Yamini Nayar's photographs are found at the intersection of sculpture and photography, and emerge from concerns around spatial tensions, built structures, memory, aftermaths and possibility. Nayar's imagined spaces are documents of studio-based sculptures and installations made from found and lo-tech materials. Once recorded, the structures are disassembled and discarded. Only the photograph remains, as an object and entry point into a moment held together momentarily for the lens.
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Nayar is currently an artist-in-residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency Program, as well as Visiting Artist Scholar at NYU 2011-12. In 2010, Nayar gave the Lightborne Lecture at the Cincinnati Art Museum, as well as held artist residencies at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Center for Photography in Woodstock. Her work has been exhibited in the Cincinnati Art Museum; Queens Museum of Art; Thomas Erben Gallery, NY; Art Basel, Galerie Anne Baurault, Paris; Saatchi Gallery, UK, and the US Embassy in Mumbai, India. Publications include the New Yorker, New York Times, Flashart, Vogue India, ArtIndia, the Guardian, ArtPapers, Philips dre Pury's NOW, Art of the 21st Century and the Sharjah Biennial 2011. Nayar's work is in numerous private and public collections, including the Saatchi Collection, Queens Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum and the US Arts in Embassies.
Originally from the Detroit area, Yamini Nayar lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Nayar holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1999 and an MFA from School of Visual Arts, NY in 2005 where she was a recipient of the Aaron Siskind Memorial Scholarship.
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Nayar is currently an artist-in-residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency Program, as well as Visiting Artist Scholar at NYU 2011-12. In 2010, Nayar gave the Lightborne Lecture at the Cincinnati Art Museum, as well as held artist residencies at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Center for Photography in Woodstock. Her work has been exhibited in the Cincinnati Art Museum; Queens Museum of Art; Thomas Erben Gallery, NY; Art Basel, Galerie Anne Baurault, Paris; Saatchi Gallery, UK, and the US Embassy in Mumbai, India. Publications include the New Yorker, New York Times, Flashart, Vogue India, ArtIndia, the Guardian, ArtPapers, Philips dre Pury's NOW, Art of the 21st Century and the Sharjah Biennial 2011. Nayar's work is in numerous private and public collections, including the Saatchi Collection, Queens Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum and the US Arts in Embassies.
Originally from the Detroit area, Yamini Nayar lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Nayar holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1999 and an MFA from School of Visual Arts, NY in 2005 where she was a recipient of the Aaron Siskind Memorial Scholarship.
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recent news:
Sharjah Biennial, Manual for Treason, 2011 (curator Murtaza Vali)
Tyler School of Art, Artist Lecture, Apr 2011
Pratt University, Artist Lecture: Process/Practice/Portfolio, A Seminar for Emerging Artists, Mar 2011
Moving Index, ArtOffice.org, curated by Courtney Martin
Republic of Brown, Ten to Watch in 2011
Take On Art, Issue #4, New Delhi, Jan 2010|
Humble Art Foundation's The Collector's Guide to New Art Photography, Vol 2
recent news:
Sharjah Biennial, Manual for Treason, 2011 (curator Murtaza Vali)
Tyler School of Art, Artist Lecture, Apr 2011
Pratt University, Artist Lecture: Process/Practice/Portfolio, A Seminar for Emerging Artists, Mar 2011
Moving Index, ArtOffice.org, curated by Courtney Martin
Republic of Brown, Ten to Watch in 2011
Take On Art, Issue #4, New Delhi, Jan 2010|
Humble Art Foundation's The Collector's Guide to New Art Photography, Vol 2
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Upcoming publication: UNFIXED - Photography, Postcolonial Persectives and Contemporary Art; Editors Asmara Pelupessy & Sara Blokland, Keynote essay: Kobena Mercer / Spring 2011
Upcoming publication: UNFIXED - Photography, Postcolonial Persectives and Contemporary Art; Editors Asmara Pelupessy & Sara Blokland, Keynote essay: Kobena Mercer / Spring 2011
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Lightborne Lecture and Artist-in-Residence 2010: Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Art Museum
Lightborne Lecture and Artist-in-Residence 2010: Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Art Museum
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BRIC Brooklyn Art:Work Gala, Artist Honoree, October 2010
BRIC Brooklyn Art:Work Gala, Artist Honoree, October 2010
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Center for Photography of Woodstock, Artist-in-Residence, July 2010
Center for Photography of Woodstock, Artist-in-Residence, July 2010
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Jan - May 2010 'Empire Strikes Back, Contemporary Indian Art Today', Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Jan - May 2010 'Empire Strikes Back, Contemporary Indian Art Today', Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
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'Object Lessons' curated by Vince Aletti New York Photo Festival, 2010
Artists: Jeff Bark, Adam Bartos, Sharon Core, Sally Gall, Bill Jacobson, Richard Learoyd,
Laura Letinsky, Andrea Modica, Yamini Nayar, Jiro Takamatsu, Jocko Weyland
'Object Lessons' curated by Vince Aletti New York Photo Festival, 2010
Artists: Jeff Bark, Adam Bartos, Sharon Core, Sally Gall, Bill Jacobson, Richard Learoyd,
Laura Letinsky, Andrea Modica, Yamini Nayar, Jiro Takamatsu, Jocko Weyland
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This is Unreal: Raqs Media Collective, Susanta Mandal and Yamini Nayar
July 23-Sept 4, 2010
Experimenter Gallery, Kolkata, India
This is Unreal: Raqs Media Collective, Susanta Mandal and Yamini Nayar
July 23-Sept 4, 2010
Experimenter Gallery, Kolkata, India
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May 27-30, 2010 Hong Kong Art Fair with Thomas Erben Gallery
May 27-30, 2010 Hong Kong Art Fair with Thomas Erben Gallery
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Apr 2010 'Punctum II', Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, IN, curator Arshiya Lokandwala
Apr 2010 'Punctum II', Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, IN, curator Arshiya Lokandwala
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Apr 2010 '31 Women in Art Photography' Humble Arts Foundation at Affirmation Arts, New York, curators Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein
Apr 2010 '31 Women in Art Photography' Humble Arts Foundation at Affirmation Arts, New York, curators Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein
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Mar 2010 'Bring Me a Lion', Webster University, St. Louis, MO, curators Dr. Jeff Hughes and Dana Turkovic
Mar 2010 'Bring Me a Lion', Webster University, St. Louis, MO, curators Dr. Jeff Hughes and Dana Turkovic
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Dec 2009, 'Yamini Nayar, New Works', NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL
Dec 2009, 'Yamini Nayar, New Works', NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL
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Jan - Mar 2010 'Accented', Bric-Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curator Murtaza Vali
Jan - Mar 2010 'Accented', Bric-Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curator Murtaza Vali
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Aug 2009 Indian Art Summit, Panel: 'Mapping Alternative Networks and Communities', New Delhi, IN
Aug 2009 Indian Art Summit, Panel: 'Mapping Alternative Networks and Communities', New Delhi, IN
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Apr - May 2009, 'Arrested Views: Sheela Gowda and Yamini Nayar', Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
Apr - May 2009, 'Arrested Views: Sheela Gowda and Yamini Nayar', Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
