Mequitta Ahuja

Generator, 2010. Oil on canvas, 84 x 80 inches. Courtesy the artist

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1976
Resides: Baltimore, Maryland
Education: University of Illinois at Chicago (M.F.A., 2003); Hampshire College (B.A., 1998)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010

"Trois," Obadia Gallery, Paris.
"Automythography II," Arthouse, Austin, Texas.

2009

"Automythography I," BravinLee Programs, New York.

2008

"Flowback," Lawndale Art Center, Houston.

2007

"Encounters," BravinLee Programs, New York.

2005

"12 x 12: Mequitta Ahuja," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012

"The Bearden Project," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.

2011

"Drawings for the New Century," Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
"Collected: Ritual," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.

2010

"Usable Pasts," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
"Body of Work (Women to Watch)," National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
"Weaving In and Out," No Longer Empty Projects, New York.
"Until Now: Collecting the New (1960–2010)," Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
"New Works for the Collection," Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas.
"Art on Paper," Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina.

2009

"Undercover," Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta.
"Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition," Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. "Anomalies," Rossi and Rossi Gallery, Piccadilly, London. Catalogue.
"Wonder What The Others Are Up To," Gallery OED, Cochin, India.
"$timulus Artadia Awardees Exhibition," DiverseWorks, Houston.
"The Talented Ten," Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston.

2008

"Houston Collects," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Catalogue.

2007

"Global Feminisms," Brooklyn Museum. Catalogue.
"Painters and Poets," Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas. Traveled.

2006

"Chimaera," Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. "New Art Event," Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas. Catalogue.
"Spirit and Psyche: The Figure Transformed," Highland Park Art Center, Illinois.

2005

"d'Afrique d'Asie," Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York.
"Representations," Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago.

2004

"Baltimore/Chicago," Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore.

Selected Bibliography

2010

Aletti, Vince. "Usable Pasts," The New Yorker (August 18).
"SundayArts News," Thirteen New York Public Media (September 19).
Wolff, Rachel. "Artists to Watch," ARTnews (February).
Wong, Christine. "From New York: Usable Pasts," Art Practical (September 16).
Wright, Cherilyn. "Usable Pasts," The International Review of African American Art (volume 23, number 2).

2009

Britt, Douglas. "Artwork Is a Reflection of Its Audience," Houston Chronicle (January 8).
Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters (Winter).
Caruth, Nicole. "Interview: Mequitta Ahuja," . . . might be good (April 10).
Cochran, Rebecca Dimling. "Undercover: Performing and Transforming Black Female Identities," Artforum.com (October 16). Wilson, Rebecca. "Mequitta Ahuja: Saatchi Online Critic's Choice," Saatchi Online (March 16).

2008

Whitley, Laura. "MFAH Houston Collects," ABC 13 News (October 15).

2007

Cotter, Holland. "Last Chance," The New York Times (June 1). Hoban, Phoebe. "We're Finally Infiltrating," ARTnews (February). Moyer, Carrie. "VIVA," Modern Painters (March).