RIYAS KOMU
Born in Kerala, India in 1971.
EDUCATION
1999
M.F.A in Painting at Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai.
SOLO SHOWS
2006
SYSTEMATIC CITIZEN, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi.
FAITH ACCOMPLI, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.
2005
THE THIRD DAY, Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.
GRASS, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2003
SARASU, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2002
UNCONDITIONAL, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.
2002 – 2003
AMBULANCE, Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore
GROUP SHOWS
2007
THINK WITH THE SENSES-FEEL WITH THE MIND, Art in the Present Tense, 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale.
INDIA NOW: CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART BETWEEN CONTINUITY AND TRANSFORMATION, Provincia di Milano, Milan, Italy. (through February 2008)
INDIA TIME, Galleria Paolo Curti/Annamaria Gambuzzi, Milan, Italy.
NEW WAVE: CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART, Aicon Gallery,London , UK.
GRID, Bodhi Art Gallery, New Dehli.
PHOTOGRAPHS, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.
OTHER, Aicon Gallery, London, UK.
I FEAR I BELIEVE I DESIRE, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India.
Annual show at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India.
Group show, Christian Hosp, Austria.
2006
BRONZE, a sculpture show at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
ART ON THE BEACH, MADE BY INDIANS, St Tropez Gallery Enrico Navarra, Paris, France.
ON DIFFERENCE #2 (represented Korea), Wurtt. Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany.
MAARKERS, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai.
RED EARTH AND THE POURING RAIN, Lanxess ABS Gallery, Baroda.
STRANGENESS, Anant Art Gallery, Kolkatta.
Viart, Annual show, New Delhi.
2005
KAAM, Arts India Gallery, New York, Palo Alto.
SPAN, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India.
ENDLESS TERRAIN, Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
DOUBLE ENDERS, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Cochin, India.
PRESENT FUTURE, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India.
CONFIGURATIONS, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India.
ARE WE LIKE THIS ONLY?, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India.
WHOSE SPACE IS IT ANYWAYS?, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India.
MANNAT JALI, Marine Drive, Mumbai, India.
Public Art Project, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India.
World Social Forum, Brazil.
2004
ANTICIPATIONS, Museum Gallery, Mumbai, India.
BOMBAY BOYS, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, India.
A NEW MEDIATIC REALISM BAYER, ABS Gallery, Baroda, India.
GENERATION I, Saffron Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.
RED, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, India.
MUMBAI X 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin, India.
Group show during VASL Residency, Karachi, India.
2003
CROSSING GENERATIONS: DIVERGE, 40 years of Gallery Chemould, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India.
HIGHLIGHTS, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India.
2D/3D, Visual Art Center, Hong Kong.
IDEAS AND IMAGES, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India.
ART FOR ART / SWITZERLAND MEETS INDIA, Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai, India.
2002
WAYS OF RESISTING 1992-2002, Sahmat/ Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India.
WORDS AND IMAGES, The Guild Art Gallery/ National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai.
CREATIVE SPACE, Sakshi Gallery/ India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India.
CROSSCURRENTS, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.
HARMONY SHOWS (2004-1999), Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India.
DEBT, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.
TRIBUTE TO PICASSO, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.
Asian Art Festival, Singapore.
2001
THE HUMAN FACTOR, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.
ENGENDERING IMAGES OF WOMEN, The Guild, Mumbai, India.
EXCERPTS FROM MY DIARY, Fine Art Company, Mumbai, India.
2000
MUMBAI METAPHOR, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.
EXILE LONGINGS, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.
MEMOS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM-ARTISTS FROM THE MOULTING WORLD, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai, India.
IDEAS AND IMAGES, (Video installation), National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India.
1999
CRITICS CHOICE: IDEAS AND IMAGES, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India.
1998
He used to believe that EMS planted coconut tree, Kerala,
INSTALLATION at Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India.
ESSAYS IN TIME: KINETIC SCULPTURES (Audio-Visual Installation), Nehru Center, Mumbai.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
1998-1999
Hebbar Foundation Scholarship.
