GURPRAN RAU
Mixed Media Works
Representation
Paul Mahder Gallery, 3378 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
222 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg, California 95448
Education
Purdue University, MA-Fine Arts
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
La Sorbonne, Paris, France
New Delhi Polytechnic, India
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Patterns of Renewal, Wolfson Gallery, Cambridge, UK (solo show)
2022 Kill or Cure, Wolfson College, Cambridge
2021 Under the Skin, Artspace57 Gallery, Cambridge (solo show)
2018 Ephemeris, International Art Museum of America, San Francisco, California (solo show)
2016 Wabi-sabi, Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK (solo show)
2016 Transition, Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA 95448, California
2016 Grantchester Biennale, Granchester, UK
2015 Coalescence, Camyoga, Shelford, UK
2015 Summer Salon, Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA 95448, California
2014 Scholtes Art and Wine, Cambridge, UK
2013 The Diamond Room, Selwyn college, Cambridge, UK
2013 The art of Mindfulness, Camyoga, Shelford, UK
2012 Deck the Walls, Opus Fine Art, Martin House, Sheep Street, Stow on the Wold GL54 1AA, UK
2012 Holiday exhibition, Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, California
2012 Time and Place, King's College, Cambridge, UK
2012 Cambridge Open Studios, Cambridge, UK
2012 NewArt @ Artcell, Cambridge, UK
2011 Answers on the Front of a Postcard, Opus Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2011 Winter exhibition, Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, California
2011 Organics, Twelve Gates Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania
2010 Mapping memory: Solo Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, California
2010 San Francisco Open Studios, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California
2010 San Francisco Open Studios, Oakdale, San Francisco, California
2010 Summer show, Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, California
2010 Artspan Benefit Art show/Auction, Somarts Bay Gallery, San Francisco, California
2010 Annual group exhibit, Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, California
2010 Art International Fine Art Fair with Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, California
2009 “Christmas Exhibition”, Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2009 San Francisco Open Studios, San Francisco, California
2009 Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, California
2009 “A Moment's Peace”, Polarity Post Productions, San Francisco, California
2009 Gregory Gaymont Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Art for a New Century, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Indiana
2008 Red Dot Art Fair, Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel, London, UK
2008 Kounter Kulture, London, UK
2008 NG Art Fair at the Sage, Gateshead, UK
2008 “Melt-Fuse-Melt”, Shades & Wood Gallery, Kensington, London, UK (solo show)
2008 “Out of India”, Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2008 “Out of India”, Opus Gallery @Shades and Wood, Kensington, London, UK
2008 “3rd Annual Encaustic invitational”, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2008 “New works”, Randy Ross Gallery, Lafayette, Indiana
2007 Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2007 Gregory Gaymont Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2007 “Four Dimensions”, Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2007 Zaruba Gallery, Rockville, Maryland
2006 “Festival of Science”, Wonderfest 2006, Stanford University, California
2006 “Festival of Science”, Wonderfest 2006, UC Berkeley, California
2006 “Martini Squared”, Thomas Mann Gallery I/O, New Orleans, Louisiana
2006 “Vision Matrix”, Asian Fusion Gallery, Manhattan, New York, New York
2006 “California Open”, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
2006 “Double Overhead III ”, Don O'Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006 “Recombinations”, The Tech Museum, San Jose, California
2006 Altered Space Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006 “India Contemporary”, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
2006 “Enigma, Healing, Revelation ”, Union Artspace, Santa Ana, California
2006 “Women's History Month ”, La Fia House Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005 “Mixed Media Works”, Hangar Gallery, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, California
2005 Contemporary Women Artists, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Indiana
2005 Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Juror Joseph Thompson, director, MassMoCA)
2005 Great Lakes Emerging Artists Competition, New York
2005 Solo Exhibition - Encaustic Paintings, KL Gallery, Lafayette, Indiana
2004 “Fission/Fusion,” Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana
2004 “Nexvs”, Solo Exhibition, Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana
2004 “Digressions,” VPA Gallery, Purdue University, Indiana
2004 “Exchange!” A selection of contemporary fine art prints from around the world, VPA Gallery, Purdue University, Indiana
2004 Janet Turner 5th National Print Competition Exhibition, CSU, California (Juror Lloyd Menard, Frogman’s Press)
2004 Exchange portfolio, The Amity Art Foundation, Inc. Connecticut
2004 “DNA-Art and Science”, Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Florida (Juror Eduardo Kac)
2003 “Coming Attractions,” Installation, Lafayette Theatre, Lafayette, Indiana
2003 “Recent Works,” Wells Cultural Center, Lafayette, Indiana
2003 “Translate/ Transmit,” Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2002 “Dimensions-2002”, Juried Show, Beelke Gallery, West Lafayette, Indiana
2000 “Sixty Square Inches,” National Juried Small Print Exhibition, Stewart Center, WL, Indiana (Juror Mark Pascale, Art Institute of Chicago)
1998 Insead, Fontainebleau, France
1998 Insead, Fontainebleau, France
Awards
2007 National Endowment for the Arts: Individual artists grant
2004 Delta Phi Delta Merit Award
Reviews and Articles
2023 Open Cambriddge Patterns of renewal
2023 Wolfson Gallery Patterns of renewal
2022 Cambridge Arts Round-up Episode 44
2021 Cambridge Independent, 16 July 2021
2019 Cambridge Arts Round-up Episode 16
2012 Cambridge Radio 105 FM, Arts Round-up, November 3 2012
2012 Cambridgeshire Journal, July 2012, pages 98-99
2011 The Arts Trust
2011 Art Expo India
2008 Lloyd's List, London, UK, 25 July 2008
2008 Economic Times, Hindustan Times, India
2008 Open Magazine, London, UK
2008 British Satellite News, London, UK
2008 Art Review, Art Review, London, UK
2007 Santa Barbara News-Press, Scene Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA
2006 Lagniappe, The Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA
2006 YLEM news, CA
2006 Arts Extra!, San Francisco, CA
2006 Metroactive, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
2006 Absolute Arts (July)
2006 Absolute Arts (March)
2005 Cosmic Variance, Blog, Clifford Johnson, CA
2005 TGIF, Journal and Courier, IN
2004 Journal and Courier, IN
2004 Journal and Courier, IN
2004 The Exponent, IN
2003 Journal and Courier, IN
2003 The Exponent, IN
2003 Channel 18 News, IN
Collections
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