Kaveri Raina (b. 1990, New Delhi, India) is a contemporary artist working with abstract compositions, derived from reoccurring forms that she creates while drawing, emerge as triumphant and monumental. Guided by her material choices and formal subjects, Kaveri Raina establishes parameters for moments of confluence and resistance throughout her practice. She received her BFA in Painting and Drawing|Studio Concentration: Photography at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, USA in 2011, an MFA in Painting and Drawing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, USA in 2016, and a degree from Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, in Skowhegan, USA in 2017.
Raina’s work has been exhibited internationally including at PATRON Gallery, Sullivan Galleries; Mana Contemporary; Chicago; Lighthouse Works; Chapter NY; Hales Gallery; Rata Projects; New York; Deli Gallery, Art Helix Gallery; Brooklyn; Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia; Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland; Flatland Gallery, Houston; USA; and Annarumma Gallery, Naples, Italy. She attended artist residencies internationally including Paint School, Shandaken Projects, New York; Triangle Arts Association, Dumbo; ACRE, Stueben; Lighthouse Works Fellowship, Fishers Island; Chicago Artists Coalition, BOLT Residency, Chicago; Ox-Bow Fall Residency, Full Funding, Saugatuck, USA; Greater Columbus Arts Council, Artist Exchange Fellowship, Dresden, Germany; and Arpana Caur Art Studios, New Delhi, India. She is represented by PATRON Gallery in Chicago, USA. Raina lives and works in Brooklyn, USA.
