Pritika Chowdhry

Pritika Chowdhry is an Indian-born American artist, curator, and writer.^[2][3] She is known for her work in the socio-political domain.^[4][5]

Pritika Chowdhry
Born	Pritika Chowdhry India[1]
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison
Notable work	Partition Anti-Memorial Project and Counter-Memory Project
Website	pritikachowdhry.com

Pritika is the founder of Partition Anti-Memorial Project and Counter-Memory Project.^[6][7]

Biography

Born in India, Pritika grew up in New Delhi.^[8][9] In 1999, she moved to the United States.^[10]

Pritika attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Art.^[11] She continued her study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Studio arts and a Master of Arts (MA) in Visual Culture and Gender studies.^[12]

Between 2009 and 2011, she was a visiting professor and taught at Macalester College and College of Visual Arts.^[10][12]

In 2007, she founded the Partition Anti-Memorial Project.^[12] The project consists of nine sub-projects focusing on historical events, including the 1947 Partition of India, 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence, and the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.^[13][14] Her work has been exhibited at notable museums and arts galleries such as Queens Museum, Weisman Art Museum, Hunterdon Art Museum, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Sanskriti Museum & Art Gallery, and Islip Art Museum.^[12][15]

Pritika is the current senior curator at the South Asia Institute and is a member of the board of the Woman Made Gallery, Chicago.^[16][17]

Awards and recognition

• 2007: David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Fellowship^[18]
• 2011: Performing and creative arts fellowship by American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowship^[19]

Selected exhibitions

• Local Time, Weisman Art Museum, 2015^[12]
• Empty Time, Minnesota Museum of American Art, 2014^[20]
• Remembering the Crooked Line, Rohtas 2 Art Gallery, 2012^[9][11]
• Story Time, Islip Art Museum, 2010^[12]
• Retellings, Seven Art Gallery, 2010^[21][22]
• Erasing Borders, Queens Museum of Art, 2009^[12][23]
• The Master's Tongues, Woman Made Gallery, 2009^[24]

Permanent collections

• American Swedish Institute^[7]
• Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art^[25]
• Weisman Art Museum^[7]

Bibliography

• Chowdhry, Pritika (2007). Visceral Mappings: Transdiasporic Art Practices