Praneet Soi
1971, India
Education
2002- 2003 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
2001 University Of California at San Diego, USA. Masters Degree, Visual Arts
1996 Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, Gujarat, India, Masters Degree, Painting
1994 Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, Gujarat, India, Bachelors Degree, Painting
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 Okhla Mandi, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2011 Critical Estrangement, Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City
2011 Writing in the Wall, Artspace, Sydney
2011 SRI NAGAR, Montehermoso, Araba
2011 Notes on Astaticism, D-53 Defence Colony Gallery, New Delhi
2011 Art Cologne - Open Space, Solo Presentation
2009 Cut- Out, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2009 Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (curated by Charles Esche)
2009 Still Life, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 Bird in Hand, Project 88, Mumbai (with Carlos Amorales)
2008 Praneet Soi, Project 88, Mumbai
2007 Juggernaut, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2005 Face to Face, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2005 Northern Wind, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2004 Spinning Stories #3 De Kromme, TENT, Rotterdam
2004 A Short Walk, De Inkijk, Skor in conjunction with W139, Amsterdam
2003 University of California, San Diego
2000 University of California, San Diego
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Cynical Love: Life in the Everyday, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida
2012 It doesn't always have to be beautiful unless it's beautiful, Art gallery of Kosovo, Pristina (curated by Charles Esche and Galit Eilat)
2012 Manifesta 9, Genk (curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina)
2011 OUT OF HERE, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (curated by Christiane Berndes and Charles Esche)
2011 Generation in Transition. New Art from India, ZACHĘTA NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Warsaw
2011 “Iedereen kan alles!? Genie zonder Talent”/ “Genius without Talent”, De Appel, Amsterdam
2011 54th Venice Biennale, Indian Pavillion, curated by Ranjit Hoskote
2010 ID/entity, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 Ural Industrial Bienale of Contemporary Art, Ekatarinburg, Russia
2010 ‘Notes on methododology’, Painting Trienalle , CAC Vilnius
2010 CACSA Adelaide, Australia
2009 3rd Riwaq Bienalle, Ramallah, Palestine
2008 7th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
2006 Pixel of Reality, Public space with a roof, Amsterdam
2005 Collaboration with Narcisse Tordoir as a part of his exhibition ‘we are changing the world’
2005 Extra City, Antwerpen
2004 Singular Identities, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
2004 Yugoslav Biennale for Young Artists, Vrsac, Yugoslavia
2004 Violence of Tone, W139, Amsterdam
2004 Projectruimte, Ruimte voor Actuele Kunst, Mirta Demare Gallery, Rotterdam
2003 Centre for Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2002 Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
2002 Thomas and Praneet, De Badcuyp, Amsterdam
1999 The A Gallery New York, USA
Grants
2004 Ministry van Onderwijs Cultuur and Wetenschap, The Netherlnds
2003 Ministry van Onderwijs Cultuur and Wetenschap, The Netherlnds
2002 The Russel Grant University of California, San Diego, USA
Commissions and Nominations
2005 Longlist, Prix de Rome
2004 Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands to submit a design for a
2004 commemorative coin celebrating the 50th year statute of the kingdom of
2004 The Netherlands
2004 Calcutta Art Research, India
Selected Reviews
2011 Desai, Radhika, Domus Magazine, Jul 21
2011 Maddox, Georgina, Indian Express, Jun 20
2011 Cohen, Margot, India Real Time, Jan 10
2009 Tinari, Philip, ARTFORUM, 2008 Gwangju Biennale, Jan 09 pg. 199-201
2008 Art in America, pg. 93 Dec 8
2008 War Paint Indian Express, Feb 3
2008 Mumbai News, Feb3
2007 How to tell a story, Metropolis M, Dec 24
2006 India today, Jan 30
2006 Economic Times, Jan 22
2006 Hindustan Times, Jan 20
2006 Indian Express, Jan 20
2006 Pioneer, Jan 19
2006 Asian Age, Jan 18
2006 Today, Jan 17
2004 Indian Express, New Delhi
2004 Hindustan Times, New Delhi
2002 NRC Handelsblad, Netherlands
1999 New York Times, Hollad Cotter
1999 Art India, Journal For Indian Contemporary Art
Residencies
2003 Guest Artist, Duende Studios, Rotterdam
2001 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, USA