Saadiya Kochar started her photographic career at the age of 24 when she self published a book on nudes and ever since then her photographic career has never followed the conventional path. For over a decade she has been exhibiting her art works in galleries all over the world. She has taught photography for over a year and has worked extensively in Kashmir. Other than the genres of art and documentary photography Saadiya has done a fair share of commercial work.
Selected Solo Exhibitions2012 'Loss???.', Wonderwall, New Delhi
2010 Artistic Residency - July at Centre Pompidou. The photographer was invited on a month long artistic residency, as an assistant on a project, at the Centre Pompidou, Paris
2008 'Zikr', Apparao Galleries, Chennai
2006 'Zikr' at the Attic, New Delhi. A series on Sufism, the Gurdjieff sacred dances and the mysteries of the Enneagram
2004 'Being', IIC, New Delhi
Selected Group Exhibitions2014 Opacity- participants exhibition at Goethe-Institut
2014 'Faith', Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2014 'A Tale Of Three Cities', Wonderwall, New Delhi
2014 India Art Fair, New Delhi
2013 'I', Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2013 'UUU', organized by Leap Foundation
2013 Focus Festival, Jehangir art Gallery, Mumbai
2013 India Art Fair, New Delhi
2012 'The Blue Room', Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2012 'Synthesis', Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi
2012 India Art Summit, New Delhi
2011 Faith, Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2011 India Art Summit, New Delhi
2010 'Freedom', Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi
2010 'A Tribute To The Lens', M.F Hussain Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Wide Angle', Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
2009 India Art Summit, New Delhi2008 'Embody', Polka Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Germany
2008 India Art Summit, New Delhi
2008 'Click!', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi and Grosvenor Gallery, London
2007 'A Vision Beyond', Art Indus
2006 'Dialogo con la piel';a show featuring the works of various female photographers in San Sebastian, Spain
Photography projects - Worked on a project, 'Faces of partnership' for the Australian High Commission.
Books - The photographer started her career, at the age of 24, by launching a book called 'BEING???..'.It was self-published by her.
Film - In 2012 the photographer wrote and directed her first film Loss???..It was about the troubles in Kashmir.
Qualification - Diploma in photography from ICPP, Australia (in collaboration with NIFT and later PAF).
Diploma in photography from Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.
Diploma in Mass communication from Sri Aurobindo Institute of Mass Communication.
About Wonderwall
Wonderwall, India’s first and only ecommerce website specializing in fine art photography and other new and upcoming forms of art, including video art, is the brainchild of Ajay Rajgarhia.
A platform to showcase established names and also upcoming artists, the website is dedicated to making photography an accessible form of art to the public at large. Wonderwall hopes to be instrumental in getting people to understand and develop people’s interest in fine art photography and other new and upcoming forms of art, irrespective of medium.
Wonderwall also organizes regular exhibitions in India & abroad, to target people who would like a tactile experience before they buy art.