Sameer Tawde is a visual artist and photographer, currently based out of Mumbai, India.
His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in India and abroad at Museums,
Photography Biennial and film festivals.
In 2013 and 2014, he was invited for an artist residency at the
FUKUOKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM, Japan and MUSEUM QUAI BRANLY, Paris.
In 2012, he was nominated for the Paul Huf Award.
His work largely involves humour and play with a fictional approach and is often interlaced
with a documentary and an imaginary eye.
Presently, his photographs are part of collections internationally in Museums and private art collectors.
ARTIST RESIDENCY & GRANT:
2014
PHOTOQUAI RESIDENCY / MUSEUM QUAI BRANLY, PARIS
2013
FUKUOKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM, JAPAN
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
2018
“Holy Boulevard” / PHOTOLUCIDA CRITICAL MASS TOP 50
https://www.photolucida.org/critical-mass/top-50/?cm_year=2018
2015
Serpent of Life – Selected for Screening / EXPERIMENTA 2015 / http://experimenta.in/?p=2375
Finalist – PHOTOLUCIDA CRITICAL MASS
2012
Nominee – THE PAUL HUF AWARD / FOAM PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM, AMSTERDAM
Selection – Book Publishing Workshop with GERHARD STEIDL / PhotoEspana
“Prince” / Golden Conch Award – Mumbai International Film Festival
2010
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL
Finalist – PHOTOLUCIDA CRITICAL MASS
2008
WINNER - INDIA HABITAT CENTRE PHOTOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP
2006
Nominee – International Black & White Spider Awards
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
2015 – MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY, PARIS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019
“Marvels of Humans” / 5 – 16 January / KrishnaKriti Festival, Hyderabad / Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad
2018-19
“Marvels of Humans” / 17th November 2018 – 26th January 2019 / UP Gallery / Taiwan. www.uniquephoto.com.tw
2015
Miracle Robots – PHOTOQUAI BIENNALE 2015 / September 22 – November 22 / Museum Quai Branly, Paris /
http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/collections/living-collections/photoquai-residences
http://www.photoquai.fr/2015/photographes/sameer-tawde/
2013
Miracle Robots – Winds of Artist in Residence 2013 – Part 2 / November 16 – December 2 / Artists Gallery /
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum / http://faam.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/cgi-bin/eng/exhibition/exhibition.cgi?eid=10300
2011
City Eyes / September 19 – 23 / Open Palm Court Gallery / India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019
One Art Taipei / 17 – 21 January 2019 / Taipei / UP Gallery, Taiwan.
2014
The Urgency Of Building Subtraction & InBetween Distances / July 11 – October 31 / HYATT,
Raipur
Art at Tell Strasse / January 17 – July 31 / Curated by Thamar Ette / University of St. Gallen /
Switzerland / http://www.unisg.ch/en/HSGServices/HSGMediacorner/Aktuell/RssNews/Video-
Interviews/2014/Januar/Videointerviews-Art-Tellstrasse-31Januar2014
2013
7 Artists & 7 Mediums / November 19 – December 18 / Gallery 7 & Chameleon Art Projects
OUT/OFF – Curated by Kanchi Mehta / February 27 – March 27 / Cocoon Fine Rugs, Worli /
www.chameleonartprojects.com
2012
@rt Virtually Real curated by Georgina Maddox / September 15 – October 20 / Art Alive Gallery,
Gurgaon / www.artalivegallery.com
Did Anyone Notice..? curated by Kanchi Mehta / Diesel Art – February 18 – March 18 /
www.chameleonartprojects.com
2011
All Good Portrait / October 15 – 28, Delhi Photo Festival / www.delhiphotofestival.com
Scene on the Street / December 13, 2010 – January 7, 2011 / Juror – Ed Kashi / Dark Room
Gallery, USA / www.darkroomgallery.com
2010
City Eyes / 2nd Singapore International Photography Festival / October 15 – November 23 /
http://www.sipf.sg/bodyofwork/city-eyes/
PUBLICATIONS IN BOOKS / MAGAZINES / E-ZINES:
2017 – Dialogues of an Introvert / GUP Magazine
http://www.gupmagazine.com/portfolios/sameer-tawde/dialogues-of-an-introvert
2013 – Le Journal DeLaPhotographie, Paris /
http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2013/06/04/article/21598/mumbai-2013-sameer-tawde/
2013 – Prince / Open show, Mumbai / www.openshow.org
2013 – City Eyes / Photocaddy / www.photocaddy.in
2012 – Gods & Robots / Domus india Magazine, September issue
2012 – Article and Interview / August / Photomasterskaya Magazine / www.photomast.ru
2011 – Online Issue – 48”Relations” F-STOP Magazine / www.fstopmagazine.com
2010 – Online Featured Photographer on CITIES Magazine / www.citiesthemagazine.com
2009 – Photo feature of works under the Fellowship / Visual Arts Journal, India Habitat Centre, Delhi
2008 – Winner – India Habitat Centre Photography Fellowship 2008 / India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
FILM FESTIVALS:
Prince (2011) 6 min 30 sec / http://www.sameertawde.com/film / http://vimeo.com/71988468
2013 – Selected for Screening – Krakow PhotoMonth Festival – http://www.photomonth.com/index.php/en/page/466/list-of-finalists.html
2013 – Selected for Screening – Belfast Photo Festival – http://www.belfastphotofestival.com/
2013 – Selected for Screening – Rotterdam International Film Festival – www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/
2012 – Selected for Screening – International Kansk Video Festival – http://www.festival-cannes.ru/eng
2012 – Golden Conch Award – Mumbai International Film Festival / http://miff.in/miff2012-award-winning-films/
WORKSHOPS / LECTURE / TEACHING:
2013 – Stop Motion Workshops – Junior High School Students, Fukuoka, Japan
2013 – ( June ) City Eyes, Gods and Robots and Prince – The Last Lecture series – Better Photography Magazine / https://www.facebook.com/events/168628006649205/
2012 – (September) Basics of Photography Workshop – National Institute of Design (NID)
EDUCATION:
Post Graduate Diploma Program – Communication Design (2002-2004)
National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
G.D.Arch ( 1996-2001)
L. S. Raheja School Of Architecture, Mumbai.
INTERESTS:
Cinema buff, an avid traveler and learning to play the flute
His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in India and abroad at Museums,
Photography Biennial and film festivals.
In 2013 and 2014, he was invited for an artist residency at the
FUKUOKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM, Japan and MUSEUM QUAI BRANLY, Paris.
In 2012, he was nominated for the Paul Huf Award.
His work largely involves humour and play with a fictional approach and is often interlaced
with a documentary and an imaginary eye.
Presently, his photographs are part of collections internationally in Museums and private art collectors.
ARTIST RESIDENCY & GRANT:
2014
PHOTOQUAI RESIDENCY / MUSEUM QUAI BRANLY, PARIS
2013
FUKUOKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM, JAPAN
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
2018
“Holy Boulevard” / PHOTOLUCIDA CRITICAL MASS TOP 50
https://www.photolucida.org/critical-mass/top-50/?cm_year=2018
2015
Serpent of Life – Selected for Screening / EXPERIMENTA 2015 / http://experimenta.in/?p=2375
Finalist – PHOTOLUCIDA CRITICAL MASS
2012
Nominee – THE PAUL HUF AWARD / FOAM PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM, AMSTERDAM
Selection – Book Publishing Workshop with GERHARD STEIDL / PhotoEspana
“Prince” / Golden Conch Award – Mumbai International Film Festival
2010
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL
Finalist – PHOTOLUCIDA CRITICAL MASS
2008
WINNER - INDIA HABITAT CENTRE PHOTOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP
2006
Nominee – International Black & White Spider Awards
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
2015 – MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY, PARIS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019
“Marvels of Humans” / 5 – 16 January / KrishnaKriti Festival, Hyderabad / Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad
2018-19
“Marvels of Humans” / 17th November 2018 – 26th January 2019 / UP Gallery / Taiwan. www.uniquephoto.com.tw
2015
Miracle Robots – PHOTOQUAI BIENNALE 2015 / September 22 – November 22 / Museum Quai Branly, Paris /
http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/collections/living-collections/photoquai-residences
http://www.photoquai.fr/2015/photographes/sameer-tawde/
2013
Miracle Robots – Winds of Artist in Residence 2013 – Part 2 / November 16 – December 2 / Artists Gallery /
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum / http://faam.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/cgi-bin/eng/exhibition/exhibition.cgi?eid=10300
2011
City Eyes / September 19 – 23 / Open Palm Court Gallery / India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019
One Art Taipei / 17 – 21 January 2019 / Taipei / UP Gallery, Taiwan.
2014
The Urgency Of Building Subtraction & InBetween Distances / July 11 – October 31 / HYATT,
Raipur
Art at Tell Strasse / January 17 – July 31 / Curated by Thamar Ette / University of St. Gallen /
Switzerland / http://www.unisg.ch/en/HSGServices/HSGMediacorner/Aktuell/RssNews/Video-
Interviews/2014/Januar/Videointerviews-Art-Tellstrasse-31Januar2014
2013
7 Artists & 7 Mediums / November 19 – December 18 / Gallery 7 & Chameleon Art Projects
OUT/OFF – Curated by Kanchi Mehta / February 27 – March 27 / Cocoon Fine Rugs, Worli /
www.chameleonartprojects.com
2012
@rt Virtually Real curated by Georgina Maddox / September 15 – October 20 / Art Alive Gallery,
Gurgaon / www.artalivegallery.com
Did Anyone Notice..? curated by Kanchi Mehta / Diesel Art – February 18 – March 18 /
www.chameleonartprojects.com
2011
All Good Portrait / October 15 – 28, Delhi Photo Festival / www.delhiphotofestival.com
Scene on the Street / December 13, 2010 – January 7, 2011 / Juror – Ed Kashi / Dark Room
Gallery, USA / www.darkroomgallery.com
2010
City Eyes / 2nd Singapore International Photography Festival / October 15 – November 23 /
http://www.sipf.sg/bodyofwork/city-eyes/
PUBLICATIONS IN BOOKS / MAGAZINES / E-ZINES:
2017 – Dialogues of an Introvert / GUP Magazine
http://www.gupmagazine.com/portfolios/sameer-tawde/dialogues-of-an-introvert
2013 – Le Journal DeLaPhotographie, Paris /
http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2013/06/04/article/21598/mumbai-2013-sameer-tawde/
2013 – Prince / Open show, Mumbai / www.openshow.org
2013 – City Eyes / Photocaddy / www.photocaddy.in
2012 – Gods & Robots / Domus india Magazine, September issue
2012 – Article and Interview / August / Photomasterskaya Magazine / www.photomast.ru
2011 – Online Issue – 48”Relations” F-STOP Magazine / www.fstopmagazine.com
2010 – Online Featured Photographer on CITIES Magazine / www.citiesthemagazine.com
2009 – Photo feature of works under the Fellowship / Visual Arts Journal, India Habitat Centre, Delhi
2008 – Winner – India Habitat Centre Photography Fellowship 2008 / India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
FILM FESTIVALS:
Prince (2011) 6 min 30 sec / http://www.sameertawde.com/film / http://vimeo.com/71988468
2013 – Selected for Screening – Krakow PhotoMonth Festival – http://www.photomonth.com/index.php/en/page/466/list-of-finalists.html
2013 – Selected for Screening – Belfast Photo Festival – http://www.belfastphotofestival.com/
2013 – Selected for Screening – Rotterdam International Film Festival – www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/
2012 – Selected for Screening – International Kansk Video Festival – http://www.festival-cannes.ru/eng
2012 – Golden Conch Award – Mumbai International Film Festival / http://miff.in/miff2012-award-winning-films/
WORKSHOPS / LECTURE / TEACHING:
2013 – Stop Motion Workshops – Junior High School Students, Fukuoka, Japan
2013 – ( June ) City Eyes, Gods and Robots and Prince – The Last Lecture series – Better Photography Magazine / https://www.facebook.com/events/168628006649205/
2012 – (September) Basics of Photography Workshop – National Institute of Design (NID)
EDUCATION:
Post Graduate Diploma Program – Communication Design (2002-2004)
National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
G.D.Arch ( 1996-2001)
L. S. Raheja School Of Architecture, Mumbai.
INTERESTS:
Cinema buff, an avid traveler and learning to play the flute