Dimpal Shah

Dimple B Shah, born in 1973, in Bangalore, India and currently lives and works in Bangalore, Karnataka. Shah studied at Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda and over the years Shah's work has developed in a number of ways. Moving from painting to printmaking as well as installation and a variety of performance pieces. Shah's intentions are to blend these mediums into an interdisciplinary language.Solo shows include Katharsis in forbidden zones-Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad (2013); Katharsis in a forbidden zone - Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore (2010); Gallery III, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland (2006); Central Park, Bangalore (1999); Gallery Akkruti, Bangalore (1998).Select group shows include Dada Fest Live Art Experiment Festival, Manchester, USA (2015); Dada Fest Live Art Experiment Festival ,Liverpool, UK (2014); Sethusamudram Project, 1 Shanthi Road (2014); ?Between The Lines ?NGMA, Mumbai (2013); Seemsha Art Show, Baroda (2013); ?Cross Border Constellations - Theertha,?IAC, Srilanka (2012); 13 Women Artists Show, Gallery Blue Spade, Bangalore, India (2011); Harvest Show, Stainless Steel Gallery, Delhi Curated by Amit Jain (2009); Kaleidoscope Gallery, Baroda (2005); Mumbai Art Gallery, Mumbai (2005).Performances include Parade to the times of yore (Kolkata International Performance Festival) Kolkata (2015); Karmic connection II ?You know me Before (Kolkata International Performance Festival) kolkata (2015); In Search of Antidote( KalautsavaFestival2015) Bangalore (2015); Imprinting? the Dark Chobhir Haat Performance Festival, Dhaka (2014); Piece Of Earth in My Pocket ( Live Art Lab 2014) Bangalore (2014); 6 Performances for Basavanagudi Live Art Project (Reliving Past, Present & Future) (2014); Black Fever II KIPAF International Performance Festival, Kolkata (2014); Awaiting for Golden Goddess KIPAF International Festival, Kolkata (2013); Black Fever (from series of Cry from Dark) Ejigbo, Lagos, Nigeria (2013).?Awards and achievements include India Foundation for the Arts Grant for 560 Public Project (2014); Prince Claus Fund Grant for Afiriperforma International residency (2013); First Gold Prix in7th Engraving Biennale, Versailles, France (2009); National Award, LKA, Govt. Of India, Chandigarh (2008); Commonwealth Arts & Crafts Award, UK (2005); Arunawaz Award, Bangalore (2004); Junior Fellowship, HRD, Govt. Of India, Delhi (2001); Junior Fellowship, HRD, Govt. Of India, Delhi (2001); Millennium Year, Shresta Art Resources, Bangalore (2000); Bombay Art Society Award, Bombay (2000).Residencies include Afriperforma International Residency, Lagos, Nigeria (2013); Space Artist Studio, Baroda (2009); Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland (2006); Academy Of Fine Arts, Print Maker?s Studio, Mumbai (2005); Academy Of Fine Arts, Print Maker?s Studio, Mumbai (2003); Printmaker?s Studio ,Baroda (2002); Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy, Bangalore (1999).