BIOGRAPHY
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| MEQUITTA AHUJA | |
| 1976 | Grand Rapids, MI |
| Lives and works in Baltimore, MD | |
| Education | |
| 1998 | BA, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA |
| 2003 | MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2018 | She Alone, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT |
| 2017 | Notations, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK |
| Meaningful Fictions and Figurative Tradition, The Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 2015 | Automythography, The Dodd Contemporary Art Center, Athens, GA |
| 2013 | Mequitta Ahuja,Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2012 | Mequitta Ahuja and Robert Pruitt,Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA (two-person show) |
| 2010 | Trois, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, FR |
| Automythography II, Arthouse, Austin, TX | |
| 2009 | Automythography I, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY |
| 2008 | Flowback, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX |
| 2007 | Encounters, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY |
| 2005 | Dancing on the Hide of Shere Khan 12X12, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2018 | Embodied Politic, curated by Anastasia Karpova Tinari, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| The Art World We Want, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Unveiled, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD | |
| 2017 | A Space For Thought, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT |
| American African American, Phillips, London, UK | |
| Engender, curated by Joshua Friedman, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Lucid Dreams and Distant Visions: South Asian Art in the Diaspora, Asia Society, New York, NY | |
| Sondheim Exhibition, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD | |
| Automytography, Anastasia Tinari Project, Chicago, IL | |
| Face to Face, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Shifting: African-American Women and the Power of their Gaze, Driskell Center, MD | |
| 2016 | Past/Present/Future, Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI |
| Champagne Life, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK | |
| 2015 | Sondheim Finalist Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD |
| Mythopoeia, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK | |
| 2014 | State of the Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, AR |
| If You Build It, No Longer Empty, New York, NY | |
| Marks of Genius: One Hundred Extraordinary Drawings, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN | |
| Leaves, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY | |
| How The Light Gets In, Glassell School of Art, TX | |
| 2013 | Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, Arkansas Arts Center, AR |
| War Baby/Love Child, DePaul University Art Museum, IL | |
| Mixtopias, Visarts, MD | |
| 2012 | The Bearden Project, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY |
| Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Washington, DC | |
| In Between, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Bruxelles, BE | |
| Sleeping Inside Our Bodies, Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, WI | |
| The Human Touch, The Blanton Museum of Art, TX | |
| Red, Maison Particuliere, Bruxelles, BE | |
| 2011 | Collected: Ritual, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY |
| Drawings for the New Century, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN | |
| 2010 | Usable Pasts (Artists in Residence Exhibition), Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY |
| Body of Work (Women to Watch), National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC | |
| Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC | |
| Weaving in and Out, No Longer Empty, New York, NY | |
| Until Now: Collecting the New (1960- 2010), Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN | |
| New Works for the Collection, Blanton Museum of Art, TX | |
| 2009 | Undercover, Spelman College Museum of Fine Arts, GA |
| Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| Anomalies, Rossi and Rossi Gallery, London, UK | |
| Wonder What The Others Are Up To, Gallery OED, Cochin, IN | |
| $timulus Artadia Awardees Exhbiition, Diverseworks, TX | |
| The Talented Ten, Deborah Colton Gallery, TX | |
| 2008 | Houston Collects, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX |
| 2007 | Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY |
| Painters and Poets, Ulrich Museum, KS | |
| 2006 | Chimaera, Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, New York, NY |
| New Art Event, Ulrich Museum, KS | |
| Spirit and Psyche: The Figure Transformed, Highland Park Art Center, IL | |
| 2005 | d’Afrique d’Asie, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY |
| Representations, Contemporary Art Workshop, IL | |
| 2004 | Baltimore/Chicago, Maryland Institute College of Art, MD |
| Public Collection | |
| Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX | |
| Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | |
| MOMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY | |
| Baltimore Art Museum, Baltimora, MA | |
| GAE LLC, an affiliate of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, AR | |
| David C. Driskell Center, College Park, MD | |
| Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, LA | |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX | |
| Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN | |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC | |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Wealth Management | |
| Saatchi Gallery, London, GB | |
| Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY | |
| Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS | |
| U.S. State Department, Mumbai Consulate, IN | |
| U.S. State Department, New Delhi, IN | |
| Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, Asbury, NJ | |
| Awards | |
| 2018 | JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, 2018 Fellowship - United States and Canada - Fine Arts |
| 2013 | Maryland Individual Artist Award |
| 2011 | Louis Comfort Tiffany Award |
| 2009 | Joan Mitchell Award |
| 2008 | Artadia Award, Houston |
| Cornelia and Meredith Long Prize, Inaugural Recipient | |
| 2003 | Chicago Civic Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition, First Place |
| 2002 | University of Illinois Diversity Fellowship |
