Bharat Sikka (b 1973) grew up and then worked as a photographer in India before deciding to study at the Parson's School of Design where he earned a BFA in photography. Establishing a fine art approach to the field of photography, as an art form Bharat documents contemporary visions of India. His portfolio consists of environmental portraits of “Indian men”, “Urban landscapes” in India and a personal project on his family. Since his first exhibition "Indian Men" at the Artists Space in NYC, his work has been displayed in numerous national and international exhibitions, including one at the National Museum of India (2008). Bharat has contributed for magazines and publications such as the New Yorker, I.D, Vogue, Vogue Homme International, Details and Time Magazine, where his work was featured as amongst the best photographs of 2005.  Bharat now lives and works between Europe and India.

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION

2011 THE GENERATION IN TRANSITION, ZACHETA NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WARSAW, POLAND

2011 "CONCURRENT INDIA" HELSINKI ART MUSEUM, HELSINKI & KULTURHUSET IN STOCKHOLM

2010 "WHERE THREE DREAMS CROSS: 150 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY FROM INDIA, PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH" WHITECHAPEL GALLERY, LONDON & FOTOMUSEUM WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND

2009 "THE PURPLE WALL" CURATED BY GAYATRI SINHA, INDIA ART SUMMIT, NEW DELHI

2009 IL GIALLO DI NAPOLI – CASTEL DELL’OVO, NAPOLI

2009 BHARAT SIKKA / KRZYSZTOF BEDNARSKI - IL GIALLO DI NAPOLI NELL'EUROPA DEI CINQUE CONTINENTI – AL BLU DI PRUSSIA, NAPOLI

2009 "INDIA MODERNA" - IVAM INSTITUT VALENCIÀ D’ART MODERN, VALENCIA

2009 INDIA 3: NEW DELHI "REPUBLIC OF ILLUSIONS" KRINZINGER PROJEKTE, VIENNA 

2008 TARN ET GARONNE - LANDSCAPES AND PORTRAITS - PLACE DES INVALIDES, PARIS

2008 ENTRY IN THE NEUFLISE VIE COLLECTION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, PARIS

2008 1x1 Gallery, Dubai

2007 “ "RENCONTRES D'ARLES”(July-September 2007) SPACE IN-BETWEEN

2006 “ ARMORY SHOW” NEW YORK

2006 “ PARIS PHOTO” ANNE DE VILLEPOIX

2006 “ LILLE 3000 INDIAN MEN

2006 “ MAHARAJA’S” LOUIS VITTON, PARIS

2003 “PRAGUE BIENNIAL”

2003 “ONLY SKIN DEEP”, ICP, NEW YORK

2003 “INDIAN MEN”, ARTIST SPACE, NEW YORK

2002 “STAGED/UNSTAGED,” RIVA GALLERY

2002 "PARSONS FIFTH BENEFIT PHOTOGRAPHY AUCTION,” AARONSON’S GALLERY

2002 "FEAST 1,” PARSONS COMMON GALLERY, NEW YORK

2002 "PARSON’S SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION” AARONSON’S GALLERY, NEW YORK

2002 SOTHEBY’S "MOMENTS OF CLARITY”, SOTHEBY’S BUILDING, NEW YORK

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 “Matter”- Nature Morte, Berlin

2010 "The Road to Salvador do Mundo"- Project 88, Mumbai

2010 "The Road to Salvador do Mundo"- Sunaparanta Art Centre, Goa

2009 "Skinny Legs & All”- Weiden & Kennedy, New Delhi

2009 "The Road to Salvador do Mundo"- Nature Morte, New Delhi

2008 "Space In Between"- Matthieu Foss Gallery, Mumbai

2008 " Otto Zoo, Milan, Italy

2008 “Space In Between” Chatterjee & Lal

2008 “ Indian Men”, Otto Zoo, Milan

2008 “ National Museum, New Delhi, India

2008 “ Nature Morte Project Space

2007 “ Nature Morte and Bose Pacia”, Calcutta

2005 “ FAMILIES” Galerie Valérie Cueto, Paris

2003 “INDIAN MEN” ARTIST SPACE, NEW YORK