Silent Cuts on view in Omniscient: Queer Documentation in an Image Culture, Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, Jun 18 - Jan 02, 2022
For decades, even centuries, queer visual culture has thrived by reinterpreting existing cultural images as a means of forging identity, finding community, and insisting on distinct representations.
Thomas Erben Gallery – 25 years, July 8 - July 30, 2021
Selected pieces from Tales of Amnesia, Ganesh’s first series drawing from the Amar Chitra Katha comic book series, on show at 25th anniversary show at Thomas Erben Gallery.
in between, ours at Hales Gallery, May 5 -June 5, 2021
Hales is delighted to announce in between, ours — an exhibition of recent work by five artists from the gallery’s roster, including Anthony Cudahy, Chitra Ganesh, Andrea Geyer, Sunil Gupta and Gray Wielebinski.
Chitra Ganesh to give UCLA Department of Art Lecture at the Hammer Museum
THURSDAY MAY 20, 2021 6:30 PM PDT
Chitra Ganesh featured in ‘License to Laugh’, at Shrishti Art, Hyderabad, March 14 -June 13 2021
License to Laugh brings together artworks that engender altered perceptions, and awaken nuances of playfulness and new meaning.
Born in Flames at the Bronx Museum opens April 28
Chitra Ganesh will debut a new suite of prints at the Born in Flames exhibition at the Bronx Museum, opening April 28.
Video work featured in Armory Access: Curated “The Pandemic is a Portal”
UnRealism group show at Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, December 15, 2020 - April 3, 2020
Shoshana Wayne Gallery is pleased to announce “UnRealism,” an exhibition of over 30 paintings by 11 women artists that reflect their own highly personal response and attitude to the ‘unrealism’ of our times.
Chitra Ganesh awarded Anonymous Was A Woman Grant
The annual award recognizes women-identifying artists over 40 years of age who have made significant contributions to art, who continue to create new work, and who are at a critical juncture in their practice. Each recipient receives an unrestricted grant of $25,000.
‘Forever Her Fist’ featured in Tate Museum’s Queer Little History of Art
Forever Her Fist; with three small words, Chitra Ganesh catapults us into a higher plane of unbridled queer desires. If we let that paean to feminine penetration sink in, we may well find ourselves floating in the company of her triple-armed sky goddess.
Writing featured in ‘Dictionary of the Possible’ by Shifter Magazine
Over the course of a year Shifter hosted a series of public discussions, each concentrated on unraveling a keyword – a term that carries with it both a sense of urgency and agency in our present climate. By inviting artists, writers, activists, philosophers and others to propose terms and lead discussions, we opened up our editorial process to the motivations of others.