1999

Studied at Wimbledon School of Art, London

1994

MFA Painting, College of Art, Delhi

1992

BFA Painting, College of Visual Art, Gulbarga

2022

Floating Verses, Aicon Contemporary, New York

2021

ಬೂದಿ| Būdi (Ash), Gallery Espace, New Delhi

2017

The Primordial Ash; Aicon Gallery, New York.

Ether is all that is; Gallery Espace New Delhi, Essay By Roobina Karode.

2016

And the last shall be the first: G R Iranna, Works 1995-2015; National Gallery of Modern Art Bengaluru, Bengaluru (India); curated by Ranjit Hoskote

2014

Tempered Branches; AICON Gallery, New York

2012

Limning Heterotopias: A Journey into G.R. Iranna’s Shadows of the In‐Between; Gallery Espace, New Delhi

Thought of the day; Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi (India), curated by Tanya Abraham

2011

Scaffolding the Absent; The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (India); Essay by Maya Kóvskaya

2010

Ribbed Routes; The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (India); Essay by Deeksha Nath

2008

Birth of Blindness, The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi (India) and Aicon Gallery, London (UK) and New York (USA); Essay by Donald Kuspit

2007

The Dancer on the Horse; Berkeley Square Gallery, London (UK); Essay by Ranjit Hoskote

2006

Disorder and Early Sufferings; Gallery Müller and Plate, Munich (Germany); Essay by Ernst W. Koelnsperger.

King of Clay; Gallery Arts India, New York and California (USA)

2005

Early Works; Gallery Müller and Plate, Munich (Germany)

Threads of Humanism; Bodhi Art Gallery, New Delhi (India) and Singapore; Essay by Uma Nair

2003

Dream & Perplexity; The Guild, at Chitra Kala Parishath, Bengaluru (India); Essay by Ranjit Hoskote

2001

The Enigma of Departure; The British Council, Mumbai (India) and The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (India); Essay by Girish Shahney

2000

Gallery Espace, New Delhi (India) and Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture, Cairo (Egypt), organized by Indian Embassy in Cairo

Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture, Cairo (Egypt)

Gallery Espace, New Delhi (India)

Foyer Gallery, Wimbledon School of Art, London (UK)

1999

In the Shadow of Buddha; Gallery Martini, Hong Kong

1998

Shadows of the Real; Shridharani Gallery and Gallery Espace, New Delhi (India); Essay by Roobina Karode

1995

Edge Dynamics; Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi & Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (India); Essay by Suneet Chopra

2020

Narrating from the Museum Archives and collection TEN YEARS OF KNMA.

2019

Venice Biennale 2019 (La Biennale do Venezia), Indian Pavilion, Arsenal, Venice

2016

Forming in the pupil of an Eye, Kochi Muziris Biennale , curated by Sudarshan Shetty.

The Eye and The Mind: New Interventions in Indian Art, NGMA New Delhi, New Delhi (India)

2015

The Eye and The Mind: New Interventions in Indian Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (China)

China Art Museum, Shanghai (China)

Minsheng Art museum, Beijing (China), by NGMA New Delhi

Musée de la Toile de Jouy, L’Espace d’art contemporain, Paris (France)

2014

Incidents of Phenomena; India, Italy (Spazio Cerere Roma), Myanmar; curated by Veerangana Solanki

Unmarked; Collective project at BC Gallery, Kochi Biennale, Kochi (India)

2013

Heritage Transport Museum, curated by Priya Paul

2012

The Secret Life of Plants; Exhibit 320, New Delhi; curated by Maya Kóvskaya

2011

Giant Elephant; Indian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Gong Art Space, Seoul (Korea)

2010

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California (USA)

Group show; Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (Taiwan); by Sakshi Gallery

Indian (Sub)Way; Grosvenor Vadehra Gallery, London (UK); curated by Yashodhara Dalmia

Go See India; Contemporary Indian Art at Gothenburg (Sweden); curated by Amit Mukhopadhyay & Oscar Aschan

2009

Signature Art Prize Singapore Show; Museum Singapore

Culture Popular India; Maspresidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid Museum, Madrid (Spain); curated by Shahin Mirali

Arco Art Fair; Aicon Gallery, Madrid (Spain)

Retrieval Systems; Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre and Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi (India); curated by Ranjit Hoskote

Astonishment of Being; Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata; curated by Deeksha Nath

Think Small; Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi (India)

Big Dreams; Crimson Art Gallery, Bengaluru (India)

Zip Files; Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai (India)

Moderns and More; Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto, California (USA)

Life is a Stage; Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai (India)

Signs Taken for Wonders: Recent Art from India and Pakistan; Aicon Gallery, London (UK)

2008

Material/Immaterial; Gallery Collection, Bodhi Art Gallery, Gurgaon (India)

Keep Drawing; Gallery Espace, New Delhi (India)

MiArt Fair 08, Milan (Italy)

2007

Keep Drawing; Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai (India)

India 20; Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (India)

High on Art; Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi (India)

Telling It Like It Is: The Indian Story; The Gallery in Cork Street, London (UK)

Asian Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Aicon Gallery, New York (USA)

2006

The Human Figure; Gallery Threshold, New Delhi (India); curated by Marta Jakimowicz

Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul (Turkey)

2005

Paths of Progression; Bodhi Art and Saffronart, New Delhi (India), Mumbai (India), Singapore, New York (USA)

Arad Biennale, Romania

We are like this only?; Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (India)

Change of Address; The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (India)

2004

Gallery 27, Oslo (Norway); curated by Dr. Alka Pande

Untitled; by Gallery Espace at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi (India); Essay by Roobina Karode

Peter Muller Gallery, Munich (Germany)

2002

Words and Images; National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai (India); curated by Girish Shahney

Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings; Auction-cum-Exhibition, Bowring’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Mumbai (India)

Jehangir Art Gallery Golden Jubilee Show; Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (India); curated by Anupa Mehta

European and Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings; Auction-cum-Exhibition, Bowring’s Fine Art Auctioneers, New Delhi (India)

2001

The Human Factor; The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (India); curated by Girish Shahney

Palette 2001 & 02; Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi (India); curated by Rohit Gandhi

Engendering-images of women; The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (India); Essay by Sasha Altaf

Kaleidoscope; ISU International Art Gallery, Singapore

Apparao Galleries; Chennai (India)

1999

Icons of the Millennium; Gallery Lakeeren, Mumbai (India)

Edge of the Century; New Delhi (India); curated by Amit Mukhopadhyay

The Creative Process; The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (India); Essay by Shivaji Panikkar

The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (India)

1998

The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (India)

Vedanta Art Gallery, Chicago (USA)

Gallery Espace, New Delhi (India)

Harmony Show; Nehru Centre, Mumbai (India)

1997

Four Artists, Diverse Talents; Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (India), organized by The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai (India)

1995

Schoo’s Gallery, Amsterdam (Holland)

1994

Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi (India)

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (India)

1992

Award Winners Exhibition South Central Zone Cultural Centre; Nagpur; Bengaluru, Indore, Hyderabad, Pune (India)

1990

Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru (India)

2008

ABPF Foundation, Signature Art Prize, Singapore Art Museum Jury Award

2004

Artist of the Year Award, Harmony Show, Mumbai

2002

KK Hebbar Foundation Award

2001

State Award, Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi, Bangalore

1997

40th National Academy Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

50 years of Art in Independent India, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society Award, Delhi

1993

In Search of Talent, MF Husain and Ram Kumar Selection Award, Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi

Bansi Parimu Memorial Committee, New Delhi

Delhi College of Art, New Delhi.

1991-92

College of Visual Art, Gulbarga (India)

All India Exhibition, Mysore Dasara, Mysore (India)

1991

All India Fine Arts Exhibition, Gadag (India)

1990

4th All India Exhibition South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur (India)

2003

Residency, George Keyt Foundation, Dambulla, Sri Lanka

1999-2000

Artist-in-residence, Wimbledon School of Art, London (UK)

1997

9th Triennial India 1997 International Artist Camp, Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi (India)

1996-97

National Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

1995-96

Garhi Research Grant from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (India)

1993

International Painting and Sculpture Symposium, Gulbarga (India)

Attended numerous camps at the national level throughout India.

The Dancer on the Horse: Reflections on the Art of Iranna GR; Ranjit Hoskote, 2007, published by Lund Humphries, UK, USA & Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., India.

INDIA 20; Anupa Mehta, 2007, published by Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., India.

• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (India)
• David Robert Collection, London (UK)
• Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Rajshree Pathy Collection, India
• Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
• Chester & David Hurwitz, USA
• SAM Museum, USA
• Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal (India)
• Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (India)
• Personal collections in India (Mumbai and Delhi), Germany, Holland, France, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, UK, UK and other countries.