C.K. RAJAN
Born 1960 in Kerala, India
Lives in Kerala, India
BFA (Painting), College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, India
Interim Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India
MFA, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, Central University of Hyderabad, India
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 RAJAN ONE, curated by Grant Watson, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, New Delhi
2023 seekrajan CK Rajan: A Selected Retrospective, curated by Grant Watson,
Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2014 Classified: For Your Eyes Only, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2010 Mad Furnitures and Psychic Objects – Part I, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2006 C.K. Rajan, Kashi Art Café, Kochi
1995 Mild Terrors: On Consumerism, Sex and Politics, MMB Photo Gallery,
Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi; Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998, curated by Shanay Jhaveri, Barbican Art Gallery,
London, UK
2022 Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular, Sharjah Art Foundation,
Sharjah, UAE; curated by Iftikhar Dadi and Roobina Karode, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art,
New Delhi
2021 RED, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2019 Body Building, Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai, UAE
2016 DWELLING, 10th Anniversary Show, curated by Ranjit Hoskote, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke,
Mumbai
2016 Pond near the Field: Five Artists from Kerala, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida;
curated by Roobina Karode, Kerala Museum, Kochi
2013 Considering Collage, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai
2013 Perspectives on Collage, The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
2009 Art of Modern India, IVAM, Valencia, Spain
2008 Santhal Family – Positions around an Indian Sculpture, curated by Grant Watson,
MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium,
2007 Spy, The Guild, Mumbai
2007 documenta XII, Kassel, Germany
1998 Born in 1960, Nicola Durvasula and C.K. Rajan, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1997 Project at KHOJ Studios, New Delhi
1987 Questions and Dialogues, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University,
Baroda
1985 Painters with Fishermen, College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai, UAE
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India
MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Tate Modern, London, UK
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA