BIOGRAPHYAvantika Bawa is a visual artist and curator, based in Atlanta, Georgia and New Delhi India. She has an MFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1998) and a BFA in the same from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India (1995). She was a recent participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2008).Bawa has exhibited nationally and internationally in exhibitions such as the South by East Biennial in Boca Raton, FL; a solo at the Lalit Kala Academy in New Delhi, India and the Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center; and juried group shows at the Drawing Center and Smack Mellon, NY and SAVAC, Canada.Bawa’s curatorial work began with a hotel room show during the Art in Chicago fair (98’) and has grown through her studio and gallery, aquaspace - a laboratory for new and multi media art. In April 2004 she was part of a team that launched Drain - Journal for Contemporary Art and Culture (www.drainmag.com).She currently teaches in the School of Fine Arts of the Savannah College of Art and Design.
