Parul Bouvart, born in 1989, graduated (MFA) from Pratt Institute, New York. She is originally from New Delhi, India and has received her Bachelors in Visual Arts from Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Vadodara, Gujarat. She was awarded as first teaching fellow by Franklin Furnace Organisation, New York and merit academic excellence scholarship holder by Pratt Institute, New York.
She has been featured in Hyperallergic Magazine, New York (2014); Arts and Education Magazine, New York (2014); Studio Visit Magazine, Boston (2015); and Art Reveal Magazine, New York (2018).
She had shown recently with INPA ( International Network of Performance Art) in Venice: Foreign Bodies Everywhere 2024, performed at Kaliwungu International Performance Festival, Central Java, Indonesia 2023, International Women’s Day, NGMA (National Gallery Of Modern Art) 2023; International 5th Recycling Story, “Visual Texture”, Gangneung Art Center, Republic of Korea (2021); 31st Festival Les Instants video, Humains de tous le pays: Caressez-Vous, France (2018); 'Egosophy', at Contemporary Art Observatorium, Lavagna, Italy (2018); Fringe Arts Bath Visual Arts Festival, 44AD Gallery, UK (2018); “Remember Me? Big Mistake.” Elizabeth Foundation of Arts. New York (2017); Signs of life: in and out of time and place curated by Sara Reisman, at the Boiler Room: Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (2015); Video piece called "Kala Rang" in the group show Pixels of Identities, International art festival, held in the Galeria de Arte Laura Haber (Juncal) in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2014).
She questions and investigates the credibility of social structures, patriarchy, history, gender and race bias and archaic rituals and beliefs. Her choice of medium is video, performance and installation. She currently practices and lives in France.
INTERVIEWS/ TALKS
2020 Artist Talk at École des beau-arts, Beaune, France
2018 Art Reveal Magazine #42, Artist Interview
2017 StudioVisit Magazine #Volume38, Artist Interview, Boston, US
2018-17 Creativpaper Digital Magazine, Artist Interview
2017 Clamecy TV, Artist Interview, Clamecy, France
SOLO SHOWS
2017 Solo exposition at Lavoir des Jeux de Clamecy, Bourgogne, France
2015 Un-Wanted thesis show at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. US
2014 Solo Show “Bakwass” at Soapbox Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. US
SHOWS/ EXHIBITIONS
2024 100 Yilda Kadin Sergi (Woman in 100 years) International Juried Online Group Exhibition. Istanbul, Turkey
2024 Pale Space Gallery, Virtual Exhibition, New York. US
2024 Wear Me! INPA (International Network of Performance Art) Live performance. Venice Biennale (Foreign Bodies Everywhere), Venice, Italy.
2024 International The 8th Recycling Story 2024, Museum KOT-DEUNG, Republic of Korea
2024 The Mirror Book, Fringe Arts Bath Visual Arts Festival, UK
2023 International the 7th Recycling Story: Digital Image: Code, Museum KOT-DEUNG, Republic of Korea.
2023 Performance at Kaliwungu Art Performance Festival, Center Java, Indonesia
2023 “Women’s Day” National Gallery of Modern Art, NGMA, New Delhi, India
2021 “Visual Texture” International 5th Recycling Story 2021, Gangneung Art Center, Republic of Korea.
2018 31st Festival Les Instants video, Humains de tous le pays: Caressez-Vous, France
2018 'Egosophy', at Contemporary Art Observatorium, Lavagna, Italy.
2018 Metamorphosis curated by Dafna Rehavia and Taya, Percolate Gallery, Pittsburg, US
2018 Life Through Art - Recycling story PyeongChang ARTccc, Gangneung Art Center, Republic of Korea.
2018 Politico Pop Up Show 3rd, New Orleans, LA, US
2018 Fringe Arts Bath Visual Arts Festival, 44AD Gallery, UK
2017 "Bon Voyage" at Peoples Choice Salon Show at Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn
2017 “Remember Me? Big Mistake.” Elizabeth Foundation of Arts. New York, US
2017 Faculty Art Show, Abrons Art Center. Lower Manhattan. New York. US
2016 Lights of Interiors, Art Therapy Project at Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Signs of life: in and out of time and place curated by Sara Reisman, at the Boiler Room: Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, US
2015 NEW WORK NEW YORK, group exhibition curated by Kat Griefen, supported by St. Nicks Alliance and Arts@ Renaissance, Brooklyn, New York, US
2014 Showing Video "Tuhi Ghee Shakhar Khilayegi.." collaboration with Back Pack Gallery at (e)merge Art Festival, Washington DC. US
2014 Showing Video "Tuhi Ghee Shakhar Khilayegi.." collaboration with Back Pack Gallery at Dumbo Art Festival, New York. US
2014 Group Show called "SALONMENTA" at Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York. US 2014 Group Show at Brooklyn Community Pride Center, New York. US
2014 Video piece called "Kala Rang" in the goup show MORPHOS Sustainable Empires, International festival held in the Palazzo Albrizzi in Venice. ITALY
2014 Video piece called "Kala Rang" in the goup show Pixels of Identities, International art festival, held in the Galeria de Arte Laura Haber (Juncal) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2013 Welcome Show, Stuben Hall Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. US
2013 Women’s Vision-2013, group show at Green mark Art Gallery, New Delhi. INDIA
2013 NIVSATurday The Last, “A room for COCK-TALE” group show at NIV Studio, New Delhi. 2013 ‘THE VOICE OF CREATION’, performance at Devi Art Foundation, Sarai Readers:09: The Exhibition: Art As A Place, New Delhi. INDIA
2012 5th Annual All India Women Artist Art Exhibition, New Delhi. INDIA
2012 Group show at Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition Hall, Vadodara, Gujarat. INDIA
2011 Group show at Contemporary art gallery, Ahmadabad, Gujarat. INDIA
HONOURS, AWARDS/ GRANTS & ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
2023 ACT programme “Unspoken rules of the Art World”—(Identity, Authority, Success and Creating) London. UK
2023 ACT programme—Identity, fully sponsored by SÛ Collection, London. UK
2016 Master’s Degree in Fine Arts, Painting, Pratt Institute, New York. US
2015 Franklin Furnace Fellowship in Art Education, New York. US
2013-15 Scholarship holder at PRATT Institute, New York. US
2012 Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts, Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts. M.S University of Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA