project, India Mise En Scène The School, Kinderhook, NY Past Tradition - Curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt,, New Delhi Forms of Activism- curated by Vivan Sundaram & Sasha Altaf, L K A, New Delhi Multiplicity- City as subject /Matter”, Curated by Marco Antonini, Nurture Art Gallery, New York Citizens of Time, curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki, Dhaka Art Summit Bright Noise- curated by Girish Shahane, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai Is there love in this air- Art Oxygen, Mumbai

2013 Sediments and Other Untitled... - Exhibit 320, New Delhi, India Alter - curated by Lucie Fontane, Mk search art gallery, Italy Icastica “Arezzo Biennial - Arezzo Italy Souvenir - curated by Lucie Fontane, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France Sculpture on the Beach - Art Dubai, 2013. Curated by Chus Martinez Haein Art project Curated by Art O2 Haeinsa temple, Korea

2012 Utopia of Difference- Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Metropia- Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Re-BirthDay- Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Piazza Cavour, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy 2011 Neo Monster - an on-going public art project, displayed at different locations, New Delhi, Hornbill Festival Nagaland India/“Becoming” curated by Suresh Jairam, Colombo Art Biennial, Sri Lanka /Art Riga Latvia/ San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy Contemporary Renaissance- Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno (Arezzo) Italy Becoming- Colombo Art Biennale - Sri Lanka “Theertha International Artists Collective”- Colombo, Sri Lanka

2010 India Awakening Under the Banyan Tree- Essl Museum, Austria

2009 Aluminum - 4th Baku Biennale, Azerbaijan Space Invader - Aicon Art Gallery, London, UK India Xianzai - Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China

2008 Metropia - Project 88, Mumbai, India Best of Discovery - Sh Contemporary, Shanghai, China Destination Asia: Flying over Stereotypes – Conversation: Artists from Central Asia and South Asia, Dubai

2006 Where Do We Come From? What are we? Where Are We Going? - New Delhi, India Brazier International Artists Workshop UK

2005 Between Me and Delhi - Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India Unclaimed Luggage - Artrageous Group Cyprus Bag Factory Fordsburg Artist Studio (Bag Factory) -South Africa

2004 White - MS University, Baroda, India

2002 Space within the Space - Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India

Collections Her work has been shown or is in the collections of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Arts, Pizzuti Collection, Casa Masaccio Arte Contemporanea, the Singapore Art Museum, Essl Museum, Austria,