BIOGRAPHY
1977 Born in Washington D.C.
1987-1992 Lived in Bangalore, India
1999 BFA from Boston University
2002 MFA from the University of Pennsylvania
2004-present Assistant Professor, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana
AWARDS
2001-02 Chairman's Merit Scholarship, School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania
2001 The Susan Coslett Cromwell Traveling Fellowship
2001 Juror’s Award, Juried Exhibition, The Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C.
1999 Arches Award, North American Print Biennial. Boston, MA.
1995 Award in Visual Arts, The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
1995 Constatin Alajalov Award, Boston University
1994 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Award recipient
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Before the Storm: Recent Paintings, The Orchard Gallery, Bethesda MD
2002 Gautam Rao: Recent Work, The Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C.
2002 Gautam Rao: Recent Paintings, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo MD
2001 An Indian Summer: Paintings of Bangalore, Graduate Center, University of Pennsylvania
1996 Recent Works, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 15th Annual Butler University Children’s Literature Conference, Indianapolis, IN
2004 “Snap to Grid”, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Ninth Annual Juried Show, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
2002-03 Faculty Exhibition, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD
2002 Korean National University of the Arts Print Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
2002 College Art Association Regional MFA Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Juried Exhibition, The Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C.
2001 MFA Award Show, Meyerson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 MFA I Exhibition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Juried Show, Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, Cambridge MA
1997 Selected Artists, The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
1997 Studio Prints, Hartell Gallery, Ithaca, NY
