TARA GUPTA (b.1995)
EDUCATION
2014-2019 Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Open Media, Providence, RI
2017 Kalu Yala, Sustainable Community Design and Development, Rural Panama
2016 Earthships Academy, Taos, NM
2013 Rhode Island School of Design, Pre-College, Hand-drawn Animation Program, Providence, RI
2011 Oxbridge Academic Programs, Fine Art and Art History, Barcelona, Spain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 (COMING SOON in Fall 2020) SOLOS, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2020 (COMING SOON in November 2020) Mindscape, Rhizome DC, Washington DC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 “Open Media” Group Pop-up in shipping containers at Market Square, Providence, RI
2019 “Open Media + Glass” Group Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
2018 “Open Media” Installation, Cloud Studio, RISD, Providence RI
2017 “JCBS Art Auction” Private Exhibition & Auction, Residence in Georgetown, Washington DC
2016 “Tiny Art” Group Exhibition, Unexpected Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
SCREENINGS
2020 LUCY, One Earth Film Festival Launch Party
2018 Screening + Q&A with contestants of 100 Days to 0 Waste, PVD Green Drinks, Social Enterprise
Greenhouse, Providence, RI
2018 Screening of 100 Days to 0 Waste, Cloud Studio, Rhode Island School of Design
FELLOWSHIPS
2017 Estadio Ventures Media+Innovation Fellowship, El Salvador
2016 Textron Charitable Trust Summer Fellowship for work with Farm Fresh RI, Providence, RI
2015-2016 LACE Fellowship with RISD & Southside Community Land Trust, Providence, RI
AWARDS
2020 LUCY, Winner of Sally Stovall Planet Warrior Prize, Young Filmmakers Contest, One Earth Film Festival, Chicago, IL
2016 Textron Charitable Trust Summer Fellowship
2013 Finalist for Editorial Cartoon of the Year, National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Awards Competition
PRESS
2020 RISD Alumni News, Tara Gupta wins Sally Stovall Planet Warrior Prize for Creativity
https://alumni.risd.edu/news-events/gupta-tara
2019 NBC10 Story on Anamakos, a Zero Waste House
https://turnto10.com/i-team/consumer-advocate/cutting-the-clutter-inside-a-zero-waste-house
2018 RISD Feature of Youtube Series 100 Days to 0 Waste
https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/taking-environmental-action/
2018 Blog Feature of Youtube Series 100 Days to 0 Waste
https://www.ouroffgridlife.com/home/2018/5/23/100-days-to-0-waste
2018 Mention of 100 Days to 0 Waste, Motif
http://motifri.com/six-good-things-six-good-strings/
2016 Textron Charitable Trust Summer Fellowship
https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/fresh-vision-for-local-farming/
2014 Interview with The Catalyst, Blog, on Painting and Creative Process
https://straubreyh.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/tara-gupta-aotm/
2013 National Scholastic Pacemaker Award Finalist Press
https://fairfaxnews.com/2013/10/fcps-student-journalists-named-finalists-national-competition/
NOTABLE COMMISSIONS
2017 Commissioned for Series of Drawings for Harvard University Social Sciences Thesis: Hierarchies in Indigeneity in Ecuador
2016 “Are We Really So Different?”, Children’s Book, Written & Illustrated by Tara Gupta for
JC Bilingual School, http://www.jcbschool.org/
2015 Animation of Audio Clip from Yasir Qadhi for “Muslim in America” Project for Huffington Post
http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/muslim-in-america#video-0