1974 Born in Calcutta, India
Lives and works in London
Education
2001-2002 MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
1998-2001 BA (Honors) Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
Solo Exhibitions
2009
‘Absence of God’, Karlsplatz Project Space, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien
‘Absence of God’, White Cube Hoxton, London
2008
‘Raqib Shaw’, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2006
‘Garden of Earthly Delights’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
‘Art Now: Raqib Shaw’, Tate Britain, London
2005
‘Garden of Earthly Delights’, Deitch Projects, New York
2004
‘Garden of Earthly Delights’, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Group Exhibitions
2009
‘Nightmare Full of Unspeakable Things’, Concept V, New York
'Taswir: Pictorial Mappings of Islam & Modernity', Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin
‘The Power of Ornament’, Belvedere (Orangery, Lower Belvedere), Vienna
2007
‘Panic Room – Works from The Dakis Joannous Collection’, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens
2006
‘6th Gwangju Biennale’, Gwangju, South Korea
‘Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking’, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
‘Around the World in Eighty Days’, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
‘Passion for Paint’, The National Gallery, London
‘Passion for Paint’, Bristol City and Art Gallery, Avon
‘Passion for Paint’, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
2005
‘Expanded Painting’, Prague Biennale, Prague
2004
‘Plantmania! Art and the World of Plants’, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
2003
‘Nation and Nature; Vaster than Empires’, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
‘Nation and Nature; Vaster than Empires’, Worcester City Art Gallery
‘Nation and Nature; Vaster than Empires’, The Yard Gallery, Nottingham
‘Nation and Nature; Vaster than Empires’, Lethaby Gallery, London
2002
‘Direction 2002’, The London Institute Gallery, London
‘Chancellor’s Forum’, London College of Fashion, London
2001
‘Future Map 2001’, Lethaby Gallery, London
