1973 born in Kothanalloor, Kerala, India
1998 M.F.A. (painting), Jamia Millia University, New Delhi.
1995 B.F.A. (painting), College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram.

Solo Shows

2007 Absence of an Architect, video installations paintings and photographs at Palette Gallery New Delhi

2005 Where are the Amerindians? At Inter America Space at CCA7, Trinidad

2001 Exhibition of recent works at Art Inc., Shahpur Jat, New Delhi

1998 Exhibition of paintings and sculptures at The Great Art Gallery, New Delhi

Participations

2007 Reflections, Refractions and Refutations: New and recent work by artists from India, Soulflower Gallery, Bangkok

Public Places/Private Spaces: Contemporary Photography and Video Art in India, Curated by Gayatri Sinha at The Newark Museum, New Jersy, USA

After Shock Conflict, Violence and Resolution in Contemporary Art, a group show supported by Sainsbury Centre in collaboration Matthew Shaul and the UH Galleries in England curated by Yasmin Zahir

Indian photo and Media Art: a journey of Discovery at Vienna, Austria

Horn Please: Narratives in contemporary Indian Art at Kunstmuseam Bern, Switzerland

Dreaming Childhood at Leap Years, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Making History Our Own, Organized by SAHMAT at AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi

Young & Free at Intercontinental, Nehru Place, New Delhi

Delhi World Social Forum, Nairoby

2006 ROCK curated by Himanshu Desai at Kitab Mahal, Mumbai

Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2006, a film and video festival in Paris and Berlin

Paper Flute curated by Johny M L at Gallery Espace, New Delhi

Impossible India at Frankfurt Kunstverein, curated by Nina Montmann supported by Goethe-Institute, Germany

Ghost in the machine and other stories (video, interactive media and sound) at Apeejay Media Gallery, Delhi. Curated by Pooja Sood

REAL 2006 organized by Matters of art.com at Visual Art Gallery, Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Dilli Dur Ast, a lens based workshop in the walled city of Delhi

Art for Prabhat, artists paint on paper made by mentally handicapped Students at Visual Art Gallery, Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Infinite-Us at Planet Art Gallery, Gurgaon, Haryana

Art in Cinema at Habitat Center, New Delhi

2005 Eternal Recurrence-Return at Shangrila Hotel, New Delhi

Double – Enders at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

Self x Social Self, stranger parent resource worker at School of Arts and Aesthetics Gallery JNU New Delhi, curated by Geeta Kapur.

Are we like this only? at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, curated by Vidya Shivdas. Organized by Vadehra Art Gallery,
New Delhi

2004 Journeys at Visual Arts Gallery, Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Median an exhibition of paintings & sculptures at Epiques Gallery, Green Park New Delhi

Between Rivers at C-28 West End, New Delhi

Making of India organized by SAHAMAT at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi

2003 Crossing Generations Diverge at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, curated by Geeta Kapur and Chaitanya Sambrani

Indians + Cowboys at Gallery 4A, Asian-Australia Arts Center, Sydney Australia, curated by Ruth Watson

Arting Jerusalem, an art project at Jerusalem, Israel

Shisha, an exhibition of Indian and Pratisthan French artists at Sanskriti , Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi.
Latter travelled to France

Invasions an Exhibition of Creative Posters at Palm Court Gallery, Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2002 Photographica at Cittadellarte, Biella, Italy

Circo Fragile a story telling event at Pavia University Italy

Unidee in Progress at Pistoletto Foundation, Biella, Italy

2001 Millennium Vision at Arushi Art Gallery, Delhi

Small but significant, a group show at Arpana Fine Arts, Delhi

Art for Prabhat, artists paint on paper made by mentally handicapped Students at Arpana Fine Arts, Delhi

…and Buddha Smiled Again, organized by Master’s Guild at Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, 71,
Lodi Estate, New Delhi

KHOJ BOX, at Art Inc. Shahpur Jat, New Delhi

Ego Containers, a collection of boxes by selected artists at Alter Ego an Adornment store

1998 Explorations, a site-specific installation project organized by Jamia Millia University, New Delhi

1996 Kalamela, at Bal Bhavan, New Delhi

Travelling Exhibition organized by Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi, exhibited in Madras and Bangalore

1995 Group show 95, an exhibition of painting and graphics, at Thiruvananthapuram Fine Arts Gallery

1994 Annual Exhibition conducted by Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi

Residency

2005 At CCA7 (Caribbean Contemporary Arts), Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

2004 At Khoj Studios, Khirkee Village, New Delhi

2002 Unidee, at Cittadellarte, Foundation Pistoletto, Biella, Italy.

Workshop

2006 Dilli Dur Ast, a lens based workshop in the walled city of Delhi.

2005 Sandarbh, an artist workshop and residency programme organized by Beneshwer Lok Vikas Sansthan at Partapur, Rajasthan

2002 GASTH OF 2002, an event organized by Stadelschule at Frankfurt, Germany Worked for a month at College of Fine
Arts, Sydney, Australia in Connection with an exhibition project, Indians + Cowboys

2001 Khoj International artists workshop at Modinagar

Scholarships I Award

2005 Sanskriti Award in Visual Art

2002 Awarded Inlaks Scholarship

1995-97 Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Scholarship for Visual Arts

Slide show and talk

2005 At Inter America Space, CCA7, Trinidad and Tobago

At Rabindra Bhavan Auditorium, Mandi House, New Delhi

2005 At conservatory, Birmingham University, England

List of videos

2007 Panic City Video Duration 3 min

Site Under Construction, Video Duration 7min

Raise your hand those who have touched him (multi channel video installation), Video Duration 33min

2006 Yeh Tera Ghar Yeh Mera Ghar, Video Duration 10min

Picture Perfect, Video Duration 8min 28 sec.

Search, Video Duration 5min

Chitli Qubar, Video Duration 6min

Sleep, Video Duration 3min

Interview, Video Duration 6min 27 sec.

2005 Snakes and Ladders, Video Duration 4min

The Lost City, Video Duration 14min

Bai ka (jha) gada, Video Duration 17min 19sec

Home: in/out, Video Duration 52min

Between you and me, Video Duration 5min

2004 A Day with Sohail and Mariyan, Video Duration 17min

2003 Excavations, Video Duration 5min

Wounded, Video Duration 9min.16sec

A dialogue on Bilateral Issues, Video Duration 7min

2002 Stampa, Video Duration 3min. 30 Sec.

Bibliography
Bibliography Presence through Absence and the Art of Slowing Down Written by Yasmin Canvin, published by Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, UEA Norwich, 2007

The City of Forking Paths – Recent works by Gigi Scaria By Gayatri Sinha published in the catalogue titled Absents of an Architect, Publisher: Palette Gallery, New Delhi.2007.
The self, out there Written by Shruti Ravindran, Published in Outlook weekly news magazine, Published for the week of June 26-July 2, published by Outlook Publishing (India) Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi 2007
Reading paint (Exhibition Review) Written by Norachai Thavisin, Published in Fine Art, The art news magazine of Thailand, Volume 4 No.30, March 2007
Mapping the Marginalized: Gigi Scaria Essay written by Ramesh Kumar, Self x Social, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 2005
Sanskriti Awards (booklet) Published by Sanskriti Pratishthan, New Delhi 2005
Are we like this only? Written by Vidya Shivadas. Published by Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi. 19 March 2005
Footnotes to an itinerary for divergence Written by Geeta Kapur, Crossing Generations: diverge Published by Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, 2nd December2003.
Indians + Cowboys Written by Ruth Watson, Sidney, Australia 2002
Photografica 2002 Le montagne del mondo Published by Citta di Biella, Assessorato alla Cultura, 2002
KHOJ 2001 Published by KHOJ International Artist’s Association, edited by Pooja Sood, New Delhi 2002