Chitra Ganesh was born and raised in New York City, and currently lives in Brooklyn. She received a BA magna cum laude from Brown University, and an MFA from Columbia University in 2002. Awards and residencies include the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and the Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center, CAA Fellowship, and the Astraea Visual Arts Fund. From 1998-2003, Chitra was a Board Member of the South Asian Women's Creative Collective (SAWCC). In 2003, Chitra was a featured artist in Velvet Park magazine and chosen as one of OUT magazine's top 100 people of the year. Chitra is currently Gregory Millard Fellow as one of this year's New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship awardees.
Chitra's drawings and installations have been exhibited in Toronto, Brazil, Italy, India, London, Gwangju, and New York, including the Queens Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Bronx Museum, Momenta Art, Bose Pacia Modern, Apex Art, and White Columns. Chitra's work has been reviewed in Time Out New York, Art Asia Pacific Magazine, India Today, and the New York Times. In 2004, she received the Astraea Visual Arts Award, and awarded an LMCC Workspace.
Education
2002 MFA Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
1996 BA Art-semiotics and Comparative Literature, Brown University, Providence, RI
manga cum laude, phi beta kappa
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Lot no: 22354 
Size (inches): 192X96
Medium: Mixed Media Installation
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