Soumya Netrabile
Soumya Netrabile
- 1966
- Born in Bangalore, India
- Lives and works in Chicago, IL
Education
- BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- BSEE, Rutgers University, College of Engineering
Solo Shows
- 2026
- Field Conditions, Anat Ebgi, New York, NY
- A Stone in my Pocket, Union Pacific Gallery, London, UK
- 2024
- Holding Current, Rachel Uffner, New York, NY
- mono no aware, Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, IL
- 2023
- Soft Fascination, Gana Art, Seoul, Korea
- Between past and present/ Between appearance and memory, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- Searching for Stars, Pt. 2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
- To Meet and Be Met, The Journal, New York, NY
- The Far Away, The Gallery at A+C Architects, Skokie, IL
- 2021
- I Wake To Sleep, Part 2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
- Open Your Mouth + Taste the Spores, Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, IL
- 2019
- Event Horizon, Terra Incognito, Oak Park, IL
- 2018
- Scratching Below the Surface (with Zach Balousek), Firecat Projects, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
- 2026
- Never was a shade, Project 88, Mumbai, India
- I Can Buy Myself Flowers, Kunsthal N, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2025
- Consider the Oyster, Anthony Meier, Mill Vallery, CA
- -scape, curated by Ritika Biswas, Project88, Mumbai, India
- In Conversation with Salvo, F2T Gallery, Milan, Italy
- 2024
- Global Muses, Curated by Laura Day Webb, Presented by Vortic Art
- The First Taste, Anat Ebgi, New York, NY
- New Landscaspes Part II, Atkinson Gallery at Santa Barbara City College, Los Angeles, CA
- 2023
- TIMELINE, Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY
- NOW, Museu Inimá de Paula, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- 2022
- Encounter, Rachel Uffner, New York, NY
- There Goes the Neighborhood, Indigo + Madder, London, UK
- Bioelectric Fields, Stellarhighway, Brooklyn, NY
- If you forget my name, you will go astray, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- Summertime Rolls, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- 2021
- Wish You Were Here, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- Hot Tropics, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020
- Brindar Con Estranos. Trinta Gallery, Santiago de Compostolo, Spain
- Baby Baby, Fluffy Crimes, Chicago, IL
- Gather, Practise, Oak Park, IL
- Mandali: India and the World, RASA Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
- {Nothing but) Flowers, Karma Gallery, NYC, NY
- So Far, La Loma Projects, Pasadena, CA
- 2019
- Lavender Scented Palms, Part 2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
- 2018
- Big Link, Standard Projects, Hortonville, WI
- Scratching Below the Surface (w/ Zach Balousek), Firecat Projects, Chicago, IL
- 2017
- Paper in Particular, Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia, MO
- 2016
- DADA Lives!, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
- Art in Motion, Northwestern University Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Untitled /Affection, Parenthesis Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
- 2015
- WAH Bridges Self, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
- Folktales & Legends, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Awards/Residencies
- 2022
- She CURAtes: The Residency, Tuscany, Italy
Artist Talks and Appointments
- 2021
- Visiting Artist Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Panel host, Conversation with Gina Lee Robbins + Janice Elkins, Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
- Panelist, On Matthew Wong: Souyma Netrabile and Peter Shear in Conversation with Julian Cox, Art Gallery of Toronto, Canada
- Visiting Artist Lecturer, Lancaster University Arts, Lancaster, UK
Press
- 2026
- Grimley, Alex, "Soumya Netrabile," 28 September 2026
- 2025
- New City "Art 50 2025: Chicago’s Artists’ Artists," New City Art, September, 2025.
- 2024
- New Critierium Editors "The Critic’s Notebook," New Critierium, October, 2024.
- Shae, Andrew L. "Soumya Netrabile: Holding Current," Brooklyn Rail, October, 2024.
- Young, Charles Venkatesh "Bare Life: A Review of Soumya Netrabile at Andrew Rafacz Gallery," New City Art, May, 2024.
- Bozif, Curtis Anthony "Earth Tones: Soumya Netrabile’s “mono no aware” At Andrew Rafacz Gallery," New Art Examiner, May, 2024.
- The Trending and In-Demand Artists from The Artsy Vanguard 2020–2023, Artsy, November 2024
- 2023
- The Artsy Vanguard 2023–2024: Soumya Netrabile, Artsy, November 2023
- 2022
- Drexelius, Alexandra. "EXPO 2022 Top 5," Newcity Art, April 2022.
- At Large Magazine, Issue No. 18, 2022
- Pocaro, Alan. "Hangover Cures at EXPO 2022," Newcity ARt. April 2022.
- 2021
- Singh, Pia. "In Between the Greens: A Review of Souyma Netrabile at Andrew Rafacz and Pooja Pittie at McCormick Gallery," Newcity Art, October 2021.
- Muraski, Suzanna. "The Art of Souyma Netrabile: Lush, Apolitical, Ambiguous." Chicago Maroon, February 2021.
- "In the Studio with Souyma Netrabile," Ocula. January 2021.
- 2020
- Smith, Roberta. "A Bouquet of Group Art Shows Near Houston Street." New York Times, August 2020.
- "Creative Quarantine: Artist Soumya Netrabile." Esthetic Lens Magazine, August 2020.
- Patterson, Marga. "Interview: Souyma Netrabile, A Contemporary Abstract Painter." Daily Art Magazine, August 2020.
- 2018
- "Meet Souyma Netrabile." Voyage Chicago, June 2018.
- Mothes, Kate. "Souyma Netrabile." Young Space, May 2018.
- 2016
- "METADADA," Issue No. 1, UC Blue Ash College Press, 2016.
Public Collections
- Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
- Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA
- Pond Society, Shanghai, China
- University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL