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Upcoming:International Charity Auction of 'Big Egg'Presented by Faberge, London21 - 22 April, 2012International Charity Auction of Jungle CitiesArts for India, Elephant Family, New York27 April, 2012 - 2013 A Beautiful Sunset that was Mistaken for a Dawn, Launch 27 July, 2012Public Art Commission for Canary Wharf Group.Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, LondonTwo man show curated by Ann Elliott14 January - 11 March, 2013
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British artist of Balinese heritage Sinta Tantra was born in New York, USA (1979). After graduating from the Slade School of Fine Art (2003) and The Royal Academy of Arts (2006), Tantra was awarded the prestigious Deutsche Bank Award in Fine Art (2006) and has recently been commissioned by Canary Wharf Group to create an installation stretching across Canary Wharf to Heron Quays. Tantra has exhibited widely including solo shows with Monika Bobinska Gallery (London) acquired by the UK Government Art Collection (for the Algerian Embassy, 2009); solo show with Gaya Fusion Gallery (Bali, Indonesia) supported by the British Council UK (2009); public commissions with the Liverpool Biennial (2011), Southbank Centre (2008) and London Borough of Camden (2007). She lives and works in London and is represented by Salon Vert (UK).cv
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS2010 Politics of Seduction,Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London, UK 2009 Arsenic Fantasy, Gaya Fusion Gallery, Bali, Indonesia 2009 Real Phoney, Monika Bobinska Gallery, London, UK 2007 Play to Win Part I, The Parlour Studios & Project Space, London, UKPUBLIC COMMISSIONS2012 A Beautiful Sunset Mistaken for a Dawn, Canary Wharf, London UK2011 Dymaxion: Dynamic, Maximum, Tension, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool UK2008 A Good Time and a Half!, Southbank Centre, Saisson Poetry Library, London UK2008 Thoughts on the Education of Daughters, Camden Town Hall, UK 2007 Neon Tetra, Arrivals Art Festival, Camley Street Natural Park, London, UK 2007 Isokon Dreams, Architecture Week, Regents Park Bridge, London, UK2007 Line up, Platform for Art, Piccadilly Tube Station, London, UK 2006 Party Surprise, Christchurch University, Canterbury, London, UK 2006 Emporia, London Fashion Week On|Off, 6 Burlington Gardens, London, UKSELECTED GROUP SHOWS2013 Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra,1 Canada Square, London, UK2010 Apocalypstick, Nunnery Gallery, London, UK2010 And There Was... Salon-Vert Gallery, London, UK 2010 Oblik(a), Zero10 Gallery, London, UK 2009 Present Perfect, Monika Bobinska Gallery, London, UK 2008 Nothing Works, Shoreditch Town Hall, London, UK2008 Gatti, The Canal Museum, London, UK 2007 Picante, Deutsche Bank, London, UK 2007 Twelve 2 One, Canary Wharf, London, UK 2006 Salon de Freehand, Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2005 Baroquerocks!, Espace Brochage Express, Paris, France2005 Waiting, Casino Luxembourg Forum of Contemporary Art, LuxembourgRESIDENCIES2006 Sydney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury Christchurch University, UK 2005 Casino Luxembourg Forum of Contemporary Art, LuxembourgPRIZES AND AWARDS2010 Shortlisted for the Jerwood Contemporary Painting Prize 2009 Courvosier The Future 500 in partnership with The Observer Newspaper 2007 Westminster Civic Award for Public Arts in London 2006 The Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award in Fine Art 2006 The Gordon Luton Award from the Worshipful Painters Stainers Trust 2005 Nationwide Mercury Music and Art Award Finalist selected by Peter Blake and Tim Marlow 2005 Henry Moore Post Graduate Award 2004 Michael Moser Award 2003 Dover Street Arts Club Excellence in Drawing Prize 2003-6 Paul Smith Post Graduate ScholarshipRESEARCH GRANTS2009 British Council Grant for Artists 2008 Awards for All England 2008 Engage the National Body of Gallery Educators 2007 London Borough of Camden 2007 Arts Council EnglandVISITING LECTURER2010 Kingston University, London, UK 2010 Reading University, Reading, UK 2009 Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK 2008 Central St. Martins, London, UK 2008 Chelsea School of Art, London,UK 2008 Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK 2008 Slade School of Fine Art, London UK 2006 University of Central England, Birmingham, UKSELECTED ARTICLES, MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS2009 Courvosiers The Future 500, The Observer Newspaper, UK 2009 Ruang Perupa Hari, Bali TV, Bali, Indonesia 2009 In the Studio, Interview with Helen Sumpter, Time Out London, UK 2009 Projects and Commissions, Art and Architecture Journal, London UK 2008 London Literature Festival by Martin Colthorpe, Time Out London, UK 2008 London Artists by Diane Vadino, Nylon Magazine, USA 2007 Art on the Underground, Tamsin Dillon, London UK 2006 Bright Young Things by Ticky Hedley Dent, Evening Standard Magazine, UK
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