Chintan Upadhyay (born 1972) is an Indian artist. He was awarded the Charles Wallace Foundation Award for Residency in Bristol, UK in 2012. He began as a painter, but now creates sculptures and installations, the surfaces of which he paints. His best known sculpture project is perhaps the Pet Shop project, which is an ongoing production of a "model baby" for every season, ''Baby fetish''.

Early life

Chintan was born in 1972 in Partapur,

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, India, and gained a BFA Painting

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, Gujarat, India in 1995 and MFA Painting

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, Gujarat, India in 1997.

Accused of murder

In December 2015, Upadhyay was accused and arrested in connection with the double murder of his estranged wife Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Haresh Bhambhani. Their bodies were found in khakhi-coloured cardboard boxes floating in a nullah. He has twice been denied bail and the case is ongoing.

Solo shows

*2010 'Nature God', Sakshi Gallery,

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*2009–10 'Mistake', Inda Gallery,

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*2009 'Khatti Mithi', Project at Sakshi Gallery,

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*2009 'Iconic Shrine',

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in collaboration with Roundabout and Gallery Soulflower,

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*2008 'Mistake', Aicon Gallery, London *2008 'Pet Shop', Ashish Balram Nagpal Galleries,

*2008 'New Indians', Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris *2008 'Metastasis of Signs – A Walk in the Realm of Manipulated Realities', Gallery Espace, New Delhi *2007 'Tentuaa Dabaa Do (Kill Her)',

, Rajasthan *2006 'I Want To Be An International Artist', Solo Performance, Seoul Art Centre,

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*2006 'Clone Vitthala', Sculptures at Ashish Balram Nagpal Gallery,

*2006 'Maya', Paintings at Ashish Balram Nagpal Gallery,

*2005 'Baar Baar, Har Baar, Kitni Baar?', Installation and Interactive Performance, Sarjan Art Gallery,

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*2004 'Conker's’, Installation Project,

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, UK *2004 'Designer Babies', Ashish Balram Nagpal Gallery,

*2003 'New Breed / Hybrid',

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*2002 'Commemorative Stamps', Ashish Balram Nagpal Gallery,

*2002 'Commemorative Stamps',

*2002 'Floating thoughts', Interactive site-specific installation,

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, Australia *1999 'So What', The Fine Art Company,

*1998 'This has been done before', Shahjehan Art Gallery, New Delhi *1996 'Desirable Objects', Leela Kempenski Art Gallery,

Group shows

*2012 '2 + 2 = 5', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi *2012 'Looking Back, Looking Forward', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai *2012 'Mapmakers: The Evolution of Contemporary Indian Art', Aicon Gallery, New York *2012 'Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art', presented 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’, Preview TATE Britain *2005 ‘Configuration’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi *2005 ‘Ways Of Seeing’, Gallery Art Alive, New Delhi *2005 ‘Papereshi’, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara *2005 ‘Present-Future’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), 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, Bangalore 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,

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, Romania *2005 'I‘m a slut', a Collaborative Video and Performance with Amit Kekre, Gallery Beyond,

*2004 'Made in China', Collaborative Installation with

Hema Upadhyay Hema Upadhyay (born Hema Hirani; 1972 – 11 December 2015) was an Indian artist based in Mumbai. She was known for photography and sculptural installations. She was active from 1998 until her death in 2015. Personal life Born Hema Hirani ...

, Viart Gallery, New Delhi *2003 'Made in China', Collaborative Installation with

, Gallery Chemould,

*2003 'Post Card', Project with

, part of 'Parthenogenesis', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney *2000 Objects of Desire, Collaboration with

, 'Art and Technology', Ideas and Images II, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA),

*1995 'Circa Early Seventies',

*1994 'Discount 33%',

Honours and awards

* 2004–05 Charles Wallace Foundation Award for a residency in

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, UK * 2000–01 Gadi scholarship, NLKA, New Delhi * 1998

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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,

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, Maharashtra * 1995–97

for Outstanding Painting in the annual exhibition

References

External links

“Profile, Interview and artworks” Saffronart“Chintan Upadhyay Exhibitions” Aicongallery"The art of making babies" September 8, 2011 The Hindu"Time for Chintan" February 8, 2013 The Hindu
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