One of the foremost artists of the post-colonial diaspora, Rina Banerjee's work is intricate and enchanting. Having grown up in mixed cultural communities as far apart as Kolkata and New York City, Banerjee's multi-faceted creations fuse the boundaries between East and West. There is a thoughtful sensitivity in the multiple materials that Banerjee uses in her work. Be it sculpture or painting, through the technique of collage, Banerjee is able to appropriately represent the density of the urban experience by suggesting disparate phenomena to coexist within the same framework. Though easily found in street markets, each of the objects used in her sculptures are selected with awareness of their origins. She uses items as varied as feathers, textiles, epoxy horns, beads and umbrellas to explore the material manifestations of anthropology, ethnography, mythologies and the Indian diaspora. Banerjee first dismantles and then "reclaims" their readymade status into the hand-made, reconstructing them into exquisite metaphors for the urban, post-colonial, expatriated community of which she is a part.
Born in Kolkata, India in 1963, Rina Banerjee is currently based in New York City. She completed her MFA in painting at Yale University School of Art, where she won several prestigious awards. She has been featured at "Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World" Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,Philadelphia(2019), Busan Biennale F1963 (KISWIRE Suyeong Factory), Busan (2016), "Greater New York" curated by Klaus Biesenbach, MOMA P.S. 1, New York (2015, 2005), the 55th Venice Biennale Venice, White Light/White Heat, Berengo Studio, Murano Glass Project, Curated by James Putnam (2013), the 7th Asia Pacific Triennale of Contemporary Art Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (2012), Yokohama Triennial - Our Magic Hour, BankART 1929, Yokohama (2011) and the Whitney Biennial , Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2000). Her work is held in museum collections worldwide, including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Foundation Louis Vuitton pour l'Art Contemporain, Paris; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; amongst many others.
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Gallery Collection
Akira the Hustler, Rina Banerjee, Manami Koike, Hiraki Sawa 26 Aug - 9 Sep 2017 Tokyo -
Boundless
Rina Banerjee, Yayoi Kusama, Yeesookyung 4 Mar - 8 Apr 2017 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Boundless', a group exhibition by 3 influential female artists from Asia: Rina Banerjee (India / USA), Yayoi Kusama (Japan) and Yeesookyung (Korea)....Read more -
A bundle of twine and difficulties of the tongue
Rina Banerjee 24 Jan - 18 Feb 2017 TokyoThe tongue tells of an accent when it struggles to learn a new language and our sense of self, our confidence is tied to this acrobatic feat and so pleasures...Read more -
Gallery Collection
8 Dec 2015 - 16 Jan 2016 TokyoYayoi Kusama Yuken Teruya Takao Minami Akira the Hustler Jay Flores Ticar Rina Banerjee Zhang EnliRead more -
Rina Banerjee: Migration´s Breath
Rina Banerjee 23 Jan - 21 Mar 2015 SingaporeHer Moist Breath warm with saliva and scent punctured mountain pleasured a thousand cultures of magnificent Migrations in Mist hidden bewildering beasts and plant blew winds for wandering trumpeted of...Read more -
What am I made of and how do you know my name?
Rina Banerjee 22 Nov 2013 - 31 Jan 2014 TokyoOta Fine Arts is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition by Rina Banerjee starting on 22 November, 2013. Rina Banerjee was born in Kolkata, India in 1963 and moved...Read more -
Vivid Strata: New Representations of Asia
Firoz Mahmud, Rina Banerjee, Takao Minami, and Tomoko Kashiki 21 Jun - 21 Jul 2013 SingaporeThis summer, Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a group exhibition featuring four contemporary artists from Asia all working in various strands of figurative representation, by means of painting,...Read more -
Walk in Asia
Rina Banerjee, Ho Sin Tung, Yee Sookyung, Manami Koike, Naoya Inose, Mai Trung Thu, Masayasu Mitsuke, 24 Jul - 31 Aug 2012 TokyoOta Fine Arts is pleased to announce the summer collection exhibition of Waik in Asia starting from 24 July. The raise of Asian countries in recent years can be seen...Read more
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Rina Banerjee
"POWER FLOWER - NICE BIENNIAL 2022" Le 109, France 17 Jun 2022Rina Banerjee will participate in 'POWER FLOWER - NICE BIENNIAL 2022' at Le 109 in France from 18th June to 3rd September 2022. Title: 'POWER...Read more -
Ota Fine Arts Singapore
"AGAS Group Show 2022: A World At Every Turn" Art Galleries Association Singapore, Singapore 8 Jan 2022Ota Fine Arts Singapore participates in 'A World At Every Turn', organized by the Art Galleries Association Singapore (AGAS) from 14 to 23 January 2022....Read more -
Rina Banerjee "PROJECT ATRIUM: RINA BANERJEE" MOCA Jacksonville, Florida
11 Mar 2020Rina Banerjee will present her Project Atrium installation 'Irresistible, irreplaceable Earthat...' at MOCA Jacksonville, Florida from 20th March to 28th June 2020. Exhibition Information Title...Read more -
Rina Banerjee "Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World" Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
21 Nov 2019Rina Banerjee will hold a solo exhibition 'Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World' at Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, California from...Read more