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Ranu Mukherjee
Residency:
April 1 – 29, 2020

Ranu Mukherjee, A Bright Stage, 2018. Wall paint, linen, silk, pigment, UV inkjet print, 9 channel digital animation. 4813 sq ft. Wilsey Court, de Young Museum, San Francisco, 2018 - 2019. Photo by Fine Art Museums of San Francisco. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris.
Ranu Mukherjee, A Bright Stage, 2018. Wall paint, linen, silk, pigment, UV inkjet print, 9 channel digital animation. 4813 sq ft. Wilsey Court, de Young Museum, San Francisco, 2018 - 2019. Photo by Fine Art Museums of San Francisco. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris.
Ranu Mukherjee, The Dead and the Wild, 2018 - 2019. 9 channel animation, 11 minutes, HD. 400 sq ft. Karachi Zoo, Karachi Biennale, 2019. Photo by Noor Ahmed. Courtesy of the artist and Karachi Biennale Foundation.
Ranu Mukherjee, The Dead and the Wild, 2018 - 2019. 9 channel animation, 11 minutes, HD. 400 sq ft. Karachi Zoo, Karachi Biennale, 2019. Photo by Noor Ahmed. Courtesy of the artist and Karachi Biennale Foundation.
Ranu Mukherjee, Crowded Dreams, 2019. UV inkjet print, silk, cotton, yarn, and pigment on linen. 66 in x 96 in. Photo by Taylor Johnson. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris.
Ranu Mukherjee, Crowded Dreams, 2019. UV inkjet print, silk, cotton, yarn, and pigment on linen. 66 in x 96 in. Photo by Taylor Johnson. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris.
Ranu Mukherjee, Succession, 2018. Video installation: HD video (5 minutes 41 seconds), 2 sided projection screen, cut vinyl mirror dance floor, charred wood, and wall murals (latex paint, charcoal, and graphite on wall). 25 ft x 25 ft, 20 ft x 12 ft, 20 ft x 12 ft, 10 ft x 12 ft, 10 ft x 12 ft. Be Not Still, Living in Uncertain Times, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Sonoma, California. Photo by Johnna Arnold. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris.
Ranu Mukherjee, Succession, 2018. Video installation: HD video (5 minutes 41 seconds), 2 sided projection screen, cut vinyl mirror dance floor, charred wood, and wall murals (latex paint, charcoal, and graphite on wall). 25 ft x 25 ft, 20 ft x 12 ft, 20 ft x 12 ft, 10 ft x 12 ft, 10 ft x 12 ft. Be Not Still, Living in Uncertain Times, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Sonoma, California. Photo by Johnna Arnold. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris.
Hope Mohr Dance and Ranu Mukherjee, Dance for Succession, 2018. Choreography by Hope Mohr, 3 dancers, 20 minute performance, video installation HD video cut vinyl mirror dance floor, charred wood. 25 ft x 25 ft. Be Not Still, Living in Uncertain Times, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. Photo by di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. Courtesy of the artist, Hope Mohr Dance, and di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art.
Hope Mohr Dance and Ranu Mukherjee, Dance for Succession, 2018. Choreography by Hope Mohr, 3 dancers, 20 minute performance, video installation HD video cut vinyl mirror dance floor, charred wood. 25 ft x 25 ft. Be Not Still, Living in Uncertain Times, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. Photo by di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. Courtesy of the artist, Hope Mohr Dance, and di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art.
Ranu Mukherjee, dailies - succession series 1. Pigment, charcoal, graphite on paper. 48 in x 63 in. Photo by Taylor Johnson. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris.
Ranu Mukherjee, dailies - succession series 1. Pigment, charcoal, graphite on paper. 48 in x 63 in. Photo by Taylor Johnson. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris.
Ranu Mukherjee, Beam, 2018. Neon line drawing. 72 in x 48 in. In the Window, Gallery Wendi Norris HQ, San Francisco. Photo by Gallery Wendi Norris. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris.
Ranu Mukherjee, Beam, 2018. Neon line drawing. 72 in x 48 in. In the Window, Gallery Wendi Norris HQ, San Francisco. Photo by Gallery Wendi Norris. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris.
Ranu Mukherjee
Ranu Mukherjee

Ranu Mukherjee is an artist based in San Francisco. Mukherjee has produced commissioned projects for major institutions including the San Jose Museum of Art, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Asian Art Museum, and the de Young Museum. Her most recent installation was presented in the 2019 Karachi Biennale. She has 25 years of experience working on collaborative multimedia projects, most notably through 0rphan Drift, a cyber-feminist collective and avatar she co-created in London in 1994. Ranu is the recipient of a Lucas Visual Arts Fellowship at Montalvo Arts Center (2019-2022). Her work is in the collections of Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, The Avery, Robert D. Bielecki Foundation, Kadist Foundation, JP Morgan, Oakland Museum of California and the San Jose Museum of Art. She is represented by Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco. Mukherjee is an Associate Professor in Film and Fine Art at California College of the Arts.

With support of 18th Street Arts Center and Montalvo Center for the Arts, her new project ‘Ensemble for Non-Linear Time’ expands on her ongoing interest in speculative fiction. In collaboration with Hope Mohr Dance, the project brings together a diverse community cast to work against isolationist culture.

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