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'''Neha Choksi''' (born 1973, USA) is an American artist who lives and works in [[Los Angeles]], CA, and in [[Mumbai]], India, where she was largely raised.
==== <u>Work</u> ====
Choksi largely works in the mediums of video, installation, performance, live art, and sculpture, but also works in photography, painting and audio. Her earlier practice focused on creating simple situations that are activated by physical actions and that ultimately conclude in absence or erasure,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref> Project88 Press|url=http://project88.in/press/neha-choksi-as-artforum-critics-pick-zeenat-nagree/|access-date=2021-01-28|language=en-US}}</ref> whether through a literal removal or stripping away,<ref></ref> or an elimination of consciousness.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Transcience and transformation are at the heart of these encounters.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Of late her work includes cultural and social contexts to revisit her sustained interests in time and consciousness.<ref> Hammer Museum|url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2018/made-in-la-2018/neha-choksi|access-date=2021-01-28|website=hammer.ucla.edu|language=en}}</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
==== <u>Exhibitions</u> ====
Her work is represented by the gallery [http://project88.in/ Project 88] in Mumbai,<ref></ref> and she has shown work in Los Angeles at various venues, including the gallery [[Commonwealth and Council]]<ref></ref> and [https://ift.tt/1o4BBFh LAMOA].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Her work has been presented worldwide at numerous biennales, public institutions, and galleries, including these: [[Biennale of Sydney]],<ref></ref> [[Shanghai Biennale]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Asia-Pacific Triennial|Asia Pacific Triennial]],<ref></ref><ref></ref> [[Manchester Art Museum]],<ref></ref> [[Hayward Gallery]],<ref></ref> [[John Hansard Gallery]],<ref> What's on Quarantania|url=https://jhg.art/events/quarantania/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=John Hansard Gallery|language=en-GB}}</ref> [https://ift.tt/3oqp02K Wanas Foundation], [https://www.ishara.org/ Ishara Art Foundation], [https://ift.tt/3aa8D5d Devi Art Foundation],<ref></ref> [[Kiran Nadar Museum of Art]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Dhaka Art Summit]],<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> [[Kochi-Muziris Biennale]], [[Venice Biennale of Architecture]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Spencer Museum of Art]],<ref></ref> and [[Hammer Museum]].<ref> Hammer Museum|url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2018/made-in-la-2018/neha-choksi|access-date=2021-01-28|website=hammer.ucla.edu|language=en}}</ref>
==== <u>Recognition</u> ====
She has been honored both in India and in California for her work. Her work earned her the ''India Today Best New Media Artist of the Year Award'' for 2017.<ref></ref> She has been awarded the 2021 ''City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowship''<ref></ref> and the 2019 ''California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists''.<ref> 2019 Fellowship for Visual Artists|url=https://www.calfund.org/nonprofits/featured-funds/fva/2019-gallery/neha-choksi/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=California Community Foundation|language=en}}</ref>
'''<u>Community</u>'''
She serves on the editorial board of the Los Angeles based arts journal [[X-TRA]]. She is also a member of the Indian animal rights group, [https://ift.tt/3on1hjP Animal Left].
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==== <u>Work</u> ====
Choksi largely works in the mediums of video, installation, performance, live art, and sculpture, but also works in photography, painting and audio. Her earlier practice focused on creating simple situations that are activated by physical actions and that ultimately conclude in absence or erasure,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref> Project88 Press|url=http://project88.in/press/neha-choksi-as-artforum-critics-pick-zeenat-nagree/|access-date=2021-01-28|language=en-US}}</ref> whether through a literal removal or stripping away,<ref></ref> or an elimination of consciousness.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Transcience and transformation are at the heart of these encounters.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Of late her work includes cultural and social contexts to revisit her sustained interests in time and consciousness.<ref> Hammer Museum|url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2018/made-in-la-2018/neha-choksi|access-date=2021-01-28|website=hammer.ucla.edu|language=en}}</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
==== <u>Exhibitions</u> ====
Her work is represented by the gallery [http://project88.in/ Project 88] in Mumbai,<ref></ref> and she has shown work in Los Angeles at various venues, including the gallery [[Commonwealth and Council]]<ref></ref> and [https://ift.tt/1o4BBFh LAMOA].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Her work has been presented worldwide at numerous biennales, public institutions, and galleries, including these: [[Biennale of Sydney]],<ref></ref> [[Shanghai Biennale]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Asia-Pacific Triennial|Asia Pacific Triennial]],<ref></ref><ref></ref> [[Manchester Art Museum]],<ref></ref> [[Hayward Gallery]],<ref></ref> [[John Hansard Gallery]],<ref> What's on Quarantania|url=https://jhg.art/events/quarantania/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=John Hansard Gallery|language=en-GB}}</ref> [https://ift.tt/3oqp02K Wanas Foundation], [https://www.ishara.org/ Ishara Art Foundation], [https://ift.tt/3aa8D5d Devi Art Foundation],<ref></ref> [[Kiran Nadar Museum of Art]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Dhaka Art Summit]],<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> [[Kochi-Muziris Biennale]], [[Venice Biennale of Architecture]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Spencer Museum of Art]],<ref></ref> and [[Hammer Museum]].<ref> Hammer Museum|url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2018/made-in-la-2018/neha-choksi|access-date=2021-01-28|website=hammer.ucla.edu|language=en}}</ref>
==== <u>Recognition</u> ====
She has been honored both in India and in California for her work. Her work earned her the ''India Today Best New Media Artist of the Year Award'' for 2017.<ref></ref> She has been awarded the 2021 ''City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowship''<ref></ref> and the 2019 ''California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists''.<ref> 2019 Fellowship for Visual Artists|url=https://www.calfund.org/nonprofits/featured-funds/fva/2019-gallery/neha-choksi/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=California Community Foundation|language=en}}</ref>
'''<u>Community</u>'''
She serves on the editorial board of the Los Angeles based arts journal [[X-TRA]]. She is also a member of the Indian animal rights group, [https://ift.tt/3on1hjP Animal Left].
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