Yamini Nayar was born in Rochester, NY in 1975, and raised outside Detroit, MI. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York.
Her work has been exhibited in landmark international exhibitions, most recently at the Le Recontres De La Photographie, Arles (2022); Art Institute of Chicago (2022); deCordova Museum, Massachusetts (2020); Logan Gallery, University of Chicago (2016); Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2015); Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida (2015); Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (2015); QueenslandArt Gallery, South Brisbane (2012); Sharjah Biennial, UAE (2011); Saatchi Museum, London (2010); and Queens Museum of Art, New York (2005).
Public collections that hold Nayar’s work include the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati; deCordova Museum, Lincoln; Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane; Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Nayar’s work is represented by Thomas Erben in New York and Jhaveri Contemporary in Mumbai.