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Thukral & Tagra New Delhi-based Indian designer duo Jiten Thukral (born 1976) and Sumir Tagra (born 1979) have been collaboratively creating art since 2004. They are represented in India by Gallery Nature Morte.

Early Life and Background Jiten Thukral was born in Jalandhar, Punjab. He earned his BFA from Chandigarh Art College in 1998 and his MFA in 2000 at College of Art, Delhi. Sumir Tagra completed his BFA in 2002 at College of Art, Delhi] and his post-graduate degree at the prestigious [[National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

Solo Exhibitions 2014 Longing for Tomorrow, Nature Morte, New Delhi 2013 Solo Show, Art Plural, Singapore 2012 Longing for Tomorrow, Nature Morte, Berlin 2012 Nosturistic, Hilgar contemporary, Vienna 2011 Put It On, Again!, Nature Morte, New Delhi 2011 The Beautiful Game, Foundation Thukral & Tagra, Project Booth, Art Summit, New Delhi 2011 Science, Mystery and Magic, BTAP Tokyo Gallery and Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo 2011 German Returned, Nature Morte, The Oberoi, Gurgaon 2010 Low-Tech Family Vacations, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore 2010 Middle Class Dreams, Arario Gallery, Seoul 2010 Match Fixed/Fixed Match, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing 2009 Nouveau Riche, Nature Morte, Berlin 2009 Thukral & Tagra, 315 Sector 23, Opp Bosedk Mall, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney 2008 New Improved Bosedk, Gallery Chatterjee and Lal, Mumbai 2008 Somnium Genero 02, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney 2008 Somnium Genero Café, Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo 2007 Adolescere-Domus, Art Statements, Art Basel 38, Nature Morte and Bose Pacia 2007 Put it On, Bose Pacia, New York 2007 Everyday Bosedk, Nature Morte, New Delhi 2006 Vector Classics, Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, NCPA, Mumbai 2006 Vector Classics, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi 2005 Iconography bosedkdesigns.com, Nature Morte, New Delhi

Group Exhibitions 2012 Indian Highway v, UCCA, Beijing 2012 ESCAPE: Reset/Resume, INDIA TODAY, ARKEN Museum for Modern Art, Denmark 2011 The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA 2011 Indian Highway, Maxxi Museum, Roma, Italy 2011 Paris-Delhi-Bombay, Centre Georges Pompidou – Paris 2011 Indian Highway IV, Museé d’art contemporain de Lyon 2011 Maximum India, Kennedy Center, Washington D.C 2011 Samtidigt, (Concurrent), KULTERHUST, Stockholm 2011 Samtidigt (Concurrent), Helsinki Art Museum 2010 Bosedk project, Richmond Art Gallery, Vancouver 2010 Urban Matters 2, SESC Pompie, Sao Paulo 2010 Khoj-in-Context, Public Art.Ecology, New Delhi 2010 11th Hour, Tang Contemporary, Beijing 2010 Inside India, Palazzo Saluzzo di Paesana, Turin 2010 Commonwealth Games Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademie, New Delhi 2009 Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul 2009 Essl Museum, Vienna 2009 Escape! for the Dream Land, Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 06,Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane 2008 The Audience & the Eavesdropper, Philips de Pury, London and New York 2008 Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 2008 Make Art Stop AIDS, UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles 2008 Imaginery Realities, Max Wigram Gallery, London 2008 Face East, Wedel Fine Art, London 2007 Animamix Biennial,The Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai 2007 New Delhi New Wave, Marella Gallery, Milan 2007 Size Matters, Art Consult, New Delhi 2007 Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai 2006 Global Edit 06, Armani Casa with Wallpaper Magazine, Milan 2005 New Paintings, Nature Morte, New Delhi 2004 Visual Dialogue, Brooklyn Gallery, London

Commissions Thukral & Tagra have been commissioned by Absolute, Conde Nast India, Etro, Meissen, Nokia, Ogilvy & Mather, Pepsi, and United Colors of Benetton.

Awards and Recognition 2014 Hello! Hall of Fame, Creative Minds of the Year 2012 GQ Man of the Year 2006 Wallpaper Magazine Global Edition, 101 Emerging Designers of the World 2005 One Show Interactive 2004 Limca Book of Records 2003 2004 One Show, New York 2003 2004 One Show Design, New York 2003 Red Hot Ogilvy 2003 Graphis International Awards 2003 LondonInternational Awards