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Ranu Mukherjee
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rmukherjee@sfai.edu

Ranu Mukherjee is a multi-disciplinary artist making hybrid films, works on paper and collaborative projects. Her recent work investigates the figure of the nomad as well as an imagined personal history of relations between Indian and European/US culture. Generally inspired by encounters with embodiment, ecology, the science-fictional and the unknown, she explores narrative excess and other material conditions brought on by global capitalism. Ranu co-created the collaborative artist orphan drift in London in the 1990's. She has participated in numerous exhibitions and screenings internationally in London, Oslo, Berlin, Oberhausen, Vancouver, Santiago and Capetown as well as in the Bay Area.

Selected Exhibitions: 
  • Absorption into the Nomadic and Luminous, Frey Norris Gallery, 2011
  • Bay Area Now 6, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2011
  • Kala Fellowship Show, Kala Art Institute, 2010
Selected Publications: 
  • “Nomadic Archive,” The Guide to the New Universe, Practice&Practice, 2011
  • “A Collection of Reminders,” After Words, Practice&Practice, 2010
  • “Top Ten Reasons Why we are Living in the Future,” Imprint 93, The Lists, Liz Glass, 2010
Education: 
  • MFA, Royal College of Art, London
  • BFA, Massachusetts College of Art