Rina Banerjee
1963–
Introduction
Rina Banerjee (born 1963) is an Indian-American artist and sculptor. She currently lives and works in New York City. Her ambitious mid-career survey exhibition, Make Me a Summary of the World––co-organized by and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the San Jose Museum of Art––opened in 2018 and is slated to travel to the Fowler Museum at UCLA, the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, TN, and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC through July 2021.
Wikidata identifier
Q3432140
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Introduction
Known for her sculptural installations exploring issues of hybridity, nationalism, sexuality and identity. She specifically confronts stereotypical ideas of the exotic and feminine in Western and Eastern cultures. She was included in the 2000 Whitney Biennial.
Country of birth
India
Roles
Artist, installation artist, mixed-media artist, sculptor
ULAN identifier
500114571
Names
Rina Banerjee
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed May 6, 2025.
