Harsha Durugadda is a multidisciplinary artist, working with sculpture and performance art. He is the winner of the Rio Tinto Sculpture Award 2017 at Sculpture by the Sea, Australia. He currently lives and runs his sculpture studio at Oorna farm
Harsha Durugadda is a multidisciplinary artist, working with sculpture and performance art. He is the winner of the Rio Tinto Sculpture Award 2017 at Sculpture by the Sea, Australia. He currently lives and runs his sculpture studio at Oorna farm surrounded by agricultural lands on the outskirts of Hyderabad where he implements permaculture principles to grow food and build with earthen architecture.
Academics
M.A Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2016 (Discnt..)
M.A Diploma in Visual Communication, WLC College, New Delhi, 2011
Awards
TAF Emerging Artist Award, South Asia Winner, 2023
Biafarin Award, NordArt, Budeldorf, Germany, 2018
Rio Tinto Sculpture Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, Australia, 2017
The Andrea Stretton Memorial Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, 2016
Fellowship, Unbox Festival supported by British Council, UK, 2012
Harsha Durugadda is a multidisciplinary artist, working with sculpture and performance art. He is the winner of the Rio Tinto Sculpture Award 2017 at Sculpture by the Sea, Australia. He currently lives and runs his sculpture studio at Oorna farm surrounded by agricultural lands on the outskirts of
Harsha Durugadda is a multidisciplinary artist, working with sculpture and performance art. He is the winner of the Rio Tinto Sculpture Award 2017 at Sculpture by the Sea, Australia. He currently lives and runs his sculpture studio at Oorna farm surrounded by agricultural lands on the outskirts of Hyderabad where he implements permaculture principles to grow food and build with earthen architecture.
Academics
M.A Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2016 (Discnt..)
M.A Diploma in Visual Communication, WLC College, New Delhi, 2011
Awards
TAF Emerging Artist Award, South Asia Winner, 2023
Biafarin Award, NordArt, Budeldorf, Germany, 2018
Rio Tinto Sculpture Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, Australia, 2017
The Andrea Stretton Memorial Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, 2016
Fellowship, Unbox Festival supported by British Council, UK, 2012
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
'Between the Lines', Centre D'art , Auroville, 2021
‘Fragments in Motion’, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, 2019
‘Whirling Out’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2016
Group Exhibitions :
'63rd National Exhibition of Art', Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
'A Collective Wisdom', Art Centrix Space, New Delhi, 2023
'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, 2022
Sotheby's Auction & Burning Man, Contemporary Art , New York, 2021
'Transit', APRE Art House, Delhi, 2021
'61st National Exhibition of Art', Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2020
‘Abstract Mind’, CICA Museum, South Korea, 2019
‘Nord Art’, Büdelsdorf, Germany, 2018
‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Cottesloe, Australia, 2018
‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Cottesloe, Australia, 2017
‘CIMA Award Show’, Cima Gallery, Kolkata, 2017
‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Sydney, Australia, 2016
‘Translations-Kolkata’, ICCR Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2016
‘Abstract Mind’, CICA Museum, South Korea, 2019
‘Nord Art’, Büdelsdorf, Germany, 2018
‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Cottesloe, Australia, 2018
‘CIMA Award Show’, Cima Gallery, Kolkata, 2017
‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Sydney, Australia, 2016
‘Translations-Kolkata’, ICCR Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2016
‘National Exhibition by SCZCC’, Hyderabad, 2016
‘Translations’, Emergent Art Space, Portland, USA, 2015
‘Seen: Unseen’, Art Centrix Space, New Delhi, 2015
