Ranu Mukherjee

Ranu Mukherjee est une artiste, vidéaste et éducatrice, actuellement basée à San Francisco.

Ranu Mukherjee is an artist, video maker and educator currently based in San Francisco.

2008

For Lovers and Fighters, The Spare Room Project, San Francisco
VividWild, Fort Gallery, Oakland
Eccentric Spaces and Serious Pleasures, The Colony Room, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Code-Switchers, The Lab, San Francisco
Field Work, The Apartment, Vancouver
‘Man Who Fell to Earth Remix’, Tang at Shine, San Francisco
Night Light, an evening of luminous environments, Climate Theatre, San Francisco
California as Paradox, Imagined Communities, Fort Gallery, San Francisco
T-10 Video Festival, 21 Grand, Oakland
?Sustenance’ screening with Holy Mountain, Fort Gallery, San Francisco

2007
Rituals of Vodou, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
?Liquid Lattice’ text publication, Orphandrift and CCRU Frozen Tears 3, ed. John Russell
?Black Hole Study’ Satellite Magazine, issue 2, ISA
2006
Video sets, ?In-sight’, Kunst-Stoff Dance Company at Bay Area Now,
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

entities
1994- Orphan drift – artist co-created in London – www.orphandrift.com
2008- peritopia- collaborative audiovisual project- www.peritope.com


1994-2005, orphan drift

solo shows

Doublewalker, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver 2003
Motion Capture and Mischief, Minimum Existence, London 2002
Technical Support, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver 2000
Carrier, KustnernesHus, Oslo 2000
Syzygy, Beaconsfield Arts, London 1999
0(rphan)d(rift>), Cabinet Gallery, London 1995
Ariadne’s Gone Virtual, Underwood Street Gallery, London 1995

group shows and screenings

2005
Circa’75, New Langton Arts 21st Annual Art Auction, San Francisco
Independent School of Art, Black Market Auction, San Francisco
2004
N.Y. Independent Film Festival in Los Angeles
Jacmel Film Festival-Fondation Sant D’A, Jakmel Haiti
2003
Art Live3, Festival of Contaminations, Turin
2002
Sharpening Arrows, Distilling Power, Increasing Desire, Bang the Gallery, Capetown
Raindance Film Festival, London
Nuevas Tecnologias de Genero, University of Valencia
2001
Century City, Tate Modern, London
KinoKULTURE, The Chamber of Pop Culture, Horse Hospital, London
2000
Video-program, Barbara Thumm Gallery, Berlin
Berlin open, Trafo Galeria, Budapest
Wanted, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow and Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Feels Like Vodou Spirit, October Gallery London
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Pop Unlimited, Oberhausen
Cinemuerte International Horror Film Festival, Vancouver
International Conference on Semiotics, University of Urbino
1999
Expo-Destructo-Post Media Flea Market, London
Raindance Film Festival, Pop Promo Showcase, Metro Cinema, London
1998
Martin, Atlantis Gallery, London, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Galeria Dziekanka, Warsaw
Viper TV, Bank, London
1997
Popoccultural2, Southhampton City Art Gallery, Southhampton UK
Winkle and his Woodland Chums, Bank, London
Post, GPO Building, Edinborough
Big Blue, Coins Coffee Store, London
1996
Poppoccultural, Cabinet Gallery at South London Gallery, London
1995
San Francisco Art Fair, Cabinet Gallery
Charge of the Light Brigade, Bank, London
The Hanging Picnic, Factual Nonsense, London

publications

?Meshed’ A Graphic Novel with images by Orphan Drift and text by CCRU, 1999
‘Zone Codes’ i/o/d, Underground Publications On-line, Fringeware Review, Art Throb,Tomato, 1997
0(rphan)d(rift>)Cyberpositive, Experimental cyberpunk novel, Cabinet Editions, 1995
?FormZ, lyrics’ visual text, Mute Magazine, issue 1, 1994
?YouVgen’ short story, Mute Magazine, Pilot issue, 1994

vj gigs

2003-05
Michael Franti and Spearhead, 9/11 Power to the Peaceful Festival, 550 Barneveld, San Francisco Tipper, DNA Lounge, San Francisco
BTX vs the Catacoombs of Boom, San Francisco
Noodle Factory Benefit, Oakland
BTX at Amnesia, San Francisco
Lucid, Soluna and Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco
Exotic Erotic, Cow Palace, San Francisco
Photek, DNA Lounge, San Francisco
od, Milk Bar, Vancouver
Ascension03, 1015 Folsom, San Francisco
Boombox Benefit, warehouse, San Francisco
Qool, 111 Minna, San Francisco
2002
Video Riot, Transcinema festival, D7/Emarcadero, San Francisco
Project Valis, London Bughouse at 291 Gallery, London
Oojami, Barbican center, London and Babylon, Istanbul
Soundscapes, Belgrade Yard Sound System, Belgrade
2001
Raindance Festival Opening, Global Cafe, London
2000
Apache61/XChromosomes CD release, Scala, London
1999
Nerve, I.C.A., London
Fick, The Drome, London
1998
Internet radio launch, Global Café, London
Pressure, Cyberia, London
1997
Classic, inaugural concert by (rout), Beaconsfield Arts, London
Audiovisual, BAKspace, London
1996
Jungle night, The End, London
Silverfish, Cloud9, London
1995
Orphan drift book launch, Poster Studio, London
Possession, 121 Center, London


academic work
presentations and panels

Ilovetheory,don’tyou, Graduate Painting, California College of the Arts, 2008
Relativity, Society for Photographic Education West Annual Conference, San Jose State, 2005
Haitian Art Show, October Gallery, London 2001
Caribbean History Month, Goldsmiths College, London, 1996
Thinking Alien, Leeds University 1996
Technophobia, Institute of Contemporary Art, London 1995
Virtual Futures 2, University of Warwick, 1005
Embodied Knowledges, Goldsmiths College, London, 1995
Out of Control, Royal College of Art, London, 1995

teaching

2004-08 Adjunct Professor, California College of Arts, San Francisco
1994-02 Lecturer in Visual Arts, Goldsmiths College, London
1996-01 Lecturer, University Of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
2000-02 Final Cut Pro Instructor, Raindance, London
1993-95 Visiting Artist, Middlesex University, London
1994-95 Visiting Lecturer, Winchester College of Art, Winchester
1993-94 Visiting Artist, Canterbury College of Art, Canterbury
1994 Visiting Lecturer, Media and Cultural Studies, Southhampton Institute


education
1993
M.F.A. Royal College of Art, Painting Department, London
Thesis with Distinction- An Essay on Excess in Photographic Communication:
the orders of perception engaged by film and photography.

1988
B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
Major in Painting, Minor in Film with Honors

2008
HTML1 and Dreamweaver2, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco
2004
Advanced Certificate in Video Editing, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco
Final Cut Pro (Apple Certified), After Effects, Pro Tools and Video Engineering
2002
Avid Composer Training Residency, A.C.C.A.A.N., Caens, France
1994
Multimedia Short Course, Artec, London
Photoshop, Director and Premiere
1987
Exchange, Parsons School of Design and American College in Paris
Certificat de Lithographie, Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris