Prema Murthy combines drawing, prints, installation, and digital media to explore the ever-shifting boundaries of embodiment, cognition, and mind. Her work has been written about in the New York Times, Art Asia Pacific Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and Artforum. She has a BA in art history from the University of Texas, Austin and an MFA from Goldsmith’s College, London. She has exhibited at PS1/MoMA Contemporary Art Center, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Reina Sofia Museum-Madrid, the Generali Foundation-Vienna, and the India Habitat Center-New Delhi. She is the co-founder of the artgroup Fakeshop, which was selected for the 2000 Whitney Biennial and the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria. Her awards and commissions include a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. She has taught digital art at City College, NY and Sarah Lawrence College, NY, and currently lives and works in New York City.
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