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PERSONAL Born.1953; New Delhi, India Residence. London, Delhi
EDUCATION Concordia University, Montreal Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) 1972-77 Dawson College, Montreal 1970-72 High School of Montreal St. Columba's High School, New Delhi 1969/70 to 1969
ART TRAINING Royal College of Art, MA. (Photography), London. 1981-83 West Surrey College of Art & Design, (Dip. Photo), Farnham, Surrey. 1978-81 Philip Halsman & Lisette Model, The New School for Social Research, New York. 1976
EXHIBITIONS - SOLO
2010 The New Pre-Raphaelites, Grosvenor Vadehra, London 2009 Love, Undetectable, Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi 2009 Imagining Childhood, Sepia, New York 2009 Mr Malhotra's Party, Stephen Bulger, Toronto 2007 Homelands & Tales of a City, Belfast Exposed, Belfast 2007 Sunil Gupta, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai 2006 Imagining Childhood: Living with HIV in Delhi, College of Saten Island, New York 2006 Looking for Langston (with Isaac Julien), Metro Pictures, New York 2005 Sunil Gupta, Canadian Museum for Contemporary Photography, Ottawa 2004 Pictures From Here, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton 2004 Homelands, Sepia International, New York 2004 Homelands, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto 2004 Pictures From Here, London Print Studio 2004 Pictures From Here, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2004 Tales of A City - Delhi, Lighthouse, Poole 1997 Trespass 3, Bedford Hill Gallery, London 1997 Trespass 3, Portfolio, Edinburgh 1996 Trespass 3, YYZ, Toronto 1995 Trespass 3, Focal Point Gallery, Southend 1994 Trespass 3, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver 1991 Film in the Cities, St Paul, Minnesota (USA) 1991 Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh (Festival) 1988 Social Security, The Showroom, London 1986 Leica Gallery, Wetzlar 1986 South Hill Park, Bracknell 1984 Museum & Art Galleries, Leicester 1984 Museum & Art Galleries, Nottingham 1984 UN International Maritime Organisation, London 1983 Commonwealth Institute, London 1980 India International Centre, New Delhi
EXHIBITIONS - GROUP (SELECTED)
2009 Self and the Other, Espai 2 - Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona 2009 En todas partes (Everywhere), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2009 Sh(OUT) Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow 2009 Vadehra Art Gallery at ARCO, Madrid 2008 Make Art/Stop AIDS, Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles 2008 Pride, Clifford Chance, London 2008 Modern India, Valencian Institute of Modern Art, Valencia 2008 By All Means, Thomas Erben Gallery, Scpe Basel, Basel 2008 Street & Studio, Tate Modern, London 2008 Masculinities, Jawarharlal Nehru University, Delhi 2007 Photo London, London 2007 Photoespaña, Madrid 2007 Quietscapes, Museeo Carrilo Gill, Mexico City 2007 Les Rancontres d'Arles, Arles 2007 Public Places/Private Spaces, Newark Museum, Newark 2007 Gill & Gupta, India International Centre, Delhi 2007 Horn Please, Kunstmuseum, Bern 2006 Making Journeys, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham 2006 The Eigth Square, Museum Ludwig, Cologne 2004 Faces in the Crowd, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London 2004 Invalid, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London 1997/98 Transforming the Crown, Caribbean Cultural Centre, New York 1994 Havana Biennial, Ludwig Forum, Aachen 1994 Havana Biennial, Cuba 1993 They Call it Love, NGBK, Berlin 1992/3 Trophies of Empire, Arnolfini, Bristol & Ferens Art Gallery, Hull 1992 Fine Material for a Dream, Harris Museum, Preston & Touring (Hull,Oldham) 1992 How Do I Look?, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane & Touring 1992 Queer Landscape, Evergreen State College, Olympia (Washington State) 1992 Dis/Orient, UIC Gallery 400, Chicago 1991 Shocks to the System, The South Bank Centre, London 1990 Post Morality, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge 1990 Autoportraits, Camerawork, London 1990 Ecstatic Antibodies, Impressions Gallery of Photography, York (Tour) 1989 Fabled Territories, Leeds City Art Gallery (Tour) 1989 Partners in Crime, Camerawork, London 1989 Through the Looking Glass, Barbican Gallery, London 1988 Monologue/Dialogue, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago 1987 The Body Politic, The Photographers' Gallery, London (Tour) 1986 Same Difference, Camerawork, London 1986 Darshan, GLC/ Camerawork, London 1986 The Black Experience, Brixton Art Gallery 1985 Riverside Open, Riverside Studios, London 1985 Staying On, The Photographers' Gallery, London 1984 Five Dials Gallery, London 1984 Brilliance Books, People's Gallery, London 1983 Snap, Oval House, London 1983 New Contemporaries, ICA, London 1982 The Living Arts, Serpentine Gallery, London 1980 Salford '80, Salford
EXHIBITION COMMISSIONS 1995 Trespass 3, Essex Photography Fellowship, Focal Point Gallery, AUTOGRAPH: the Association of Black Photographers 1992 Trespass 1, TROPHIES OF EMPIRE; Arnolfini, Bluecoat, Ferens Art Gallery 1990 Autoportraits, Autograph 1989 No Solutions. Ecstatic Antibodies 1988 Social Security, The Showroom/Canada House 1987 "Exiles"/THE BODY POLITIC, The Photographers' Gallery 1986 Reflections of the Black Experience, GLC 1985 Notting Hill Carnival, Arts Council
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS University of Southampton
FILM & VIDEO 1991/1992 Cock Crazy or Scared Stiff co-directed with Laura MacGregor for Avid Productions Leicester 1989/1990 Commissioned to make a short, 8 min film by Abseil Productions for the series Out on Tuesday; a profile of the artist Alan de Souza; deSouza 1988/1989 Commissioned to make a short, 4 min., film by Abseil Productions, aired on Channel 4 in March 1989; Indian Postcard 1987 Original photographs used in This is not an Aids advertisement by Isaac Julien / Sankofa Film & Video
AWARDS 2003 Artist in Residence, Light Work, Syracuse
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Memory, History and Language: The Work of Dominique Blain, catalogue essay, Arnolfini, Bristol 1997 Culture Wars: Race and Queer Art, essay in Outlooks: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities and Visual Culture, eds. Peter Horne and Reina Lewis, Routledge, London 1996 Curating the "New International" Visual Arts, essay in Naming a Practice: Curatorial Strategies for the Future, ed. Peter White, Walter Philips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Canada 1996 Cocks and Other Contradictions: The Work of Robert Mapplethorpe, essay in Portfolio magazine, Number 24, December 1996 Sunil Gupta, Creative Camera, Issue 339, April/May 1996 (Review) TRESPASS 2, Exposure, Vol. 29, No. 2/3, Dallas 1994 TRESPASS 1, Catalogue, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver 1995 Cultural Revolution, Artists Newsletter, February 1995 India Postcard, Queer Looks, John Greyson, Martha Gever, Pratibha Parmar, eds. Routledge, New York & London 1993 Introduction, Disrupted Borders, ed. Sunil Gupta, Rivers Oram Press 1993 Black Boys, Shooting Back, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, PICA Press, Perth (Australia) 1992 Cowboys & Indians: Dancing with Hollywood. BAZAAR Magazine No 17 1991 Photography, Sexuality & Cultural Difference: The Emergence of Black Lesbian and Gay Identities in the UK, SF Camerawork, San Francisco 1990 No Solution, Ecstatic Antibodies, Tessa Boffin & Sunil Gupta, Eds.; Rivers Oram Press, 1990 Homosexualities-Part I, Ten.8, Issue 31, 1988 Black, Brown & White, Coming On Strong, eds. Shepherd & Wallis, Allen & Unwin, 1989 Coincidental Commissions, Work Stations, Anna Fox, Camerawork 1988 From India with Love, Lesbian & Gay Socialist, Winter 1987 Northern Media/Southern Lives, Photography / Politics 2, eds. Watney, Spence & Holland, Methuen 1987 The Rhetoric of Aids, with Simon Watney, Screen, Jan./Feb. 1986 Camerawork, The British Journal of Photography, 1986 Desire & Black Men, Ten.8, 1986 (Reprinted in Critical Decade, Ten.8 publication 1992) Lovers: Ten Years On, Creative Camera, 1986 Closeted by Caste and Class, Inside Asia, 1985 The Hidden India, Gay Times, 1984 Ten Years On, Square Peg, 1984 Best Foot Forward, South: The Third World Magazine, 1983 They Dare Not Speak Its Name in Delhi, "Third World Review", The Guardian, November 26 1982
BOOKS 2008 Wish You Were Here, Yoda Press, New Delhi
COMMISSIONED PHOTOJOURNALISM & FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHY 1992 Film Stills for Blue Boys (Dir.: Stuart Marshall/Mayavision) 1991 Young Soul Rebels (Dir.: Isaac Julien/British Film Institute) 1990 A Place of Rage (Dir.: Pratibha Parmar/C4) 1990 Comrades in Arms (Dir.: Stuart Marshall/Mayavision) 1989 Looking for Langston (Dir.: Isaac Julien/Sankofa Film & Video) 1986 to the present For Local Authorities, Trades Unions and Charitable Organisations; including, Brent, Islington, NUPE 1980 to 1986 For International Development Aid Agencies; including Christian Aid, Oxfam From 1980 to the present For a variety of national and international publications, including: The Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Time Out, New Society, Woman's Own, Good Housekeeping
ADVISORY GROUPS 1996- Arts Council of England Visual Arts Department Advisory Committees 1996- London Arts Board Visual Arts & Crafts Department Advisory Committee 1993/94 Year of Photography & the Electronic Image/Arts 2000 Judging Panel 1989/93 BAZAAR the South Asian Arts Magazine: Magazine Editorial Group 1987/90 AUTOGRAPH the Association of Black Photographers: Management Committee 1988/89 Greater London Arts, Black Arts Strategy Policy Group 1986 Commonwealth Institute, Standard Chartered Commonwealth PhotographyAward, European Judging Panel 1986 The Photographers' Gallery, Portfolio Selection 1986/90 Arts Council of Great Britain, Photography Advisory Group 1986/90 CAMERAWORK, London, Gallery Advisory Committee 1984 GLC, Anti-Racist Year Design Committee
EXHIBITIONS ORGANISATION (Curating) Where Three Dreams Cross: Photography from India, Pakistan & Bangladesh, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London 2010 Click! The Indian Photograph, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 2008 Relative Values: Contemporary Indian Photography, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton UK 2007 Autoportraits, Nigah Queer Festival, New Delhi 2007. Sarindar Dhaliwal, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton & Touring 2004/05 Roshini Kempadoo, City Art Gallery, Leicester & Touring 2004/05 Wong Hoy Cheong, Bluecoat, Liverpool & Touring 2002/3 Joy Gregory: Cinderella Stories, London & Touring2001 Stevie Bezencenet: Wilderness Dreams, London 2000 Jane Alexander, Gasworks, London 2000 Simryn Gill, Bluecoat, Liverpool, 1999 & touring. The New Republics: Contemporary Art from Australia, Canada & South Africa, Canada House Gallery, London, 1999 & touring. Fernando Arias, Chapter, Cardiff, 1998 & touring. Divine Façades: Views of Indian Architecture, Impressions, York, 1997 & touring. Transitions—The Bath Festival 1995 contemporary work from South Africa. Sometime/s — Johannesburg Biennale 1995 Stan Douglas, OVA/INIVA/ICA, London 1994 Hiram To, OVA/INIVA/Camden Arts Centre, London 1994 & Touring Disrupted Borders, OVA/INIVA/The Photographers’ Gallery & Arnolfini 1993 & Touring Powers of Perception, London Borough of Lewisham, 1991 Autoportraits, with Monika Baker for Autograph Exhibitions, 1989/90 Fabled Territories, City Art Gallery, Leeds & Viewpoint, Salford, 1989 An Economy of Signs, The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1988/90 Partners in Crime, Camerawork, London 1989 Ecstatic Antibodies with Tessa Boffin, Impressions Gallery & Touring1988/90 Same Difference, with Jean Fraser, Camerawork, 1986
CONFERENCE ORGANISATION Transferring the Meaning; Part II, International Curating, Arnolfini, Bristol,1996.I organised this important two day event with curators from the UK and overseason behalf of OVA and Southern Band. ORACLE XII an international photography curators conference, November 1994.I hosted this important meeting of international curators held outside NorthAmerica for the first time in its history. LECTURES (1988-1994) City Lit, Turner Prize lecture, Tate Gallery 1993 & 1994, London College ofPrinting, Photofusion, London Stereotypes and Expectations panel discussion. StMartin's College of Art, The Slade School of Art, The Architectural Association,Sir John Cass School of Art (all London), Impressions Gallery (York), Watershed(Bristol), Ikon (Birmingham), Collins Gallery (Glasgow), Stills (Edinburgh),City Art Gallery (Leeds), California Institute for the Arts (Valencia).TheSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of California (Irvine, SanDiego, Los Angeles), University of Illinois (Chicago), SF Camerawork (SanFrancisco), State University of San Jose, The Euclid Theatre (Toronto),Vancouver Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Emily Carr College of Art(Vancouver), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University(Evanston, Illinois), Middlesex Polytechnic. Museum of Modern Art (Oxford). Australia:- Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth at contemporary artspaces and colleges of higher education.
CONFERENCE PANELS 1996 London, Frontlines/Backyards 1994 Banff, Canada, Canadian Curators Conference 1994 Salford, LITTORAL 1994 Tate, St Ives, Southern Band Touring Exhibitions 1994 London, Critical Practices 1994 UC Riverside, CA, Photography & the Photographic 1993 London, Visual Arts Galleries Association 1993 Bristol, National Photography Conference 1993 Rochester, ORACLE XI (Photo Curators) 1993 Wolverhampton, National Association of Gallery Educators 1993 Vancouver, Western Canada Arts Association 1993 London, Art history, Tate Gallery 1992 Rotterdam, Photography Biennial, Curators meeting 1992 Nottingham, Critical Theory, University of Nottingham 1992 Brisbane, SHIFT, Institute of Modern Art 1992 Chicago, College Arts Association 1992 Washington, Society for Photographic Education 1991 Toronto, Desh Pardesh (South Asian Cultural Festival) 1991 Birmingham, Altered Images (HIV & Representation) 1991 London, Censorship / Contemporary Arts Fair 1991 London, Visible Difference. ICA 1991 San Francisco, Outwrite 1990 New York, College Arts Association 1990 Newcastle, Photography in Europe 1992 1989 Newcastle , National Photography Conference 1989 London, Changing Identities 1988 Houston, Society for Photographic Education | ||
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