Pritika Chowdhry
Born
Pritika Chowdhry

India[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Notable workPartition Anti-Memorial Project and Counter-Memory Project
Websitepritikachowdhry.com

Pritika Chowdhry is an Indian-born American artist, curator, and writer.[2][3] She is known for her work in the socio-political domain.[4][5]

Pritika is the founder of Partition Anti-Memorial Project and Counter-Memory Project.[6][7]

Biography

Born in India, Pritika grew up in New Delhi.[8][9] In 1999, she moved to the United States.[10]

Pritika attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Art.[11] She continued her study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Studio arts and a Master of Arts (MA) in Visual Culture and Gender studies.[12]

Between 2009 and 2011, she was a visiting professor and taught at Macalester College and College of Visual Arts.[10][12]

In 2007, she founded the Partition Anti-Memorial Project.[12] The project consists of nine sub-projects focusing on historical events, including the 1947 Partition of India, 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence, and the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.[13][14] Her work has been exhibited at notable museums and arts galleries such as Queens Museum, Weisman Art Museum, Hunterdon Art Museum, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Sanskriti Museum & Art Gallery, and Islip Art Museum.[12][15]

Pritika is the current senior curator at the South Asia Institute and is a member of the board of the Woman Made Gallery, Chicago.[16][17]

Awards and recognition

Selected exhibitions

Permanent collections

Bibliography

  • Chowdhry, Pritika (2007). Visceral Mappings: Transdiasporic Art Practices

References

  1. "Chicago artist hopes King Charles can do what his mother did not". Chicago Sun-Times. September 10, 2022.
  2. Banerji, Abigail (April 1, 2022). "Artist Pritika Chowdhry is bringing stories of India's partition to the global stage". Hindustan Times.
  3. Jacqui Palumbo. "'Anti-memorials' honor Indian Partition's unseen victims, 75 years on". CNN.
  4. Quraishi, Ash-har (5 October 2021). "Artist hopes to spark conversations about traumatic world events". WGBA-TV.
  5. Dar, Vaishali (17 April 2022). "A pop icon: How Andy Warhol continues to remain in the news". Financial Express.
  6. Micieli-Voutsinas, Jacque (2015). "What the Nation Re-members: Resisting Victim Nationalism in Partition Memorial Project". GeoHumanities. 1 (2): 398–413. doi:10.1080/2373566X.2015.1103196. S2CID 147050563.
  7. 1 2 3 Ramsay, Francesca (5 October 2021). "Memory Leaks Interview with Pritika Chowdhry and Francesca Ramsay".
  8. Jain, Siddhi (16 December 2021). "Reimagining Nirbhaya: An artist's ode to December 16 victim". Hindustan Times.
  9. 1 2 Mirza, Quddus (8 January 2012). "Of kites, kurties and cartography". The News International.
  10. 1 2 "'Karmic (Dis)Continuities' on display at Banfill". 23 April 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Artworks remember the crooked line". DAWN. January 3, 2012.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Narayanan, Jayashree (18 April 2022). "Artist Pritika Chowdhry's 'anti-memorials' illustrate what is excluded from collective memories of Partition". Indian Express.
  13. Benzine, Vittoria. "The Partition Memorial Project by Pritika Chowdhry".
  14. Lodaya, Nidhi (27 March 2022). "She confronts history". Mid-Day.
  15. "Installations". Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  16. "Chicago-Based artist "anti-memorializes" the partition of India". September 26, 2022.
  17. "About". Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  18. "Awards in the Creative Arts – Division of the Arts – UW–Madison". artsdivision.wisc.edu. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  19. "2011 American Institute of Indian Studies Fellows" (PDF). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  20. White, Clarence (10 March 2014). "This week in Saint Paul".
  21. Kalra, Vandana (September 21, 2010). "Border Line". Indian Express.
  22. Chatterjee, Saibal (October 10, 2010). "The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum". Tribune India.
  23. "Erasing Borders: Passport to Contemporary Indian Art of the diaspora 2009". Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  24. "Pritika Chowdhry | Woman Made Gallery". Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  25. "About Pritika Chowdhry". Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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