Education
2015 - 2016
MA (Fine Art) with Honors, Chelsea College of Arts - University of the Arts London
2011 - 2014
BA (Hons) with First Class Honours in Fine Arts, Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts (Goldsmiths University of London), Singapore
Work Experience
2022
Art Lecturer (Part-time Faculty, Winter Quarter), University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2020 - till date
Art Instructor, Bellevue College (Cont. Ed), Bellevue, WA
2017 - 2020
Teaching Faculty, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2017 - 2020
Fabricator & Researcher, John Grade Studio, Seattle, WA
Exhibitions
2022
Surface, Collaborative Installation, Method Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020
Group Exhibition, Threshold, Kirkland Arts Center, WA, USA
2019
Seam, Collaborative Installation, Method Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019
Group Exhibition, A Eulogy To Things That Never Were, The State Gallery of Art, Hyderabad, India
2019
Group Exhibition, Image of Fragrance, ARTWALK Little India, Art Week Singapore’19, Singapore
2018
Live Auction, Through the Looking Glass, ArtBeat Benefit Gala, Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2018
Group Exhibition, Best of KAC, Kirkland Arts Center, WA, USA
2017
Group Exhibition, Instructors Show, Kirkland Arts Center, WA, USA
2017
Group Exhibition, !@£$%^&* Early Spring, Off Site Project, Online
2016
Group Exhibition, the perfect mat for the perfect table , Chelsea College of Arts, London
2016
Group Exhibition, Chelsea MA Summer Show 2016, Chelsea College of Arts, London
2016
Group Exhibition, Borrow, The Morgue, Chelsea College of Arts, London
2016
Group Exhibition, ROAM Art Trail, K6 Gallery, Southampton, UK
2016
Group Exhibition, Conversation in Progress, Mills Centre Gallery, London
2015
Film Screening, Mama Lovey Film Salon,The Finborough Arms, London
2015
Group Exhibition, Fly by the seat of your pantsuit, Cookhouse, Chelsea College of Arts, London
2015
Group Exhibition, Glorious Telangana, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad, India
2014
Group Exhibition, SPOT ART 2014, ARTrium@MCI, Singapore
2014
Group Exhibition, The LASALLE Show 2014, ICA, Singapore
2014
Group Exhibition, Open Field: Off beat at Winstedt, Lasalle Winstedt Campus, Singapore
2013
Group Exhibition, The LASALLE Show 2013, ICA, Singapore
2012
Solo Exhibition, Vanishing Magnificence, Indian Forest Services, Andhra Pradesh Forest Academy, Hyderabad, India
2012
Group Exhibition, Beyond Limits, Praxis Space (ICA), Singapore
2011
Group Exhibition, Die Stadt Vom Werden Und , Vergehen & The Changing Hyderabad, Photo Exhibition by German & Indian Artists, Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad, India
2011
Group Exhibition, 4th State Level Art Competition, Department of Culture (Govt. of A.P), Hyderabad, India
2010
Solo Exhibition, Top 10 - Flirting with Nature, donated the sale proceeds to destitute children through CCCYC (India), KNH (Germany), State Art Gallery, Hyderabad, India
2010
Group Exhibition, Camel Art Foundation’s 12th Southern Region Art Exhibition (two works were also selected for the Catalogue category), Hyderabad, India
Art Residencies & Artist Talks
2020
Artist Talk, Visiting Artist, University of Washington, WA
2015
Art Residency, Warp Artist Village 2015, Bruges, Belgium
2015
Art Residency, Glorious Telangana organised by the Telangana State Govt., Dr. MCR HRD Institute of Telangana, Hyderabad, India
2013
Commission, Art of Greening - Public installation, Scott’s Square, Singapore
2011
Art Residency, Artists in Residence, Pegasus Art Foundation, Hyderabad, India
2010
Artist Residency, Fourth South Indian Painting camp: Affirming Life in Colours, Dalit Intellectual Collective (DIC) Vikas Adhyayan Kendra (Mumbai), Kerala, India
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2021
Nominated Artist, Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation, Mumbai, India
2012
LASALLE Merit Scholarship, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
2011
Future Leader Scholarship, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
2010
SIP Prodigy Award for Painting National Level, SIP Academy Pvt. Ltd., India
2008
PTA Scholarship for Painting, Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad, India
2006
Painting Award, Celebrations of 60 years of India’s independence (Govt. of A.P.), India
2010
First Rank, Entrance Exam, JNAFA University, Hyderabad , India
2005
Award for Excellence in Painting, Hyderabad Jaycees, India
2005
Gold medal in Painting, Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad, India
Collections
Private collections in India & abroad
Works published in media
Newspaper and Print media
“Spot Art”, Life! Arts, The Straits Times, November 18, 2014. c4
“SPOT ART”, Singapore Art Gallery Guide, News (November 2014): 39
M Khaja Moinuddin, “కాలిన జీవితాలకు కళతో ఊతం”, Andhraprabha, November 17, 2010.
“Nature in its full bloom”, Deccan Chronicle, October 19, 2010. 23.
“Colour of Support”, The Hindu, October 15, 2010.
“ఆకట్టుకున్న చిత్రాలు”, Eenadu Hyderabad, October 11, 2010.
M. Sai Gopal, “Her strokes are unmatched”, Hindu, October 10, 2010
“Teen art sensation to unveil her first art show”, The New Indian Express, October 9, 2010.
Web Articles
"6 exhibitions featuring WA-based artists to catch in December 2022" -The Seattle Times, Visual Arts November 21, 2022.
"Fuck the Weather, See Some Art!" - The Stranger, Visual Art December 1, 2022.
<https://www.thestranger.com/visual-art/2022/12/01/78749249/fuck-the-weather-see-some-art>
"ArtSEA: Minimalist pleasures in a maximalist holiday season" - Crosscut, Culture, December 1, 2022
<https://crosscut.com/culture/2022/12/artsea-minimalist-pleasures-maximalist-holiday-season>
“4 art fairs here go head to head in the coming fortnight”- Spot Art, The Straits Times, Lifestyle, November 18, 2014.
<http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/visual-arts/story/4-art-fairs-here-go-head-head-the-coming-fortnight-20141118>
“2014 Artists”, SPOT ART. <http://www.spotart.sg/#!lalitha-bandaru/c19mj>
“After the Life”, Penumbra, March 8, 2014. <http://penumbramag.com/after-the-life/>
“Lalitha: Teen Painting Sensation”, Reach out Hyderabad, (October 2010).
<http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/newsmaker/nm217.htm>
“Teen art sensation to unveil first art show”, Express News Service, October 9, 2010.
< http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/article289380.ece>
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