Background
Madhvi Subrahmanian was born in 1962 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
2019
Artists Madhvi Subrahmanian (left), in front of her Forest Of Shadows work, which features 200 small ceramic trees casting their shadows on a wall; and Nandita Mukand, with her Entropic Orders, which is made of paper, wire, resin and adhesives. Photo by Kelvin Chng.
2019
Artists Madhvi Subrahmanian (left), in front of her Forest Of Shadows work, which features 200 small ceramic trees casting their shadows on a wall; and Nandita Mukand, with her Entropic Orders, which is made of paper, wire, resin and adhesives. Photo by Kelvin Chng.
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Madhvi Subrahmanian attained her Master of Fine Arts from Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, Texas.
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Madhvi Subrahmanian was born in 1962 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Madhvi Subrahmanian graduated from Woodstock School in 1979, having spent two years there.
Besides, her initial training in ceramics was with Ray Meeker and Deborah Smith at the Golden Bridge Pottery in Pondicherry, India in 1985, and she attained her Master in Fine Arts from Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, Texas in 1993.
In 1993 Subrahmanian also attended the Summer school with Val Cushing and Marilyn Lysohir at Alfred University in New York, United States.
Madhvi Subrahmanian lives and works in Singapore, frequently showing in her city of birth - Mumbai. Madhvi’s practice has been inspired, defined and transformed by her migratory life and the opportunities and challenges of her constant relocations. While most of her forms echo her migratory existence, her recent works explore the fluidity and interconnectedness of nature and urban culture. Her installations are often made up of multiples and tend to be immersive and experiential in nature. Madhvi investigates different perspectives in her works evoking both collective and personal memories.
Madhvi Subrahmanian has exhibited widely in solo and group shows in museums both locally and internationally. She has participated in several biennales and triennials such as the Indian Ceramic Triennale, Jaipur, India (2018), The First Central China Ceramic Biennale, at Henan Museum (2016), and 3rd Contemporary Jakarta Biennale, Jakarta, Indonesia (2014).
Madhvi Subrahmanian's other notable recent exhibitions include her solo show Mapping Memory at Chemould Prescott Road Gallery (2017), Ode to the Unknown, installation commissioned and acquired by the Indian Heritage Centre, Singapore (2017), Tree of Life, Ayala Museum, Philippines (2016). Her sculptures and installations can be seen in several private and public collections such as the Mumbai Domestic Airport, India, Shigaraki Ceramic Sculptural Park, Japan, and Fule museum in Fuping, China.
Madhvi Subrahmanian has been an artist in residence in Japan, China, Korea, India, Thailand and the United States. She has also curated residencies, symposiums, exhibitions and is on the curatorial and organizing team of the Indian Ceramic Triennale.
She is an active contributor to the Indian and Singaporean contemporary ceramic scene. Madhvi Subrahmanian’s works have been published in international magazines such as Ceramic Art and Perception, Ceramic Review and books such as Contemporary Ceramics by Emmanuel Cooper as well as on the cover of Art India, the premier art journal in India.
She shows with Gallery Chemould Prescott Road in Mumbai. Most recently she was invited to be part of the first Ceramic biennale at Henan Museum in China and show at the Ayala Museum in Manila. Besides, Madhvi Subrahmanian will be part of the upcoming Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2019 (GICB2019) Korea.
Madhvi Subrahmanian draws inspiration from natural forms, representing fertility and abundance which are often paralleled in ancient artifacts and contemporary art - a meeting ground for the primal with the contemporary, the geometric with the organic, and the ephemeral with the everlasting.
Madhvi Subrahmanian is an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva, a UNESCO affiliated organization; ArtAxis, an international professional organisation based in the United States; and Singapore Sculpture Society.