Shrine Empire Gallery

Artists

Arun Dev

Bio CV Exhibitions

The Interminable Desire Machines
As the Truth Rose out of Repetition

Education

B.F.A in sculpture from Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts , Mavelikara , Kerala 2004

M.F.A in sculpture from Central University of Hyderabad 2007, Hyderabad

Solo Exhibitions

2023

‘Unknown Geometries,’ Shrine Empire, New Delhi

Group Exhibitions

2024

Shrine Empire x Richard Parr Associates present Collisions, London, UK

Delhi Contemporary Art Week, Bikaner House, New Delhi

India Art Fair, New Delhi

2023

“MIRROR/MAZE: Echoes of song, space, spectre,” Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi,

Art Mumbai with Shrine Empire, Mumbai, India

Delhi Contemporary Art Week with Shrine Empire, New Delhi, India

2018

CIMA Art Show, New Delhi

2015

CIMA Art Show, Kolkata

2014

The Art Show, Gallery splash, India Habitat Center, New Delhi

Korean Art Fair, New Delhi

2013

Volcanic Effect, Group show, Gallery Beanstalk, Gurgaon

Living Walls, Group show at Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore

Living walls, Group show, Gallery Beanstalk

Media Flourishes, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

United Art Fair, curated by Peter Nagy, New Delhi

2012

Five for the Future, Nature Morte Gurgaon, as part of the Glenfiddich Emerging Artist Award

Young Contemporaries, Group show, Contemplate Art Gallery, Coimbatore

Awards

2020

Merit prize from Prafulla Dhanukar Art Foundation

2015

Merit prize as part of CIMA awards

Collections:

Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India,

Gujral Foundation

Arun Dev (b. 1981) is a visual artist based in New Delhi, India. He completed his B.F.A in sculpture from Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts, Kerala and has an M.F.A in Sculpture from Central University of Hyderabad. The concept of time and space reels around in a parallel dimension in his paintings, crossing the realms of the real-world paradigm. With different colors on canvas and bold brush strokes, the artist creates a different world for everyone and leaves on others to perceive it. His paintings express human longing for a different world- a parallel universe maybe. His works portray a particular space, where all can be together, sharing and witnessing the same space and time. Emphasizing a blend of influences from mathematics, physics, and visual art, simultaneously disrupting our perception of space while evoking the mysteries of the unknown, Arun plays with perspective and optical illusion to offer alternate realities, or rather, imaginative extensions of the familiar.

Some of his exhibitions include India Art Fair with Shrine Empire, New Delhi, India (2024); Art Mumbai with Shrine Empire, Mumbai, India (2023); “MIRROR/MAZE: echoes of song, space, spectre,” Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India (2023); “Unknown Geometries,” Solo show, Shrine Empire, New Delhi, India (2023); Delhi Contemporary Art Week with Shrine Empire, New Delhi, India (2023); Korean Art Fair (2014); “Five for the future” at Nature Morte, Gurgaon, as part of the Glenfiddich Emerging Artist Award (2012).

Dev was awarded the Merit prize from Prafulla Dhanukar Art Foundation in 2020 and the Merit prize as part of CIMA awards in 2015. His work can be found in the collection of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India, Gujral Foundation, amongst others.

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India Art Fair 2024 – | | Group Show

Delhi Contemporary Art Week 2024 – | Group Show

ART Mumbai – | Group Show

Unknown Geometries – | Solo show

Shrine Empire x Richard Parr Associates-Collisions – | Group Show

Art Mumbai 2024 – | Group Show

India Art Fair | Booth - B09 – | Group Show

Art Dubai | Dubai 2025 | Group Show – | Booth F8