Amar Kanwar

Amar Kanwar lives and works in Delhi. Recent solo exhibitions of Kanwar’s work have been held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2022); Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (2019); Tate Modern, London (2018), Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden (2017), Marian Goodman Gallery, London, England (2017), Goethe Institut, Mumbai (2016) and at the Assam State Museum in collaboration with Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and North East Network, India (2015). Recent group exhibitions have been at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (2023); Sharjah Biennale 15, UAE (2023); Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kerala, India (2022); Castello Di Rivoli, Turin (2022). Kanwar has also participated in Documenta 11, 12, 13 and 14 in Kassel, Germany (2002, 2007, 2012, 2017). Other solo exhibitions have been at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2008); the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, U.K. (2007); the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway (2006) and the Renaissance Society, Chicago, USA (2004). He is the recipient of awards including an Honourable Mention, Sharjah Biennial 15 (2023), the IHME Helsinki Commission (2022); Prince Claus Award (2017); Annenberg Prize for Art and Social Change (2014); an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, Maine College of Art, USA (2006); the Edvard Munch Award for Contemporary Art, Norway (2005); the MacArthur Fellowship in India (2000); the Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, USA (1999), and the Golden Conch, Mumbai International Film Festival, India (1998).