Trupti Patel

Trupti Patel (b. 1957), was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and studied sculpture in India (MA Sculpture, MSU Vadodara, 1974 - 82) and in the UK as a Charles Wallace Scholar to the Royal College of Art (MA Ceramic Sculpture, 1983 - 85). Patel works predominantly in clay, often using Indian terracotta, which has a rich red colour when fired. Her sensuous and sensitive ceramic sculptures regularly depict the female form and question the role of women in contemporary society. The artist lives and works from her studio in Vadodara, India. Most recently, she was the artist-in-residence at the Clayarch Gimhae Museum in South Korea.

 

Her significant solo exhibitions include Places.Earths.Identity, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, 2020; Individual/ Society/Clay Initiatives, 2011 and White Heat, 2008 both shows held at India Habitat Centre, 2011, presented by Gallerie Alternatives, New Delhi; Fluent Consciousness, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 2004-2005; Queen’s Gallery, The British Council, New Delhi, 2004; Nazar Gallery, 2001; Chelmsford and Essex Museum, Chelmsford, 1996; The Hannah Peschar Gallery, Ockley, 1995; Student Showcase, Museum of Mankind, London, 1986.

 

Patel has exhibited widely and internationally in various group exhibitions, which include: India Art Summit, New Delhi, 2011; On the Table, Tranceforme, Mumbai, 2009; Three by One, Crafts Study Centre, Farnham and book published by Crafts Council/ Crafts Study Centre, London, 2010; Earth Synergy, an Indo Korean Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Gallerie Navya, New Delhi, 2008 & Inko Centre, Chennai, 2007; Indian Ceramics Today, Herwitz Gallery, Ahmedabad, 2008; Making of Divinity, curated by Ina Puri, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 2006; Bronze, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, presented by Gallery Espace, 2006; 11th Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2005; Subtlety-Minimally, curated by Marta Jakimowicz, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, presented by Sakshi Gallery, 2004;Transporatale S2 Crossing-Knotting, Berlin Railway Station, Berlin, 2003; Voices against Violence, Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 2002; Eastern Edge, Laing Art Gallery, New Castle-upon-Tyne, 1997; SOFA Miami Exposition, 2nd International Annual exposition, Miami, 1996; The Raw and the Cooked, The Shigaraki Ceramic Sculpture Park, Japan, 1995; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan and Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1994; The Raw and the Cooked, The Barbican Art Gallery, London, a survey of New Work in Clay in Britain, organised by The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1993; London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London, 1992; Colours of Earth, The British Council show in India, 1991; Clay Bodies, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, 1992; First World Triennale of Small Ceramics, Yugoslavia, 1984.

 

The artists’ works are in prominent institutional and Museum collections across the globe, which include: The British Council, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Royal College of Art, London; The Shigaraki Ceramic Sculpture Park, Japan; The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK; Cartwright Hall, Bradford, UK; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK; Chelmsford and Essex Museum, Chelmsford, UK; The New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, UK; Churchill College, Cambridge, UK, amongst others. Patel was also the recipient of the Lalit Kala Academy Award (1981) and the Royal Overseas League Art Trophy, London (1995).