Thukral and Tagra

Jiten Thukral was born in 1976 in Jalandhar, Punjab, and received a BFA from Chandigarh College of Art and his MFA from the Delhi College of Art.

Sumir Tagra was born in 1979 in New Delhi, and received a BFA from the Delhi College of Art and later studied at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020
Nafrat/ Parvah – The Pond, New Delhi

2019
Bread, Circuses and I – Nature Morte, New Delhi
Lullaments2 – Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, Germany
Double Bounce – Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore
Bread, Circuses & TBD – The Weston Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, United Kingdom Farmer is a Wrestler – Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh
Lullaments – Stir Gallery/Nature Morte, New Delhi

2018
Escape: ‘A playground of ephemerality’-Vision Exchange - Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada Somnium Seminibus II – DIP Contemporary Art, Switzerland
Collection Bureau – IAF 2018, New Delhi

2017
Bread, Circuses & Wifi – Pearl Lam Gallery, Hong Kong
Bread, Circuses & You – Art Dubai, Dubai
Memoir Bar – FICA/IAF, New Delhi
Play, Pray – Bikaner House, New Delhi

2016
Walk of Life – Fed @ KCAD Galleries, Michigan
ABWAB – The Emotional Pavilion - Dubai Design Week, Dubai
Memoir Bar – Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai

2015
Games People Play – Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai
Thukral & Tagra Foundation – #letsdyeforeachother – India Design, New Delhi
Q : The Lighthouse – Nature Morte, New Delhi

2013
Q – Famous Studios, Nature Morte, Mumbai
Mirabilia Collection – Etro, London
Longing for Tomorrow-II- Meissen porcelain – Residence of the German Ambassador to India, New Delhi
Windows of Opportunity – Art Plural, Singapore

2012
Longing for Tomorrow – Nature Morte, Berlin
Nosturistic – Hilger Contemporary, Vienna

2011
German Return – Nature Morte, Gurgaon
Put It On, Again! – Nature Morte, New Delhi
The Beautiful Game – Thukral & Tagra Foundation, Project Booth, Art Summit, New Delhi
Science Mystery Magic – BTAP Gallery and Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo

2010
Middle Class Dreams – Arario Gallery, Seoul
Low-Tech Family Vacations – Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
Match Fixed/Fixed Match – Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing

2009
Nouveau Riche – Nature Morte, Berlin
Thukral & Tagra, 315 Sector 23, Opp Bosedk Mall – Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney

2008
New Improved Bosedk – Chatterjee and Lal, Mumbai
Somnium Genero 02 – Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
Somnium Genero Café –Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo

2007
Adolescere-Domus – Art Statements, Art Basel 38, Nature Morte
Put it On – Bose Pacia, New York
Everyday Bosedk – Nature Morte, New Delhi

2006
Vector Classics – Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, NCPA, Mumbai
Vector Classics – Alliance Francaise, New Delhi

2005
Iconography – Nature Morte, New Delhi

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2021

After Hope: Videos of Resistance, the Asian Art Museum March 4, 2021

2020

The Sundry Effect – Bikaner House , New Delhi
How to maneuver: Shape-shifting texts and other publishing tactics – Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi

2019
Table Manners – Racing the Galaxy - Palace of Independence, Astana, Kazakhstan
Match Fixed/Fixed Match_Eldorado - Tri Postal, Lille
Escape: ‘A playground of Ephemerality’-Vision Exchange, Art Gallery of Alberta, National Gallery of Canada

2018
Raw Collaborative Design Gallery - Mill Owners’ Association, Ahmedabad
Breaking Ground - India Ceramics Triennale, Jawahar Kala Jendra, Jaipur
Collection Bureau, A Pollinator Project - India Art Fair, New Delhi

2017
The Sculpture Park at Madhavendra Palace, Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur - Nature Morte
Set Point_Laughing in the Vernacular NGMA - Sakshi Gallery - Mumbai
Walk of Life Alchemy+Khoj - South Bank Centre, London 2016
Walk of Life (Water) - Climate Control - The Manchester Museum, Manchester
Level 01 - Khoj International Artists Association, Delhi
The Droste Effect - Nature Morte in collaboration with The Independent, Brussels
Outer Market - History in Motion - TING Arts Paris

2015
Of Games Residencies III- Khoj International Artists Association, New Delhi

2014
Sparsha -Touching the Senses. Ritual and Contemporary Indian Art - Kunstmuseum Bochum Ethereal – Leila Heller Gallery, New York
All Well & Good?! – Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumunster, Germany
Art Guild House – T&T sports, Phoenix Market, Mumbai

2013
Island – Dairy Art Centre, London
Panoplism - Nature Morte, New Delhi

2012
Indian Highway - UCCA, Beijing
“Escape”(pinball -Airlines) - India Today Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
India- Lado A Lado - SESC Belezinho, Brazil

2011
The Matter Within- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Indian Highway- Maxxi Museum, Rome
Paris Delhi Bombay- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Asianart: Sustain - Nature Morte, Berlin
Maximum India - Kennedy Center, Washington DC
Concurrent India - Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace, Finland
Vernacular Cultures: Contemporary Art from Australia, India and the Philippines- LaTrobe University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Indian Highway IV - Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art, France
Avant Premiere - Art Plural Gallery, Singapore
Future Pass- Venice Biennale and Wereld Museum, Rotterdam
Escaped!... While I Was Cooking? - Samtidigt (Concurrent) - Helsinki Art Museum, Finland

2010
Finding India- Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
SAMDIGIT - Gallery 5, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Bosedk Project- Richmond Art Gallery, Vancouver
Urban Matters 2 - SESC Pompie, Sao Paulo
Khoj-in-Context- Public Art.Ecology, New Delhi
11th Hour- Tang Contemporary, Beijing
Inside India- Palazzo Saluzzo di Paesana, Turin
Commonwealth Games Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

2009
Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art - National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul; Essl Museum, Vienna
Escape for the Dream Land- Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Arts 06, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Hi! I am India - Escape for the Dream Land- Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Arts 06, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

2008
The Audience & the Eavesdropper - Phillips de Pury, London and New York
Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art- Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Make Art Stop AIDS- UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles
Imaginery Realities- Max Wigram Gallery, London
Face East - Weidel Fine Art, London

2007
Animamix Biennial - The Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
New Delhi New Wave - Marella Gallery, Milan
Size Matters- Art Consult, New Delhi Galerie
Mirchandani & Steinruecke, Mumbai

2006
Global Edit 06 - Armani Casa, Wallpaper Magazine, Milan

2005
Art which is around and behind - Nature Morte, New Delhi

2004
Visual Dialogue - Hype Gallery, London