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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, Commissions & Artist Talks

2020

Artist Talk, Visiting Artist, University of Washington, WA

2015

Art Residency, Warp Artist Village 2015, Bruges, Belgium

2015

Art ResidencyGlorious 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.

          <https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/6-exhibitions-featuring-wa-based-artists-to-catch-in-december-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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