Mequitta Ahuja

Selected Biography

Education

Solo Exhibitions

2009
Automythography I, BravinLee programs, New York, NY

2008
Flowback, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

2007
Encounters, BravinLee programs, New York, NY

2005
12x12, Dancing on the Hide of Shere Khan, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions

2009
Gift of the Spirit, Heritage Hall, Chase Manhattan Bank, Houston, TX
Anomalies, Rossi and Rossi Gallery, Piccadilly, London
Wonder What The Others Are Up To, Gallery OED, Cochin, India

2008
Houston Collects, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Curator: Alvia Wardlaw, Houston, TX
Core Program Artist in Residence Exhibition, Blanton Gallery, Glassel School, Houston, TX

2007
The Figure Transformed, curated by Margaret Hawkins, Highland Park Art Center, IL
Painters and Poets, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Co-curated by Linda Nochlin and Maura Reilly

2006
Chimaera, Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, NY
New Art Event, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS

2005
d’Afrique d’Asie, Curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, New York, NY
Representations, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
Art LA, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts. Los Angeles, CA
Artist in Residence Exhibition, Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL

2004
Summer Salon, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
Baltimore/Chicago, Curated by Kerry James Marshall. Baltimore, Maryland
It’s Not the Bullet That Thrills, F.I.N. Arts, New York, NY

2003
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
Formfit, UIC Great Space, Chicago, IL

1999-2000
Staff/Faculty Show, Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, MA
Annual Exhibit, Bridgeport Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Off The Wall, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT

Professional Activities

2008
Pres. Artist Pension Trust

2006-2008
Core Program, Artist-in-Residence, Houston, TX

2004- Present
Blue Sky Project, Program Designer and Director, McHenry County, IL

2006-2008
Adjunct Professor of Art, Beginning Drawing Instructor, Rice University, Houston, TX

2005-2008
Artist Talks: MCA Chicago, Northwestern University, Brooklyn Museum, CAM Houston

Bibliography

2009
2009 Houston Public Radio: KUHF, Meghan Handley, “The Front Row” Jan 6
Houston Chronicle, Douglas Britt, “Artwork is a reflection of its audience” p.E2 Jan 8

2008
Core Program 25th Anniversary retrospective catalog, Peter Marzio and Joseph Havel

2007
Holland Cotter “Last Chance” The New York Times, June 1, 2007
Phoebe Hoban “We’re Finally Infiltrating,” ArtNews, February 2007
Carrie Moyer “VIVA,” Modern Painters, March 2007
Katie Geha “Poets and Painters” exhibition catalogue
Maura Reilly “Global Feminisms” exhibition catalogue

2004
Emily Vey Duke, “Top Ten” Coterie, Volume 1, No1 Feb 2004

Public Collections

Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
U.S. State Department, Mumbai, India
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
The Cleveland Children's Clinic

Awards

2009
Current Semifinalist: National Portrait Gallery, O. Boochever Portrait Competition

2008
Houston Artadia Prize
Inaugural recipient of the Meredith and Cornelia Long Prize

2006
CAAP Grant recipient

2003
1st place grant recipient of The Civic Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition; Judged by: James Rondeau and Gregory Knight

2002
University of Illinois Diversity Fellowship