Name: Baptist J. Coelho
Date of Birth: 27th January 1977

Qualifications

2006 : Postgraduate: Master of Arts (MA), University: Birmingham Institute of Art & Design (BIAD) at University of Central England in Birmingham, UK
2001 : Certificate: Photography, College: L. S. Raheja School of Art, Bandra, Mumbai, India
1997 : Diploma: Applied Art, College: L. S. Raheja School of Art, Worli, Mumbai, India

Solo Presentations

2009 : "You can’t afford to have emotions out there…", at The Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Delhi.
2006 : air(edge)air, at BIAD Gallery, UK.

Group Participation

2009 : Immersions, The White Cube Project at Anant Art, Delhi. Curator: Deeksha Nath.
Caturday Is Cleaning Day, at The Loft, Mumbai. Curator: Gitanjali Dang.
: Unstill, at Seven Art Gallery, Delhi.
2008 : Still Moving Image, at Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon. Curator: Deeksha Nath (Inaugural Exhibition).
: Outer Circle, at Arts I, Delhi. Curators: Dr. Alka Pande & Mukesh Panika (Inaugural Exhibition).
: Urgent: 10ml of Contemporary Needed! at Travencore Art Gallery, Delhi. Juried Exhibition of the Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, Delhi (FICA).
: Recent Works, at Project 88, Mumbai.
: Click! Contemporary Photography in India. Curators: Sunil Gupta & Radhika Singh (Travelling Exhibition).
- Grosvenor Gallery, London. 27 Feb-27 Mar
- Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi. 01 Mar-29 Mar
2007 : Autoportraits - Queering The Lens, at The Attic, Delhi. Curator: Sunil Gupta.
: The Peace Project, at Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado. Curator: Judy Hussie Taylor (Online Exhibition)

: Urban Changes. Goethe-Institut, Mumbai. Curator: Andrea Kuenzig (Travelling Exhibition)
2009 - Rachna Sansand Institute Gallery, Mumbai. 26-31 Jan
- Hyderabad, Kolkata & Dhaka. (Forthcomig)
2008 - Max Muller Bhavan, Pune. 10-20 Mar
- Max Muller Bhavan, Delhi. 07-20 Apr
- Goethe-Institut, Karachi. 08-18 Jun
- Goethe-Institut, Bengaluru. 18-31 Jul
- Goethe-Institut, Chennai. 08-23 Aug
- Goethe-Institut, Colombo. 12-22 Sept
2007 - Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai. 20-29 Dec

Screenings

SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED, 2009.
2009 : ARTPORT_Cool Stories II at focus 09, Basel. 12 Jun. Juried Selection
: Video Wednesdays at Gallery Espace, Delhi. 29 Jul-01Aug. Curator: Arshiya Lokhandwala

CROSS-LEGGED, 2008.
: 60X60 Secs. Curator: Ali Zaidi (Travelling Screening)
2009 - VM Art Gallery, Karachi. 13-25 May
- Rich Mix - East End Film Festival, London. 25 Apr
- School of Oriental and African Studies, London. 16 Mar-20 Mar
- Bradford 1 Gallery, Bradford. 05 Feb-05 May
- Kara Film Festival, Karachi. 05 Feb-15 Feb
- British Council Library, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi & Pune. Jan
2008 - The Shunt Lounge, London. 04-07 Jun
- Vibe Gallery, London. 18 Jun-06 Jul
- BBC Big Screens, UK-wide. Aug-Oct
- Journo Junction 2008, at Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. 23 Sept
- James Beveridge Media Resource Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi. 29 Sept
- Alhamra Cultural Complex, Lahore. 09-11 Oct
- National Art Gallery, Islamabad. 13 Oct-16 Nov
- Aicon Gallery, New York. 22 Nov-06 Dec

2007 : CORPORAL DIS(CONNECT) (Standard Mode & Intoxicated Mode #1, 2007). Fixed Frame Film Festival at KwaSuka Theatre, Durban

Awards & Grants

2007 : Promising Artist Award by ART India and the Visual Arts Gallery (India Habitat Centre), Delhi
: Grant for 60X60 Secs by motiroti, London
: Shortlisted for Emerging Artist Award by Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, Delhi (FICA)
2006 : Johnson Prize Fund by BIAD, UK

Residencies & Workshops

2009 : Artist-in-Residence Programme in Switzerland by Pro Helvetia, The Swiss Arts Council, Delhi (Forthcoming)
2007 : Looking at a Place Video Editing Workshop conducted by Sharmila Samant of Open Circle, Mumbai
: Urban Changes Photography Workshop conducted by Andrea Kuenzig for Goethe-Institut, Mumbai

Panel Discussion & Artist Talks

2008 : Participated as one of the speakers in a Panel Discussion on Urban Changes, at the Max Muller Bhavan, Delhi organised by Goethe-Institut in Delhi
: Artist Talk at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi
2007 : Artist Talk at École Mondiale World School, Mumbai
2006 : Artist Talk at Birmingham Institute of Art & Design (BIAD), UK

Community Art Projects

2008 : PAPER AIRPLANE PROJECT, 2008-In Progress
- Participation with 80 children of École Mondiale World School, Mumbai, Feb-Mar
- Participation with 35 children of seven Non-Governmental Organisations based in Mumbai. Facilitated by, Mohile Parekh Center for the Visual Arts, Mumbai, Jun
- Participation with 30 children of Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), Ladakh, Aug
: YOU CAN REUSE THIS ENVELOPE AGAIN PROJECT, 2008-In Progress
2007 : MUMBAI-BERLIN PUBLIC ART PROJECT, 2007-In Progress, conducted by Open Circle in Mumbai and Skulpturenpark Berlin-Zentrum, in Berlin

Catalogues

2008 : Dr. Alka Pande, Indian Art, The New International Sensation by Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai. Pg 150
: Deeksha Nath, Still Moving Image by Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon. Pg 14, 33, 67.
: Dr. Alka Pande & Mukesh Panika, Outer Circle, by Arts I, Delhi. Pg 20-25.
: Bhooma Padmanabham & Avijna Bhattacharya, Urgent: 10ml of Contemporary Needed! by Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, Delhi (FICA). Pg 08-09, 13, 24-28.
: Sunil Gupta, Click! Contemporary Photography in India by Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi & Fotomedia, Delhi. Pg 6, 126-127.

Miscellaneous

2008 : Guest Editor on New Media Art for “I”, a Quarterly Newsletter of the Visual Arts, produced by India Habitat Centre in Delhi. (Volume 6, Issue 1)
: Wrote an article entitled “Why Not”, which was published in “I”, a Quarterly Newsletter of the Visual Arts, produced by India Habitat Centre in Delhi. (Volume 6, Issue 1)
: Assisted, participants of Arcadia University in Philadelphia, USA for ‘Visual Culture in India’ - a project of Arcadia University’s Communications Program organised in conjunction with the Mohile Parikh Centre for the Visual Arts, Mumbai
2007 : Assisted Yoshishisa Nakano and Masayuki Yasuhara of Novaia Liustra, Japan for ‘Café Liustra’ (a site specific installation), organised by Japan Foundation in Delhi and Open Circle in Mumbai

Mediums

Video, Sound and Architectural Installations, Photography, Found Objects, Sculpture, Community/Public-Art, Performance and Site-specific work.