Sreshta Premnath Explained

Sreshta Rit Premnath
Birth Name:Sreshta Premnath
Birth Date:1979
Birth Place:Bangalore, India
Nationality:American
Training:Cleveland Institute of Art, Bard College Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program
Awards:Art Matters Foundation Award, Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of the New York Community Trust,Arthur Levitt Jr. ’52 Fellowship Williams College
Website:http://sreshtaritpremnath.com/

Sreshta Rit Premnath is an artist living in New York City whose work incorporates multiple media.[1] He is the founding editor of Shifter, a platform that convenes public discussions and produces topical publications at the intersection of art and theory.[2] He is Associate Professor of Art at Williams College.[3]

Selected exhibitions

Grave/Grove Premnath's solo exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego.[4] Curated by Amara Antilla and Natalie Bell in 2021, and organized by Guusje Sanders at ICA San Diego, the exhibition contains object installations.

Grave/Grove Premnath's solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati.[5] Curated by Amara Antilla and Natalie Bell in 2021, the exhibition contains object installations.

Grave/Grove Premnath's solo exhibition at MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge.[6] Curated by Amara Antilla and Natalie Bell in 2021, the exhibition contains object installations.

The Protest and the Recuperation exhibition at the Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, NYC.[7] Curated by Betti-Sue Hertz, this group exhibition explores global artistic responses to mass protests as well as strategies of recuperation.

Those Who Wait Premnath's solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver.[8] Curated by Kimberly Phillips in 2019, the exhibition contains object installations and was accompanied by a monograph.

Cadere/Rose Premnath's solo exhibition at Nomas Foundation, in Rome Italy.[9] Curated by Maria Rosa Sossai in 2017, the exhibition contains large monograph vinyl wall prints, object installations, and a video.

Folding Rulers at Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) St Louis, USA.[10] This solo exhibition, curated by Kelly Schindler in 2012, is a full room installation with wall banners and objects visualizing representations of power.

After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary Art exhibition at the Queens Museum, NYC.[11] Curated by Arshiya Lokhandwala, this group exhibition explores themes of art and nation-building in a newly globalized contemporary art world.[12]

External links

Frieze review of Sreshta Rit Premnath's exhibition at MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, USA[13]

Sculpture Magazine review of Sreshta Rit Premnath's exhibition at MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, USA[14]

ArtForum interview of Sreshta Rit Premnath's by Murtaza Vali[15]

Bomb Magazine interview of Sreshta Rit Premnath's by Sohrab Mohebbi[16]

ArtForum review of Sreshta Rit Premnath's exhibition at Kansas Gallery[17]

e-flux conversations publication by Sreshta Rit Premnath entitled "Critique as Unlearning"[18]

SHIFTER[19] a topical publication, founded and co-edited by Sreshta Rit Premnath[20] [21]

Notes and References

  1. http://magazine.art21.org/2011/12/27/5-questions-for-contemporary-practice-with-sreshta-rit-premnath/#.Wy0KGSMrJhA An Art21 article entitled "5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Sreshta Rit Premnath"
  2. http://www.shifter-magazine.com "Shifter Magazine"
  3. https://art.williams.edu/faculty-staff/
  4. https://icasandiego.org/art/sreshta-rit-premnath/ Website of Sreshta Premnath's solo exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA
  5. https://www.contemporaryartscenter.org/exhibitions/2021/09/sreshta-rit-premnath Website of Sreshta Premnath's solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, USA
  6. https://listart.mit.edu/exhibitions/sreshta-rit-premnath Website of Sreshta Premnath's solo exhibition at MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA
  7. https://wallach.columbia.edu/exhibitions/protest-and-recuperation Wallach Art Gallery website documenting The Protest and the Recuperation
  8. https://www.contemporaryartgallery.ca/exhibitions/sreshta-rit-premnath/ Website of Sreshta Premnath's solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  9. http://nomasfoundation.com/en/mostre/sreshta-rit-premnath-cadererose/ Website of Sreshta Premnath's solo exhibition at Nomas Foundation in Rome, Italy
  10. https://camstl.org/exhibitions/sreshta-rit-premnath-folding-rulers/ Folding Rulers exhibition archive on CAM St. Louis' website
  11. http://www.queensmuseum.org/2013/11/after-midnight Queens Museum website documenting After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary Art
  12. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/arts/design/indian-artists-look-westward-and-homeward-at-the-queens-museum.html New York Times review of "After Midnight" exhibition at the Queens Museum
  13. https://www.frieze.com/article/sreshta-rit-premnath-mit-cambridge-2022-review Frieze review of Sreshta Rit Premnath's exhibition at MIT List Visual Arts Center
  14. https://sculpturemagazine.art/sreshta-rit-premnath/ Sculpture Magazine review of Sreshta Rit Premnath's exhibition at MIT List Visual Arts Center
  15. https://www.artforum.com/interviews/sreshta-rit-premnath-on-finding-hope-at-the-margins-87617 Interview of Sreshta Rit Premnath by Murtaza Vali in ArtForum
  16. https://bombmagazine.org/articles/sreshta-premnath-interviewed/ Interview of Sreshta Rit Premnath by Sohrab Mohebbi in Bomb Magazine
  17. https://www.artforum.com/index.php?pn=picks&id=45535&view=print ArtForum review of Sreshta Rit Premnath's exhibition at KANSAS Gallery
  18. https://conversations.e-flux.com/t/sreshta-rit-premnath-critique-as-unlearning/5722 e-flux conversations publication by Sreshta Rit Premnath entitled "Critique as Unlearning"
  19. http://shifter-magazine.com/ SHIFTER publication website
  20. http://www.nyartmaps.com/blog-1/2017/7/5/shifter NY Art Maps article about SHIFTER
  21. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2017118709/ WorldCat references to Sreshta Premnath's publications