Anoushka Bhalla is an artist and writer based between New York City and India.
Her practice explores the human condition of existence through visual research into the materialization of collective and generational trauma and the decay of collective intergenerational memory. Her art, vacillating between the abstract and the representational, is derived from real historical archives of the colonized people and sites of ethnic cleansing in her homeland of South Asia and within the wider global landscape. Born out of the histories of bodily trauma, loom of death and the spectacle of genocide as seen through memories of ancestral massacres, local and global holocausts, histories of slavery and other modes of violences, she engages with an autodestructive method of art-making to relay the universal condition of human trauma.
Education
2021-2023
2019-2021
2015-2019
School of Visual Arts, New York
MFA, Fine Arts
Awards: MFA Fine Arts Scholarship Award
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
MFA, Sculpture
Awards: Prof. Girish Bhatt Scholarship
Thesis: Existential Aesthetics- A study of existentialism in art
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
BFA, Sculpture
Selected
shows
2021
2022
2021
2020
2019
Solo exhibitions
An Endless Journey (Curated by Uttara Parekh)
CP Project Space, School of Visual Arts, NY
Group exhibitions
Dwelling in Motion (Curated by Evan Peltzman)
Flatiron Gallery, School of Visual Arts, NYC
The Patriot
O'flaherty's Gallery, NYC
Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Student Biennale, India
Graduate Thesis Show
Space 118 Gallery, Mumbai
Foundation of Art and Culture (Virtual exhibition)
Open Studios
Space Studio, Baroda, India
Graduate thesis show
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
Aavrut,
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
Misc.
2021
2022
2021
2020
2021
2021-22
2020-21
2019
2019
2018
Press
Awards
Foundation for Indian Art & Education
New Grad Award Nominee
UnGallery Emerge
Judges Choice
Mumbai International Film Festival
Young Critic
Prof. Girish Bhatt Award for Graduate Thesis Show
Residency
Space Studio, Baroda, India
Scholarships
Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation Scholarship
School of Visual Arts (accepted)
Parsons School of Design (offered)
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) (offered)
Work Experience
Mumbai International Film Festival
Film critic
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Led the editing, research, creation and organization of textbooks, educational material and catalogues for 2 major institutions.
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Assisted the development and planning for the annual content calendar.
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Assisted in curation and development of content for 5 academic institutions.
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Managed and assigned projects and deadlines to a team of interns.
Inner Space
Editor
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Assisted in writing educational content for academic institutions and marketing campaigns.
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Collaborated with designers and other professionals on marketing campaigns.
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Researched and sourced educational content for publication in textbooks.
Inner Space
Copywriter
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Assisted in writing educational content for academic institutions and marketing campaigns.
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Collaborated with designers and other professionals on marketing campaigns.
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Researched and sourced educational content for publication in textbooks.
Thought So Productions
Assistant Set Designer
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Researched historical details for scenes for 4 short films.
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Tested material and media for large-scale models and cityscape.
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Assisted in installing of said large-scale models.
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Assisted in lighting and scene.
Thought So Productions
Direction Team
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Planned shooting schedules and call sheets.
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Liaised between director and crew members.