CHINMOYI PATEL

CHINMOYI PATEL

1985, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

About the Artist

Chinmoyi attained her M.F.A. from Goldsmiths, London (2009) and her B.F.A. (Painting) from Fine Arts, M.S. University (2006). She did a solo project Green Papaya, Manila (2011). Other group exhibitions/screenings include Soul Bay, Surat (2017), a show curated by Premjish Achari, Krishnakriti Art Festival, Hyderabad (2017), Nazar Art Gallery, Baroda (2016), Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai (2015), Helper Projects, Brooklyn (2015), a show curated by Charlie Levine and Vishwa Shroff (2015),Galleria M, Kolkata (2015), Rencontres Internationales, Berlin/Paris (2014 & 2010), Christchurch, NZ/Bushwick, NY/ The Hospital Club, London (2014), Lagos 2013/Belgrade Art Fair, Serbia (2012), Valencia, Spain (2012), FICA Reading Room, New Delhi/1 Shathi Road, Bangalore (2011). She was awarded the Madanjeet Singh Scholarship by South Asia Foundation, New Delhi for a one-year residency at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore (2006-2007). She has also participated in residencies at Ondarte, Mexico (2012), Changdong Art Studio, Seoul (2011). She was a finalist for the Celeste Art Prize (2011). She co-organized the Paradise Lodge International Artists Residency Lonavala/Mumbai (2013). Chinmoyi curated Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost, a selection of films by contemporary Indian Artists for the Borough of Camden, London (2017). She currently teaches part-time at Fine Arts, South Gujarat University, Surat.