Surekha (artist)

Surekha is a contemporary Indian video artist whose works showcase themes including "identity" and "feminism/ecology". She has been a full-time artist since 1996 and her video works have been shown at galleries outside India since 2001. Her works are known for the mix of video and physical presence, highlighting inherent experiences. Surekha has been exploring the possibilities of the video form, negotiating the public and private, locating the body as a site of contestation and appropriation. She uses photography and video to archive, document and perform. She has shown her works both in India and many international shows. Surekha, a visual artist from India , is exploring artistic forms through installations, video & photography since last two decades. Her works investigates how visuality can engage with gender/ ecology/socio-political aesthetics, negotiating public and private spaces. Surekha has been to international art residencies and also taught in art universities. She has presented talks at Malmo University, Tate Modern etc., She has been involved in visual art collectives like BAR1, Khoj and was a founder curator of Rangoli Metro Art Center, Bangalore. Surekha lives and works in Bangalore. 
Education.
She studied visual arts at Ken School of arts (1985–90) and then post graduation from Vishwabharati University (1990–92). She also completed her graduation in sciences from Bangalore University. In 2006, she completed a film course from No.w.here London.
Exhibits.
Her work has been shown in Indian and International galleries and museums like, Kunstraum Kreuzberg (Berlin), Sanjose Museum & Ulrich museum (USA), Kunsthaus (Langenthal), Museum Guimet (Paris), EAWAG (Zurich), National Gallery of modern art (Bangalore), Devi Art Foundation & Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (New Delhi), Chemould Prescott Road & Lakeeren art gallery (Mumbai), Kastrupgard Samlingen (Copenhagen), Herbert J.Foundation (Cornell University), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, (Rio de Janeiro), Fondacio La Caixa (Barcelona), Bucharest Biennale, Pleasure Dome (Toronto) , Loveland Museum (USA), New media festival (Dhaka), Alharama Art Center, Lahore / Karachi, Minneapolis art Institute/Newark Museum , Ivam Museum (Spain), Videonnale-Malmo Museum (Stockholm), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Jerusalem Show- Al'mamal Foundation, Asia Triennale (Manchester), Royal academy (London), Fluss (Austria), Kunst Museum (Bern) , Ecole Beaux Arts (Paris), Dakshina Chitra & Boros Museum (Sweden ), Ethnographic Museum (Geneva), Aboa Arsanova/Lappenrenta Museum (Finland) and IMA (Brisbane). 
She has had many solo shows in Bangalore since 1996 (at Venkatappa Art Gallery, Gallery Ske, Sistas art gallery, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Vishweshwariah science Museum, Samuha collective etc.,).
Art workshops and presentations.
Artist talks and Presentations.
 “Environmental Consciousness in Current Indian Art – explorations in art, architecture, heritage and community engagement.” symposium curated by Kathryn Myers and Neeta Omprakash, Dakshinachitra Museum 2017
“Artist Talks” : Mahatma Gandhi Institute and Department of culture, Mauritius 2017
“Re-Evolution” – Cinnamon Colomboscope -2017 “Ecological concerns/ Artistic interventions in Contemporary art in India” 2017
Artist Talk : Nightie Revolution & other works: India Foundation for Arts, Bengaluru
Artist Talk : Surekha@ Lichtenberg Studios
Artist Talk : Nightie Revolution at Strodenhe Germany. Curated by Gabriele Konsor
Artist Talk: Goethe Institute, Bangalore
Speakers’ Forum at India Art Fair 2015 : Patronage & Public Spaces
Presentation: Negotiating routes by the ecologies: Khoj Studios, Delhi
Presentation: Pecha Kucha talks organized by MOD Bangalore, Jaaga -2013
Art Insight: Public space/Art Space : presentation at Max Mueller bhavan, Bangalore – 2014
2010 Mpcva/ alternative spaces”- Mumbai
2011 Eawag, aquatic ecology, Zurich
2012 Ananya: Venkatappa art gallery, Bangalore
2003 Art and Public Sphere, Voland Art Academy, Sweden | 
2002 MPCVA Mumbai | Selving a body: presentation
As Jury for Project-grants.
Jury and project advisor for Bosch art grants ( Bangalore)- 2009,2010
Pro helvetia Fellowships (New Delhi) – 2009/2010/2012
Goethe Institute (Residency projects)- 2009/2010