Harsha Durugadda is a multidisciplinary artist based in India. He received The Arts Family Emerging Artist Award in 2023 for South Asia and won the Rio Tinto Sculpture Award 2017 at Sculpture by the Sea, Australia.
In 2021 Durugadda was part of a Sotheby’s New York contemporary auction in partnership with Burning Man at Boundless Space.
In 2014, the Courtauld Institute of Art invited him to present on Ancient Buddhist Sculpture at the British Museum, London. He received the Andrew Stretton Memorial invitation in 2016 Sydney.
Durugadda’s sculptures have been exhibited internationally at Nord Art in Germany, Emergent Art Space in the United States, London, and Sculpture by the Sea in Australia. Durugadda’s artworks are part of major public and private collections including Busselton Australia (Sculpture by the Sea), Bangalore Airport (Terminal 2), RMZ Hyderabad and HMDA , Hyderabad.
He went to JNU New Delhi, and he currently resides in Hyderabad.
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HARSHA VARDHAN DURUGADDA, (B. 1989, INDIA)
Currently Represented by Manuel Zoia Gallery, Milan for European Region
EDUCATION
2016 M.A Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Discnt..)
2011 M.A Diploma in Visual Communication, WLC College, New Delhi
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 ‘Between the Lines’, Centre D’art , Auroville
2019 ‘Fragments in Motion’, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2016 ‘Whirling Out’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
2022 ‘Contemporary Landscape’, CICA Museum, South Korea
2022 ‘HopScotch’, Gallery27, Kochi, Kerala
2022 ‘Material Matters’, Art Centrix, New Delhi
2022 ‘Timelapse’, India Art Fair, APRE Art House, New Delhi
2021 Sotheby’s Auction in Association with Burning Man, Contemporary Art , New York
2021 ‘Transit’, APRE Art House, Delhi
2020 ’61st National Exhibition of Art’, New Delhi
2019 ‘Abstract Mind’, CICA Museum, South Korea
2018 ‘Nord Art’, Budelsdorf, Germany
2018 ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Cottesloe, Australia
2017 ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Cottesloe, Australia
2017 ‘CIMA Award Show’, Cima Gallery, Kolkata
2016 ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Sydney, Australia
2016 ‘Translations-Kolkata’, ICCR Art Gallery, Kolkata
2016 ‘National Exhibition by SCZCC’, Hyderabad
2015 ‘Translations’, Emergent Art Space, Portland, USA
2014 ‘Seen: Unseen’, Art Centrix Space, New Delhi
2014 ‘Cultural Coalitions’, Plastic Propaganda, London
2013 ‘Sarai City’, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
2012 ‘Harkat’, Art Performance, SARAI, New Delhi
2012 ‘Unbox Festival ‘, Queens Gallery, British Council, New Delhi
2011 ‘Infinite Possibilities’, Visual Arts Gallery, IHC, New Delhi
RESIDENCIES
2021 Centre D’art Residency, Auroville, Tamilnadu
2016 KYTA Artist Residency, Kalga, Himachal Pradesh
AWARDS
2023 TAF Emerging Artist Award, South Asia Winner
2018 Biafarin Award, NordArt, Budeldorf, Germany
2017 Rio Tinto Sculpture Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, Australia
2016 The Andrea Stretton Memorial Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2012 Fellowship, Unbox Festival supported by British Council, UK
PUBLICATIONS
2016 ‘Amaravati: The Art of an Early Buddhist Monument in Context’ Research Publication by
The British Museum ISBN: 978 0861592074
TALKS
2021 TEDx ‘Whirling Out’, Miranda House
REVIEWS AND PUBLICITY
2021 ‘Harsha Durugadda’s sculpture for Sotheby’s online auction’,The Hindu
2020 ‘Art Through Sustainable Living’, Deccan Chronicle
2019 ‘Art of Sculpting ‘, The Ideal Home and Garden
2019 ‘Art That Interacts’,The Hindu
2019 ‘A Spinning Art’, The Pioneer
2019 ‘This is Thy Art, too’, Indian Express
2019 ‘A Visual Allegory’, Deccan Chronicle
2017 ‘In a Creative Space’, The Hindu
2017 ‘Sunrise Weekend’, JT weekend News
2017 ‘TV Interview’, Perth now
2017 ‘Winning Sculpture’, The West Australian
2017 ‘Sculptor Wins coveted Australian Award’, The Hindu
2017 ‘Sea-ing is believing’, Asian Age / Sunday Chronicle
2017 ‘Sounds sculpted by the Sea’, IndianLink
2017 ‘Indian Artist awarded for sculpture in Western Australia’,Outlook India
2017 ‘The young Indian sculptor we all should be proud of’, India Today
2017 ‘Art that’s alive’, Deccan Herald
2016 ‘Artist’s tryst with the Himalayas’, Times of India
2016 ‘Unique Creations’, Millennium Post
2014 ‘Inherent talent Blossoms’, Deccan Chronicle
2012 ‘Arty Farty with Loo Culture’, Timeout Magazine
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2023 HMDA, India
2023 Bangalore Airport, India
2022 RMZ Foundation, India
2018 Nicola Forest, Perth, Australia
2017 Busselton, Australia