Reena Saini Kallat facts for kids

Reena Saini Kallat (born in 1973) is a famous visual artist from India. She creates many different kinds of art. Reena lives and works in Mumbai, India.

Early Life and Art

Reena Saini Kallat was born in Delhi, India, in 1973. She studied painting at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art and finished in 1996.

Reena uses many materials in her art, like drawing, photography, sculpture, and video. Her artworks often explore ideas about history, shared memories, and who we are.

She sometimes uses rubber stamps in her art. These stamps can represent official rules or things that have been lost or forgotten. For example, she has used names of people or places that disappeared without a trace.

A big theme in her art is "Lines of Control." This idea comes from how the partition of India affected her family, who had to move from Lahore. She also uses electrical cables in her art. These cables, which usually connect things, become tangled like barbed wire fences, showing barriers. In another series, she uses salt to explore the connection between our bodies and the ocean, showing how fragile life can be. Reena also highlights nature and local plants to show how silly border fights can be.

Reena Kallat's Art Career

Reena Saini Kallat has shown her art all over the world. Her works have been displayed in famous museums and galleries. Some of these include the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Tate Modern in London, and the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. She has also exhibited in places like Sydney, Washington, Zurich, and Seoul. She continues to create and exhibit her art from her home in Mumbai.

Solo Exhibitions

Reena has had many solo shows, where only her art is displayed. Some of her notable solo exhibitions include:

• Orchard of Home-grown Secrets in Mumbai (1998)
• Skin in Mumbai and New Delhi (2000)
• Black Flute in Mumbai (2004)
• Subject to Change without Notice in Chicago (2008)
• Labyrinth of Absences in New Delhi (2011)
• Falling Fables in Washington (2011)
• Offsite, Public Art Project in Vancouver (2015)
• Blind Spots in Mumbai (2018)
• Shifting Ecotones in London (2019)
• Common Ground in Warwickshire (2022)
• Leaking Lines in Colchester (2022)
• Deep Rivers Run Quiet in Switzerland (2023)
• Fluid Geographies in Sri Lanka (2023)

Group Exhibitions

Reena has also participated in many group exhibitions with other artists. Here are a few examples:

• Monsoon Show in Mumbai (1996)
• Crossing Borders in Holland (2002)
• Zoom! Art in Contemporary India in Lisbon (2004)
• Hungry God- Indian Contemporary Art in Beijing and Busan (2006)
• Thermocline of Art- New Asian Waves in Germany (2007)
• Urban Manners in Milan (2007)
• Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art in Japan (2008)
• The Empire Strikes Back at Saatchi Gallery, London (2010)
• Roundabout at Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel (2011)
• Insecurities: tracing Displacement and Shelter at Museum of Modern Art, New York (2015)
• Hybridizing Earth, Discussing Multitude at the 10th Busan Biennale, South Korea (2016)
• Memories of Partition at Manchester Museum, UK (2017)
• When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art in Boston (2019)
• Potential Worlds 1: Planetary Memories at Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, Zurich (2020)
• Escape Routes at Bangkok Art Biennale (2020)
• Making Worlds at Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2022)
• Between Borders at Museum Arnhem, Netherlands (2023)
• Thinking Historically in the Present at Sharjah Biennial, UAE (2023)
• Aesthetic Responses in Singapore (2024)

Artist Residencies

Artists sometimes get invited to live and work in a new place for a while. This is called an artist residency. In 2002, Reena Kallat was an artist-in-residence in Canada. In 2011, she had another residency in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Awards and Recognition

Reena Kallat has received several awards for her amazing artwork:

• Gladstone Solomon Award (1995)
• Bombay Art Society Merit Certificate (1996)
• Second Prize Government Award from Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art (1996)
• Harmony Award (2005)
• YFLO ZOYA Young Women Achievers Awards (2011)
• ZegnArt Public Award (2012)
• Zee: Indian Women Awards in Arts & Culture (2016)
• Artist Of The Year: Hello Fame of Awards (2019)

Art Collections

Reena's art is part of many public and private collections around the world. This means her work is owned by museums, galleries, and private collectors. Some of these collections include:

• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
• Arario Corporation Collection, South Korea
• Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai
• Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
• Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi
• Manchester Museum, UK
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung
• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
• Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, Mumbai
• Pizzuti Collection, Ohio
• Saatchi Gallery, London
• Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE
• Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada