Rajkamal Kahlon
Biography

Born
1974    Auburn, CA

Education
1999    MFA, Painting, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
BA, Studio Art, University of California, Davis, CA

Selected Exhibitions

2007    CCA at 100: Alumni Looking Forward, San Francisco, CA
2005    PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
2004    Imports and Exports, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA (solo)
              Rajkamal Kahlon: Works on paper, Artek Contemporaries, New York, NY (solo)
              Rajkamal Kahlon and Nancy Brooks Brody, Slingshot Project, New York, NY (two-person exhibition)
              Executions by Rajkamal Kahlon, 2003 Workspace Artist, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning,
                             Jamaica, New York, NY (solo)
              Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Durham, NC (catalogue)
              Bush-Whack!, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
              The Book as Object and Performance, Gigantic Art Space, New York, NY (catalogue)
              The Black Madonna, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY (catalogue)
              Visual Fellows Exhibition, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
              Scope Art Fair, Slingshot Project, London, England
2003    BQE, White Box, New York, NY
              Nip & Tuck, Artek Contemporaries, New York, NY
              Reality/Fiction, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, New York, NY
              Through Customs: 6th Annual South Asian Women Creative Collective Art Exhibition,
                             Bose Pacia Modern, New York, NY
              637 Running Feet: Black on White Wall Drawings, Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY
2002    Unjustified, Apex Art, New York, NY
              Mango, South Asian Women's Creative Collective, Talwar Gallery, New York, NY
              AIM 22, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
              Open Studios, Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY
              Scratch, Arena, New York, NYA

Awards and Fellowships

2004    Visual Arts Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center
2003    Workspace Fellowship, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
2002    A.I.M., Bronx Museum of the Arts
2001    Whitney Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art
1998    Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture

Bibliography

2004    Diaz, Eva and Reisman,Sara. "The Book as Object and Performance, Gigantic Art Space," pp. 7,12-13,36-37.
              Bing, Allison. “Rajkamal Kahlon: Imports and Exports” SFGate. Art in Review (June) online review
              “Executing the Cultural Narrative,” Queens Courier, March 25, p. 8.
              Joiner, Brian. “Deconstructing Orientalism: Kahlon’s ‘Executions’ at JCAL.” Queens Chronicle, January 29, p. 36.
              Han, Heng-gil. Executions by Rajkamal Kahlon, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Exhibition Brochure
                             and Artist Interview.
2003    "Turning Walls Into Art At Queens Museum," Newsday NYC (January 12, 2003): 37
2002    "Bronx Museum of the Arts," The New Yorker. (September 16, 2002): 16.   
              Cotter, Holland. "A.I.M. 22." The New York Times. Art in Review (September 13, 2002): 18.     
              Cotter, Holland. "Mango," The New York Times. Art in Review (July 19, 2002): 26.
              "People and Places Here and There: Stories of India Project," Everything Magazine. Issue No. 3.4
                             (June 2002): 100-103.
              Yablonski, Linda. "Unjustified." Time Out. Issue No. 333 (February 14-21, 2002): 61.
              "637 Running Feet: Black On White Wall Drawings By 14 Artists," News India (December 27, 2002): 24.

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