Artist Gurpran Rau

Gurpran Rau – Artist Statement

I am fascinated by the structures, patterns and repetition found in nature – they mirror the mapping and coding of invisible information stored within our bodies. Working on panel, I collage and layer silk-screen, digital, mono-prints, fabric and maps with encaustic medium, pigment and metal. The circular discarded machine parts embedded in the wax mimic our cellular structure. The soft, pliant and yielding qualities of the encaustic contrast with the hard and resistant metal, serving to create a whole. I typically use colorless encaustic medium to reference human skin and binding membranes, evoking bodily sensations, emotions, layers of history, and the passage of time.

Resume

Education

Group:

2008 “Out of India”, Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2008 “Out of India”, Opus Gallery @ Shades and Wood, Kensington, London, UK2007 Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2007 Gregory Gaymont Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 “Four Dimensions”, Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 Zaruba Gallery, Rockville, MD
2006 “Festival of Science”, Wonderfest, Stanford University, CA
2006 “Festival of Science”, Wonderfest, UC Berkeley, CA
2006 “Vision Matrix”, Asian Fusion Gallery, Manhattan, New York, NY
2006 “Martini Squared”, IO Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Juror Thomas Mann)
2006 “California Open”, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Juror Laddie John Dill)
2006 “Double Overhead III”, Don O’Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Recombinations - Atoms, Cells and the Mystery of the Universe”, The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, CA
2006 Altered Space Gallery, Venice, CA
2006 “India-Contemporary”, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
2006 “Enigma, Healing, Revelation”, Union Artspace, Santa Ana, CA
2006 Women’s History month, LaFia House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Mixed Media Works”, Hangar Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005 “Contemporary Women Artists”, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, IN
2005 “Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show”, Cambridge, MA (Juror Joseph Thompson, director, MassMoCA)
2005 Great Lakes Emerging Artists Competition, NY
2004 “Fission/Fusion”, Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, W. Lafayette, IN
2004 “Digressions,” VPA Gallery, Purdue University, IN
2004 Delta Phi Delta juried show, VPA Gallery, Purdue University, IN
2004 Janet Turner 5th National Print Competition, CSU, CA (Juror Lloyd Menard)
2004 Exchange portfolio, The Amity Art Foundation, Inc. CT
2004 “DNA-Art and Science”, Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, FL (Juror Eduardo Kac)
2003 “Coming Attractions,” Installation, Lafayette Theatre, Lafayette, IN
2003 “Recent Works,” Wells Cultural Center, Lafayette, IN
2003 “Translate/ Transmit,” Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2002 “Dimensions-2002”, Juried Show, Beelke Gallery, West Lafayette, IN
2000 “Sixty Square Inches,” National Juried Small Print Exhibition, Stewart Center, West Lafayette, IN (Juror Mark Pascale, Art Institute of Chicago)

Awards

2007 Individual Artists Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
2004 Delta Phi Delta Merit Award

Collections

The Anderson School of Management, UCLA
Purdue University Print Archive
The Amity Art Foundation, Inc. CT
Private Collections in France, South East Asia and North America

Publications

2007 Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 Santa Barbara News - Scene Magazine
2006 YLEM News, CA
2006 Arts Extra!, San Francisco, CA
2006 Metroactive, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
2006 Lagniappe, The Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA
2006 Exhibits, Pacific Asia Museum, CA
2006 Union Artspace, Santa Ana
2006 Absolute Arts
2005 Cosmic Variance, USC, CA
2005 TGIF, Journal and Courier, IN
2004 Journal and Courier, IN
2004 Journal and Courier, IN
2004 The Exponent, Purdue University, IN
2003 Journal and Courier, IN
2003 The Exponent, Purdue University, IN



	Gurpran Rau – Artist Statement I am fascinated by the structures, patterns and repetition found in nature – they mirror the mapping and coding of invisible information stored within our bodies. Working on panel, I collage and layer silk-screen, digital, mono-prints, fabric and maps with encaustic medium, pigment and metal. The circular discarded machine parts embedded in the wax mimic our cellular structure. The soft, pliant and yielding qualities of the encaustic contrast with the hard and resistant metal, serving to create a whole. I typically use colorless encaustic medium to reference human skin and binding membranes, evoking bodily sensations, emotions, layers of history, and the passage of time. Resume Education 2004 MFA, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 1997 Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France 1995 La Sorbonne, Paris, France 1976 New Delhi Polytechnic, India Exhibitions Solo: 2008 “Melt-Fuse-Melt”, Shades and Wood Gallery, Kensington, London, UK 2005 “Encaustic Paintings”, KL Gallery, Lafayette, IN 2004 “Nexvs,” Patti and Rusty Rueff Gallery, West Lafayette, IN 1998 Insead, Fontainebleau, France Group: 2008 “Out of India”, Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2008 “Out of India”, Opus Gallery @ Shades and Wood, Kensington, London, UK2007 Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy 2007 Gregory Gaymont Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007 “Four Dimensions”, Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 2007 Zaruba Gallery, Rockville, MD 2006 “Festival of Science”, Wonderfest, Stanford University, CA 2006 “Festival of Science”, Wonderfest, UC Berkeley, CA 2006 “Vision Matrix”, Asian Fusion Gallery, Manhattan, New York, NY 2006 “Martini Squared”, IO Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Juror Thomas Mann) 2006 “California Open”, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Juror Laddie John Dill) 2006 “Double Overhead III”, Don O’Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2006 “Recombinations - Atoms, Cells and the Mystery of the Universe”, The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, CA 2006 Altered Space Gallery, Venice, CA 2006 “India-Contemporary”, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA 2006 “Enigma, Healing, Revelation”, Union Artspace, Santa Ana, CA 2006 Women’s History month, LaFia House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2005 “Mixed Media Works”, Hangar Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2005 “Contemporary Women Artists”, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, IN 2005 “Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show”, Cambridge, MA (Juror Joseph Thompson, director, MassMoCA) 2005 Great Lakes Emerging Artists Competition, NY 2004 “Fission/Fusion”, Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, W. Lafayette, IN 2004 “Digressions,” VPA Gallery, Purdue University, IN 2004 Delta Phi Delta juried show, VPA Gallery, Purdue University, IN 2004 Janet Turner 5th National Print Competition, CSU, CA (Juror Lloyd Menard) 2004 Exchange portfolio, The Amity Art Foundation, Inc. CT 2004 “DNA-Art and Science”, Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, FL (Juror Eduardo Kac) 2003 “Coming Attractions,” Installation, Lafayette Theatre, Lafayette, IN 2003 “Recent Works,” Wells Cultural Center, Lafayette, IN 2003 “Translate/ Transmit,” Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2002 “Dimensions-2002”, Juried Show, Beelke Gallery, West Lafayette, IN 2000 “Sixty Square Inches,” National Juried Small Print Exhibition, Stewart Center, West Lafayette, IN (Juror Mark Pascale, Art Institute of Chicago) Awards 2007 Individual Artists Grant, National Endowment for the Arts 2004 Delta Phi Delta Merit Award Collections The Anderson School of Management, UCLA Purdue University Print Archive The Amity Art Foundation, Inc. CT Private Collections in France, South East Asia and North America Publications 2007 Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA 2007 Santa Barbara News - Scene Magazine 2006 YLEM News, CA 2006 Arts Extra!, San Francisco, CA 2006 Metroactive, San Francisco Bay Area, CA 2006 Lagniappe, The Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA 2006 Exhibits, Pacific Asia Museum, CA 2006 Union Artspace, Santa Ana 2006 Absolute Arts 2005 Cosmic Variance, USC, CA 2005 TGIF, Journal and Courier, IN 2004 Journal and Courier, IN 2004 Journal and Courier, IN 2004 The Exponent, Purdue University, IN 2003 Journal and Courier, IN 2003 The Exponent, Purdue University, IN





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