ZORAWAR SIDHU
b. 1985 Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Lives and works in New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Hall Art Foundation
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art, NY
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Unites States Department of State
Syracuse University Art Museum, Syracuse, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024: “History is Present”, (in collaboration with Rob Swainston) Anderson Gallery, University at Buffalo, NY
2022: “No Justice”, (in collaboration with Rob Swainston), West Strand Art Gallery, Kingston, NY
2022: “Doomscrolling” (in collaboration with Rob Swainston) Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
2021: “Essential Services: 2020 Woodblocks” (in collaboration with Rob Swainston) Five Myles
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020: “Essential Services” (in collaboration with Rob Swainston), 601 ArtSpace, New York, NY
2019: “After Francis Bacon and Vélasquez” New Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019: “Ideal Violence”, Field Projects Gallery, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY
2018: “Time Capsule”, Museum of the Town of Vestal, Vestal, NY
2017: “Zorawar Sidhu: Eakins in Perspective”, Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, Philadelphia
2017: “Zorawar Sidhu: Author of the Quixote” Marginal Utility, Philadelphia
2007: “Zorawar Sidhu: Paintings and Drawings, 2005-2007”. Mattin Center, Johns Hopkins
University
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024: “Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston: Plague and Protest”, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
2023: “We are the Revolution”, Converge 45 Biennial, Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, (in collaboration with Rob Swainston), Portland OR
2023: “Draw: Point to Point” The Patricia and Philip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
2023: “Crisis of Image”, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
2023: “Dreams Deferred: Reflections on Liberty, Equality and Sovereignty in U.S. Art”, Syracuse
University Art Museum, Syracuse, NY
2023: “PeopleScapes: Portraits of Humanity” United States Department of State, Washington, DC
2022: “The Fourth IAPA Printmaking Bienniale”, Kunming Museum, Yunnan Province, China
2022: “Time’s Relentless Melt”, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
2022: “Singing in Unison: Artists Need to Create On the Same Scale Society Has the Capacity to
Destroy”, Scully Tomasko Foundation, New York, NY
2021: “Haunted Summer”, Field Projects, New York, NY
2020: “Seasonal Repression”, Field Projects, New York, NY
2020: “Friends and Family”, 601 ArtSpace, New York, NY
2020: “Audit”, PROTO GOMEZ, New York, NY
2019: “Consumption”, 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY
2019: “Install/Deinstall”, 601 Artspace, New York, NY
2019: “Pool Party”, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
2019: “New Prints 2019”, International Print Center, New York, NY
2019: “Published By the Artist”, International Print Center, New York, NY
2018: “Brixtape”, Calico Brooklyn, NY
2017: “Print Think 2017: Graphic Mimicry”, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia
2017: “Humanness”, curated by Marc Dennis, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
2017: “Pivot Hosts Ess Ef Eff”, Pivot Gallery, New York, NY
2016: “New Barracuda”, curated by Nicholas Cueva, Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
2016: “Polymorphous”, curated by Joel Carreiro, Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016: “The PAFA Show”, curated by Katherine Bradford, Morris-Warren Gallery, New York, NY
2015: “The New New People”, Big Irv’s, Brooklyn, NY
2014: “East-West Moments Day to Day”, Museum of Russian Art, Jersey City, NJ
2013: “The Reprocessed Image”, curated by Janna Dyk, Hunter College, NY
2012: 71st Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia
2012: “get it while it’s cheap #2”, Marginal Utility, Philadelphia
2012: PPAC Member Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia
2012: 111th Annual Student Exhibition, Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2012: “It’s a Small, Small World”, Family Business, New York, NY
2011: Summer Residency in Photography Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, NY
2011: 110th Annual Student Exhibition, Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2011: Fellowship Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2010: The Philadelphia Salon: Winter Exhibition, Philadelphia
2010: Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2009: Winter 2009 Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023: Kirsten Gill, Crisis of Image, Catalog Essay, Museum of Contemporary Art, Arlington, VA
“Time’s Relentless Melt”, Princeton University Art Museum, Fall 2023 Magazine, Cover image and Essay
“Doomscrolling”, Consequence Forum, Jan 25, 2022
2017: Herzog, Matthew. “Author of the Quixote”. Velvet Glove, May 2017
AWARDS
2015: Kossak Travel Grant, Hunter College
2012: Haney Foundation Award for Philadelphia Artists
2012: Thouron Prize for Composition
2012: Special Notice, Hal and Linda Robinson Book Award
2011: People’s Choice Award, PAFA After Dark
2011: The Elena and Will Barnet Prize for Abstract Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2009: Merit Scholarship Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2007: Eugene Leake Award, Johns Hopkins University
2007: Homewood Arts Certificate, Johns Hopkins University
EDUCATION
2016: MFA, Studio Art, Hunter College
2012: BFA, Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2012: Certificate, Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2008: Post-Baccalaureate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2007: B.A. with Honors, History of Art, Johns Hopkins University