EXHIBITIONS:
SOLO SHOWS
2022
The Pallet Rack, Material Things, A Wedge of Darkness, North Brentwood (MD)
2019
Carroll Community College, Continuum [The Illusion of Edges], Westminster (MD)
2018
Gallery Beyond, Continuum [Degrees of Separation], Mumbai
2016
The Drawing Studio, ((Mountain x Crow x Echo)), Tucson (AZ)
SELECT GROUP SHOWS
2024
dodomu gallery, Geometric Gestures, Virtual exhibition
2023
Pell Lucy Winter 2023 Exhibition, Glance Gander Gaze, Curated by Deborah Barlow | Hosted by SHIM Art Network & Artsy
Gallery 44, Ad Astra, Curated by Rula Jones, Online show
Westbeth Gallery, Luminous Elsewheres, Curated by Deborah Barlow, Karen Fitzgerald and Alison Cuomo, New York
Jehangir Art Gallery, Cornucopia, Mumbai
2022
Pell Lucy Winter 2022 Exhibition, More Seeingly, Curated by Deborah Barlow | Hosted by SHIM Art Network & Artsy
Visionary Art Collective, Revelations, Curated by Victoria J. Fry
Piano Craft Gallery, In Praise of Form, Pell Lucy Group Show, Curated by Deborah Barlow, Boston (MA)
The Delaplaine Arts Center, The Delaplaine Faculty Show, Frederick (MD)
Pell Lucy: Winter 2021 Exhibition, Safekeeping the Not Knowing, Curated by Deborah Barlow, Hosted by SHIM Art Network & Artsy
2021
Pell Lucy: Fall 2021 Exhibition, More Than, Curated by Deborah Barlow, Hosted by SHIM Art Network & Artsy
Pell Lucy: Summer 2021 Exhibition, Indelibles, Curated by Deborah Barlow, Hosted by SHIM Art Network & Artsy
Pell Lucy: Spring 2021 Exhibition, Intimately Enthralled, Curated by Deborah Barlow, Hosted by SHIM Art Network & Artsy
India Art Festival, Galley Beyond (Mumbai)
2020
Studio SoHy, Turn the Tables, Hyattsville (MD)
2019
Contreras Gallery, Fine Art Prints, Tucson (AZ)
2017
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 10x10 Invitational, Hyattsville (MD)
Seacourt Print Workshop, Control Within Chaos, Bangor (Ireland)
Gallery Beyond, Collectors' Market, Mumbai
BlackRock Center for the Arts, Juried Show INK IT: Contemporary Print Practices, Germantown (MD)
2016
Gallery Beyond, A Point and Line to Plane XII, Mumbai
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, The Teachers’ Lounge, Silver Spring (MD)
Columbia Art Center, Moving Forward, Columbia (MD)
Allegany Arts Council, Roll It Out, Ink It Up, Artists from Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Cumberland (MD)
2015
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, AS220, BYO Print, Studio Two Three, and Second State Press, The 45 Record Project (Revisited), Silver Spring (MD)
Gallery Beyond, A Point and Line to Plane XI, Group Show Featuring 9 Artists, Mumbai
Gallery Beyond, The 377191 Wall: Freedom to Express, Freedom to Choose, In association with Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, Mumbai
Columbia Art Center, Portraits and Profiles, 6th Annual Invitational Theme Show, Columbia (MD)
2013
The Drawing Studio, Impressions, Tucson (AZ), Juried Show
Tucson Jewish Community Center, Juried Show, Sanctuary through Partnership: A Collaboration featuring Flight by the International Rescue Committee, Tucson (AZ)
The Drawing Studio, The Paper Ball, Annual Fundraiser Exhibition, Tucson (AZ)
AWARDS
2022 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant (Dec 2022)
2022 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant (Jan 2022)
2020 Semi-Finalist, Bethesda Painting Award, Bethesda Arts and Entertainment District
PUBLICATIONS
- Catalogue, Ad Astra: Transcendence in Contemporary Art, Curated by Rula Jones, Nov 30 2023
- New Visionary Magazine, curated by Sergio Gomez, Issue 4, Fall 2022
- New Visionary Podcast with Victoria J. Fry, Diving Deep into the Creative Process with Priya Vadhyar, 2022
- Emma Francois, Priya Vadhyar’s artist talk, (A) Wedge of Darkness at Material Things, Washington City Paper, July 7, 2022
- B. Amore, Pell Lucy: In Praise of Form, Art New England, March/April 2022
- Cate McQuaid, Bodies of art and art for bodies at Piano Craft Gallery, Boston Globe, April 2022
- Catalogue, Pell Lucy :: In Praise of Form, Curated by Deborah Barlow, April 2022
- George Hofmann, On Mystery, Henri Art Magazine, Aug 2019
- Nikhil Purohit, Continuum [Degrees of Separation], Indian Contemporary Art Journal, Pg. 80, Vol 21, 2018
- Urvi Cheda, Priya Vadhyar: Continuum [Degrees of Separation], Art Dose, Oct 2018
- Nancy Chilton, Artist Interview: Meet Priya Vadhyar, The Drawing Studio, Nov 2016
EDUCATION
2003 MA (Economics), University of Mumbai, India
2001 BA (Economics), University of Mumbai, India
Select Studies/ Courses:
2019 Critical Thinking and Writing in Art, with An Paenhuysen, Node Center - Curatorial Studies Online (Berlin)
2019. Creative Forms of Art Criticism and Writing, with An Paenhuysen, Node Center
2012 - 13 Advanced Abstract Painting with Josh Goldberg, The Drawing Studio (Tucson, AZ)
2005 - 19 Workshops in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics, Papermaking and Bookbinding
OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 Juror, Capitol Hill Art League 12th Annual Open Call
Visiting Instructor, Montgomery Community College, Experimental Drawing Workshops for five Intro to Drawing classes.
Board Member, Visual Arts Advisory Board, Carroll Community College, Westminster (MD)
Panelist, Silver Spring Town Center Inc,.'s Visionary Visual Voices - a special panel in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month
2021 - Founder and Instructor, Studio/ Line of Sight
2020 - Instructor, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick (MD), Drawing and Printmaking
2019 - Instructor, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Drawing and Printmaking
2017 Co-organizer, 10x10 Invitational, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
2017 Planning Committee Member, Pulp Fiction, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
2016-18 Senior Projects Manager (Work Exchange Associate), Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
2016 Planning Committee Member, Summer Soirée, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
2015 Fall Studio Intern, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
2015 Planning Committee Member, Ink It Up! Print Symposium, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
2013 -15 Volunteer, Columbia Art Center, Columbia (MD)
2012-13 Exhibition Committee Member, The Drawing Studio, Tucson (AZ)
2012-13 Volunteer, The Drawing Studio, Tucson (AZ)