Justin Ponmany
1974 Born in Kerala, India Lives and works in Mumbai, India
Education 1996 BFA (painting), Sir J.J. School of Art
Solo Exhibitions 2008 Gallery Loop, Hongdae, Seoul 2007 Who’s keeping Score, Bose Pacia, New York 2006 Procreation, Nature Morte, Milan 2005 Salt (Plastic Memory-Part II), Nature Morte, New Delhi 2004 Non-biodegradable Memory, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions 2009-10 All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: Indian Contemporary Art in Global Times, Lakeeren, Mumbai 2009 Living of the Grid, Anant Art Centre, New Delhi Dear Jabir, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai Indian Summer, Galerie Christian Hosp, Berlin Multitudes, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore in collaboration with Zen Studio Gallery and Artflute.com Re-Claim/ Re-Cite/ Re-Cycle, presented by Latitude 28 at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi; Bose Pacia, Kolkata Shapeshifter, Aicon Gallery, London The Other (Indian) Story: Retrospecting Lakeeren-The Contemporary Art Gallery (1995-2009), presented by Lakeeren at The Gallery of Modern Art, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai Threshold: Forging Narratives in South Asian Contemporary Art, Aicon Gallery, New York Material Texts, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi 2008-09 Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London 2008 November, 1x1 Contemporary, Al Quoz, Dubai Indian Art at Swarovski ‘Crystal World’ Show, 2nd Exhibition, Tirol – Österreich, Austria Indi Genius, presented by Sakshi Gallery and Soka Contemporary Space, Taipei at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 2007 Thermocline of Art, New Asian Waves, ZKM, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany Swarovski Crystal World Show, Austria Photography, Video, Mixed Media III, Daimler Contemporary, Daimler Chrysler, Stuttgart; Berlin, Germany The Armory Show, Nature Morte / Bose Pacia, New York Private/Corporate IV-A Dialogue of the Collections Lekha and Anupam Poddar, New Delhi, and Daimler Chrysler, Stuttgart/Berlin 2006 FIAC Art Fair, Nature Morte/ Bose Pacia, Paris Art Basel, Nature Morte / Bose Pacia, Switzerland Hungry God-Indian Contemporaries, Arario Gallery, Beijing 2005 Three Person Show, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai
Outside Europe, from the Daimler Chrysler Collection, Galerie Der Stadt, Sindelfingen (Stuttgart), Germany The artist lives and works in Baroda/ Bombay/ Calcutta/ Mysore/ Rotterdam/ Trivandrum, House of World culture, Berlin Whose Space Is It Anyway?, Gallery Espace, New Delhi We are like this only, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi Arad Biennale, Romania Summer Show, curated by Peter Nagy, Nature Morte, New Delhi Present Future, curated by Saryu Doshi, N.G.M.A., Mumbai Identity Alienation Amity, curated by Bina Sarkar Ellias, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai Span, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai Double Enders, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2004 Bombay x 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin Metallic, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi Ideas and Images, curated by Saryu Doshi, N.G.M.A., Mumbai Bombay Boys, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi 2003 Awardees Bose Pacia Gallery, New York Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai Ideas and Images, curated by Saryu Doshi, N.G.M.A., Mumbai Camp Show, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai Inaugural Show, The Indian Habitat center, Viart Gallery, New Delhi 4 Artists, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore Art for Art an Indo-Swedish Project on “Bench Art’, Kalaghoda, Mumbai 2002 Words and Images, the Guild Art Gallery, N.G.M.A, Mumbai Cutting Edge Contemporary, Art Edge, N.G.M.A, Mumbai Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Sakshi Gallery, The Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi Crosscurrents, Jehangir Art Gallery The New Paradigms, the Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi Debt, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai The 7- Harmony Show, Nehru Center, Mumbai 2000 Embarkations, (The Millennium Show), curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai The Mumbai Metaphor, curated by Anupa Mehta, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai Exile and Longing, Lakheeren Gallery, Mumbai Memos for the New Millennium from Artists of the Molting World, curated by Abhay Sardesai, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai 1999 Wall Paper Kala Ghoda Art Fair Mumbai and Lakheeran Gallery, Mumbai Legatee Sir J.J. School of Art Fine Art Company Gallery, Mumbai Inaugural Show, Fine Art Company Gallery, Mumbai Icons of the Millennium, Lakheeren Gallery, Mumbai Windows to the Soul, Auction in Aid of NAB conducted by Sotheby’s, Mumbai Indian Contemporary Art, the RPG Collection, Germany
Awards and Honors 2005 Artist of the Future Award, N.G.M.A., Mumbai 2003 1- runners up, 4- Biennial Bose Pacia Prize for Contemporary Art 2000 Western Railway Centenary Prize, N.G.M.A., Mumbai 97-98 Fellowship at Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai 1993 Karnik Prize at the Annual Exhibition at Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai