'THE NON HUMAN TOUCH'
WHAT VALUES CAN EMERGE FROM RUINED LANDSCAPE?
Akademie Schloss Solitude's recent publication, the first Solitude Journal with the theme 'Collective Care & Response-ability', features artistic works and critical writings from across the globe in which the political, social and ethical dimensions of care and concern between humans, non-humans, other species and the material world converge.
The publication includes an essay contribution by Sonia Mehra Chawla, 'The Non-Human Touch: What Values Can Emerge from Ruined Landscape?'
'COLLECTIVE CARE & RESPONSE-ABILITY'
SOLITUDE JOURNAL 01
AKADEMIE SCHLOSS SOLITUDE, GERMANY
OCTOBER 2020
SOLASTALGIA, THE ANTHROPOCENE IN INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ART
Sonia Mehra Chawla's work from her 'Critical Membrane' and 'Salt Lab' series has been featured in Marg's latest publication on Art & Ecology, edited by Ravi Agarwal and Latika Gupta.
In her comprehensive essay 'Solastalgia, the Anthropocene, and Indian Contemporary Art', art theorist and curator Maya Kovskaya explores a range of artistic engagements with ecology by eminent cultural practitioners who have been addressing these urgent issues through individual and community-led practices in photography, video, site-specific installations and sound art.
The essay features the works of Sheba Chhachhi, Ravi Agarwal, Amar Kanwar, Sonia Mehra Chawla, Desire Machine Collective, Shweta Bhattad and Tushar Joag.
Maya Kovskaya
2020
Published in MARG, Art & Ecology
Vol.71, No. III, March 2020
CREATIVE CARBON BLOG SERIES
In a special blog series for Creative Carbon Scotland, visual artist and researcher Sonia Mehra Chawla talks about her ongoing research in Scotland and her engagement with the North Sea. She also explores and examines her country's battle to balance economy, energy and environment, and her own artistic practice and engagement with climate change and sustainability in India.
Sonia Mehra Chawla was part of a research residency in Scotland in 2018 that was supported by Edinburgh Printmakers and Creative Scotland. The research will inform an upcoming residency and solo presentation in Scotland.
HENCE (UN) PROVEN
REFLECTIONS ON ART AND SCIENCE
Looking back over 10 years of Art and Science programmes at Khoj, the latest publication Hence (un)Proven pulls together talk transcripts, interviews, critical writing and artist concept notes. The first in a series of publications, this book has been edited by Aparna Uppaluri and assistant edited by Mila Samdub.
Sonia Mehra Chawla is a Fellow of the Art & Science program instituted by Khoj International Artists' Association and Wellcome Trust UK/ DBT India Alliance. She was a part of the third edition of the Art & Science International Residency 'The Undivided Mind' in 2018. The publication features her research based project 'The Salt Lab'.
Published by Khoj International Artists' Association, India. Edited by Aparna Uppaluri.
Supported by Wellcome Trust UK / DBT India Alliance.
2018
FUTURE IMAGINARIES: FOR WHEN THE WORLD FEELS LIKE HEARTBREAK
In her essay for the Jan-June issue of Take Magazine (India) on Ecology, writer, researcher,and ecological theorist Heather Davis writes about the sustained practices of three artists in India: Sonia Mehra Chawla, Ravi Agarwal and Navjot Altaf which draw upon Indigenous and subaltern knowledges to articulate and create works that are collectively driven.
HEATHER DAVIS
2017
Published in Take 'Ecology'
Volume 3, Issue 1, January-June 2017
2017
ON TURNING TOWARD: CRITICAL MEMBRANE
Heather Davis looks at the work of Sonia Mehra Chawla, as part of her look into 'Four Figures of Climate Change' for Theo Westenberger Estate, July 2017.
HEATHER DAVIS
2017
Published by Theo Westenberger Estate in July 2017
2017
AND THE MIND NEVER BURNS ENOUGH....
CONTEMPLATIONS ON LAND-SCAPE AS A STATE OF MIND
BY SONIA MEHRA CHAWLA
PUBLISHED IN:
SOME THINGS THAT ONLY ART CAN DO-A LEXICON OF EFFECTIVE KNOWLEDGE
EDITED BY NANCY ADAJANIA
PUBLISHED BY RAZA FOUNDATION INDIA
2017
WASTE LANDS
Meera Menezes writes about Sonia Mehra Chawla's recent work from the Critical Membrane series that was showcased at the Yinchuan Biennale in China in 2016, and in a solo presentation of her work at New Delhi's Exhibit 320 in 2017.
MEERA MENEZES
2017
Published in the June-July 2017 issue of Art India- 'Anthology Of Exhibitions' (Volume XXI, issue II, Quarter II, 2017)
Art India is the premier contemporary art magazine of India
'MOVING INWARDS: BONE TREES & FLUID SPACES'
Notes on Sonia Mehra Chawla's work for 'A World in the City: Zoological and Botanic Gardens' at the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, IFA) Stuttgart, Germany.
KAIWAN MEHTA
2017
Published in the June-July edition of the premier Design and Architecture magazine 'DOMUS'
CRITICAL MEMBRANE
AN INTRODUCTION TO SONIA MEHRA CHAWLA'S CURRENT PROJECT
RANJIT HOSKOTE
2016
YINCHUAN BIENNALE 2015
'FOR AN IMAGE FASTER THAN LIGHT'
REVIEW ESSAY ON SONIA MEHRA CHAWLA'S PROJECT
Bansie Vaswani
2016
Published in the British art & culture magazine 'Aesthetica', September 2016
EIN BAUM IST EIN BAUM IST EIN BAUM
NOTES ON THE TREE IN CONTEMPORARY ART
KIRSTEN NORDAHL
2016
Published by Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf, Germany, on the occassion of the comprehensive exhibition 'Ein Baum Ist Ein Baum Ist Ein Baum' curated by Curated by Dr Prof. Herwig Guratzch & Kirsten Nordahl IN 2015
MYSTERY AND INQUIRY
REFLECTIONS ON SONIA MEHRA CHAWLA'S 'SCAPELANDS'
RANJIT HOSKOTE
2015
Published by Exhibit 320 & British Council India on the occasion of the artists' solo exhibition 'Scapelands' in 2015
LUCID DREAMS AND FLUID SPACES
SONIA MEHRA CHAWLA IN CONVERSATION WITH GIGI SCARIA
2015
Published by Exhibit 320 & British Council India on the occasion of the artists' solo exhibition 'Scapelands' in 2015
BIOMORPHICS OF EVOLUTION
VEERANGANAKUMARI SOLANKI
2013
Published by 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong on the occasion of the artists' solo exhibition 'The Embryonic Plant & Otherworlds' in 201
THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS
DESIRE & DESTRUCTION; SHADOW & LIGHT; LIVING & DYING
MAYA KOVSKAYA
2012
Essay by curator Maya Kovskaya for the comprehensive exhibition 'The Secret Life of Plants', Perspectives from India, China and Iran, at Exhibit 320, New Delhi
BORN OF WATERY REALMS AND FUSING CELLS;
A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE OF THE BIOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE
DEEKSHA NATH
2011
PPublished by Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi and Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldoef on the occasion of the artists' solo exhibition 'Metamorphosing Female' in India and Germany.
CURATORIAL THOUGHTS BEHIND 'INDIA AWAKENS: UNDER THE BANYAN TREE'
ALKA PANDE
2010
Published by Kunst Der Gegenwart Essl Museum, Austria on the occasion of the comprehensive exhibition 'India Awakens: Under The Banyan Tree' on Contemporary art practices in India.
LO REAL MARAVILLOSO
MARVELOUS REALITY
SUNIL MEHRA
2009
Published by Gallery Espace on the occasion of the comprehensive exhibition 'Lo Real Maravilloso: Marvelous Reality' curated by Sunil Mehra, and Marvelous Reality Cultural Festival, New Delhi
Art Exhibition presented by Gallery Espace, supported by Savara Foundation for The Arts
Cultural Festival co-curated by Navtej Johar & Sunil Mehra, supported by The Abhyas Art Initiative
LO REAL MARAVILLOSO
MARVELOUS REALITY
GAYATRI SINHA
2009
Published by Gallery Espace on the occasion of the comprehensive exhibition 'Lo Real Maravilloso: Marvelous Reality' curated by Sunil Mehra, and Marvelous Reality Cultural Festival, New Delhi
Art Exhibition presented by Gallery Espace, supported by Savara Foundation for The Arts
Cultural Festival co-curated by Navtej Johar & Sunil Mehra, supported by The Abhyas Art Initiative
