curriculum vitae
b. 1998 Lives and works on Lekwungen territory, otherwise known as Victoria, B.C
Education
2020 - University of Victoria. Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts Major, Honours’ Program)
Solo Exhibitions
2023 - Tunnel Vision, The Vault Gallery. Victoria B.C
Group Exhibitions
2022 - Small Works, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria B.C
2022 - Form & Ephemera, Rockslide Gallery, Victoria B.C
2022 - Homegrown, the dirty dishes collective @ The Crummy Gallery, Victoria, B.C
2022 - The Practice, Sweetpea Gallery @ Habit Coffee, Victoria B.C
2022 - Objects of Affection, Sweetpea Gallery @ 4 Corners Community Collective, Victoria B.C
2021 - Digital Cowboy, Sweetpea Gallery, Digital Exhibition
2021 - Ghost Stories, Metchosin Arts & Cultural Centre, Metchosin B.C.
2021- Keep It Alive, Sweetpea Gallery x Gallery 1313, 1313, Queens St West, Toronto, ON
2021- CAMP, Sweetpea Gallery, 842 Cormorant St, Victoria BC
2021- Emerge, Sweetpea Gallery, Esquimalt Community Arts Centre, Victoria, B.C
2021- BEEN HOME, Sweetpea Gallery, Digital Exhibition
2021 - Borderlands, Victoria Arts Council, Victoria B.C
2021 - Sweetpea Loves You, Sweetpea Gallery @ 4 Corners Community Collective, Victoria B.C
2020 - Are You Still Watching?, Jiggle n’ Juice, Digital Exhibition
2020 - Suggested Serving Size, University of Victoria BFA Exhibition, Victoria B.C (COVID-19 Cancellation)
2020 - Fine Arts Crossover Show, This Side of West, Vertigo, Victoria B.C
2019 - Eco to Ego: An Art Show, Interfaith Chapel, Victoria B.C.
2019 - Recommended Daily Dosage, Audain Gallery, Victoria B.C.
2019 - Killjoys: 5 Days of Action, Audain Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2019 - Over Easy, Upside Studios, Victoria B.C.
Awards & Residencies
2022 - Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos Island, Greece
2022 - Research and Creation Grant - Explore and Create, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 - Field Lab Projects, Metchosin, B.C.
Publications
2021 - Borderlands, Kegan McFadden, Victoria Arts Council
2021 - Canadian Art, “Tangents” (January), School Guide (University of Victoria advertisement)
2020 - EPOPEYEA Magazine, Issue #2 (December)
2020 - University of Victoria News, “Exploring identity through art”, John Threlfall
2020 - University of Victoria Fine Arts, “Honours BFA Rudra Manani explores identity through art”, John Threlfall
2020 - UNTIL… Magazine, Issue #4 (May), Victoria Arts Council
2020 - WARREN PIECES, Issue #5 (March)
2019 - Over Easy: Zine, Published by Cassia Powell
2019 - Average Art Magazine, Average Art #40 (November)
2019 - EPOPEYEA Magazine, Issue #1 (November)
2019 - WARREN PIECES, Issue #4 Cover (November)
Related Experience
2023 - Research Assistant to Carey Newman, University of Victoria, Victoria B.C
2023 - BIPOC Artist Peer Mentorship Program, Flux Gallery, Victoria B.C.
2023 - Volunteer Art Coordinator, Anawim Companion Society, Victoria B.C.
2020 - Present - Visual Arts Instructor, artsREACH, Victoria B.C
Artist Talks
2021 - Borderlands Artist Talk, Victoria Arts Council, Victoria BC
2021 - Interview, Jiggle n’ Juice Collective, In Conversation With…
2020 - Interview, CBC News Radio, North by Northwest with Sheryl MacKay: July 26th, 58:40
2019 - Interview, WARREN PIECES: Editor’s Showcase, Open Space, Victoria B.C.