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Chintan Upadhyay (born 1972) is an Indian contemporary artist. He was awarded the Charles Wallace Foundation Award for Residency in Bristol, UK in 2012. The artist began as a painter, but now creates sculptures and installations which he paints the surface. His most popular sculpture project is perhaps the Pet Shop project, which is an ongoing production of a "model baby" for every season, Baby fetish.
He also runs Sandarbh, a nonprofit organization set up for residencies, workshops, and programs, and dedicated to promoting the arts and raising awareness about contemporary artistic practices in rural areas of India. It is a radical experiment that brings artists from India and the world to a small village called Partapur, Rajasthan. They live and engage with the local community there through the means of art.
Hema upadhyay s murder husband chintan upadhyay arrested
Early life
Chintan was born in 1972 in Partapur, Rajasthan, India, and did BFA Painting Faculty of Fine Arts from M.S. University, Gujarat, India in 1995 and MFA Painting Faculty of Fine Arts from M.S. University, Gujarat, India in 1997.
The Mutants 2006
This show representing a series of works was a turning point in the career of Chintan Upadhyay. The show titled Mutants was held at Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda in 2006. The Mutants included many fiber glass sculptures that were painted with enamel. They were smaller than life size. Against the backdrop of mirrors on the walls, the mutants mirrored infinitely, thus occupying an army like position in the endless spaces. The artist wanted to drive the point that the scientific experiments in the areas of cloning and genetics might lead to disastrous results in the future. The sculptures belong to the larger series of works called the "Designer Babies"; they remind us of our hidden desire as parents to design our babies in the physical and intellectual traits of what we want. The desire is harmless today, but if the technology and bio-engineering is going to make it possible in the future, then some miscreants may create most undesirable situations.
Accused in Double Murder
Chintan Upadhyay is accused and arrested in connection with the double murder of his estranged wife Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Haresh Bhambhani on December 22, 2015.
2012 'Mapmakers: The Evolution of Contemporary Indian Art', Aicon Gallery, New York
2012 'Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art', prsented by Sakshi Gallery at The Park, Chennai
2012 'Sightings', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Adbhutam: Rasa in Indian Art', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2011 'Skin Deep: The Art of Fibreglass', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2011 'Between Seasons', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2011 'Love is a 4 Letter Word', Latitude 28, New Delhi
2011 'Fabular Bodies: New Narratives in the Art of the Miniature', presented by Harmony Art Foundation at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharah Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2011 'Anecdotes', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'High-Light', presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at The Oberoi, Gurgaon
2011 'Dolls', Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
2011 'Tech-Cut-Edge-Revelations', Ashna Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Changing Skin', presented by The Fine Art Company at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay, Mumbai
2010 'A. SYCO', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2009 'Home Sweet Home', Religare Arts. i Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Indian Summer', Galerie Christian Hosp, Berlin
2009 'Inaugural Show', Sakshi Gallery, Taipei
2008–09 'Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan', Aicon Gallery, London
2008–09 'Hot Shots', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2008 'Uncovered', Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 ‘Keep Drawing’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2008 'The Ethics of Encounter', Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok
2008 'Indiavata', Gallery Sun Contemporary, Korea
2008 'Link', Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 ‘Freedom 2008 : Sixty Years After Indian Independence’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2007 ‘Telling It Like It Is: The Indian Story’, The Gallery in Cork Street, London
2007 ‘Here and Now: Contemporary Voices from India’, Grosvenor Gallery, London
2007 ‘Young Guns’, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai
2007 'Keep Drawing', Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 ‘Bombay Maximum City’, Lille 3000, Lille, France
2005 -06 ‘Kaam’, Arts India Gallery, New York and Palo Alto, USA
2005 ‘Annual Exhibition’, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 ‘Indian Contemporary Art’, Chelsea College of Art, London
2005 ‘Are We Like This Only?’, Rabindra Bhavan, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 ‘Bombay Boys’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 ‘Charles Wallace Foundation Awards’, British Council, New Delhi
2004 ‘Concepts and Ideas’, Centre for International Modern art (CIMA), Kolkata
2004 Gallery 27, Oslo, Norway
2004 – 03 ‘Portraits of a Decade’, Centre for International Modern art (CIMA), Kolkata and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 – 03 ‘Dots and Pixels’, Digital media, Sumukha Art Gallery, Banglore and Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2004 ‘Bombay 17’, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
2003 ‘Parthenogenesis’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2003 ‘Corresponding Latitudes’, A Cross Cultural Collaborative Exhibition of Indian and Australian artists, Jawahar Kala Kendra – Jaipur
2002 ‘ Brahma to Bapu', Icons and Symbols in Indian art, Habitat centre, New Delhi, India and Centre for International Modern art (CIMA), Kolkata
2002 ‘Quotable Stencil’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 ‘ Annual show’, Gallery Wren, Sydney, Australia
2000 ‘Sic.’, an Audio-visual Installation, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
1999 'Mumbai Metaphor’ Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 ‘Wall Paper’, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘Class of 1997’, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘50 yr. of Indian Independence’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, Delhi and Ravi Shankar Rawal Bhavan, Ahmedabad – Gujarat
Joint shows
2005 ‘You Have to Decide’ an Interactive Installation and Performance Center for Art and Culture, Chiksarda, Transylvania, Romania
2005 'I‘m a slut', a Collaborative Video and Performance with Amit Kekre, Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2004 'Made in China', Collaborative Installation with Hema Upadhyay, Viart Gallery, New Delhi
2003 'Made in China', Collaborative Installation with Hema Upadhyay, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2003 'Post Card', Project with Hema Upadhyay, part of 'Parthenogenesis', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2000 Objects of Desire, Collaboration with Hema Upadhyay, 'Art and Technology', Ideas and Images II, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
1995 'Circa Early Seventies', Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara
1994 'Discount 33%', Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara
Honours and awards
2004–05 Charles Wallace Foundation Award for a residency in Bristol, UK
2000–01 Gadi scholarship, NLKA, New Delhi
1998 Lalit Kala Academy for Outstanding Drawing in a drawing exhibition
1997 All India Avantika art exhibition, New Delhi
1996 Lalit Kala Academy for Outstanding Painting in the annual exhibition S.C.Z.C.C. for Outstanding Painting in the annual exhibition, Nagpur, Maharashtra
1995–97 Lalit Kala Academy for Outstanding Painting in the annual exhibition
