Ranu Mukherjee

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Ranu Mukherjee
Born1966 (1966)
EducationBachelor of Fine Arts; Master of Arts
OccupationFilm Program Chair at the California College of Arts, San Francisco

Ranu Mukherjee (born 1966) is an Indian-American artist and educator based in San Francisco, California.[1][2] Her multi-media work combines film and painting in what she has coined a "hybrid film." She co-founded the arts collective, Orphan Drift.[3]

Education[]

Ranu Mukherjee received her Master of Arts at the Royal College of Art in London, England after earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts.[4]

Art career[]

Best known for creating strongly colored large scale installations that combine mediums such as print, paint, and drawings,[5] her work has focus on topics such as colonialism, feminism, and ecology.[1][2]

Mukherjee has stated that most of her work comes from a neo-futurist perspective as she aims to generate creative thinking among her audience. She also penned the term "hybrid film" as a label for her animated art that combines painted, photographic, and digital work into unique pieces.[1][6]

Along with one of the founding artists, Maggie Roberts, Suzzane Karakashian, and Erle Stenberg, Mukherjee is a member of the collaborative Orphan Drift artist group.[7] Often described as sci-fi because of their focus on underground music and technology, the group is known for their complex works that use sampling of other art to provide a remix using print, video, and text as their mediums. Most of their work focuses on subjects such as cyber-feminism and post structuralism.[3]

After earning her degrees in art, she began teaching at Goldsmith's College in London in 1994. In 2002 She moved to San Francisco, California, where she teaches at California College of the Arts.[4][8]

Exhibitions[]

Solo exhibitions[]

  • 2018 A Bright Stage, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA[9][10]
  • 2017 Shivery Proof, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA[11]
  • 2017 Shadowtime, Gallery Wendy Norris, San Francisco, CA[12]
  • 2016 Phantasmagoria, Table Arts Center, Charleston, IL[13]
  • 2015 Extracted: A Trilogy by Ranu Mukherjee, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA[14][15]
  • 2016 Phantasmagoric, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA[16]
  • 2012 Telling Fortunes, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA[17]

Group exhibitions[]

  • 2018 "Be Not Still", di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA[18]

Collections[]

Publications[]

  • Mukherjee, Ranu (December 12, 2017). "Connective Tissue". Art Practical. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  • Mukherjee, Ranu (2019-07-03). "Monkey's Fist". Art Journal. 78 (3): 125. doi:10.1080/00043249.2019.1655341.

Bibliography[]

  • Dance Magazine. “Building Bridges.” Dance Magazine. Dance Magazine, October 1, 2020[22]
  • “Ranu Mukherjee.” In The Make. Accessed March 19, 2021[23]
  • “Ranu Mukherjee - Gallery Wendi Norris: San Francisco.” Gallery Wendi Norris | San Francisco. Gallery Wendi Norris | San Francisco, October 20, 2020[24]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Waraich, Sonia (January 22, 2016). "Asian Art Museum celebrates South Asia as Part of Golden Jubilee". India West. San Leandro, Calif: India West.
  2. ^ a b "Color of History, Sweating Rocks". kadist.org. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  3. ^ a b Festival, C. T. M. (2013). "0rphan Drift: You Its Eyes 94-13". archive2013-2020.ctm-festival.de. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. ^ a b "People Finder - California College of the Arts - Portal". portal.cca.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  5. ^ "Ranu Mukherjee". Maine College of Art. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  6. ^ Art School | Ranu Mukherjee's Hybrid Films | Episode 61, retrieved 2021-03-18
  7. ^ Farr, Kristin (2016). "Women to Watch: Ranu Mukherjee". KQED. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  8. ^ "Ranu Mukherjee April 1 – 29, 2020". 18th Street Arts Center. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  9. ^ "Ranu Mudherjee: A Bright Stage". San Francisco Bay Times. 12 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Ranu Mukherjee: A Bright Stage". de Young. 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  11. ^ "'Shivery Proof': The art of Ranu Mukherjee". Pennsylvania College of Art & Design | PCA&D. December 12, 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  12. ^ "Ranu Mukherjee | Shadowtime". Gallery Wendi Norris | San Francisco. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  13. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: Tarble Arts Center - Archived Exhibitions". www.eiu.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  14. ^ "Ranu Mukherjee Unearths Buried Histories in 'Extracted' Trilogy". KQED.
  15. ^ "Extracted: A Trilogy by Ranu Mukherjee | Exhibitions | Asian Art Museum". Exhibitions. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  16. ^ Romain, Julie (May 2, 2016). "All that Glitters Is Gold: Ranu Mukherjee's Phantasmagoric | Unframed". unframed.lacma.org. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  17. ^ "Exhibitions + Collection". San José Museum of Art. 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  18. ^ Giles, Gretchen (June 28, 2018). "Part Two of di Rosa's 'Be Not Still' a Lesson in the Importance of Being Earnest". KQED. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  19. ^ "San José Museum of Art". San José Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  20. ^ "Asian Art Museum Online Collection". searchcollection.asianart.org. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  21. ^ "Asian Art Museum Online Collection". searchcollection.asianart.org. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  22. ^ "Building Bridges". Dance Magazine. 10 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Ranu Mukherjee | In The Make | Studio visits with West Coast artists". inthemake.com.
  24. ^ "Ranu Mukherjee". Gallery Wendi Norris | San Francisco.

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