BORN Guyana, South America, 1973

EDUCATION/AWARDS

Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, 2023

MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2003

Royal College of Art Fellowship, London, UK, 2002

MA, South Asian Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2001

BA, Statistics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024

solo, ICA San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2023

solo exhibition, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA

“Osmosis: In the face of the sea,” re-imagined solo exhibition, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL

Forecast Form, group exhibition, ICA Boston, Boston, MA

Breakthroughs, group exhibition, MCA Denver, Denver, CO

group exhibition, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA

Felix Art Fair, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Are we free to move about the world: The passport in contemporary art,” group exhibition, curated by Grace Aneiza Ali, FSU (Florida State University) Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL

State of the Art: Constructs, group exhibition, Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH

2022

Osmosis, solo exhibition, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL

Forecast Form, group exhibition, curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates, MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL

Art Basel Miami Beach, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Miami, FL

Monster, solo exhibition, Unit London, UK

Herself as another, solo exhibition, Hollis Taggart, NYC, NY

Frieze London, Kavi Gupta Gallery, London, UK

The Armory Show, Kavi Gupta Gallery, New York, NY

Breathe into the Past, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO

group exhibition, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT

State of the Art: Constructs, Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, FL

Felix Art Fair, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Expo Chicago, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL

In the Adjacent Possible, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Alter, group exhibition, curated by Sadaf Padder, Twelve Gates, Philadelphia, PA

Reorient, group exhibition, curated by Lele Barnett, Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA

Depth of Identity, group exhibition curated by Rosie Gordon-Wallace, Green Family Foundation Gallery, Miami, FL

2021

Art Basel, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Miami, FL

Untitled Art Fair, K Contemporary Art, Miami, FL

The Armory Show, Kavi Gupta Gallery, NYC, NY

Realms of Refuge, group exhibition, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL

Song of Songs, group exhibition curated by Rachel Thomas, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Unit London, London, UK

Solo Exhibition, Boise Museum of Art, Boise, ID

Fragments of Epic Memory, group exhibition, curated by Julie Crooks, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

Rites of Passage, group exhibition, Unit London, London, UK

“Home”, Sugar Hill Children’s Museum, NYC, NY

“Reunion,” group exhibition, Hollis Taggart, Southport, CT

”moments towards the Other,” group exhibition, Black Cube (a nomadic art museum)

Fresh Earth, group exhibition, Aicon Gallery, New York, NY

No Oceans Between Us, group exhibition, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio,TX

See and Be Seen, group exhibition, Praise Shadows, Brookline, MA

2020

State of the Art II, Crystal Bridges Museum/ The Momentary, curated by Lauren Haynes, Bentonville, AK

“History Reclaimed,” two-person exhibition with Adrienne Elise Tarver, Hollis Taggart Contemporary, New York, NY

Innocence and Everything After, solo exhibition, K Contemporary Art, Denver, CO

Untited Art Fair, on-line viewing room, Miami, FL

LA Art Show, K Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

“Cultural Encounters: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America and The Caribbean, 1945-Present,” traveling group exhibition, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC

2019

Sharjah Biennial, Leaving the Echo Chamber, curated by Claire Tancons, Omar Kholeif, and Zoe Butt, Sharjah Art Foundation commissioned project, Sharjah, UAE

Solo Installation. Denver Art Museum/Biennial of the Americas, Denver, CO

Womens’ Work,” Pen and Brush, New York City, NY

Pulse Art Fair, K Contemporary Art, Miami, FL

“Fugue,” solo exhibition, the Vault residency, Denver, CO

“Woven Stories,” group exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA

“Each of Us is Several,” two person exhibition, Platte Forum, Denver, CO

“Small is Beautiful,” group exhibition, Flowers Gallery, London

2018

Pulse Art Fair, K Contemporary Art, Miami, FL

“Sugar Bound,” solo exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO

“Sweet Asylum,” solo exhibition, K Contemporary, Denver, CO

“Landfall,” solo exhibition, GrayDuck Gallery, Denver, CO

Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, commissioned project, Denver, CO

2017

Denver Art Museum/SkyHouse Commission, Solo Exhibition/Installation, Denver, CO

Liminal Space, CCADI, NYC, NY

Nice Work if You Can Get It, group exhibition, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO

Axis Mundi, group exhibition, Platte Forum, Denver, CO

2016

Revisionist, solo exhibition, Artworks Loveland, Loveland, CO Monumental, group exhibition, RedLine Contemporary Art, Denver, CO

Typecast, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC

Art of the State, group exhibition, Arvada Center, Wheatridge, CO

Visitation, group exhibition, GrayDuck Gallery, Austin, TX

Drawing Never Dies, group exhibition, RedLine Contemporary Art, Denver, CO

The Intrepid Garden, two-person exhibition, Buell Theater, Denver Performing Arts Center, Denver, CO

PRESS

Maximiliano Duron, Art in America/ArtNews, The Best Booths at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022, From Dazzling Abstractions to Urgent Protest Art, Nov. 29th 2022 https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/art-basel-miami-beach-2022-best-booths-1234648390/

Cerebral Woman podcast with Phyllis Hollis, episode 135, January, 2023

Maximiliano Duron, The Best Booths at Felix Art Fair, From Biting Art World Commentary to Innovative Approaches to Textiles, February 15, 2023,

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/felix-la-2023-best-booths-1234657746/

Aaron Mok, Hyperallergic, “Suchitra Mattai probes the monstrous misperceptions around immigrant identity,” March 8, 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/715678/suchitra-mattai-probes-the-monstrous-misperceptions-around-immigrant-identity/

Paul Laster, Galerie Magazine, Highlights from the Intersect Aspen Art Fair, August 4, 2022,

https://galeriemagazine.com/highlights-from-intersect-aspen/

Emann Odufu, Document Journal, Suchitra Mattai’s Guyana exists in the gaps of the Western archive,” March 8, 2022, https://www.documentjournal.com/2022/03/suchitra-mattais-guyana-exists-in-the-gaps-of-the-western-archive/

Salomé Gómez-Upegui, Artsy, Suchitra Mattai’s Soulful Works Convey Unspeakable Truths, February 4, 2022

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-suchitra-mattais-soulful-works-convey-unspeakable-truths

Sammi Lee, Plinth UK, Monstering with Suchitra Mattai, January, 2, 2022

https://plinth.uk.com/blogs/in-the-studio-with/monster-suchitra-mattai-unit-london

Sadaf Padder, Hyperallergic, A Tale of Two Countries: Finding Indo-Caribbean Shakti in Colorado, January 23, 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/705864/a-tale-of-two-countries-finding-indo-caribbean-shakti-in-colorado/

Cate McQuaid, “Restoring Power with Portraits at Praise Shadows Art Gallery,” The Boston Globe, January 21, 2021
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/13/arts/restoring-power-with-portraits-praise-shadows-art-gallery/

Gregory Volk, Hyperallergic “A Survey of American Art That Isn’t Just Coastal,” Hyperallergic, March 7, 2020

https://hyperallergic.com/546373/state-of-the-art-202o-at-crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art/

Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, Artist Suchitra Mattai’s latest exhibit takes a hard look at a difficult year, and envisions a path forward, July 28th, 2020

https://theknow-old.denverpost.com/2020/07/28/suchitra-mattai-k-contemporary/242374/

Corinne Anderson, Suchitra Mattai Expands Our Sense of History and Identity in New Solo Show, July 23, 2020

https://303magazine.com/2020/07/suchitra-mattai-k-contemporary/

Isis Davis-Marks, History gets reclaimed at Hollis Taggart Gallery, Widewalls, June 8th 2020 https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/history-reclaimed-hollis-taggart-gallery

Sarah Cascone, “Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week,” ArtNet News, March 2, 2020 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-march-2-2020-1785762

Kwon Mee-Yoo, “Sharjah Biennial breaks barriers of perception,” The Korea Times, May 5, 2019

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2020/02/145_268529.html

Sarah Cascone, “Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week,” Artnet News, April 8 2019

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-april-8-2019-1498255

Ann Binlot, “the 14th Sharjah Biennial tells the stories ignored by popular culture,” Document Journal, April 3rd, 2019, https://www.documentjournal.com/2019/04/the-14th-sharjah-biennial-tells-the-stories-ignored-by-popular-culture/

Tom, Seymour, Wallpaper Magazine, “Sharjah Biennial 14 is raising the emirate’s cultural cache,” March 20, 2019

https://www.wallpaper.com/art/sharjah-biennial-14-leaving-the-echo-chamber

Osman can Yerebakan, “Our highlights from the 14TH Sharjah Biennial: Leaving the Echo Chamber, Cultured Magazine, March 12, 2019, https://www.culturedmag.com/sharjah-biennial/

KATRINA KUFER, Sharjah Biennial Is One Of The Best Art Happenings This Season,” Harpers Bazaar Arabia, March 17, 2019,

https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/art/fairs-and-events/leaving-the-echo-chamber-sharjah-biennial

Shailaja Tripathi, “Making Way for New Stories,” The Hindu, March 14, 2019, https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/making-way-for-new-stories/article26533342.ece

Ryan Warner, CPR (Colorado Public Radio), interview on Colorado Matters,

https://www.cpr.org/news/story/artist-suchitra-mattai-

Brenner, Wayne Alan. "Suchitra Mattai: Landfall" at grayDUCK Gallery, The Austin Chronicle, Dec. 21st, 2018

https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2018-12-21/suchitra-mattai-landfall/

Kirschner, Noelani, “Portraits of Colonialism: Suchitra Mattai,” The American Scholar,” August 20th, 2018, https://theamericanscholar.org/suchitra-mattai/ - .W500QrbMzVo

Michael Paglia, Westword, September 12, 2018, https://www.westword.com/arts/suchitra-mattai-explores-her-complex-heritage-in-cvas-sugar-bound-10767356

Joshua Ware, Other Narratives Other Histories, Entropy Journal, April, 2018, https://entropymag.org/other-narratives-other-histories-on-suchitra-mattais-sweet-asylum/

Grace Anezia Ali, A Collection of Contemporary Women’s Voices on Guyana, Brill Publishing, (forthcoming) 2017

AWARDS/LECTURES

Logan Lecture, Migration, Diaspora and Displacement, with Shirin Neshat and Hew Locke, Denver Art Museum, 2021

Visiting Artist, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Visiting Artist, Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2021

Visiting Artist, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2021

Interview with curator Rebecca Hart, Untitled Art Fair OVR programming, Miami, FL, 2020

“Holding Space- Bridging fiber art and racial identity,” Surface Design Association, 2020

“A Woman’s Diaspora and Liminal Spaces” panel discussion (virtual),Lux Art Institute, San Diego, CA 2020

Logan Lecture, Denver art Museum, Denver, 2019

RedLine Denver Artist in Residence, 2014-2016

Angelo Savelli Award, Penn School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, 2003

Royal College of Art Fellowship, London, England 2002

U.S. Dept. of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Full Tuition, 2000

American Institute of Indian Studies, FLAS Fellowship, Udaipur, 2000

Collections

Crystal Bridges Museum of Art

Jorge Perez

Denver Art Museum

Olivia Walton

Shah Garg Collection

Pamela Hornik

Kiran Nader Museum of Art, Delhi, India

Tampa Art Museum

TIA Art Collection

Wake Forest University

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Northwestern University School of Law

Taylor Art Collection

Born Hotel Denver

Intercontinental Minneapolis

Suchitra Mattai

Back Story of Invisible Powers, 2019