Baptist Coelho is the 2015-16 Leverhulme Artist-in-Residence at the Department of War Studies, King's College London. An exhibition entitled, Traces of War, arising from the residency is scheduled to take place in the Inigo Rooms, Somerset House East Wing, London from 26th October to 18th December 2016.

In 2006, Baptist received his Masters of Arts from the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design (BIAD), UK. He was awarded the 'Sovereign Asian Art Prize' (2016) by The Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong; ‘Façade Video Award’ (2011) by Art Today Association, Plovdiv-Bulgaria; ‘Promising Artist Award’ (2007) by Art India & India Habitat Centre, Delhi-India and ‘Johnson Prize Fund’ (2006) by BIAD, UK

Solo Exhibitions include, Goethe-Zentrum, Hyderabad-India (2015); Project 88, Mumbai-India (2015); Ladakh Arts and Media Organization in Leh-India (2015); Pump House Gallery, London-UK (2012); Grand Palais, Bern-Switzerland (2009); Project 88, Mumbai-India (2009); Visual Arts Gallery, Delhi-India (2009) and BIAD, UK (2006).

Baptist’s has exhibited at institutions including, Arab-Jewish Culture Center, Haifa-Israel (2015); Museo de la Ciudad, Cuernavaca-Mexico (2013); Jönköpings Läns Museum, Sweden (2013); CASS Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood-UK (2012); Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing-China (2012); Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI), Rome-Italy (2011); Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon (MAC), France (2011); Zacheta National Art Gallery, Poland-Warsaw (2011); Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg-Austria (2010); HEART - Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark (2010); Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea (2010), amongst others. 

Baptist has also participated in various artist residencies; conducted workshops, artist talks and panel discussions across Asia, Europe, UAE and South Africa. The artist lives and works in Mumbai.

Solo Exhibitions

2015

• thread by thread, Curator: Monisha Ahmed (Touring Exhibition) - Goethe-Zentrum, Hyderabad-India; Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation (LAMO), Leh-India
• Between here and there, Project 88, Bombay-India

2012

• Social States, Pump House Gallery, London-UK. Curator: George Unsworth

2009

• Mapping(Thoughts) Switzerland - Bern, Grand Palais, Bern-Switzerland "You can’t afford to have emotions out there…", (Touring Exhibition) -Project 88, Bombay-India; Visual Arts Gallery, Delhi-India

2006

• air(edge)air, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design (BIAD), UK

Recent Group Exhibitions

2016

• Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong Juried Selection (Touring Exhibition) - Christie’s; Exchange Square; Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong

2015

• Vanishing Point, Beit HaGefen Art Gallery - Arab-Jewish Culture Center, Haifa-Israel. Curator: Or Tshuva
• My Memory, Your History: Narratives of the North, Birla Academy of Arts & Culture, Calcutta-India. Curator: Priya Pall

2014  

• OFF the wallbyGood Homes India Magazine atSir J J School of Art, Bombay-India. Curator: ArtOxygen
• Remove Clothes by LINK, Fonds de donation contre le sida at PIASA, Paris-France. Juried Selection
• Prague Pride: East Side Story, Karlin Studios, Prague-Czech Republic. Curators: Serena Fanara, Giulia Gueci, Michal Novotný
• Textile Languages, Thalie Art Project, Brussels-Belgium. Curator: Nathalie Guiot
• Citizens of Time, Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh. Curator: Veeranganakumari Solanki
• Urbanscapes by Galerie De’ Arts at 1 MG Mall, Bangalore-India

2013

• Imagining the Past, Envisioning the Future, Heritage Transport Museum, Gurgaon-India. Curator: Priya Pall
• Listen Up by Exhibit320 at Select Citywalk Mall, Delhi-India. Curators: Diana Campbell Betancourt & Tim Goossens
• Portrait in the Moving Image, Jönköpings Läns Museum, Jönköping-Sweden & Vandalorum, Värnamo-Sweden. Curator: Time Reed
• En Diálogo con la Mar, Museo de la Ciudad, Cuernavaca-Mexico. Curator: Anne-Marie Melster
• Le Mai Qui Te Plaît 4, Espace Synethésie, Saint-Denis-France. Curators: Anne-Marie Morice & Cécile Bourne-Farrell
• Mapping Old Town, Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation (LAMO), Leh-India. Curators: LAMO Team
• No Less A Drawing, Project 88, Bombay-India. Curator: Prajna Desai
• ARTFare by Project 88 & Ashiesh Shah Architecture + Design at Pali Village Cafe, Bombay-India

Awards & Grants

2016:  Sovereign Asian Art Prize by The Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong.

2015 : Exhibition Grant by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, India and Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation, Bombay-India for the solo exhibition, thread by thread at Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation (LAMO), Leh-India

2013 : Production Grant by Buchet Ponsoye Foundation, Paris-France; Espace Synesthésie, St Denis-France and TRIAD, London-UK for the video, Une pièce de monnaie de Monsieur Risso

2012 : Travel Grant by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Delhi-India for artist-in-residence at Centre International d’Accueil et d’Echanges des Récollets, Paris-France

2011 : Façade Video Award by Art Today Association, Plovdiv-Bulgaria

2010 : Shortlisted for Commonwealth Connections International Arts Residencies by Commonwealth Foundation, London-UK

2007 : Promising Artist Award by ART India & India Habitat Centre, Delhi-India

Production Grant by Motiroti, London-UK for the video, Cross-Legged

Shortlisted for Emerging Artist Award by Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA), Delhi-India

2006 : Johnson Prize Fund by Birmingham Institute of Art & Design (BIAD), UK

Recent Artist Residencies & Open Studios

2016  

• Leverhulme Artist-in-Residence at Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK

2014      

• Artist-in-Residence & Open Studio at Abhisaran, Vijayanagar-India. Supported by JSW Foundation, Bombay-India

2012      

• Artist-in-Residence & Open Studio at Centre International d’Accueil et d’Echanges des Récollets, Paris-France. Supported by City of Paris, Institut Français & Espace Synethésie, France 
• Artist-in-Residence at Art Today Association, Plovdiv-Bulgaria

2011-12  

Artist-in-Residence at The Delfina Foundation, London-UK. Supported by Creative India Foundation, Hyderabad-India & Pump House Gallery, London-UK

Recent Artist Talks & Panel Discussions

2016

• Panel Discussion on ‘Identity: The Arts Hour’, at BBC World Service, London-UK. Presenter: Nikki Bedi  
• Artist Talk at King’s College London, UK. Discussants: Vivenne Jabri & Cécile Bourne Farrell.  

2015

• Panel Discussion on ‘Border stories and the role of fabric’ - Goethe-Zentrum, Hyderabad-India. Moderator: Koeli Mukherjee Ghosh; Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation (LAMO), Leh-India. Moderator: Monisha Ahmed
• Artist Talk at École Mondiale World School, Bombay-India. Moderator: Kavita Sukhani
• Artist Talk at School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. Moderator: Dr. Tomas Laurenzo
• Artist Talk at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. Moderator: Hazel Lim-Schlegel
• Artist Talk at Ark Galerie, Yogyakarta-Indonesia. Moderator: Alia Swastika

2014

• Artist Talk at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Bombay-India. Facilitator: Mohile Parikh Center, Bombay-India Moderator: Deepanjana Pal
• Panel Discussion on ‘Intersections with the Built and Natural Environments’, at Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE. Moderator: Mo Ogrodnik
• Artist Talk at Kaladham, Vijayanagar-India. Moderator: Amit Kumar Jain
• Artist Talk at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Moderator: Katherine Bull
• Artist Talk at Department of Visual Arts, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Moderator: Hentie van der Merwe

Recent Press Coverage

2016

• Nikki Bedi, Identity: The Arts Hour, BBC World Service, UK, 18 Apr
• Magdalena Dobosz, Baptist Coelho shares tips for younger artist, Mindscape Coaching, UK, 18 Apr
• Laurie Benson, Art, Conflict, and the Everyday - Traces of War Launch Event, Strife, UK, 18 Apr
• Thread by Thread, LAMO Newsletter, India, Volume 1 Issue 3 Jan 

2015

• Janice Pariat, The (Un)Making of a Man: The Work of Baptist Coelho, Marg, India, Sep-Dec

• Baptist Coelho Thread by Thread, Arts Illustrated, India, Volume 3 Issue 4 Dec 2015-Jan 2016
• Janice Pariat, The (Un)Making of a Man: The Work of Baptist Coelho, Marg, India, Sep-Dec
• Christine Machado, Living Art, The Goan, India, 20 Sep
• Shannon Tellis, State of Art: Moments in Time, Redbull Culture, India, 16 Sep
• Karanjeet Kaur, Air Bender, Live Mint, India, 22 Aug
• Soma Das, Mission Siachen, Hindustan Times, India, 15 Aug
• Between here and there, Mid Day, India, 16 Aug
• Rinchen Dolkar, Art review: thread by thread, Stawa, India, Volume 2 Issue 6 - June
• Hajira Bano Balkhang, Thread by Thread exhibition by Baptist Coelho, Reach Ladakh, India, 16-31 May

2014

• 'Baptist Coelho, under my skin... under your skin' by Nosana Sondiyazi, Afrikadaa (Africa/France, Nov-Dec N°8)
• 'Airplanes and Aspirations', by Sangeetha Devi Dundoo, The Hindu (India, 30 Jan)

2013

• 'Delving into life', The Himalayan (Nepal, 6 Apr)
•  'A conversation about Sculpture' by Diana Campbell, Frieze (UK, 21 Feb)

More press coverage is here

Recent Community Workshops

Paper Airplane Project

2015

• SD Tumbuh 2. Facilitator: Ark Galerie, Yogyakarta- Indonesia

2014

• Tamanna School for Specially Abled Children & Jindal Vidya Mandir, Vijayanagar-India. Facilitator: JSW Foundation, Bombay-India
• Møllergata Skole. Facilitator: Fotogalleriet, Oslo-Norway
• Lycée Français International, Antwerp-Belgium. Facilitator: Thalie Art Project, Brussels-Belgium
• The Children’s Art Centre, Cape Town-South Africa
• Golconda High School, Govt. Girls High School, Kalpa School, Nasr Girls School, Sri Aurobindo International School & Vivekananda Public School. Facilitators: Hyderabad Literary Festival, Goethe-Zentrum & Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad-India

2013

• Janakalayan HSS, Sarsoti HS, Dhangadhi HSS, Sarsoti LSS, Janta Rastiya HSS, Tribhwan HSS & Rastiya HS. Facilitators: Vodafone, Reach Out To Asia, Mercy Corps & Nepal Red Cross Society, Kailali-Nepal